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

[Bill Marx]

Hi Everyone,

I hope this finds all of in good health and enjoying the holiday season.

First the Reports:

Traffic Reports from KA4FZI.
Station Activity Reports for October 2008
KA4FZI 160, KE4CB 108, KC4TM 28, WA4BAM 19, KP3O 12, K9GCF 5
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Public Service Honor Roll for October 2008
KA4FZI 120, KE4CB 105, K4DLF 81
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SFL Nets for October 2008 Total QNI 2153 Total QTC 396
NET ABB., SESS, QNI, QTC, QND, MGR
All Florida CW Traffic Net, QFN, 62, 392, 137, 643, AD4DO
Florida Amateur SSB Traffic Net, FAST, 31, 297, 68,-----, K4SCL
Florida Medium Speed Net, FMSN, 31, 229, 40, 575, AG4RJ/AB4XK
Jupiter-Tequesta Repeater Group, JTRG, 8, 65 , 16, 357, AG4BV/W4FK
Palm Beach County Ares Net, PBCAN, 8, 109, 12, -----, K4DLF
Glades County ARES Net (Aug), GCAN, 5, 36 , 4, 58, N5KFR
Saint Lucie Repeater Association, SLRA, 4, 38, 0, 162, KE4UEI
Southeast Florida Traffic Net, SEFTN, 31, 702 , 54, 1364, AG4RJ/KI4IQZ
Southwest Florida Traffic Net, SWFTN, 27, 375, 65, 1622, KE4CB/N9WS

Surprise a family member or friend with a ham radiogram for Thanksgiving,
Hanukkah  and Christmas!

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ARES reports from K8KB:
Total reported number of ARES members in the 11 counties reporting: 1091.
17ARES nets active, held 68 sessions. 8 of these nets maintain NTS liaison.

DECs/ECs reporting:  N4LEM, WA2DQX, KF4MJJ,  N5KFR, WA4ASJ, WA4GUK,  AI7Q,
K4FLC, AD4RZ, N4QPM, W4ZE

Number of drills, tests and training sessions: 40  Person hours   101
Number of public service events this month: 2  Person hours  20
Number of emergency operations this month: 0
Total number of ARES operations this month: 56   Total Person hours  452

Comments:

Palm Beach County has been doing EMCOMM I training on their Wednesday night
NET.

St. Lucie County:  Welcome to Ted Huf, W4ZE as the new EC.  He is replacing
Ernie Marquez AJ4BP who recently stepped down.  Thanks to Ernie for his
contribution to ARES and the county as EC.

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We have a new Special Service Club in the SFL Section.  Please join me in
congratulating Palms West ARC.

Speaking of clubs, I hope your local clubs are healthy.  Is the number of
members in your club declining?  Can prospective members and area visitors
find your club?

There are several free ways to help new folks find your club.  Most local
newspapers whether daily, weekly or monthly have club or event listings.  Be
sure your club meetings and exam sessions are listed there, both in the 
print
and electronic versions (this may take two separate postings).   Many folks
use the web to find events and most of us have heard of Craigs List.  Here's
a few more places to list meetings, exams, and even hamfests.

www.craigslist.org
www.kijiji..com
www.backpage.com
www.domesticsale.com
www.olx.com
www.adoos.com
www,zvents.com
www.eventsetter.com

All of these sites do not have all local cities listed but if you are savvy
there are nearby cities that you could list the events on.  Give it a try 
and
let me know if these sites bring in new members for you. Don't forget to
pitch the local ARES group the same way.

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For information on all ARRL awards go to: http://www.arrl.org/awards/
Only currently appointed ARRL card checkers may certify your cards for 
awards.
 Go to http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/checkers.html and
http://www.arrl.org/awards/awardsearch/wassearchform1.php3
for lists of card checkers.

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Florida ranks 49th in the nation in the number of volunteers.  Let's change
that, at least in Amateur Radio.  If you would like to volunteer your 
special
skills to the Southern Florida Amateur Radio community go to :
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/org/ read the position descriptions and
complete an online application if you think there is a position for you. 
You
will be asked for additional information and references and the web
descriptions of the appointments are minimal.  I can answer your questions 
or
refer you to a volunteer doing the job you are interested in, so send an
e-mail.

That's all for now.  Stay safe, stay healthy.  Get on the air and make a new
friend.

73,
Sherri, W4STB


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