While late (and again, I apologize for that), the April 2021 edition of the SPARC is now available!
Author: ke1ml
Happy World Amateur Radio Day 2021!
Every April 18, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on this day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris.
Today, Amateur Radio is more popular than ever, with more than 3,000,000 licensed operators!
The theme for this year’s World Amateur Radio Day is, “Home, but Never Alone!” It speaks to the wonderful bond that we amateur radio operators have had through the world. In the last year this has manifested in dozens of local “checkin” nets whose purpose was have us keep an eye on each other on a daily or weekly basis. It was a wonderful example of Amateur Radio keeping all of its members safe, and together…no matter what the physical distance!
SPARC and BARC Meeting Thursday 15 April
Due to both professional and health issues, the April SPARC will be delayed until this coming weekend (17-18 April).
We do have an exciting meeting planned for Thursday evening at 7:30ET (15 April) on the Zoom teleconferencing platform.
Joe Harris, N1QD, will be presenting DMR basics, with an emphasis on getting set up and running on BARC’s 70cm DMR repeater. No pressure, but this could be one of the best presentations this year!
To join the Zoom meeting above go to:
https://zoom.us/j/99918732995?pwd=cFhSbmwySUQ2Qi90eGVUNFNhQ0N4Zz09
Meeting ID: 999 1873 2995 Password: BARC
March 2021 SPARC Now Available!
The March 2021 edition of the SPARC is now available!
Get Your Article in NOW!
Have something to tell your club? Been working on something that has been exciting you? Know something that the rest of the club would be interested in? (DMR comes to mind!)
Write something up for the upcoming March SPARC. Doesn’t have to be big. Make your mark now! Send it off to your harried Editor, KE1ML at ke1ml@arrl.net!
February 2021 SPARC Now Available
The February 2021 edition of the SPARC is now available!
New Zoom Link for January Meeting!
We just discovered that the meeting link in the SPARC was invalid. The Zoom Meeting link for the January Meeting is:
https://zoom.us/j/4814478829?pwd=R0JTKzVNNEl5MCsraHpyYmF6U3Axdz09
January 2021 SPARC Now Available
The January 2021 edition of the SPARC is now available.
Club PayPay System Back UP!
The Club PayPal system has been restored! All praise and thanks for this goes to Joe Harris, N1QD. We had a perfect storm over here where the person who normally dealt with the site was unavailable, and I myself was in Somerville Hospital for a diagnostic test.
Again, many, many thanks to N1QD, and we’re back on the Net (as it were)!
December 2020 SPARC Now Available!
The December 2020 edition of the SPARC is now available!