West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Group, Inc.
Where we have fun, play radio, and keep the squelch loose!
The West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Group will be hosting our 85th Anniversary on April 27, 2024 at the STEM Center, Cox Science Center.
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS and STAYING SAFE DURING A HURRICANE
COME AND SEE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS IN ACTION
JOIN US OPERATING REMOTE STATIONS
VISIT WITH A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE
SIGN UP FOR EXCITING DOOR PRIZES
TAKE A CHANCE ON A 50/50 RAFFLE
…AND MORE
Stay tuned for more information.
On March 30th, we will be having our monthly “Saturday in the Park.” Come join us!
Set-up starts at 10:00 a.m. Some folks like to get there a little earlier.
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!
Our monthly meeting, held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, is Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
We will be discussing our upcoming activities, including Saturday in the Park on March 30, our 85th Anniversary being held at the Cox Science Center on April 27th, and Field Day in June. We’ve got some exciting stuff on the horizon!
We welcome everyone to our meetings and activities, members and non-members, whether licensed or not!
Location:
Cox Science Center and Aquarium
4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach, FL 33405
https://www.coxsciencecenter.org
Want to be involved in our organization or participate in our discussions? Join us here – https://wpbarg.com/phpbb/
Bob, W2GGI, is the owner/operator of this system, which, in addition to recreational use, provides a valuable resource for emergency communications in the South Florida area, and we are pleased to announce that the West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Group talkgroup 3135592 is now included on this seasoned system.
Beginning on April 4, 2024, Bob will be hosting a Net on the 31124 talkgroup every Thursday at 2000 hours. This is the Brandmeister Southeast Florida talkgroup, and all licensed amateur radio operators are welcome.
More information on the W2GGI network can be found here – http://w2ggi.com/
On March 2nd, we will be having our monthly “Saturday in the Park.” Come join us!
Set-up starts at 10:00 a.m. Some folks like to get there a little earlier.
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!
Our monthly meeting, held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, is Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
We will be discussing our upcoming activities, including Field Day in June.
Ed, WX2R, the Public Information Officer for HamSCI, will be our guest speaker. Ed is an engaging speaker, and I am looking forward to his presentation.
Ed will be reviewing the HamSCI Project for the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. After this solar eclipse, the next total solar eclipse that can be seen from the contiguous United States will be 20 years from now, on Aug. 23, 2044!
Amateur radio operators will have an opportunity to be a part of this science project. This will be covered Wednesday, including how we can be a part of this project by contributing data to help further our understanding of sun-ionosphere-earth relationships.
Following universities will also be participating in this project:
The University of Scranton (W3USR) (Lead Institution)
Case Western Reserve University (W8EDU)
New Jersey Institute of Technology (K2MFF)
The University of Alabama
Dartmouth College
Montclair State University
Rice University (W5YG)
HamSCI is affiliated with The University of Scranton, Department of Physics and Engineering, and is led by Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF
HamSCI has membership affiliations with several universities, including Dartmouth College, Embry-Riddle, MIT, Rice University, Virginia Tech and several others. From their website, “Advance scientific research and understanding through amateur radio activities.” More information can be found here – https://hamsci.org/
We welcome everyone to our meetings and activities, members and non-members, whether licensed or not!
Location:
Cox Science Center and Aquarium
4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach, FL 33405
https://www.coxsciencecenter.org
Want to be involved in our organization or participate in our discussions? Join us here – https://wpbarg.com/phpbb/
Now is the opportunity to sit for your technician or upgrade your current license.
We are accredited to administer all elements of the FCC Amateur Radio exams, and we do so 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
On January 27th, we will be having our monthly “Saturday in the Park.” Come join us!
Set-up starts at 10:00 a.m. Some folks like to get there a little earlier.
We will also be doing a mini Winter Field Day, which will be begin at 2:00 p.m. We will continue that on Sunday the 28th, at 9:00 a.m. Due to park restrictions, both days will end at 5:00 p.m. We will be doing a Full Field Day in June, so look for more information on that to come.
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!
Our monthly meeting, held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, is Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.
This is our first meeting of the year, so we have some exciting things to cover.
We will begin this meeting with our presentation first. We are excited to announce that our guest speaker for our January 24th meeting will be Dr. Ed Fong (WB6IQN). Everyone is welcome! After the remote presentation, we will be holding an interactive Q&A with Dr Fong. The presentation will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m., so please get there early.
More information on that is here – https://wpbarg.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=440
We welcome everyone to our meetings and activities, members and non-members, whether licensed or not!
Location:
Cox Science Center and Aquarium
4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach, FL 33405
https://www.coxsciencecenter.org
On behalf of the WPBARG Board of Directors, we would like to take a moment to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.
Last month we discussed and celebrated our success for the year. As we embark on this new year, we will continue building on our past achievements with a forward look on new opportunities and ways to have fun. I more than look forward to the success of this coming year, I am excited for it!
We kick off our first meeting of the year on the 24th, where we are excited to announce our special guest speaker, Dr. Ed Fong. I have spent a fair amount of time communicating with Dr. Fong, who will insist you call him, Ed. Back in October, I had the privilege of a rather lengthy phone conversation with him. He is brilliant and a very good communicator.
Dr. Fong will join us with a remote presentation on antenna principles, including the J-pole antenna. We will have an interactive Q&A after the presentation with Dr Fong.
Dr. Fong holds a BSEE and MSEE from UC at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from the Univ. of San Francisco. At the University of California, he teaches graduate classes in High Speed Interface Design and RF Design. He holds 12 patents and has several dozen published papers. His call is WB6IQN, and was first licensed in 1968.
After that, we will have a short business meeting where we will install our new officers and thank our previous.
Then, the following Saturday, the 24th, we have our monthly Saturday in The Park event, which coincides with Winter Field Day. We are currently working on a Mini Field Day for Saturday, so stay tuned for more information on that!
We welcome everyone to our meetings and activities, members and non-members, whether licensed or not!
Location:
Cox Science Center and Aquarium
4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach, FL 33405
https://www.coxsciencecenter.org
More discussions can be found here – https://wpbarg.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=5