Southern Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Club

SPARC is group of amateur radio operators, or those who use radio to communicate with each other and to serve the public good. SPARC is a public service club. We provide communications for crowd and traffic control at community events.

Members of SPARC participate in ARES, RACES and SKYWARN for Lancaster County. These groups provide additional communications capability during civil and weather emergencies. On the air network meeting Tuesday nights at 9:00PM on K3IR/R 145.230 MHz (-Tx) PL tone 118.8Hz.

The club’s equipment includes 2-meter and 440 MHz voice repeaters, a packet radio system, both slow and fast-scan ATV or Amateur Television systems. Like cell phone sites, these repeaters greatly extend the communications range of small hand-held radios. The packet radio system provides digital communications capability over the airwaves, including e-mail.

The electrical power for the club's equipment is backed up by generators so it can remain on-line during emergencies.

We meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Rapho Township Municipal Building, which is located at 971 North Colebrook Road. Visitors are always welcome. Meetings begin at about 7:00 PM with a short discussion of club business and current events. The bulk of each meeting is devoted to a technical topic. Speakers, including both club members and invited experts, give a talk about a particular area of interest or expertise. The club conducts a newspaper and aluminum can drive and has a collection bin at the repeater site. If you wish to join SPARC print and return an application or contact us by e-mail. If you just want to know more about amateur radio check out the ARRL web site or these links.

SPARC has begun the establishment of working groups to advance and promote Amateur Radio. The first of several groups to be established will promote Training, Information, and Education. This group is charged with improving the technical skills of existing hams and with providing new and prospective hams with the skills they need to be successful and productive.

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SPARC's MAY 21st , 2011 VISIT TO FRISBIE's MARCONI RADIO
MUSEUM IN AKRON. 312 S. 10th ST., Akron, Lancaster County, PA.
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http://www.k3ir.org/SPARCvisitMarconiMuseum2011.html

FLASH! <>As of 1600 UTC December 2, the FASTRAC-1 satellite (FO-69) is open for use as a packet radio digipeater. Anyone with a 1200 baud packet TNC and a VHF/UHF FM transceiver can try it. If you own satellite tracking software, you'll find the latest orbital elements on the FASTRAC Web site. FASTRAC-1 receives at 145.825 MHz and transmits at 437.345 MHz. The digipeater alias is FAST1. To connect to ARRL Headquarters station W1AW through FASTRAC-1, for example, you would send the following packet:
C W1AW VIA FAST1

Reports of your results are welcome via e-mail, or at the FASTRAC Facebook page.

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NEW SUN SPOTS EVERY DAY!!!

All radio amateurs were invited to a special meeting
with Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH,
Riley Hollingsworth Tuesday November 8,
7:00 PM Holiday Inn New Cumberland
Speech recording in MP3 formats.
Long download on dialup connections.

Part ONE-Play Time length: 33min 10sec -=- File Size: 5.834 MegaByte.
Riley Hollingsworth, Nov 8th _PART1
http://www.k3ir.org/Hollingsworth_past_FCC_Code_Infraction_+12dB.mp3
Part TWO-Play Time length: 24min 21sec -=- File Size: 4.280 MegaByte
Riley Hollingsworth, Nov 8th _PART2
http://www.k3ir.org/Hollingsworth_past_FCC_Code_Infraction_Q&A+12dB.mp3

FLASH! If you are a prefix hunter, take note: Stations in Canada will be sporting new prefixes. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the CBC and Radio Canada! -...-.- December 2011 only!