Schedules
 Meeting Calendar
 Events Calendar
Field Day 2012 Information

  QRZ News Online, the club's newsletter archive
and is the best source for current information.

Public Service
How to become a Ham  UPDATED! HamRadioExams
VE Testing
ARES & RACES
&SKYWARN

Special Events
Burkina Faso DXpedition
NEW Event Listings

Technical
PowerPole Connectors
SPACE  WX- swpc.noaa.gov New-ish.

Software for Download
SPARC's Software Storage
NEW-ish!

Contact SPARC
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  Site Notes
  HamLinks

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. 

FLASH!  The May 22nd (2012) 7PM meeting is going to be held at our club
site at 1715 Brenemen Road, Manheim RD. Visitors always welcome.  Find SPARC
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.

SPARC's   MAY 21st , 2011 VISIT TO FRISBIE's  MARCONI  RADIO  MUSEUM  IN AKRON.  312 S. 10th ST., Akron, Lancaster County, PA. CLICK URL next line::  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. ,  ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania Section Convention, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-June 30, 2012

ARRL NEWS LETTER ARCHIVE Use Windows ZOOM controls [CTRL+] and [CTRL-] to adjust  font or image sizes to your screen size. NEW SUN SPOT INFORMATION  EVERY DAY!!! Current HF Propagation Charts All radio amateurs were invited to down load MP3 recordings of the special meeting with  K4ZDH, Riley Hollingsworth Tuesday November 8, 2011 Held 7:00 PM Holiday Inn New Cumberland Speech recordings 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 OTHER  LANCASTER  COUNTY (PA) HAM  RADIO  CLUBS:      Red Rose Repeater Association      Ephrata Area Repeater Society      Lancaster Radio Transmitting Society

Annual Armed Forces Day Crossband Test Scheduled May 12th2012 Crossband Operations Information.<> Military Service & Frequencies.