News from the Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club (SPARC)
The SPARC web site is at http://www.qsl.net/sterling.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Wednesday 2M/Zoom Net - 27 April at 8 PM - SUMMARY
Hi,
Ten attended. Really really good jokes. Wrote a lot of them down.
Mike, WB8RDN, just cam back from a 3 week rail and car trip to western national parks, et. al. Sounds like he had a lot of fun.
A few people volunteered for Field Day. Will put out a new draft plan soon.
73, Gordon, NQ4K
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Wednesday 2M/Zoom Net - 27 April at 8 PM
Hi,
Another Wednesday is coming up. We will have a meeting online via the 2M repeater and Zoom starting at 8 PM.
Same agenda.
Open net
Check-ins
Initial round of introductions and comments.
Short story/tech talk (looking for volunteer)
Final round of comments with Joke
Close net
You can join us on 2M repeater or on Zoom or both.
73, Gordon, NQ4K
Join via 2M Repeater
2M on the Dulles Repeater 145.310 (-) PL77
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Password: 111111
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Thursday, April 14, 2022
Wed Net
We had 7 check ins on zoom and 1 2meter check in.
Good net as always. Some jokes were worth “Gordon writing down” category.
73,
Kevin
W4KLS
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Wednesday 2M/Zoom Net - 13 April at 8 PM
Hi,
Another Wednesday is coming up. We will have a meeting online via the 2M repeater and Zoom starting at 8 PM.
Paul, KK4AIA, and Kevin, W4KLS, have volunteered to be the net control and 2M relay.
Same agenda.
Open net
Check-ins
Initial round of introductions and comments.
Short story/tech talk (looking for volunteer)
Final round of comments with Joke
Close net
You can join us on 2M repeater or on Zoom or both.
73, Gordon, NQ4K
Join via 2M Repeater
2M on the Dulles Repeater 145.310 (-) PL77
Join via Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85420830985?pwd=VkwyKzgxbVJnTzJtYkxuUEE5MWhyUT09
Meeting ID: 854 2083 0985
Password: 111111
One tap mobile
+16465588656,,85420830985#,,,,0#,,111111# US (New York)
+13017158592,,85420830985#,,,,0#,,111111# US (Germantown)
Dial by your location
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
Meeting ID: 854 2083 0985
Password: 111111
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kew6N4ZTgf
Thursday, April 07, 2022
Monthly Meeting Wednesday, 6 April, at 7 PM - SUMMARY
Hi,
We had a really great meeting. It was especially good to see folks in-person. We had 13 in-person and 2 on Zoom. The Zoom connection was OK, but not great. I suspect the remote people could not hear and see very well.
Scott, WB6EFW, gave an excellent on the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) in Loudoun. Apparently the organization is slowly building up and they are working with ARES in Prince William and Fairfax for inter-county coordination. Scott also talked about digital voice with emphasis on Digital Mobile Radio (DMR). As part of ARES, he has a DMR / Fusion repeater installed at INOVA Hospital in Lansdowne that all can use. DMR radios range from very inexpensive to very expensive. Some hams at the meeting had both types. All work well. The Loudoun ARES website is LCARES.ORG.
Other items that we discussed are:
We will have the Virginia QSO Party Awards Ceremony at the Manassas Hamfest on 4 June. Not sure of the time yet. Eric, AJ4LN, volunteered to help. We could use two others to help also. Typically we have a photographer, recorder, and two passing out plaques in addition to me.
I will be at the Manassas Hamfest representing the ARRL Incoming QSL Bureau. At the same table, I will be selling a few items of radio equipment. If someone has a item or two they want to sell, we can add it to the table.
Field Day is on 25-26 June. We set up antenna ropes on Friday, 24 June at 7. Paul, K4PDF, is working on getting Park View High School baseball field for our venue. The group consensus we do it. Several folks volunteered to help including Scott, WB6EFW; Chris, KO4OJ; Daniel. W5DJV; John, W3XWT; and Gordon, NQ4K. We will check with Russ, W3RST, to see if our club generator is still working. Also Paul, KK4AIS, volunteered the use of hsi generator. So we have a start. We will start a separate email trail on this subject shortly.
Kevin, W4KLS, volunteered to run the club pizza party in August.
I think that is it.
73, Gordon, NQ4K
Tuesday, April 05, 2022
Monthly Meeting Wednesday, 6 April, at 7 PM - IN-PERSON
Hi,
It is time for our monthly meeting. Wednesday, 6 April. AT 7 PM, Sheriff's Substation in sterling. This will be In-Person.
We will try to start Zoom, using our same connection as always. However, last time we tried this at the Sheriff station a few months ago, we were unable to successfully run the Zoom meeting for the entire meeting.
Refreshments will be provided by John, W4XWT. John signed up for this some time ago. I hope he remembers or reads this email.
We will have a short presentation this month. Scott, WB6EFW, will talk about ARES in Loudoun County. This is the first ARES presentation we have had in several years. We should all learn something and also provide information to our members on how they can become involved.
If someone has a short presentation they would like to provide, I believe there will be time. Please let me know.
We also can catch up on other club activities.
VQP is over and we are collecting logs. We have 630 logs already. Marty's, NV3H, web portal is working very well are accepting and correcting logs. Henry's, K2BFY, log scoring program is working well. We are scheduled to hold the awards ceremony at the Manassas Hamfest on 4 June.
Herndon Festival is scheduled for 2-4 June. We have not done anything about a booth. We can talk about this.
Finally, Field Day is coming up on 25-26 June. Paul, K4PDF, volunteered to arrange for the use of the baseball field at Park View High School. We can talk about what we want to do for Field Day.
Hope to see you all there.
73, Gordon, NQ4K
Monday, April 04, 2022
Monthly Meeting, Wednesday, 6 April, IN-PERSON
Hi,
We will be having our next monthly meeting, IN_PERSON, at the Sheriff substation in Sterling on Wednesday, 6 April, starting at 7 PM.
We are advertising this as an in-person meeting. Last time we tried Zoom from the Sheriff's substation, it did not work well for us. We can try again, but it is better if you come to the meeting.
We will get the normal meeting announcement out this coming Monday.
73, Gordon, NQ4K
Wednesday 2M/Zoom Net - 30 March at 8 PM - SUMMARY
Hi,
Very good net meeting. Eight attendees.
We let Kevin, W4KLS, loose to tell jokes. I do not know how he does it, but he did.
73, Gordon, NQ4K
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