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SPARC “After-Holiday” Party coming up on 23 February 2025

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 01/29/2025

The annual SPARC after-holiday party is coming up on Sunday February 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM at Kristina’s Cafe in St. Peterburg. Kristina’s Cafe  is located at 3590 34th St N (US 19) in St. Petersburg. You will be ordering off the menu and paying for your own meal. 

This is a tradition as the holidays are all very busy so this puts it later in the new year. Please email holidayparty@sparc-club.org to indicate you are coming so we have a head count.  All members and spouses are invited to … Click for more

Winter Field Day 2025 Announcement

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 12/09/2024

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Do you like operating in the field but hate dripping in sweat while setting up antennas? Does the idea of enduring another Field Day constantly fighting off every mosquito in Tampa Bay make you wish they held Field Day in January? Well, you’re in luck! Winter Field Day is an event very similar to the June ARRL Field Day except—you guessed it—it’s held in Winter. Specifically January 25 & 26, 2025. This is a joint operation with both the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society (CARS) and the … Click for more

Why does SPARC ask if you are an ARRL Member?

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 11/28/2024

As you may know, SPARC is an ARRL-affiliated amateur radio club. This means we support the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and its mission to further the interests of Amateur Radio. SPARC was affiliated with the ARRL in 1934 just two years after the club’s start. Yes, this year was our 90th Anniversary of ARRL-affiliation.

So why you might be asking why we ask if you are an ARRL member? We ask to know if you are an ARRL member as ARRL-affiliated clubs are asked to maintain 51% of their … Click for more

SPARC Repeater Trustee Changes…

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 11/22/2024

On behalf of all the SPARC board and members, I want to extend a heartfelt thanks to Billy KN4LUZ for his service to the club as the repeater trustee of SPARC. Billy–while maintaining his role as SPARC net manager–has asked to step-down as trustee and in an act that makes being president easy, found his own replacement.

Alex KO4CEE was authorized by the SPARC board at its most recent meeting to become the trustee for the WA4AKH club repeater callsign. There are some housekeeping tasks to get the change … Click for more

Operating HF Split…

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 11/22/2024

Have you ever listened to a DX pile-up and heard someone yelling, “He’s working up, up!”? Do you know what that means? If not, Ryan AF4O (Wednesday 2m net control) at the next SPARC meeting on December 6th will give a presentation on operating split. He goes into the reasons to do so, when it is something you will encounter and other tips and tricks. In addition, his presentation goes through a bunch of current radios to show you exactly how to engage split mode on your specific radio. We … Click for more

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