The dinner celebrating field day will be held next Monday, July 1st at the 98 North Golden Corral. Dinner will start around 6:00 PM. Just arrive and pay for your meal. We have reserved the private room.
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
Field Day Celebration Dinner
The dinner celebrating field day will be held next Monday, July 1st at the 98 North Golden Corral. Dinner will start around 6:00 PM. Just arrive and pay for your meal. We have reserved the private room.
Friday, June 28, 2019
Field Day 2019 Was A Great Success!
First we will start with the testers. We have two new Techs, Diane KN4VIH and Bob KN4VII Sanchez. No need to hunt for a background for this picture. Field Day is the perfect local to mark the occasion.
For more images from Field Day 2019 Click here
From left to right we have VE Coordinator Peggy N4PEG, new Tech Diane KN4VIH,
Diane's husband Bob and also new tech KN4VII, and next to Bob,
Bill KF4Q Have Antenna, Will Travel
Field day was a great success in no small part to those who generously rolled up their sleeves, an did the set up, and most important the take down at the end of the event. If I missed your name, I apologize. Let me know an I will be happy to add you to the list.
Here is the list of those who helped with setup and take down.
Thank you.
You made Field Day A Success.
| Call | Name |
| AE4RM | Roger Meadows |
| K0ZD | John Stanford |
| K1DU | Fred Delaney |
| KF4Q | Bill Busbin |
| KI4EFL | Don Jeerings |
| KI4ZMV | Bill Johnson |
| KJ4UW | George Mann |
| KK4VCN | Eleanor Marshall |
| KM4BAO | Bob Doherty |
| KM4STS | Liam Holzer |
| KM4STT | Aimee Holzer |
| KM4STU | Leon Holzer |
| KN4BOK | Tom Conner |
| KN4FRA | Michelle Pugh |
| KN4OTS | Harley Leavitt |
| KN4VII | Bob Sanchez |
| N4FRK | Victor Saxe |
| N6MRS | Mike Shreve |
| N7CUC | Sam Shaver |
| NC8I | Bob Berquest |
| NJ4Y | Matthew Stevens |
| WB4OMG | Buddy Morgan |
| WB6ZEQ | Top Smith |
| Aiden Holzer | |
| KN4SAV | Ed Schairer |
| WA4MMO | Geoff Schuck |
I will post over seventy pictures taken at field, some by me and some by Matthew, but here are a few highlights.
For more images from Field Day 2019 Click here
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Friday, June 14, 2019
Field Day 2019
will be held at the Kathleen Historical Society Lodge
Directions: Click Here
Setup will begin Friday around 3:30 PM. If you are new to Ham radio, you should make every effort to get involved with setup. You will learn a lot about setting up antennas, radios, and operations. Your presence is a win win for everyone.
Saturday morning there will be final checks on radio and antenna installations. Then promptly at 2:00 PM Field Day begins. Even if you have not signed up to operate, take a few minutes to watch and learn, and then ask to give it a try. Everyone has to learn sometime. Look at this as a learning opportunity.
Dinner this year will be catered by Jimbo's and will take place at 6:00 PM. All club members and familys are encouraged to attend. (Note, there will be a light lunch for operators earlier on Saturday.)
Take down will be Sunday. Please volunteer, if you have not already done so, to help with this. Many hands make the work light.
Thursday Night Net June 13, 2019
This is the log for Thursday night net 6/13/2019 for the Blog.
Robert Young AG4E
net control for the evening
KN4SAU John selling
or trade a MD-100 mike new condition 100.00 also looking for a tuner
and power supply for a FT-450D.
KI4EFL Don
KN4CHP Jim
N7CUC Sam
WB6ZEQ Top
N4HES Lee
KN4LEH Dan
K1OPQ Dave
KN4FBD Dan
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Rag Chew 6-12-19
Subjects addressed this week were diverse. On the digital side, Yaesu Wire format.
On the traditional
side, center fed dipoles along with J-poles and other
two meter antennas.
Antennas remain a popular topic, so we will continue
next week with this
along with any other topics introduced.
Sunday, June 9, 2019
May 2019 General Meeting
Congratulations James Finnegan KN4UWK!
Happy Birthday Glenn!
Our Main Speaker Kraig KA2LHO On The WWFF
Our speaker this evening was Kraig Pritts, KA2LHO. Kraig introduced our club to The World Wide Flora and Fauna In Amateur Radio Program. This program is similar to Florida Parks on the air, but much broader in scope.
The World Wide Flora and Fauna (WWFF) program wants to draw attention to the importance of protecting nature, flora and fauna. In this spirit amateur radio operators set up and operate their radio stations from designated nature parks and protected nature areas-generating attention for these areas whilst givng the ham radio community an interesting activity to contact. WWFF is an international and non-commercial program run by the National coordinators of a large number of national Flora and Fauna programs including the United States (KFF) program.
It is all about teamwork!
In order to insure continuity as well as support for major club activities, the board decided that we will have committees to oversee major club functions. Each committee will be chaired by a board member, but will also include at least one member from the general membership.
One such team will oversee Service events like the March for Babies, Warrior Walk, and the Citrus Bike Tour. For these events the board contact will be Glenn. Glenn will work very closely with Bob Doherty coordinating these events. Bob has had years of experience arranging club participation in these events and will continue to do so.
Other coordinators and team members will be introduced in the future. So far, the board has identified David Zdanowicz as coordinator of hospitality. David will work with volunteers like Sam Shaver and others to make sure club functions have snacks and coffee.
Several other positions are open. We need a coordinator for picnics and special events, as well as a coordinator for Field Day.
The driving force behind the committee concept is to encourage and give others the opportunity to take responsibility for club functions. The goal is to tap into the club's talent pool to make us even better.
Attendance for May
 |
| James Finnegan, center, surrounded by a plethora of VE's congratulating him on his new Tech license. |
Happy Birthday Glenn!
 |
| Peggy and wife Lois congratulate Glenn on his birthday. Unfortunately, church fire regulations prevented the number of candles it would take to accurately mark the event. :-) |
Our Main Speaker Kraig KA2LHO On The WWFF
Our speaker this evening was Kraig Pritts, KA2LHO. Kraig introduced our club to The World Wide Flora and Fauna In Amateur Radio Program. This program is similar to Florida Parks on the air, but much broader in scope.
The World Wide Flora and Fauna (WWFF) program wants to draw attention to the importance of protecting nature, flora and fauna. In this spirit amateur radio operators set up and operate their radio stations from designated nature parks and protected nature areas-generating attention for these areas whilst givng the ham radio community an interesting activity to contact. WWFF is an international and non-commercial program run by the National coordinators of a large number of national Flora and Fauna programs including the United States (KFF) program.
It is all about teamwork!
In order to insure continuity as well as support for major club activities, the board decided that we will have committees to oversee major club functions. Each committee will be chaired by a board member, but will also include at least one member from the general membership.
One such team will oversee Service events like the March for Babies, Warrior Walk, and the Citrus Bike Tour. For these events the board contact will be Glenn. Glenn will work very closely with Bob Doherty coordinating these events. Bob has had years of experience arranging club participation in these events and will continue to do so.
Other coordinators and team members will be introduced in the future. So far, the board has identified David Zdanowicz as coordinator of hospitality. David will work with volunteers like Sam Shaver and others to make sure club functions have snacks and coffee.
Several other positions are open. We need a coordinator for picnics and special events, as well as a coordinator for Field Day.
The driving force behind the committee concept is to encourage and give others the opportunity to take responsibility for club functions. The goal is to tap into the club's talent pool to make us even better.
Attendance for May
| CALL | FIRST | LAST | CLASS | ARRL | ARES | SKYWARN |
| AA4HT | Robert | Van Winkle | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| AB1DX | Oliver | Richards | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| AB4XK | Chet | Carruth | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| AG4E | Robert | Young | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| K0ZD | John | Stanford | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| K1DU | Frederick | Delaney | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| K2TDR | Ringo | Breton | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| K3JAZ | Larry | Turner | General | NO | NO | |
| K4EMT | Sarah | Clark | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| K4JZ | William | Aten | Amateur Extra | LIFE | YES | POL-933 |
| KB0QMN | George | Rezac | General | NO | NO | |
| KB4BDQ | Judith | Bukoski | General | LIFE | NO | |
| KB4FHP | Joseph | Lunsford | General | YES | YES | |
| KF4Q | William | Busbin | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | |
| KG4YNI | Ernest | Haynes | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-296A |
| KI4CDY | Patrick | O'Neil | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | POL-219A |
| KI4WRX | David | Zdanowicz | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | POL-415A |
| KI4ZMV | William | Johnson | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-840 |
| KJ4DSQ | Roger | Land | Technician | YES | YES | POL-208A |
| KJ4UW | George | Mann | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-410 |
| KJ4WFS | Tom | Evans | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | |
| KM4STS | Liam | Holzer | General | NO | NO | |
| KM4STT | Aimee | Holzer | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| KM4STU | Leon | Holzer | General | NO | NO | |
| KN4BOE | Thomas | Conner | General | YES | NO | |
| KN4FBD | John | McCullough | General | YES | NO | |
| KN4FRA | Susan | Pugh | General | NO | NO | |
| KN4LEH | Danny | Dickey | Technician | NO | NO | |
| KN4OTS | Harley | Leavitt | General | NO | NO | |
| KN4PIH | Richard | Lennon | Technician | NO | NO | |
| KN4PII | Sharon | Kirkland | Technician | NO | NO | |
| KN4SAU | John | Beatty | General | NO | NO | |
| KQ4KX | Richard | Sharp | Amateur Extra | LIFE | NO | POL-127A |
| KT2T | Michael | Oliver | Amateur Extra | LIFE | YES | POL-322A |
| N2TE | R. | Marchese | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| N4ESS | Richard | Kennedy | Amateur Extra | LIFE | NO | PAS-570 |
| N4FRK | Victor | Saxe | General | NO | NO | |
| N4HCZ | Robert | Griggs | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| N4PEG | Margaret | Kennedy | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | HIL-1000 |
| N6MRS | Michael | Shreve | General | YES | NO | |
| NJ4Y | Matthew | Stevens | Amateur Extra | YES | YES | POL-680A |
| W4EMT | Eric | Clark | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| W4MAG | Michael | Girard | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| W7STR | Springer | Rush | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| W8DUK | Richard | Grubb | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | POL-782 |
| WA4MMO | Geoffrey | Schuck | Amateur Extra | YES | NO | |
| WB4OMG | Harmon | Morgan | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| WB6ZEQ | Herman | Smith | Amateur Extra | NO | NO | |
| WB8QQR | Norman | Nissen | Advanced | NO | NO | |
| WX4AMS | Andrew | Stevens | General | YES | YES | POL-838 |
| N7CUC | Sam | Shaveer | Extra | |||
| Guests | ||||||
| K1TZD | Greg | Burton | ||||
| KN4UJI | Larry | Collins | ||||
| KK4TBK | Frank | Fernandez | ||||
| KI4NBE | George | Gafford | ||||
| KI4CRI | Charley | Gribble | ||||
| KN4KIB | Joseph | Hansel | ||||
| KI4EFL | Don | Jeerings | ||||
| AE4RM | Roger | Meadows | ||||
| KK4LYQ | Bill | Paul | ||||
| KN4SAV | Ed | Schairer | ||||
| Debra | Bershak | |||||
| James | Finnegan | |||||
| Robert | McCarthy | |||||
| Wendy | McCarthy | |||||
| Diane | Sanchez | |||||
| Robert | Sanchez | |||||
| Kathy | Schuck | |||||
| Glenn | Sims | |||||
| Glenn | Smith | |||||
| Minhei | Rezac |
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