St. Augustine Amateur Radio Society

ARRL Announces Logbook of The World® Systems Upgrade

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As a part of the ongoing modernization of the ARRL systems infrastructure, LoTW will be receiving major upgrades to the operating system it is running on, the relational database system it uses to store and access logbook and awards data, and server hosting, where it will be fully migrated to the cloud. These changes will, among other improvements, ensure LoTW performance needs can be better met based on user demand.

LoTW will be unavailable from June 27 to July 2, 2025, to complete these upgrades. We will bring LoTW back online if it is available sooner than July 2.
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When: Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29, 2025.
Set up begins Saturday at about 09:30 local time and operation is from 1400 Saturday to 1700 Sunday (or earlier if we decide to leave earlier) (local time).

Where: St Johns County Fairgrounds (schoolhouse building), 5840 FL-207 E, Elkton, FL 32033 Map

The club will be serving lunch on Saturday from about 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm. (We are looking for a chef). Other meals and drinks will be on a “bring your own” or ad hoc “food run” basis.

For more information on Field Day you can visit: http://www.arrl.org/field-day

We hope to see you all at Field Day!

The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society will meet Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 6:30 pm. The meeting local will be at the Fraternal Order of Police, St. Johns County Lodge #113
5050 Inman Road, St. Augustine, FL 32084. (MAP).

The lodge is located in the vicinity of the I-95/SR-16 interchange.

Upon turning onto Inman Road (next to the Wawa), proceed north about 9/10 of a mile. The entrance to the lodge will be on your right.

The gate will be opened at approximately 6 pm.

The program will be “Logging Programs” by John Smith, K3GO

The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society will meet  Tuesday May 6th at 6:30 PM via Google Meet. Please see Bob’s email for meeting information.

Program – PSK Reporter – Digimode Automatic Propagation Reporter by Philip Gladstone, N1DQ

Saturday,  April 26 is the last Saturday of the month when we do a Breakfast Social.  This Saturday we will be at  “The Spot” which is located 4508 US 1 St. Augustine near the airport.  (MAP) The Spot opens at 7:30 which is also our normal time to gather for breakfast.

The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society will participate in the Florida State Parks on the Air event on Saturday, April 5, 2025.

Venue – Faver-Dykes State Park. 1000 Faver Dykes Rd, St. Augustine, FL 32086. The entrance is just north of the US1/I-95 interchange in the southern part of St Johns County. (MAP)

We have the main pavilion (closest to the water) reserved for Saturday (April 5, 2025).

Park admission is $5 per vehicle using the honor station at the entrance to the park. You can also purchase single-day use passes online ahead of time  at: Single use day pass

Club Event Information and Logistics

If you plan to attend this event please reply to this email with the equipment you will be bringing. This will help with our planning.

Also, don’t forget to bring your laptop with the club’s N3JFP logging software.

Setup time – Plan to arrive shortly after park opening at 8 am in order to be on the air by 10 am local time.

Operations time – Operations begin at 10 am local time Saturday.

We’ll need to break down the stations and antennas when we leave for the day. Camping is only permitted at the campsites, not at the pavilion.

Note that we will be operating as a club on Saturday, April 5, 2024. You are encouraged to participate in the event on your own on the next day, either from home or from a park.

Rigs, antennas, filters, etc.

Members typically bring a variety of rigs and antennas, and the club has a comprehensive set of filters to improve the multi-station/multi-band/multi-antenna experience. We encourage you to bring any equipment you wish to operate.

Note that we need to keep antennas out of the trees, so bring appropriate vertical antennas or tripods for wire antennas.

Food and drink – There are no concession stands at the park, and not much else in the general vicinity, so we recommend that you bring your own food and drinks for the day.

Fleas and ticks – The park is known for its share of insects, so we recommend you pack insect repellent.

The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society will meet Tuesday April 1st at 6:30 PM. The meeting location will be the St. Augustine Airport Conference Center, 4730 Casa Cola Way, St. Augustine. (map).

Program:  No antenna, no problem – A brief tour of operations through networks such as EchoLink, RemoteHams.org, Remote Ham Radio, and any others.

Saturday,  March 29 is the last Saturday of the month when we do a Breakfast Social.  This Saturday we will be at  “The Spot” which is located 4508 US 1 St. Augustine near the airport.  (MAP) The Spot opens at 7:30 which is also our normal time to gather for breakfast.

The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society will meet  Tuesday March 4th at 6:30 PM via Google Meet. Please see Bob’s email for meeting information.

Meeting Program will be a Roundtable discussion on future events and programs for the club.

Saturday,  February 22 is the last Saturday of the month when we do a Breakfast Social.  This Saturday we will be at  “The Spot” which is located 4508 US 1 St. Augustine near the airport.  (MAP) The Spot opens at 7:30 which is also our normal time to gather for breakfast.