News from the Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club (SPARC)

Hi,

We have some radio equipment to sell.

Art, WA4NTP, and Sarah, N4GVM, are downsizing and offered their station to "let beginning hams buy the equipment through SPARC with half the sale price going to SPARC and the other half to me." Art is a past member and president of SPARC in the 1980's.

There is a complete station. He boxed up the equipment before his last move 15 years ago and has not used it since.

I have the equipment at my house for anyone to view. Come over anytime during the evenings (6-9) or this coming weekend (0800 - 1700). 12315 Streamvale Cir, Herndon, VA. Please call to ensure I am home: 703-437-8287.

I will accept offers from anyone on an auction basis with the objective of making a lot of money for the SPARC treasury. Preference will go to new hams and especially to anyone who wants to buy the entire station. I will try not to break up items that go together (radio and hand mikes, amplifier and power supply, etc). If it is not sold in two weeks, I am thinking about a booth at Berryville Hamfest.

Feel free to pass the list around to people who might be interested.

Here is the equipment list. The equipment list in PDF format is also attached.

ITEM MANUFACTURER MODEL DESCRIPTION
1 YAESU FT-757GX HF TRANSCEIVER
2 YAESU FP-757HD POWER SUPPLY
3 YAESU unk EXTERNAL SPEAKER
4 DENTRON MLA-1200 HF AMP
5 DENTRON AC 1200 POWER SUPPLY
6 DENTRON MT-2000A HF ANT TUNER (MAX POWER)
11 YAESU MH-1B8 DYNAMIC HAND MIC
10 YAESU YD 148 DESK MIC
8 unk unk ELECTRONIC KEYER (PADDLES)
7 MFJ MFJ-484 GRANDMASTER MEMORY KEYER
12 HEATHKIT HM-2102 SWR METER (vhf) 7938
13 KENWOOD unk MOBILE EXTRNAL SPEAKER none
9 SWAN WM-2000 HF POWER/SWR METER
14 ICOM HM-23 MOBILE MIC WITH KEYPAD
15 unk unk EXTERNAL SPEAKER
16 TELEX CM1320 EAR PHONES WITH BOOM MIC
17 YAESU YH-55 EARPHONES
18 ICOM HM-12 HAND MIC
19 R.L. DRAKE TV-1000-LP HF LOW PASS FILTER, 1000 WATTS
20 TOKYO HY-POWER LABS HC-200 HF ANT COUPLER/TUNER
21 MFJ MFJ-1114 DELUXE MULTIPLE DC POWER OUTLET
22 ICOM IC-38A VHF FM TRANSCEIVER
23 KENWOOD TM-201A 2M FM TRANSCEIVER + MIC
24 ICOM IC-3200A VHF/UHF TRANSCEIVER + MIC
25 "ASSORTED CABLES, PARTS, ETC."

73, Gordon, NQ4K

THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING!!!!   DON'T MISS THE PIZZA PARTY!!!

I've already heard from quite a few of you.  If you plan to attend and
you haven't sent me a note yet, please drop me a quick e-mail.

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August is coming up and that means it's time for our annual pizza party!!
Make sure you get it on your calendar.

We'll share a truck load of pizza and a garden salad is available if you
would like one with your dinner.  We'll also provide non-alcoholic drinks
(beer, wine, or other bar drinks are on your own).

Date:  Wednesday, Aug 3rd
Time:  7:00 PM
Where:  Joe's Pizzaria
Address:  22360 Sterling Blvd (next to Safeway)

Please drop me a note and let me know if you plan to come.  I need to give
Joe's an approximate head-count so they can set up tables.

I'll send out another reminder sometime next week.

73,
--MARK    KI4OBT

Hi,

As many of you may remember, Jim, KF4PQL, had a popular Saturday morning show called Jim's Jukebox on the radio station in Leesburg for many years.

More recently, Jim has combined his love of old records and broadcasting with periodic appearances on WNMB.

See below for information on his next appearance.

73, Gordon, NQ4K

On, 7/26/2011 10:55 AM, JAMES PURKS emailed::
Gordon,
I am planning to do Jim's Jukebox on WNMB this Thursday at 2:00PM. If
you have an opportunity to link to www.wnmb900.com
and click on the jukebox, I hope you will
listen in for the old 50's hits.
Jim

Dick, W2YE, reports:

                       ARRL Field Day Entry Form

Datestamp: 2011-07-08 07:20:42 PDT

Call Used: K4NVA     GOTA Station Call: NQ4K     ARRL/RAC Section: VA     Class: 3A

Participants: 25     Club/Group Name: Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club

Power Source(s): Generator, Battery, Solar

Power Multiplier: 2X

Bonus Points:
 100% Emergency power                            300
 Media Publicity                                 100
 Set-up in Public Place                          100
 Information Booth                               100
 NTS message to ARRL SM/SEC                      100
 W1AW Field Day Message                          100
 Formal NTS messages handled - No.=10            100
 Satellite QSO completed                         100
 Natural power QSOs completed                    100
 Site Visit by invited elected official          100
 Site Visit by invited served agency official    100
 Youth participation                              60
   Youth operators=3         
   Youth participants=3         
 GOTA Bonus                                      360
 Submitted via the Web                            50
 Educational activity                            100
Total Bonus Points                              1,870

Score Summary:
                 CW  Digital  Phone  Total
  Total QSOs   1268     27    1502
Total Points   2536     54    1502   4092   Claimed Score = 8,184

Submitted by:
Richard Maylott, W2YE
Call Box 599
Sterling, VA, 20167
E-mail: RWMaylott@aol.com

Comments:
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Band/Mode QSO Breakdown:
              CW          Digital      Phone
           QSOs Pwr(W)  QSOs Pwr(W)  QSOs Pwr(W)
     160m                                      
      80m   92    100                229    100
      40m  510    100    27    100   146    100
      20m  485    100                 85    100
      15m  162    100                345    100
      10m   19    100                416    100
       6m                             85    100
       2m                              2    100
     1.25                                      
    Other                                      
Satellite                              1    100
     GOTA                            193    100
    TOTAL 1268           27         1502


GOTA Bonus: GOTA Coach - Double Bonus Points
Name/Call             QSOs  Bonus Points
Adam, (NONE)           20        40
Chris, (NONE)          20        40
Not Provided, KK4AIA   41        80
Misc., (NONE)         112       200

73, Dick, W2YE

Bill, WF1L, emails:

Here's a link to a new type of video ham instruction and education series put on by Bob Heil and Gordon West. The "show" is a recurring series called Ham Nation and this show they interviewed W3LPL and W3RA about the W3AO Field Day station along with soldering instruction, questions about operating practices and other topics of ham interest.

See http://twit.tv/hn7

I thought it was pretty informative and thought it might be good to pass it along, especially to Chris who might really enjoy it and find it helpful as he prepares for his exam.

All the previous shows (6) are also there on the website so you can start at the beginning and work your way thru all of them.

Bill - WF1L