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.
The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society will meet Wednesday February 5th at 6:30 PM. The meeting location will be the St. Augustine Airport Conference Center, 4730 Casa Cola Way, St. Augustine. (map).
Meeting Program: Sunspots! Grab them while you can!
A sunspot-cycle peak is upon us – this is a drive-by guide to what they are, what they cause, and tips and techniques on how to simply work the world.
Steve was first licensed in the late ’60s as G3YDV. Professionally he is a DSP developer in the audio and broadcast fields, and SDR is a present favourite playground besides operating. Steve has explored many facets of the hobby all the way from LF to satellites, tubes to DSP, and is a recovering contester.
This is his sixth sunspot cycle.
The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society is planning its first operating event of 2025, Winter Field Day, at Armstrong Park (map), 4950 Harvey Ave, Elkton, FL 32033
Setup time
If you arrive at the park in the 8:30 am to 9 am timeframe you should have plenty of time to set up.
Operations time
Formal Winter Field Day operations start at 11 am on Saturday, but we’ll start “warm-up” operations as soon as we get stations on the air.
We expect the bulk of our operation to be on Saturday until about 5 pm.
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 in the harsh outdoor winter environment of North Florida.
We’ll likely operate in the 40, 20, 15, and 10 meter bands, and hope to have at least one FT8 station on the air.
As of this date we expect to have at least four rigs and antenna systems, and we encourage everyone to bring a rig or antenna they would like to experiment with.
Logging
Please bring your laptop computers loaded with the club version of the N3FJP software for logging. That will enable easy consolidation and submission of logs at the end of the event.
If you would like to get the N3FJP software loaded on your computer, please indicate such on the Winter Field Day 2025 planning survey (you will receive a link for this under separate cover).
If you don’t have a laptop to bring, no worries – we will still have paper logs available.
Food and drink
There are no concession stands at the park, and not much else in the general vicinity. We recommend that you bring food and drinks for the day.
Fleas and ticks
Insect repellent is recommended (just in case).
The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society will meet Tuesday January 7th at 6:30 PM via Google Meet. Please see Bob’s email for meeting information.
Please join us for our January 2025 monthly meeting (online). Following our regular business meeting we will be joined by Andy Milluzzi, KK4LWR, Vice Director of the ARRL Southeastern Division, for an update on the happenings at the ARRL and in the amateur radio world.
