[South Florida DX Association] Monthly Southern Florida Section News Summary

[Bill Marx]

Hi Everyone,

Weather is always good to talk about and it seems to be on our minds this
month.  There are several Skywarn training sessions scheduled in the next 30
days.  Some of us are seeing some relief from the drought but those counties
bordering Big Lake O still need rain.  The busy part of the hurricane season
is yet to come so we must remain ready.

In a few weeks the ARES leadership and the public information officers will
meet for training and planning.  They will be bringing good information back
to your local groups so be sure to attend the club and ARES meetings in
August.

Changes, oh yes we have changes again this month.  Jeremy Briggs, K4OCD has
moved to Assistant Section Manger and his duties will be that of webmaster
for www.sflarrl.org or visit the section news page at
www.arrl.org/sections/SFL.html and click on website. (After you read the 
news
and view the photos of course.)  Jeremy will unveil the new site in early
August and I think you will enjoy the changes.  He certainly is keeping me
busy with the planning.

More changes. Jeff Beals, WA4AW has graciously agreed to resume the position
of Affiliated Club Coordinator.  And he will also be District EC for the 
Gold
Coast District.  Thank you, Jeff for doing double duty again for the 
section.

If you are attending the Ft Pierce Hamfest on August 11 please stop at the
ARRL table and meet your section leadership.  Attend the ARRL forum for the
latest news.  I look forward to talking with you.  Several of us will also 
be
at the ARRL national Convention in Huntsville later in August and we will be
at the Southeastern Division booth in the ARRL Expo area. If you are
attending that event please stop and say hello.

>From the reports I received I know everyone had a good Field Day.  There are
some photos on the section news page and there is room for more.  If you
prefer to send a link to the site where your group houses photos we can list
that in the club news area.

There are several areas experiencing interference on local VHF frequencies.
If you hear the interference note the day, time and location where you heard
it and give this information to your EC, a local OO, or the local
interference committee.  Can't find anyone in those categories?  Send the
info to me and I will relay it.  The interference being heard is not
necessarily on repeaters nor does it fall into the OO job description.

I always have a list of useful websites on the section news page and from 
time
to time I add one in this message.  Here is one for newcomers, but it would
not hurt any of us to visit the site and read it:
http://www.paarc.net/Basic_Repeater_Etiquette.htm


REPORTS:
SFL SARs June 2007: KA4FZI 312, NY4E 157, KE4CB 84, WA4EIC 63, K4FQU 58, 
AA4BN
51, KC4TM 14, W4WYR 7
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SFL PSHRs June 2007: KA4FZI 120, K4FQU 115, WA4EIC 100, NY4E 90, AA4BN 87,
W4DKB 58
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Bulletin Report from KE4UEI: Recd 18, Sent 2, Total 20
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SFL NET Reports for June 2007
NET, ABB, SESS, QNI, QTC, MGR
All Florida CW Traffic Net, QFN, 60, 596, 273, NY4E
Florida Amateur Sideband Traffic Net, FAST, 30, 188, 49, K4SCL
Florida Medium Speed Net, FMSN, 30, 214, 42, AG4RJ/AB4XK
Jupiter-Tequesta Repeater Group, JTRG, 7, 94, 30, AG4BV/KF4NJB
Palm Beach County Ares Net, PBCAN, 9, 85, 19, KG4PFY
Saint Lucie Repeater Association, SLRA, 4, 41, 2, KE4UEI
Southeast Florida Traffic Net, SEFTN, 60, 632, 68, AG4RJ/AI4GE
Southwest Florida Traffic Net, SWFTN, 30, 249, 64, K4FQU
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NOTE: If, like WA2YL, you spend a month or months in northern states and
operate on traffic nets there, you should send your SARs and PSHRs to the 
STM
of the section you operated in so that state gets the credit. If you can't
locate the STM, please send the report information to me and I'll add it to
ours. We miss you, wish you safe traveling, and look forward to your return
.-- de KA4FZI at aol.com

ARES:
June, 2007
ARES Members in the 12 counties reporting: 1038
EC reporting: KF4IHX (St Lucie), WA2DXQ (Broward), KF4MJJ (Collier), N5KFR
(Glades), AA4BN (Hendry), WA4ASJ (Indian River), WA4GUK (Lee), N1XC 
(Martin),
KA4HLO (Miami-Dade), K4NNX (Monroe), AD4RZ (Okeechobee), N4LEM (Brevard)
There were 18 nets that held 74 sessions and 6 nets have NTS liaison.
Members participated in 38 drills, tests and training sessions and there was 
a
total  of 112 ARES operations.
SFL ARES Net Report --- QNI 34 QTC 4 Time 43 Min.

EC Comments:
Collier County: ARES and ARASWF members provided communications support for
the Naples Marathon. Members also participated in Field Day. We will have
D-Star repeaters up in both 2mtr and 440; the repeaters will be located
200ft. up the  tower at county barn. We are due to be operational in early
July. We have built additional EMRN kits, this is a box with 464 radio, 
power
supply, 12v pigtail, and mag-mount antenna. These are radios for use by our
shelter teams and use a robust 70cm repeater system. We currently have 16
kits ready to go.
Martin County: Our next Technician License class begins 17 July.
Palm Beach County: Hospital Corporations of America (HCA) initiated a Table
Top disaster
exercise including their JFK Medical Center facility in Palm Beach County 
that
included Amateur Radio emergency communications. Hugh Connolly, AG4HC was
acting as the local back-up HF operator on the net while Dan Baker, KC4TCK,
was at the JFK Medical Facility in Atlantis.  Dan and Hugh established VHF
communications on the 146.360 repeater and Hugh was able to maintain HF
contact across the 40, 20, 18, 15 and 12 meter bands with the net
participants. There were four amateurs in Tennessee participating in the
drill: K1KY, K1YJ, KG4DCI and N1EMP.

That's all for now.  Check the section web sites for breaking news, club 
news,
and ARES information.

Stay safe and stay on the air.
73,
Sherri, W4STB


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