News from the Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club (SPARC)
The SPARC web site is at http://www.qsl.net/sterling.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Virginia QSO Party Status
A quick update on the Virginia QSO Party.
We have received 452 logs already. This is more than last year's 449 and we sill have 3 weeks to go before all logs are due.
We have however received only seven logs from SPARC members. Maybe they will drift in later.
The log submittal portal, developed by Marty, NV3H, is working well. About half of the logs are coming in through the portal with the remainder being emailed. I suspect that the portal is catching many log errors before they even reach us.
Henry, K2BFY, and Eric, AJ4LN, our log scorers, are working through the logs expeditiously.
Overall, things are going very well.
Finally, do not forget we have a club meeting in two weeks. The proposed plan is to hold part of it on the 2M repeater and the presentation remotely on zoom. If you are like me, then you have to remember to put a 2M antenna.
73, Gordon, NQ4K
Monday, March 23, 2020
Virginia QSO Party is Over
It is Monday morning and I have recovered from the Virginia QSO Party weekend. It is over.
I had great fun. The 80M band was very active. Everybody was friendly. The mobiles were active. I did all except 2 QSOs on 80. Did 317 QSOs. About 30 QSOs on CW, the remainder on SSB.
Made contacts with Dick, W2YE, Eric, AJ4LN, Larry, W8ANT (on CW), and Kevin, W4KLS.
We have 225 logs received as of this morning. The log submittal portal implemented by Marty, NV3H, appears to be working well. Eric, AJ4LN, and Henry, K2BFY, are sitting by waiting for me to send them logs to score.
Good work all,
73, Gordon, NQ4K
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Virginia QSO Party - End of Day 1
Day 1 of the Virginia QSO Party is over. The 80M band was incredibly busy on both SSB and CW. I worked on and off all day. 179 QSOs. Did QSOs with Dick, W2YE, Eric, AJ4LN, among others. It was a lot of fun.
Maybe today, I will try the other bands, maybe even venture up to 2M.
We are starting to get logs in. Three so far. Marty, NV3H, completed his online log submittal portal. Be interesting to see how many people use it.
Hope to see you on the air.
73, Gordon, NQ4K
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Virginia QSO Party
The Virginia QSO Party is this coming weekend on Saturday to Sunday, 21-22 March. In local time, on Saturday from 10AM to Midnight and on Sunday from 8AM to 8PM.
For more information see:
https://www.qsl.net/sterling/VA_QSO_Party/2020_VQP/2020_VQP_Main.html
Our club, the Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club, has run this event for many years. We have support from many hams throughout Virginia who provide operating aids and sponsor plaques. Overall it is a very successful event.
Please get on the air, make a contact or two or a hundred, and email in a log.
See you on the air!
73, Gordon, NQ4K
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Meeting, 1 April on 7PM - Virtual Meeting
Monday, March 02, 2020
Meeting, Tuesday, 3 March, at 7PM - UPDATE 1
The meeting is tomorrow.
Our presentation has changed. Joe, WB2SAI, now has a conflict so we have postponed his presentation.
John, W3XWT/4 has volunteered to move his presentation forward. He will talk on “Shipboard and Other Extraterritorial Broadcasting.” John is an entertaining speaker and it will be interesting.
See you at the meeting,
73, Gordon, NQ4K
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