The video covering most of the efforts by the SPARC operators was captured by 3 participants and put together in a short video on the SPARC YouTube channel.
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Field Day produced good results for SPARC. The group of operators listed below worked a total of 1643 QSOs. Of those 759 were made by CW, 702 by FT8/4 , and 182 by SSB. Our score based on QSOs alone was 6,208. Dave KR4U added 100 points to that total by copying the ARRL Field Day Message. Another 50 points was added by submitting our results on ARRL’s submission page.
FD rules allow any club member to operate any class under their own call and have their total QSOs added to the SPARC station score to be used in the Club Competition. Dave KR4U, John KI4UIP, Carol AB4YI, and Josef KQ4GAH added points from their home stations.
Operators of the SPARC station were: AAØO AA2MF AB4YI KB1EBC KB9LX KD2UDU KF4TYA KI4UIP KN4YQC KO4WPO KQ4DVG KQ4DXM KR4U N4GRC W1EES W4BOO W4CU
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From Jack’s QRZ page:
“I was first licensed in 1957 as a Novice as KN1EJT. Upgraded to Tech and later Conditional as K1EJT. In 1969 and 1970 was YB0AAC, one of the first two foreign amateurs legally licensed in Indonesia. In 1971 was authorized to use KR6JH by US authorities in Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands). Upgraded to Advanced class KF4SX in 1985. After the death of my father, who was licensed as W1BBU circa 1927, I applied for and received his call – W1BBU.
Member of ARRL, St Petersburg Amateur Radio Club (SPARC), Florida Contest Group (FCG), Straight Key Century Club (SKCC), & Florida Portable Radio Klub (W4PRK).
I’m a retired U.S. Marine Corps aviator with more than 6,000 military flight hours and almost as many successful landings as takeoffs in 34 aircraft models over a 23-year career. Had a second third career after the military.
In the Autumn of 2021, I began frequently participating in Parks on the Air (POTA) hunting. I’ve earned two activator “Kilos” at my “home park K-6700.
In the picture ‘My best landing ever’ at Dulles International, April 1975. Cockpit fire immediately after takeoff. That is firefighting foam in the picture, not snow. Great flying according to a Naval Aviation News magazine article, but a very healthy dose of luck.”
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SPARC Field Day will be on June 24-25th at our club station location, DMI Research, 6699 90th Ave N, Pinellas Park, FL. We’ll start at 12pm Saturday with station familiarization and a little practice, the on-the-air operating event starts at 2pm Saturday and runs through 2pm Sunday.
We’ll be operating as 4-Delta with stations on SSB, CW, and Digital(FT8, etc). We’ll be using Yaesu FT-1000 radios and N1MM logging software. Operation will be indoors with Air Conditioning.
If you are planning to attend, please fill out the form using the link below so we know how much food to get.
SPARC Field Day 2023 Signup Form
Please bring your own headphones. You’re welcome to bring your HT radios but please no HF radio transmissions on-site from personal radios without organizing with the current operating team so we don’t get interfernce.
Allow a few minutes after submitting the form for your callsign to show in the list.