07/16/2024
St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club
Yes, it’s time for an antenna get together.
The plan is to remove the log periodic antenna from atop the storage containers, followed by the mast, rotator and thrust bearing. If you would like to help (or supervise) in this effort, the party starts at 10:00AM on Saturday (9/8) the day after the next SPARC meeting.
Hope to see you there.
Our trusty tower team consisting of John, KI4UIP; Donn, N4KII and Dave KR4U were at it again. Today (9/27) the tower tilt mechanism was mated with the telescoping tower. The tower mounts to the base with two large bolts that also serve as hinges when the tower goes from horizontal to vertical or vice versa. Once the third leg is bolted to the base, the tower can then be extended to a raised height of approximately 54 feet.
Final installation details include adding tower grounding, installing the rotor, mast, and … Click for more
At the May 6th club meeting our program will include several examples of a “Go Box.” These portable communications centers can easily be
transported by one person, setup quickly and provide communications on different bands and modes during emergencies or other communication events..
Learn about their purpose, capabilities, how to plan and make your own. Our presenters will each demonstrate their own projects. We will hear from: Andy, KI4VOS; Udo, KF4KUL and
Clayton, KJ4RUS. We also plan to fire up some of the equipment as a demonstration. … Click for more
Due to lack of interest, the SPARC Buy-Sell Net and web site will be discontinued after the first of the
year. Started as an experiment by Mike Scott, K4ZPE, the net was designed as a focal point to exchange amateur radio equipment. Many thanks to Mike for donating his time and talents towards making SPARC the great organization that it is today.
Mike would also like to retire as SPARC Net Wednesday night net controller. If you are interested in the Wednesday night spot, please contact Johnnie, W4TSP.
NOTE: If … Click for more
In an effort to improve our collective culinary diversity, we have a new venue for this years After the Holidays Party. This year, we will have the entire Skyway Diner, 4000 34th Street South, St. Petersburg at our disposal. Note: This is NOT Skyway Jack’s. The Skyway Diner is further south on the east side of US 19.
The festivities will start at 3:00PM on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Members will order off the menu, and are responsible for their own bill. Rumor has it … Click for more
This month’s meeting program by Tom Schaefer, NY4I will cover the various methods
of confirming a 2-way contact. Known as QSLing, direct, incoming and outgoing QSL bureaus (buros), as well as ARRL’s Logbook of The World (LoTW) will be covered.
For those that have had challenges with LoTW, this is the program for you. Tom will walk you through how to start and complete your LoTW registration. Experienced hams bring your interesting QSL cards and show them off.