St. Augustine Amateur Radio Society

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

After the business meeting we will conduct a couple of workshops — club logging program and radio programming.

Club Logging Program Workshop

We have a club license for the N3FJP logging program, enabling our members to log contacts when operating as N4AUG. In order to better utilize the club’s investment in this program, and to make event log submissions less labor intensive, we would like to set this program up on member computers and test it using a local wireless network to be set up in the conference room.

We’ll also demonstrate this program to those who have not seen it yet.

We also have access to the internet in the conference room, so if you need help downloading the program you will be able to during the workshop.

Please bring your laptops in order to get set up!

Radio Programming Workshop

We’ve had several members ask for assistance setting up both analog and DMR radios. Please bring your radios, programming cables, laptops, and software if you need assistance. Your fellow club members are here to help

Saturday,  Sept 28th 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 September  3rd at 6:30 PM via Google Meet. Please see Bob’s email for meeting information.

After a short business meeting Bob Sileo, N2PE, will present a program on RF Exposure, resources, and responsibilities.

This weekend is the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend. The St Augustine Amateur Radio Society will be activating the Saint Augustine Lighthouse as N4AUG. Our plan is to setup at 8-8:30 and begin operating 10:00  am Saturday morning and continue until 2:00pm. We will also operate on Sunday from about 10 am – 2pm. Please be sure to wear your SAARS membership ID and club shirt.

QSL information on QRZ.com –  callsign N4AUG

Lighthouse weekend is a good opportunity for those that don’t get to operate on HF very often… Technician through Extra. Come join us, operate and have a good ole time.

Saturday,  July 27th 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 August 7th at 6:30 PM. The meeting location will be the St. Augustine Airport Conference Center, 4730 Casa Cola Way, St. Augustine. (map).

Presentation on Electromagnetic Emissions Safety by N2PE

DMR programming workshop. We’ve had a number of programming questions come up on DMR over the past few weeks. If you have a radio and you need help to program it, please bring your radio, computer, and programming cable to the meeting and we’ll get you started.

We are conducting the meeting on Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the on-going venue difficulties. We still plan to conduct the Wednesday night net (albeit a short one) at 7 pm that evening.

When: Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23, 2023. Set up begins Saturday at about 09:30 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. 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 5th at 6:30 PM. The meeting location will be the St. Augustine Airport Conference Center, 4730 Casa Cola Way, St. Augustine. (map).

Our guest speaker for the June meeting will be Alan Alsobrook, KD4QOF

NOTE: Due to the recent challenges in securing a meeting venue we are moving the June 2024 meeting from Tuesday to Wednesday. While we do not intend for this to be a permanent change, future meeting nights will be determined as a venue is secured.

Ned’s is closed this week. We will be meeting at Itchy Ban in St. Augustine this Friday, 31 st, 11:15 AM. 2185 US Highway 1 S, St. Augustine, FL 32086 MAP

We will be having an outreach event at the St Augustine Amphitheater Farmers Market 8:30 am to 12:30 pm further details via email and on the net.