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Next Meeting: Monday, January 20 , 2003 8:00 PM At the Sterling Community Center Annex. Open house Contact Bill Rowlett (KC4ATU) 703-430-7290 eMail: kc4atu@yahoo.com Presentation: SPARC Amateur Radio Open house.
Refreshments: KC4ATU
General PRESIDENTS THOUGHTS
Hope to see you all Monday night.
Please also have a look at our websites. www.qsl.net/sterling www.groups.yahoo.com/group/k4nva http://members.bellatlantic.net/~ks4ii
"SVETLY BEAT LARG"!!! Way to go, Svetly! The latest CQ Magazine shows W2YE listed in the "USA Top Scores" section.
Want to advertise If any member wants to advertise in this space, please let the editor know and we will put it in here for you. It can also go on the Club webpage if the president approves it. |
WEBSITES www.qcwa.org Quarter Century Wireless Association www.qsl.net/sterling SPARC Website www.amateurradio-far.org FAR Website www.groups.yahoo.com/group/k4nva www.arrl.org/divisions/roanoke/ ARRL Roanoke Division Home Page www.wage.com WAGE Radio, Leesburg, VA http://nist.time.gov NIST time site http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.ht ml International Space Station tracking information
HAMFESTS 11 Jan 2003 Skyline ARC www.dreamscape.com/sarc NY 25 Jan 2003 + Hamfest/Auction Lockport ARA 26 Jan 2003 + Maryland Mobileers ARC http://www.qth.com/mobileers MD 22 Feb 2003 + ARA of the Southern Tier 23 Feb 2003 + Greater Buffalo Winter Hamfest Lancaster ARC http://larc.hamgate.net NY 23 Feb 2003 + Wireless Association of South Hills
UPCOMING SPARC ACTIVITIES
CONTESTS www.arrl.org/contests http://www.contesting.com/ Hunting Lions in the Air--CW/Phone-- 0000Z Jan 11-2400Z Jan 12 DARC 10-meter Contest--CW/SSB-- 0900Z-1059Z Jan 12. Frequencies (MHz): CW 28.000-28.200, SSB 28.300-28.700, http://www.darc.de/referate/dx/fedcz.htm. Midwinter Contest--, CW from 1400Z-2000Z Jan 11, SSB from 0800Z-1400Z Jan 12 East Asia 160/80m DX - CW - from 0900Z Jan 11 - 2200Z Jan 12. Work Zone 19, Zone 25, and Ogasawara stations. Frequencies: 160 - 80 meters. LZ Open Championship--CW-- from 1200Z - 2000Z Jan 18 on the 3.5 and 7 MHz bands only. HA DX Contest--CW-- from 1200Z Jan 18 - 1200Z Jan 19 on the 160 - 10-meter bands. ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes--1900Z Jan 18-0400Z Jan 20, see p 95, Dec 2002 QST or. North American QSO Party--Phone--1800Z Jan 18-0600Z Jan 19 (see Jan 10-12). MI QRP January CW Sprint--1200Z Jan 18-2400Z Jan 19. Frequencies: 160-6 meters. 070 PSKFest-- 0000Z-2400Z Jan 18. Frequencies: 80-10 meters. CQ WW 160-Meter Contest--CW-- from 0000Z Jan 25-2359Z Jan 26 (Phone is Feb 22-23).. REF French Contest--CW-- 0600Z Jan 25-1800Z Jan 26 (Phone is Feb 22-23). UBA Contest--Phone-- 1300Z Jan 25-1300Z Jan 26. Frequencies: 80-10 meters, BARTG RTTY Sprint-- Frequencies: 80-10 meters. http://www.bartg.demon.co.uk/. Vermont QSO Party--CW/Phone-- 0000Z Feb 1-2400Z Feb 2. Frequencies: 160-10 meters and VHF/UHF, http://www.ranv.org/vtqso.html. New Hampshire QSO Party--CW/Phone-- 0000Z Feb 1-2400Z Feb 2. Minnesota QSO Party--CW/Phone-- 1400-2359Z Feb 1. Frequencies (MHz): Ten-Ten International Winter Phone QSO Party--sponsored by Ten-Ten, International, from 0000Z Feb 1 until 2400Z Feb 2, 10 meters only. http://www.ten-ten.org/. North American Sprint--Phone-- from 0000Z-0400Z, Feb 2 (CW is Feb. 9). www.ncjweb.com/. XE International RTTY Contest 1800Z Feb 1 to 2400Z Feb 2. Frequencies: 80-10 meters. Delaware QSO Party--CW/Phone/Digital/RTTY--, 1700Z Feb 1 to 0500Z Feb 2 and 1300Z Feb 2 to 0100Z Feb 3. http://www.fsarc.org/. Classic Exchange--CW/Phone--from 2000Z Feb 2 to 0600Z Feb 3. http://www.qsl.asti.com/CX. Spartan Sprint--CW--, 0200Z -- 0400Z Feb 4 (Monday). http://www.natworld.com/ars/. North American Sprint--CW--from 0000Z-0400Z, Feb 9 (see Feb 2 (MHz): 3.540, 7.040, 14.040. RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest--CW-- 2100Z Feb 8 to 0100Z Feb 9 http://www.rsgbhfcc.org/. Asia-Pacific Sprint--CW--, 1100Z-1300Z Feb 8. Frequencies: 20 and 40-metersFISTS CW Winter Sprint--CW-- 1700Z until 2100Z Feb 8. Frequencies: 80-10 meters, work US/VE stations. QRP ARCI Winter Fireside SSB, 2000Z-2400Z, Feb 9. Frequencies (MHz): 3.865, 7.285, 14.285, 21.385, 28.385. (See Dec QST, p 93 for QRP ARCI Sprint information.) Winter 6-Meter Contest--CW/Phone--sponsored by the Six Club, from 2300Z Feb 8 to 0300Z Feb 10. http://www.6mt.com/contest.htm. |
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From SPARC Gap Editor. I have to give an apology to all the SPARC readers for not supplying a news letter the past few months. Hopefully the rest of the year will be better. Please email any comments to pengel@hotmail.com
May 2003 bring many DX, clear signals and good conditions …..
STERLING PARK AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Call Box 599, Sterling Park, Virginia 20167 |
OMISS QSO Party--SSB-- 1700Z Feb 8-0500Z Feb 9. Frequencies (MHz): 3.9405, 7.2635, 14.290, 21.360, 28.665. http://www.omiss.net/. ARRL International DX Contest, CW, 0000Z Feb 15-2400Z Feb 16. See Dec QST, p 95. YL International QSO Party--CW-- 0000Z Feb 15 through 2400Z Feb 16, two 6-hr off times required. Frequencies: 160-10. http://www.qsl.net/yl-issb/. CQ WW 160-meter SSB Contest, 2200Z Feb 22-1600Z Feb 24. See Jan QST, p 97. REF French Contest--Phone--from 0600Z Feb 22-1800Z Feb 23. See Jan QST, p 97. UBA Contest--CW--from 1300Z Feb 22-1300Z Feb 23. See Jan QST, p 97. FYBO (Freeze Your Butt Off) Winter QRP Field Day--CW--sponsored by the AZ ScQRPions from 1600Z-2400Z Feb 22. http://www.extremezone.com/~nk7m/fybo2003.htm. CQC Winter QSO Party--CW/Phone--sponsored by the Colorado QRP Club, 2200Z Feb 22 to 0359Z Feb 23. http://www.mtechnologies.com/cqc/. North Carolina QSO Party--CW/Phone--sponsored by the Forsyth Amateur Radio Club, 1700Z Feb 23 -- 0300Z Feb 24. QSOs. http://www.w4nc.com/. Grupo Argentino De CW Key Day--CW--from 1800Z Feb 22-0600Z Feb 23. Frequencies (MHz): 3.530, 7.030, 14.030, 21.030, 28.030.
SPECIAL EVENTS Eastham, Cape Cod, MA: Marconi Radio Club and Marconi Cape Cod Memorial Radio Club, KM1CC. 0001Z Jan 11-2359Z Jan 19. 21.039 14.039 21.360 14.260. personal.tmlp.com/k1vv/w1aa/w1aa_1001.htm. Cleveland, OH: Case Western Reserve University ARC, W8EDU. 0000Z Jan 18-1200Z Jan 20. The 28th Annual CWRU Science Fiction Marathon. 28.450 14.300 7.275. East Tawas, MI: Iosco County Amateur Radio Enthusiasts, W8P. 1200Z Feb 1-2000Z Feb 2. Perchville 2003. 28.350 21.250 14.250 7.040. Punxsutawney, PA: Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club, K3HWJ. 1400Z-2100Z Feb 1. Commemorating Groundhog Day 2003. 14.240 7.240 7.125. Washington, PA: Washington Amateur Commun-ication, W3C. 1700Z Feb 5-2300Z Feb 9. Washington County Sports Show. 21.325 14.270 7.270 3.960. Greenville, NC: Brightleaf ARC, W1VOA. 1300Z-2200Z Feb 8. 40th Anniversary of Voice of America, Greenville, NC station. 28.340 14.240 14.040 7.240. Memphis, TN: Delta Club ARC, W4D. 1300Z Feb 8-2300Z Feb 9. DixieFest Hamfest. 14.250 28.450 50.150 21.325. Alexandria, VA: Mount Vernon Amateur Radio Club, K4US. 1600Z Feb 15-2100Z Feb 16. Commemorating George Washington's Birthday. 28.415 14.240 10.110 7.240. Centralia, IL: Centralia Wireless Association, W9CWA. 0001Z Feb 15-2359Z Feb 16. Wishing 73 to all on CWA's 73rd anniversary. 21.323 18.133 14.253 7.253. Rapid City, SD: QCWA Dakota Chapter 102, W0DAK. 1500Z Feb 22-0300Z Feb 23. 26th anniversary of Chapter 102. 28.400 21.775 14.275 7.240. |
Hope the Holiday was good!! 