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By Bob Wanek N2ESP on 08/10/2017

Free General Interest Ham Radio Newsletter

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One Day General Class Upgrade Workshop Forming

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 08/06/2017

Tom NY4I is forming a multi-club one-day General Workshop.

THIS IS NOT A CRAM SESSION. You must do pre-work from the book. Our goal is to work with the material you have learned by self-study, clarify some topics and teach you how to be a general. We want people to know what to do with their general class license when they get it.

We will start 6 weeks before the scheduled workshop day. Each student is REQUIRED to purchase a Gordon West General Class Study manual. The students have … Click for more

SPARC Contesters Win US 4th Call Area in CQ WPX RTTY

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 07/24/2017

During the WPX Contest earlier this year, SPARC posted a score of 2,810,572 points in the Multi-operator, Single Transmitter category. This was good enough to win 1st place in the US 4th call area, 7th place in the country and 23rd in the World. This was a team effort of the following operators: KA4IOX, KB8ESY, KR4U, KP2N, N2ESP, N4BUA, N4RI, NY4I, VE3XD, W4CU ad W4TSP. The full results are available on the CQ WPX RTTY Website as well as the write up in the July 2017 edition of CQ … Click for more

Study Guide Needed

By Bob Wanek N2ESP on 07/21/2017

If you have a current version of either an ARRL or Gordon West Technician Study Guide that you would

like to donate to a deserving student, please contact Kyle, N4NSS at N4NSS@yahoo.com or 727-331-2924. A used book in good condition is all that’s needed. If you have upgraded and no longer need your copy, please contact Kyle.

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W8IM Places 3rd Worldwide

By Bob Wanek N2ESP on 07/18/2017

Dean, W8IM. earned 3^rd place worldwide in the 10M PSK31 QSO Party that is sponsored by 10-10 International. What makes this accomplishment more amazing is that Dean won in the QRP category! An accomplished CW operator, Dean decided to expand his horizons with PSK31. Congratulations Dean. Click the title to see Dean’s certificate.

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W4TA Late Entry Into NAQP RTTY

By Bob Wanek N2ESP on 07/17/2017

Due to a last minute cancellation at DMI, we were able to participate in the NAQP RTTY contest. Operators participating on the W4TA Multi-2 category team were: Ron KP2N, Bob N2ESP, Dee N4GD, Tom NY4I and Johnnie W4TSP. The team used N1MM+ logging software which incorporates the MMTTY RTTY engine. This facilitated the ability to display real time contest statistics on our big screen TV as well as live on our web page. We ended the contest early as thunder storms approached. Claimed score for this event was 446. Thanks … Click for more