A Field Day for the Ages…

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 07/06/2018

The weather could not have been better. A little hot perhaps during antenna setup on Saturday but the customary Field Day rain storms stayed away. Not that it would have mattered too much this year. Field Day, ham radio’s open house, this year was a joint effort between the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society, St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club and Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club. The event took place on June 23rd and 24th at the Clearwater Fire Training Center in Clearwater. The banners above show all three clubs … Click for more

If You Are Attending Field Day…

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 06/16/2018

This email was sent to those that registered. If you have not registered please do so right away with the link supplied in the text below.

FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT, IF YOU REGISTERED YOURSELF BUT WERE PLANNING ON ATTENDING WITH YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER/GUEST, PLEASE ALSO REGISTER ANYONE ELSE IN YOUR PARTY. WE NEED AN ACCURATE COUNT FOR FOOD. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE BRINGING YOUR SPOUSE AND 2 KIDS, PLEASE REGISTER THEM ALL INDIVIDUALLY. You can sign others up here: https://goo.gl/forms/Tqr9kX30BNR1WJeg1

As you may be aware, the radio room is … Click for more

Field Day Signup

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 06/02/2018

Thanks to all that attended the meeting last night.

For those that do not recall if they signed up, here is the list of people that have signed up already.

If you are NOT on this list, please go to this link and sign up.

Name	Call Sign
Jason Esterline	N4BOZ
Tom Schaefer	NY4I
ken martens	WK4KM
Pat Connelly	KX4HL
David Trewin	KR4U
Dee Turner	N4GD
Bob Wanek	N2ESP
Glenn Panazzolo	N4ESU
Gerry Pollack	WR6N
Richard Stephens	N4BUA
Will Scott	W7WMS
Dan Gerson	KB4BOQ
Steve Heppler	KN4MBS
Alan Streitman	N4AYE

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Field Day!

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 05/03/2018

Last Day to Signup to be Guaranteed Meals: Monday June 18. Sign up now!

As Spring turns to Summer, a young ham’s fancy turns towards…Field Day! The annual ARRL Field Day emergency preparedness exercise/contest/social event is Saturday June 23rd and Sunday June 24th. As usual, SPARC is participating in this event but this year, we are building upon the success of the Winter Field Day event with a joint Field Day operation with the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society and Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club. The event will be held at … Click for more

Winter Field Day 2018 Report – Field Day Fun at 70 Degrees instead of 93.

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 02/01/2018

One of the first Field Days I ever attended (back in 1982) was at the Fairgrounds in Largo (home of the Renaissance festivals). At that event, the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society (CARS), the Metro Repeater Association (Metro) and the St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club (SPARC) came together in the spirit of inter-club cooperation to put on a huge ARRL Field Day effort. This was complete with a great location, good equipment, operators to man the stations, great food and loads of fun.

View of site from fire tower (dipole support)

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Field Day Remote Dashboard is now live!!!

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 06/24/2017

Click on the map at the top of the menu on the left to see a real-time summary of the SPARC Field Day effort. This information comes directly from the logging computers via a Raspberry Pi. We hope you make it down to the club station today but if not, you can watch our progress.

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