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 SPGP (single point ground panel) with copper strap and how the grounding is wired. Plus he will have some general lightning info as well.

Glenn now is employed by Duke Energy and may tell us a bit about Duke’s point of view on lightning. Should be an interesting evening.

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Tom Schaefer NY4I

Hello. I have been a member of SPARC on and off since 1992. I am the current president of the club. Formerly I was the Vice President under Ron KP2N and a board member for several years. I was heavily involved in the club station working with Ron KP2N, Dave KR4U and John KI4UIP. I was also a contributor to the SPARC Remote station which was used by several SPARC members to either augment their own stations or provide a station to use for those in HOAs or other living arrangements that kept them off of HF. We had quite a few users of the remote utilizing the RemoteHams software. I hope to strike a balance in SPARC between fostering operating skills, teaching new people about ham radio and also offer a great social experience to members that may just come to the meetings for camaraderie. As a general-purpose club, I believe SPARC can cater to all those aspects of our wonderful hobby. I hope you join me along the way...

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