Year: 2023

This Weekend and Next is Chock-Full of Fun Activities

Posted on By Michael M
Activities, Announcements

This Saturday, April 22, is the annual QRP To The Field (QRPTTF). For more information click here – QRP TO THE FIELD – WPBARG Forums

This Saturday, April 22, is also the PBC ARES Drill “Florida SET”. For more information click here – PBC ARES Drill “Florida SET” – Saturday April 22, 2023 9AM to 11AM – WPBARG Forums

Next Saturday, April 29, We have our ”Saturday in the Park,” which coincides with the Florida 2023 QSO Party. Come out and join us for this event! For more information click here – The 2023 Florida QSO Party – Saturday, April 29th – WPBARG Forums

This Month’s Saturday in the Park

Posted on By Michael M
Activities, Announcements

On April 29th, we will be having our monthly “Saturday in the Park.” Come and join us before the weather gets too warm!

Our portable operations this month will include phone and CW. If anyone has another mode they’d like to operate, come on down and give it a run!

We will be working with our partner club, FLARC, in Fair Lawn New Jersey. 

Set up starts at 10:00 a.m. Some folks get there a little earlier, and we run till we’re done, usually around 2:00 or so. 

Directions can be found here – Saturday in The Park & Directions – WPBARG Forums

As always, everyone is invited… members, non-members, participants and observers, come one, come all!

Note: This month’s ”Saturday in the Park,” coincides with the Florida 2023 QSO Party. Come out and join us for this event! For more information on the QSO Party click here – The 2023 Florida QSO Party – Saturday, April 29th – WPBARG Forums

We will be testing Saturday April 1

Posted on By Michael M
Announcements, Testing

Now is the opportunity to sit for your technician or upgrade your current license.

We administer all elements of the amateur radio exams every OTHER month, on the first Saturday of the month, at the Cox Science Center in West Palm Beach.

Testing begins at 10:00 a.m. When you get to the front door let them know you are here for the amateur radio exam and they will get you to our room. Below is an ARRL link on what to bring Saturday.

What to Bring – Click here

Any questions, register and post on our forms here – Click here

Contact us directly here – Click here

Cox Science Center
4801 Dreher Trail N, West Palm Beach, FL 33405

Update: How did the testing go? Congratulations to April’s Examinees

This Saturday March 25 at John Prince Park

Posted on By Michael M
Activities, Announcements

Saturday in the Park

This Saturday, with FLARC, we are going to attempt some HF slow scan work, exchanging real-time photos of each other.

If you’re experienced in this, come on down and be part of our team. If you’ve never done it before and like to see it, well, come on down for that too!

That’s Saturday the 25th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Directions can be found here – Saturday in The Park & Directions – WPBARG Forums

We welcome all visitors. Come one, come all!

Edit: How did it go? Here’s a recap of this day’s events – John Prince Park Portable Operations Event – WPBARG Forums

March’s Meeting – March 22

Posted on By Michael M
Announcements, Meetings
March 22, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

We will be having our monthly meeting Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. I am excited to see everyone and talk about last month’s Saturday in the Park and what we’re going to be doing at this month’s Saturday in the Park. It’s going to be fun and a challenge for sure! We welcome all, whether licensed or not. More information is here – This month’s Saturday in the Park – Calling all slow scan experts – WPBARG Forums

I am equally excited to introduce to you this month’s guest speaker and his presentation. 

Mark Wohlschlegel, WC3W, will be our guest speaker at our monthly meeting, March 22, 2023, at the Cox Science Center.  Mark has been a ham for 60 years, lives in Palm Beach Gardens, and has recently taken over the CQ DX Marathon Program as of the first of the year. He would like to share with our club some of the details of the program and how simple it is to participate.  Over the last two years, the DX Marathon Program has been the fastest growing DX Program in the world! In 2022, it grew +46% over the same period last year. As with every month, all are welcome to attend. The CQ DX Marathon groups.io page is here – https://groups.io/g/dxmarathon

Edit: How did it go? Here’s a recap – Last Night’s Meeting – Mar 22, 2023 – WPBARG Forums

Our First Saturday in the Park was a Home Run!

Posted on By Michael M
Activities

Not just a home run, we hit it out of the park! They say a picture is worth a thousand words and a video even more. Rather than talk about it, let’s watch it. 

Before we get to that, I want to thank everyone who participated, including our members, those interested in our club, and those who joined right there. I want to thank Jo, whose idea this was. Great idea, Jo! Thank you Marc for taking the group photo. Thank you Richard for being the club’s official “Chef de Ham”. Without Richard and Jo we would all go hungry. And of course, I want to thank Eric for driving a three hour round trip to meet the folks here and doing a video on our organization, with an honorable mention to our sister club, the Fair Lawn Amateur Radio Club. It was great making contact and getting to know the members of our sister club.

I do want to say to our brothers and sisters in Fair Lawn, New Jersey that it was great working you from the park, but there’s no need to let Ed have all the fun down here in sunny South Florida. Pack your bags, come on down and join us for the next Saturday in the Park!

Here is Eric’s video of this event – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HNUijZs8mA Be sure to check out Eric’s other videos there. He has some great content.

Note: To those who were there, but did not make the group photo, I apologize. As some folks come late or leave early, it’s not possible to always get everyone in the shot.

This Saturday February 25 at John Prince Park

Posted on By Michael M
Activities, Announcements

Another fantastic meeting last night, filled with fun and laughs. As always, it is great seeing everyone! What I like the most about these meetings is the meeting after the meeting, watching folks build relationships with one another. That’s what this is all about, laughs, good times, and fellowship. So on to the next…

Saturday in the Park with special guest, Eric of Ham Radio Concepts

We are getting together this Saturday, February 25th, from 10:00 to 2:00, at John Prince Park to do HF work on phone and CW with our sister club the Fair Lawn Amateur Radio Club in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. There will be plenty of time to do all other kinds of contacts that folks would like to do. 

We are going to have a special guest. Eric from Ham Radio Concepts will be joining us and doing a video on our club. Eric hosts one of the most popular YouTube channels on Ham Radio, so you probably have seen him here – Ham Radio Concepts

Bring food, drink and snacks for yourself, and anything you may like to share, and radio gear if you’d like to participate. We also have some frozen hot dogs and hamburgers from our picnic and Richard will be cooking that up for us again. Thank you, Richard! 

Are you new to amateur radio? Thinking about getting your license? Or maybe you’re just curious about events like this. Stop by! We are an open and friendly club and welcome all new visitors. 

Click here for directions – Saturday in The Park & Directions – WPBARG Forums