11/23/2024
St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club
Since the forecast is for temperatures this weekend in the high 40s and low 50s during the day and to be 44 overnight with 20 mph winds, the decision was made to move the operating positions inside the Fire Training Center. This will be the same room used for Summer Field Day so the operating should be more comfortable than it would have been outside.
Just a reminder, if you did not sign up already, your chance to reserve meals has passed so please bring your own if you want … Click for more
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 29 & 30, 2022. This is a joint operation with the Upper Pinellas Amateur Radio Club (UPARC) and the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society… Click for more
At Field Day this past June we welcomed podcaster Mary Beth Toole from the Sonic Earth Expeditions podcast. Mary Beth spent some time with us on Saturday interviewing and listening in on our Field Day contacts. The podcast is available now, “A Field Day For Hams” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-field-day-for-hams/id1549404782?i=1000546620358
Thanks to Charles, Dave, Bruce and Dawn for giving interviews.
Just a reminder that Winter Field Day is coming up on January 29/30th, which will be a joint event with CARS and UPARC at the Clearwater Fire Training Facility at 1700 N … Click for more
information, and signups for attendance and volunteering will be posted in November or December 2021.
SPARC member and former club Vice President Rich, AA2MF, was among the top finishers in the 2021 ARRL RTTY Roundup radiosport event. Competing in the Single Operator, RTTY Only, Low Power category, Rich earned 102,178 points, giving him a top ten finish in the US and Canada. Congratulations Rich for a job well done.