SPARC | St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club

DXLabs Workshop on April 21, 2018

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 03/15/2018

SPARC will be conducting a full day DXLabs workshop on Saturday April 21st starting at 10:00 AM. The purpose of this is to introduce people to using the DXLabs Suite of software. If you are a recent convert to DXLabs or looking to change from a different logging package, this is the session for you. Topics we will cover include:

Installing the software
Converting from your current logging software
Set up of Logbook of the World (LOTW), QRZ and eQSL integration
Getting setup on LOTW including TQSL and completing

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You’re Invited! Come out and Operate a Phone Contest on March 23 – 25.

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 03/15/2018

The SPARC Contesters invite everyone to come out and operate the CQ WPX SSB contest starting at 8:00 PM on Friday, March 23. We will be at the club station to work as many stations as we can–all on phone. The WPX contest is a fun contest as we use a rare prefix (NY4) which makes us a multiplier and hence, a desired station to work. You can experience what it is like to operate on the “other side” of the pileup. Rates of 100 contacts an hour are not … Click for more

March Program – Nimbus technology introduction

By Ed NZ1Q on 03/12/2018

The March SPARC program introduced a new and interesting technology to the membership. Here is a summary by Charlie Snellgrove N4TBO.

NIMBUS Detection Technology to SPARC

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It’s Party Time

By Bob Wanek N2ESP on 02/28/2018

Technically, it’s still after the holidays, so….it’s time to party.

Thanks to efforts by Molly, KN4GFN, we have a place for our After the Holidays Party. We’ll be dining at Bob Evan’s Restaurant at 2410 66^th Street (corner of Tyrone & 66^th). The date is Sunday, March 18 at 4:00PM. Dress is casual and everyone will be responsible for their own bill.

A signup sheet will be available at Friday’s club meeting, or email Bob, N2ESP you plan to attend. Hope to see you there.

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The SPARC Contesters are live on the air (and you can watch)

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 02/24/2018

In yet another new feature to bring more contesting to you, you can now watch the SPARC contesters live in the shack. Click here to go to the Upcoming HF Events page here and you can watch a live bird’s eye view of the stations operating. It is video only (no sound). We will be down there until 1:00 AM Sunday morning.

You can also watch how we are doing with our real-time score board available here.

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SPARC Breaks Own Record in CQ WPX RTTY Contest

By Tom Schaefer NY4I on 02/15/2018

This past weekend (February 10th – 11th, 2018), the SPARC Contesters activated the SPARC club station again to participate in the CQ WPX RTTY Contest. You may recall that in last year’s effort, SPARC achieved the highest score in our history and had the top score in the 4th call area. We also had the 7th highest score in the US in the Multi-operator, Single transmitter category.

2017 Certificate (Note the score is the final score versus the 3.1 million we submitted) — 2017 Certificate (Note the score is the final score versus the 3.1 million points we submitted)

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