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Next Meeting May 27th, 2013 7:00 PM Welcome to the Gulf Coast Amateur Radio Club website. We are located in Port Richey, Florida in Pasco County, West Central Florida just Northwest of Tampa.
Everyone is welcome!!! Activities to include annual Field Day event, Club Picnics, Annual Club Ham Fest, Fox Hunts, ARRL/VEC exams, special events, local ARES/RACES support, Club HF station, VHF/UHF repeaters and more.
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with any suggestions, good or bad, content to add (especially upcoming events), photos and what ever you like.
Saturday June 8th, 2013: Pasco County's 19 Annual Hurricane Expo 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM The J. Ben Harrill Recreation Complex 2830 Gulf Trace Boulevard Holiday, FL 34691 Rap River Run For details on the Run, Contact: Bill Hanlon
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We need volunteers! rapriverrun.com
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:00 |
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Field Day is just around the corner, June 22rd and 23th NEW LOCATION Front Lot EZ MINI STORAGE
15830 US 19 N Hudson FL
ARRL Field Day is the largest on-the-air operating event in Amateur Radio. It draws tens of thousands to the airwaves each year, bringing new and experienced hams together for a weekend of fun! We need to set up about 12 noon on Saturday June 22nd. We need volunteers to help with trailers and antennas. Some of you have indicated that you would help, please come out and have some fun. We also need operators. If you are any class amateur you can operate during this event as an extra class. HF is a lot of fun and you will meet others around this great nation and make some friends.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 27 November 2012 11:47 )
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 22:22 |
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Echolink is now available for download for Android phones. Search for Echolilnk in the Market for download or scan this image. 
You'll need to be registered with Echolink prior to running this software which can be done on www.echolink.org. Once you sign in you can do a search for your favorite station and connect. Sounds realy good over the speaker phone. My first contact I made with the software, the operator on the repeater said my audio was choppy which I might be overdriving our internet connection and need some tweaking on our end. Software runs real smooth and the 15 minutes that I had it running didn't drain my battery to bad. You can send text messages to other users that are logged in to your link. Favorites is a nice feature just like the full program on your PC. Settings has options to pick your type of connection as direct if using wifii or relay if using the data on the phone, like 3G. If you use direct on your WiFii network you have to make sure your router is setup to do Port Forwarding. Other options to include using the speakerphone (default setting) or using the earpiece, user name as reported on the connection, microphone gain settings. The website has more indepth information at http://www.echolink.org/faq_android.htm Now you have no reason not to check into the net on Tuesday nights. 73
Jerry
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 January 2011 15:09 )
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Saturday, 03 July 2010 22:52 |
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ECHOLINK IS TEMPORARILY SHUTDOWN == We will be moving the equipment and getting it back in service soon. This is a PC program that allows you to link to other stations via the internet around the world. Echolink can be downloaded from http://www.echolink.org and there is even a version for iPhone users (Droid coming soon too!!!!). The hardest part of using this software is you must forward some ports on your router to the PC you are running the software on. There are some great tourtorials for doing this on www.portforward.com with various routers to choose from. If your doing some traveling you can look up a repeater in your area and connect back to us. Echolink has an online site for listing status of nodes and seaches at http://www.echolink.org/links.jsp . If you have Google Earth you add a network link http://www.echolink.org/node_location.kmz and show locations all around the world. Our node is 46670 like our repeater frequency. If you have any questions please email me
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73
Jerry
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 February 2013 14:21 )
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Field Day Helium Balloon long wire antenna |
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Monday, 23 August 2010 22:47 |
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This video was taken at the ARRL 2010 Field Day site for the Gulf Coast Amateur Radio Club located in New Port Richey. This was our first attempt at flying a helium balloon with a long wire attached. We used a single conductor 24 gauge wire of 130 feet long. Made successful voice and digital contacts around the country with other clubs.
A big thanks to Bill NG4L who recorded and edit this video. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 May 2013 15:54 )
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