www.sparcham.org
Hamilton County Amateur Radio Club
Adirondack Mountains ~ Hamilton County, New York
Speculator Repeater 147.165 +
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| ongoing... | Fire Tower Radio - The Northern New York Amateur Radio Association is encouraging operation from current and former Adirondack fire tower or other mountaintop locations. There is a Yahoo group to announce your planned operation. See www.FireTowerRadio.net for details. |
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| Tues. Jan. 8 | Quarterly NNY Hospital Net |
| Tues. Apr. 2 | Quarterly NNY Hospital Net |
| Saturday May 4 | NNYARA MEETING at Mullen's Family Restaurant on Route 11 south in Gouverneur. 10.00 am. -l 2:00 pm. Order lunch from the menu and if enough folks order lunch they will waive the room charge. directions |
| Saturday June 1 | Public Service
Radio Communications for the LPCS 5K Run. operators needed - contact KC2GCH |
| Saturday June 8 |
Public Service Radio Communications for the Black Fly Challenge mountain bike race Indian Lake to Inlet through the Moose River Plains. 18th annual race, second year for Amateur Radio Communications. For information contact Dennis N2LBT. |
| Weekend June 8-9 |
ARRL VHF QSO Party. A great opportunity for anyone to operate with only simple equipment, by hiking to a fire tower or other high spot - see FireTowerRadio.net for details of possible Adirondack/NNY activity. This event is a good opportunity for all license class hams to get involved. All you need is a HT or mobile, a good antenna, and a good high location. |
| Fri.-Sun. June 21-23 | Field Day
Weekend at the Morehouse Recreation Center
Field Day, the national 24 hour emergency communications training exercise, is the biggest event in Amateur Radio. The actual on-air Field Day event starts at 2 PM Saturday afternoon and continues for 24 hours until 2 PM Sunday afternoon, but we will begin setup on Friday. KC2WI and K2LML will be coordinating set up and operation. Although we don't plan to operate for 24 hours straight, depending on weather, band conditions, and number of people wanting to participate, we will be on the air late into the night, may stay overnight and/or resume operation on Sunday. This is a great opportunity for anyone to operate HF amateur radio no matter what class license you have or what equipment you have. You don't even need a license. Non-licensed individuals can operate under supervision of a licensed control operator. We also need loggers and people to help set up and tear down. This is also a great opportunity for general Amateur Radio fellowship. Come and operate or just hang out and socialize. For the computer buffs out there, we plan to add some digital communications, such as PSK-31. We'll also have a LAN to run our logging computers. If you like playing with computers, you'll love digital radio operatins. We also hope to enhance our antenna setup for improved signal quality. Last year, the Morehouse Recreation Center (behind the fire house at the end of Rec Center drive off of Route 8) proved to be a great venue for Field Day, so we are returning this year. Please contact KC2WI or K2LML to indicate your interest, and when you might be able to help set up or operate. We really need help, especially during setup. Anyone can particilate, and it is a good opportunity to learn about the technology. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO VISIT
AND PARTICIPATE. For more general Field day information visit the ARRL Field Day web pages. |
| Tues. July 2 | Quarterly NNY Hospital Net |
| Saturday July 20 | Piseco Lake Triathlon Public Service Communications operators needed - contact KC2GCH |
| Sunday August 4 |
Lane 10K Lake Run Public Service Communications operators needed - contact KC2GCH |
| Tues. Oct. 1 | Quarterly NNY Hospital Net |
| List of 2012 events including pictures of our =W2S special event | |
The club was organized in May of 2002 as the Speculator Amateur Radio Club (SpARC) to support the local repeater, provide emergency and public service communications, generate interest in amateur radio, and afford amateur radio operators and those interested in radio as a hobby an opportunity to meet socially.
In November 2012, we voted to change our name to the Hamilton County Amateur Radio Club. Our goal is to provide emergency communications throughout all of Hamilton County if needed.
We now have members in Wells, Lake Pleasant / Speculator, Morehouse, and Long Lake. Groups in the Inlet/Old Forge area and in Long Lake have put up new repeaters, improving VHF coverage throughout the county. The North Country Group meets 8:30 Sunday morning on 3.985 with hams from through the Adirondacks participating. During the 2012 Simulated Emergency Test, over 50 stations from Northern New York and the surrounding area checked in to the exercise net.
The club continues to work with county agencies to build volunteer emergency communications capabilities. If you are a ham, we need your participation.
If you live or spend any time in the area, we encourage you to join our club. Repeater dues are $8/year and club dues are $2/year. Dues are due in July.
If you are interested in getting your Amateur Radio license, we can help.
Meetings are held at the Lake Pleasant Fire Hall 7:00 PM on the third Monday of each month, except December. All hams and non-hams welcome. Please contact us for details.
We hold a net every Monday night at 6:30 PM (except meeting nights) on the Speculator repeater (147.165+).
Seaplane Fly-In Insulated Travel Mugs are still available to the public. Please purchase a mug to help support volunteer emergency and public service communications provided by SpARC.
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For more information contact Shelly Weaver KC2GIS
Adirondacks Speculator Region Chamber of Commerce
The club is a member of the Northern New York Amateur Radio Association.
Web site created and maintained by Pete Newell KC2WI Affordable Technical Solutions.
Looking for the old Shore Point Amateur Radio Club web site that used to be at this address? Go to www.sparc.us