Speculator Amateur Radio Club (SpARC)
Adirondack Mountains ~ Hamilton County, New York
Speculator - Lake Pleasant - Piseco - Morehouse area
Speculator Repeater 147.165 +
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October 18, 2009: -- NYQP A SUCCESS! -- 144 HF radio contacts in 5 1/2 hours. -- Contacts ranged from Indian Lake to Italy, including This activity was excellent training and demonstration of the ability of HF radio to provide emergency communications beyond line of sight or repeater range, and independent of any commercial or public infrastructure (repeaters, phone lines, etc.) |
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The club has initiated a project to establish permanent
HF capabilities in addition to the VHF equipment now in place at the Hamilton
County Emergency Operations Center. This will enhance emergency radio
communications capabilities with emphasis on maintaining radio communications
links out of the county. HF radio will provide the means to communicate
with SEMO in Albany and with other stations in the county but beyond local
VHF range.
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Events
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HF communications training. Set
up radio and antenna at Lake Pleasant Firehouse. Check in to Northern NY
HF net, Carrier Net, USAF MARS training net, ECARS; etc., make prearranged
contacts with other stations, operate in a contest or the county hunters
net, etc. -- Please contact KC2WI or K2LML if interested. -- |
The Speculator Amateur Radio Club was organized in May of 2002 to 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.
SpARC is working with county agencies to build volunteer emergency communications capabilities throughout all of Hamilton County. 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.
Meetings are held at the Lake Pleasant Fire Hall 7:00 PM on the third Monday of each month. All hams and non-hams welcome. Please contact us for details.
We hold a net every Monday night at 7:00 PM (except meeting nights) on the Speculator repeater (147.165+).
Club decals are available for $2.00. Club T-shirts
are available for $9.00. T-shirts are high-visibility
orange and excellent for wearing while on emergency
or public service communications duty.
Seaplane Fly-In Insulated Travel Mugs are still available to the public. Please
purchase a mug to help the support volunteer emergency communications provided
by SpARC.
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For more information contact Shelly Weaver KC2GIS
Speculator
Repeater Coverage map - approximate signal strength
(courtesy of Bob Verdon KA2FDC, JPJ
Communications)
Adirondacks Speculator Region Chamber of Commerce
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.sparcweb.net
