The Sarasota DARN Operations site is located in the Catholic Charities District I
office on Tamiami Trail, not far from University Blvd. This is a brand new
building that consolidates three former Catholic Charities locations. DARN Sarasota is the
first DARN Operations site that includes High Frequency (HF) communications capabiliity
in addition to the traditional UHF/VHF capabilities. DARN Sarasota equiment includes:
Equipment
ICOM IC-MK706 MKIIG (UHF/VHF/HF)
LDG Antenna Tuner
ICOM IC-W32A Handheld Dual Band (UHF/VHF)
Hustler 4BTV Vertical HF antenna
20 Meter Sloped Dipole antenna
UHF/VHF 5/8 Wave antenna
Operators
Stan Duncan, W4SBD
Steve Rossi, KS4YP
Backup Operator
J.R. Smullen, WJ3R
Last updated: 10 October2010
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| The Sarasota Operating Station | J.R. (WJ3R) at the controls |
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| The vertical antenna on the left is HF. The 20 meter dipole is well hidden in the trees. | Catholic Charities, Venice CEO Peter Routsis-Arroyo examines the HF antenna installation |
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| Pete(L) and Steve(R) work on the UHF/VHF antenna installation | DARN members Andy(L), Bob(C) and Pete(R) take a break in the shade during the UHF/VHF antenna installation. DARN Coordinator Bob won the musical chairs competition. |