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ARRL Southern Florida Section (SFL)

Section Manager
Sharon T. Brower, W4STB
736 34th Ter
Vero Beach, FL 32968
772-562-3240
w4stb@arrl.org
Section Links
  • Hamfests
  • Affiliated Clubs
  • Ham Radio Classes

  • Other sections

  • Southeastern Division
  • Assistant Section Manager
    webmaster - www.sflarrl.org
    Jeremy B Briggs, K4OCD
    PO Box 65
    Stuart, FL 34995-0065
    (772) 349-2797
    k4ocd@arrl.net

    Training Officer
    David Fowler, K4DLF
    2702 Starwood Ct
    West Palm Beach, FL 33406-5145
    (561) 676-3007
    k4dlf@arrl.net

    Ray Kassis, N4LEM
    1150 King St
    Cocoa, FL 32922-8618
    (321) 632-1000
    rkassis@cfl.rr.com

    Public Service Events
    Warren L Rothberg, W4WR
    9 Waterford A
    Delray Beach, FL 33446-1515
    (561) 637-2412
    w4wr@arrl.net

    Traffic Handling
    Phyllisan West, KA4FZI
    1410 Shelby Pkwy
    Cape Coral, FL 33904-5761
    (239) 574-3467
    ka4fzi@aol.com

    Official Observer Coordinator
    Harry W Newell, N3HN
    26211 SW 127th Ave
    Homestead, FL 33032-7042
    (305) 258-0206
    hnewell7@bellsouth.net

    Section Emergency Coordinator
    Karen A Briggs, K8KB
    PO Box 65
    Stuart, FL 34995-0065
    (772) 349-6441
    k8kb@arrl.net

    Technical Coordinator
    Donald P Drennon, N4TZH
    11500 NW 35th Pl
    Sunrise, FL 33323-1328
    (954) 747-7777 HOME
    n4tzh@arrl.net

    Section News

    Monthly Summaries

    News last updated: Wed, July 29, 2009 at 1:18 PM ET

    Surf to www.sflarrl.org to view section data and recent e-mail news. Take a look at the site and if information about your county is missing ask your EC or Club President to send the information to Jeremy.
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    Please check the affiliated club listing and update the contact name, phone number, e-mail and web site address. You won't get new club members is your club can't be contacted and the meeting sites can't be located. Also, be sure to appoint a publicity chairperson in order to have local media outlets contacted for meeting dates and club events.

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    Displays for public events: The ARRL Web page has a new on-line page that enables someone to conveniently place an order (using credit card) for event and exhibit kit materials. The direct Web page link is http://www.arrl.org/brochures/. I visited the site and completed an order for a full exhibit kit with 2 large and 3 small brochure holders, brochures, and 75 extra of each the following: ARES, When All Else Fails, We Do That, and Hello. Total cost was for shipping to my zip code -- about $25. This is certainly less than ordering each brochure separately and less than the cost of the just the holders from your local office supply store. Take a look and have your club PIO order a kit and extra brochures for the club. These will make your public displays look more professional.

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    Hamfests and Free Fleas--
    Any hamfest, no matter what size may request ARRL sanctioning. Please see: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/hamfests/rules.html for hamfest and convention rules
    See: http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/checkers.html for the list of ARRL awards checkers. If you wish to have an awards checker at your hamfest these arrangements must be made by the hamfest committee and the cards checker.

    If you wish to have cards checked at a location other than a hamfest contact the card checkers directly
    *** for details on submitting cards for DXCC awards go to: http://www.freewebs.com/fecdx/dxcccardchecking.htm

    26 Sep -- Titusville Tail-Gate, North Brevard ARC --- info at: http://www.northbrevardarc.org/tailgateparty.htm

    14 Nov 2009 + Cy Harris Memorial Free Flea, Broward ARC at Oakland Park --- info at: http://www.eagle3.net/barc

    11/21/09 Flamingo Net / UMARC Free Flea Coral Gables http://www.FlamingoNet.8m.net

    8/8/09 - Fort Pierce Amateur Radio Club, Fort Pierce http://www.qsl.net/w4akh

    10/10-11/09 - Platinum Coast Amateur Radio Society, Melbourne http://www.pcars.org

    "A great hamfest is usually one that you find something you wanted or something you thought you would never see," says Bill, W2CQ.

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    CLUBS

    PALM BAY COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL ARC Web: http://www.palmbaycharter.org/student/default.html

    Florida East Coast DX Club (FECDXC) www.freewebs.com/fecdx

    FLORIDA KEYS ARC http://www.qsl.net/kb4gcz/

    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIV ARC http://www.k4fau.org

    BOCA RATON AMATEUR RADIO ASSOC http://www.brara.org

    PALM BEACH COUNTY ARES, INC http://www.pbcares.org
    Web site has listing of nets and upcoming meetings

    BIG LAKE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

    LISATS

    COCOA AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY http://www.cocoaars.org

    INDIAN RIVER ARC http://irarc.ham-radio-op.net
    Calendar lists programs for upcoming meeting and site has nice photo gallery.

    WYNMOOR RADIO CLUB

    HOLLYWOOD ARC http://www.geocities.com/WB4TON/HARC.html

    NORTH DADE REPEATER ASSN

    BROWARD ARC http://www.eagle3.net/barc

    SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSN http://www.qsl.net/k4fk/
    Listing of meeting dates, nets, and lots of useful information about DXing.

    PALMETTO ARC OF BROWARD COUNTY, INC. http://www.palmettoarc.org/
    Information about meetings, club activities, and ARES meetings on the main page. Other pages have many useful links.

    FORT MYERS ARC http://www.fmarc.net

    GULF COAST AREA REPEATER CLUB

    FORT PIERCE RADIO CLUBhttp://www.qsl.net/w4akh

    C3I AMATEUR RADIO GROUP http://www.ac4xq.net

    JUPITER TEQUESTA REPEATER GROUP INC http://www.jtrg.org
    Activities calendar on home page and a nice photo album.

    KEY WEST ARC INC

    Lighthouse Amateur Radio Alliance (LARA) http://www.k4lra.org

    LEHIGH PSK31 CLUB

    K2UGH KILOWATT CLUB

    PALMS WEST AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC www.palmswestradio.org
    Club and other local radio activities listed. There is a nice photo gallery.

    PALM BEACH AMATEUR RADIO COUNCIL (Club Council) www.palmbeachradioclubs.org

    MAJOR ARMSTRONG FM ASSOCIATION http://www.freewebs.com/mafma
    Learn a lot of radio history at this site.

    PLATINUM COAST ARS http://pcars.org
    Lots of information about local and state ham radio activities and lots of photos.

    FLORIDA WEAK SIGNAL SOCIETY http://www.flwss.net
    This site lives up to the comment - Promoting Weak Signal Operating on VHF, UHF, and Microwaves in the Southeast

    DADE RADIO CLUB OF MIAMI INC http://www.daderadioclub.org

    AMERICA RADIO CLUB, INC. http://www.qsl.net/americaradioclub

    CENTRO LA SALLE RADIO CLUB

    NORTH BREVARD AMATEUR RADIO CLUB http://www.northbrevardarc.org

    ARA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, INC. http://www.araswf.org
    All local meetings are posted and there's a nice archive of club newsletters. Check the newsletters when you have some time - there are many informative articles in these publications

    GULFCOAST AMATEUR SOCIETY

    OKEECHOBEE ARC, INC. http://www.k4oke.com

    HARRIS INTERSIL ARC

    MOTOROLA ARC

    WR4AYC REPEATER GROUP

    GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION INC http:// www.w4bug.org
    Informative page of club activities.

    PORT ST LUCIE ARA http://www.pslhams.com

    MARTIN COUNTY ARES/RACES, INC http://www.wx4mc.org
    Live local scanner on this site.

    MARTIN COUNTY ARA (MCARA) http://www.mcaraweb.com
    there's a lot of news and links on this site

    TITUSVILLE ARC

    VERO BEACH AMATEUR RADIO CLUB http://www.vbarc.net

    ST LUCIE REPEATER ASSN INC

    WEST PALM BEACH ARC, INC http://www.wpbarc.org

    VA MEDICAL CENTER RADIO CLUB
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    Note: If your club is not getting recognition in the monthly news, either in the e-mail short summary or on the web news page, step up to the plate and ask your newsletter editor or PIO to send the news to me. No newsletter or Public Info Officer/Publicity Chairperson? Volunteer to do the job or share the job with another club member. It is YOUR club.
    Please include us on your newsletter e mail or snail mail lists. We obtain most of our info for ARRL Section and national news from these club publications.

    Should you have any questions on how to update your club information at ARRL, please let me know.

    Only affiliated clubs and ARES groups or national amateur service groups will be given space in the "Club News". The only exception that will be made is Field Day since this is an event to promote amateur radio emergency communications.

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    SILENT KEYS
    W4PZV Hank Luhrman -- First licensed in 1936, at the age of 17, he was one of the founders of the Greater Cincinnati Amateur Radio Assn. As of last year only two remained. He held the call W8PZV. Later he moved to Birmingham, Al., where he was W4PZV. Then W0BCF from St. Louis, Mo. 1950-1957. Then he moved to Atlanta, Ga. in 1958, and again he was W4PZV. In 1960 he moved back to Cincinnati, and again used W8PZV. In 1963 he moved to West Palm Beach and W4PZV was put into use again. He held that call for more than 50 years! He was a member of ARRL for over 70 years. In the 1980's he was one of the cowriters for the Palm Beach County Tower Ordinance. He is survived by son Mark, W4SVO.

    Carl Hattan, K0BZV a past member of Harris-Intersil ARC in Brevard.

    James B. Capron, Jr., N4ITJ a former member of PCARS in Brevard.

    K3JTD, Bille Key of Lee County.

    Ted Wolf, N2WAB of Indian River ARC (brevard) on July 26.

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    Section policy has been and will continue to be: if health, family or work matters interfere with an appointee performing the duties of the appointment he/she may step aside without hard feelings and may apply for an appointment at a later date when the other matters are settled.

    Amateur radio in Oregon received a lot of favorable press and praise from government officials for their work during and after the recent storms. Why? Because there were PIOs (Public Information Officers) working with ARES to get the information out in real time and the PIOs were available to the media. Where does your ARES group stand in this area?

    Need to know who your ARES® Emergency Coordinator is? When the traffic nets are held? Hamfests throughout the area? How to complete the Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) report? Go to: www.sflarrl.org

    Need traffic handling procedures? Need information about ARES® and RACES functions? Can't find information on your individual traffic count for your Station Activity Report? Go to: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/index.html
    I will be happy to mail traffic handling information to anyone interested... Just ask. de KA4FZI@ AOL.COM

    SFAN (Saturday at 8AM local, 3.940MHz ), Net Manager is Thom, N5KFR.
    All ECs are encouraged to check into these nets or send an OES representative if you cannot join the net. All ARES members are welcome to join the nets.

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    If your weekly net and local repeater has IRLP or Echolink check-in available please let Karen K8KB, Phylisan KA4FZI and I know. Also advise the ARES EC in your county and the neighboring counties. This information could be useful during disasters.

    If you are going out of town for more than a few days when the season is quiet or more than 48 hours with a system beginning, please notify your local EC. Time is of the essence when a phone tree is activated or when members are phoned after they do not check into a resource net. And, especially if you can't deploy to a shelter or to another area, please offer your time to phone members, enter logs into a database, provide route directions, or other at-home activities. Everyone can do something.

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    Check into a net - better to learn how now than during a disaster!
    FMSN (FL Medium Speed CW Net) 3.651 Daily 6:30 PM
    QFN (All FL CW Traffic Net) 3.547 Daily 7:00 PM, 10:00 PM
    FAST (FL Amateur Sideband Traffic Net) 3.940 Daily 6:00 PM
    FMTN (FL Midday Traffic Net 7.242 Daily 12:00 Noon
    FPTN (Friendly Phone Traffic Net -- FL AL GA) 3.940 Daily 7:55 AM
    NFAN (North FL ARES Net) 3.950 M-S 9:00 AM
    NFPN (North FL Phone Net) 3.950 Daily 5:30 PM Winter 6:30 PM Summer
    SFAN (South FL ARES Net) 3.940 Sat 8:00 AM
    TPTN (Tropical Phone Traffic Net) 3.940 Daily 5:00 PM
    SEFTN (Southeast FL Traffic Net) (2 meter) 146.790- Daily 6:00 PM
    SWFTN (Southwest FL Traffic Net) (2 meter) 146.685 M-S 10:00 AM

    http://wx4j.com -- A great place to check for other ARES/NTS info

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    Does your club have a Publicity Chairperson? Is there a Public Information Officer for your ARES group? Are these people actively promoting amateur radio on an ongoing basis and are they known at the EOC by the county or city PIO? For more information read the e-magazine Contact, at www.arrl.org/pio

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    Say Hello to your world with Amateur Radio. Stay on the air, talk up ham radio, support your local club and emergency communications group.

    The Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club sponsored an Amateur Radio Skills Day on March 21st was for newbies to amateur radio and for those otherwise interested in amateur radio. They had several different presentations/displays related to real-time amateur radio, including a resentation/display on Logging and QSLing. One member brought these cookies.

    ARRL Headquarters.
    Photo by N2ZZ

    Bugs and Keys Collection at ARRL Headquarters.
    Photo by N2ZZ

    Broward EOC Open House / Mock activation on May 29. Shown in the photo are:
    Seated Left to Right: Carol Sjursen kj4awb, Robin Terrill n4hhp
    Standing Left to Right: Steve Adams n4jrw, David Fowler k4dlf, Bob Fivey n4orn, Mike Brand n4rqy, Al Flapan kn4fa

    The public was escorted in small groups of about 6 to 8 through the EOC and the amateur radio room. Instead of just having a static booth with literature like the previous year's open house, these groups of people went through the radio room where a number of hams demonstrated emergency communication in action! In addition to the seven hams at the EOC, about half a dozen hams in Broward County and even Palm Beach County agreed to help by sending simulated reports when called upon between 10:00 and 2:00.
    7 hams at the EOC and 6 hams in the community participated in sending and receiving simulated messages.
    The Director of Emergency Management, Chuck Lanza, visited the radio room at the conclusion of the drill and thanked everyone for their participation.

    Martin County ARES display at Treasure COast Mall Hurricane Expo

    SFL ASM, David Fowler, K4DLF presented GCARA President, Joey Tirrilli, N4ZUW, their SSC certificate at a recent club meeting. Looking on is SE Division Vice Director, Jeff Beals, WA4AW. Just prior to the presentation, David gave a power point presentation on Special Service Clubs to explain the benefits to the club.

    John, AB4ET passing the FD message from PCARS to the SM via 6M SSB to K4LRP.

    LARA Field Day '09

    MCARA and MCARES FD '09

    Fort Pierce ARC FD '09

    Harris/Intersil Radio Club FD '09

    Indian River ARC FD '09

    Palms West and WPB ARC FD '09

    Gold Coast ARC FD '09

    Fort Myers ARC FD '09

    SFL ARES Leadership attendees at SEOC Ares meeting in Tallahassee on 6/21.
    Left to right, back row:Gold Coast DEC Jeff Beals, WA4AW - Palm Beach County EC David Fowler, K4DLF - Miami-Dade County EC Felipe Calderon, K4FLC - Indian River County EC Bud Holman, WA4ASJ - St. Lucie County EC Ted Huf, W4ZE.
    Front Row: Southern Florida Section Manager Sherri Brower, W4STB with SEC and Martin County EC Karen Briggs, K8KB.

    Vero Beach ARC Field Day '09


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