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SPARC Program for October 5th Meeting

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 09/25/2018

At the October 5 meeting, Glenn, N4GRC will tell us how he designed and installed his shack ground system and how he planned out his perimeter ground loop.

The October meeting on the 5th will be at DMI Research in the usual meeting room. Stay tuned for future meetings that will be in a new location. Meeting starts at 7:30 PM.

You may remember Glenn from the dynamic Wi-Fi presentation and demo he gave to SPARC last year. For this talk his grounding presentation pictures show how Glenn constructed his … Click for more

SPARC on the Move

By Bob Wanek N2ESP on 09/17/2018

SPARC has been asked to relocate their station to another room in the same building. Our station engineering team consisting of John KI4UIP and Dave KR4U has worked out a plan to move our equipment, furniture, power, internet and antenna wiring to the new station location.

On Saturday 9/15, the furniture and equipment was relocated to the new room. Additionally, all the equipment previously stored in the back room was also moved. In addition to John and Dave, thanks to Ron KP2N, Rich AA2MF, Tom NY4I, … Click for more

SPARC Fest – Saturday, Nov 10. Free to all.

By Ed NZ1Q on 09/15/2018

SPARC Fest – The best “Free to exhibitors and attendees” Ham Fest in the Tampa Bay area.

Saturday, November 10 at Freedom Lake Park in Pinellas Pk, FL

Sellers enter when park opens and setup before buyers official time of 8AM

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“My time at Heathkit” Ron, KP2N

By Ed NZ1Q on 09/15/2018

If you could not get to the last club meeting, Sept 7, don’t miss this video clip of Ron, KP2N telling us about his time at Heathkit. Ron shares Heathkit history, the people, the products and personal stories. If you have ever used/built Heathkit gear, don’t miss this video.

“My Time at Heathkit”

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W4TA 2nd Worldwide in Makrothen

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 08/27/2018

The SPARC Contest Team is proud to announce they placed second worldwide and second in North America in the Multi-Op High Power (Single Receiver) category. This was for the Makrothen RTTY contest run from the SPARC station over the weekend of October 14th and 15th, 2017. Our second place score of 2,023,660 points represents the total distance (in Km) between our station and the 545 stations contacted during the contest. The average distance for each QSO was 3,713 Km/QSO. Congratulations to team members Tom W4CU, Paul KA4IOX, Bob N2ESP, Tom … Click for more

SS American Victory Video Available

By Bob Wanek N2ESP on 08/04/2018

For those folks that missed Dean’s, (W8IM) program at our August meeting, a link to the video produced by Ed, NZ1Q is available by clicking here.

UPDATE: Below is a radiogram sent to Bob, N2ESP from Dean, W8IM aboard the USS American Victory, KKUI after his presentation to SPARC.