News from the Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club (SPARC)

Hi,

Red, N3TG, reports on the new hams below.  The tech class instructors (Paul, KK4AIA;  Chris, KK4HDG; John, KK4AHY; Mark, KI4OBT; Gordon, NQ4K; Kevin, W4KLS; and Jim, KF4PQL) and the license examination team (Red, N3TG, Gordon NQ4K, Duane K4UW, Charlie K3SR, Paul K4PDF, Jim KF4PQL and Kevin W4KLS) session did a very good job.  Please remember to thank them when you see them next.  See http://www.qsl.net/sterling/Licensing/licensing.html for pictures.

73, Gordon, NQ4K

On, 5/31/2013 5:34 PM, Bill Free emailed::

Gordon and VEs, below is the list of new call signs and privileges
granted by the FCC as a result of our May 19 test session.  Please feel
free to share with our membership for their congratulations, too.

Name                                Call Sign                License

Callie Cooper                    KK4RNO                Tech
Grace Cooper                    KK4RNN                Tech
John Chamberlain              KK4RNP                Tech
John Desautels                    KC3ARE                Tech
Vikrant Dutta                        KK4RNM                Tech
Ian McAllister                        KC3ARJ                Tech
Gerald Myers                        KC3ARI                  Tech
Sallie J. Myers                       KC3ARH                Tech
Edward Orlowsky                 KK4RNU                 Tech
Valeriy Pavlenko                    KK4RNV                General
Kourtlawn Richardson            KK4RNT                Tech
James Scheirer                    KK4RNS                   Tech
Alton Smith                            KC3ARG                   Tech
Fred Soutter                         KK4RNR                    Tech
Todd West                             KC3ARF                    Tech
Hana' Ya'Qubi                        KK4RNQ                    Tech

Upgrades

Gary Fortun                        KK4QOC Extra
Gavin Lambert                    KK4HKB General
Lisa MacDonald                KK4PXC  General
Michael Orndorff                KF4YMJ Extra

Hi,

Herndon Festival is this coming weekend. SPARC operates a booth on Saturday, 1 June, and supports the 5K/10K races on Sunday, 2 June. The plans are available on our website at http://www.qsl.net/sterling/HerndonFest/HerndonFest.html.

If you are in the area on Saturday, please stop by the booth. It will be located in the parking lot at the intersection of Station and Pine Streets between the Harvest Bread Company and the Dominion Animal Hospital. Don, KC4RCG, will be there all day along with a few other club members and I am sure they would like to see you.

73, Gordon, NQ4K

It is my understanding that the Tech class on last Saturday/Sunday had 17 students and all took and passed their Tech exams.  We also had six currently licensed and four of them earned license upgrades, two to General and two to Extra.  Finally, of our Tech class, one made the leap all the way from no license to General.  Way to go, guys and gals!  They (and we) have a few more days to wait and see what the FCC finds for them in the "new call" out basket.

Our thanks to Gordon NQ4K, Duane K4UW, Charlie K3SR, Paul K4PDF, Jim KF4PQL and Kevin W4KLS who ably assisted in the registration and check-in of those taking the exams, proctoring the test-takers, scoring the exams, and patiently waiting while I did my best to pull all the paperwork together and get the "I's" dotted and "T's" crossed.  By my count going back to the first of our most recent 5 VE sessions, we have aided 72 people to get their initial ham licenses.

Now, let's reach out and see if any of them need Elmering to make sure they get on the air and begin to explore the wonderful world of ham radio, and encourage a few more to come join us for Field Day and for future club meetings.

See you at Field Day...

Red N3TG
SPARC VE Coordinator

Hi,

The presentation by Mark, WA4KFZ, given last night at our monthly meeting has been posted to our web site at:

http://www.qsl.net/sterling/Activities/20130501_D-STAR/2013_Mark_WA4KFZ_DSTAR%20Presentation.pdf

73, Gordon, NQ4K