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

[Bill]

Hi Everyone,

April is National Volunteer Month.  Florida Governor Crist has also declared
it Florida Volunteer Month.  Please join me in saying THANK YOU to all of 
our
volunteers - for their contributions to amateur radio and other 
organizations
in their communities.

One Special Volunteer has been appointed Fourth Region Cycle 4 Manager -
Phyllisan West, KA4FZI.  Another volunteer in SFL is being honored by 
peers -
On May 2  Palm Beach County ARES® will hold a combined Drill and Dave
Messinger Appreciation Appreciation Day Picnic at  John Prince Park --  
Smythe
Pavilion, Lake Worth beginning at 11:00am.

April 18 is the IARU Global SET and International Amateur Radio Awareness 
Day.
In the SFL Section we will be represented in the SET by OES Glenn Geist, 
N4HO
and Palm Beach County ARES, W4PBC.

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There were a lot of activities in March.  Here is a sampling:

Brevard: 3 Nets for Launch of shuttle and unmanned  rocket.  BEARS -1 
deployed
for the shuttle launch to observation causeway

Lee: ARES had an information table set up at the Fort Myers Amateur Radio 
Club
Skills Fair.  (see the section news page for photos)

Martin: Spring Set was held in Flagler Park downtown Stuart on March 7.   27
licensed amateurs and 7 visitors attended.  The drill simulated a hurricane
in which severe weather took out both repeaters.  March 31 MCARES started a
Technician class.  Of the 8 "Hams to be," 4 of them were recruited from the
Spring Set as a result of  extra PR efforts in local and on-line media.

On March 11  Martin and St. Lucie counties participated in a drill that
simulated a terrorist attack on the St Lucie Nuclear Power Plant.

Miami-Dade: The Junior Orange Bowl Organization Gave an award to the
ARES/RACES group of Coral Gables for its years of service

Palm Beach: Short training sessions continue each Wednesday night net, 8pm 
on
the 146.670 repeater.   Sessions included a three week formal message 
traffic
training series and a 2 part series on portable generators for emergency
communication use.

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Here are a few upcoming events for groups in the area:

Palms West ARC Hams & Eggs Breakfast every Saturday 9:00am - 11:00am at
Denny's in Royal Palm Beach, 300 Civic Center Way

Sunday morning, May 17: Flamingo Net 2m Fox Hunt
Saturday afternoon, April 18: Flamingo Picnic and BBQ

April 19 - JTRG Spring Break Picnic

LARA  meetings 7PM: April 16 -- Lightning Protection, What and How to do's -
Presenter: Alan Harp, K4PB  and May 21st -Working DX with a stealth attic
antenna, and FCC RF Radiation Compliance - Presenter: Dr.Kai Siwiak, KE4PT.
See website www.k4lra.org for details

Send me a short e-mail about club events and include a photo.  I don't 
monitor
all club reflectors, therefore I need YOU to report the activities.  Visit
www.arrl.org/sections/SFL.html for photos, club listings, hamfests, silent
key listing, public service opportunities, and more.

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TRAFFIC and NET REPORTS:

SFL SAR March 2009: KA4FZI 199, KE4CB 138, WA4BAM 56,
WD4DNC 43, KC4TM 28, K9GCF 6, K9GZT 6, KP30 5
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SFL PSHR March 2009KA4FZI 120: . KE4CB 105, K4DLF 75
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STATEWIDE + SFL NETS MARCH 2009

NET ABB. SESS QNI QTC QND MGR
All Florida CW Traffic Net, QFN, 62, 455, 289, 924, AD4DO
Broward Co. Emer. Prep. Net, BCEPN, 4, 40, 10, 104, KI4JRT
Florida Amateur SSB Traffic Net, FAST, 31, 382, 188 -----, K4SCL
Florida Medium Speed Net, FMSN, 31, 243, 45, 524, AG4RJ/AB4XK
GCAN qni 34 qtc 1 qnd 41 N5KFR
Jupiter-Tequesta Repeater Gp, JTRG, 8, 82, 42, 376, AG4BV/W4FK
Palm Beach County Ares Net, PBCAN, 8, 112, 21, -----, K4DLF
Southeast Florida Traffic Net, SEFTN, 31, 564, 54, 1217,
AG4RJ/KI4IQZ
Southwest Florida Traffic Net, SWFTN, 27, 625, 105, 1945, KE4CB/N9WS

QNI and QTC both up this month! QNI 2503 (+68) QTC 754 (+22)

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ARES REPORT:

Total ARES members in the 10 (of 14) counties reporting: 1074
ARES nets active:  17, Sessions: 75, 8 nets with NTS liaison,
DECs/ECs reporting:   N4LEM,  WA4AW,  N5KFR,  WA4ASJ, WA4GUK,  K4FLC, K8KB,
AD4RZ, K4DLF, W4ZE
Drills, tests and training sessions this month: 44,  Person hours:  326
Public service events this month:  2,  Person hours: 158
No emergency operations this month.
 SFL ARES Net Report ---        QNI 34  QTC 1           Time 41 Min.

Dave Wagner, WA2DXQ has stepped down as Broward County EC.  Thank you Dave 
for
leading Broward ARES for the past 2 years.  DEC Jeff Beals, WA4AW will be
acting EC in Broward.

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Monitor the weather and check your go-kits.  We are in severe weather season
and tropical cyclone season in less than 60 days away.  We all want to be
here, safe and healthy, next April.


73,
Sherri, W4STB


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