[South Florida DX Association] Southern Florida Monthly Section News and Field Day Update
Bill
bmarx at bellsouth.net
Fri Jun 18 07:37:04 EDT 2010
Hi Everyone,
This has been another busy month around the section.
WX4NHC had a successful test for their station and the Hurricane Watch
Net. Several groups did public services events and a lot of groups are
getting ready for Field Day.
Below are news items and the monthly reports. These will not be posted
on the section page at ARRL.org until the size and color is better for
our aging(?) eyes.
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Silent Key:
Art Lindell, W4ZEF. Art was a long-time president and drivng force of
the Fort Pierce Amateur Radio Club. He was Hamfest Chairman, VE, Elmer
and much more to the amateur community. His family includes many hams -
wife Ginny, K4ZEF, brothers Bruce WA4ZEF and Ron W4RNJ, and son-in-law
Steven KJ4OSM.
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Birth of Skywarn
In 1882, Sgt. John P. Finley of the United States Army Signal Corps
weather program (known as the “Division of Telegrams and Reports for
the Benefit of Commerce and Agriculture”) headed up a program to
document and understand local storms, including tornadoes. About 1000
“reporters” were organized in the central and eastern U. S. to
report tornado occurrences and damage.
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Field Day
Thank you to the few of you that sent me information directly. I have
read reflectors and used the ARRL web site to obtain many locations.
Below are the locations by county. (if no street location is listed it
indicates no information, or GPS coordinates only, provided on the ARRL
web site).
Don't forget to place an NTS formatted message into the NTS traffic
system for the SM or the SEC (don't write it at the site and phone it -
relay via Amateur Radio).
I wish everyone a safe and fun Field Day.
Brevard County:
North Brevard ARC, 10a Max Brewer Memorial Parkway, Titusville
Titusville ARC, Fox Lake Park, Titusville
Cocoa ARS, 1150 W. King St, Cocoa
Platinum Coast ARS, 1980 Hughes Rd, Melbourne
AD4ES, Florida Contest Group, 401 East New Haven Ave, Melbourne
Harris Intersil ARC, Grant Community Center, 2nd ST and Ave C, Grant
Osceola County:
Osceola ARES, Osceola County EOC
Indian River County:
Vero Beach ARC, Vero Beach
St Lucie County:
Port St Lucie ARA, Port St Lucie
Ft Pierce ARC, Public Safety Training Complex, IRSC, Ft. Pierce
Martin County:
Martin County ARES/RACES and Martin County ARA, Pavillion 6, Sandsprit
Park, Stuart
Palm Beach County:
Lighthouse ARA, Jupiter
Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group, Carlin Park, Jupiter
Palms West ARC, Okeeheelee Park, West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach ARC, Central Pavillion, John Prince Park, West Palm
Beach
Broward County:
Gold Coast ARA, Villages of Hillsborough Park, Deerfield Beach
Broward County ARC, Quiet Waters Park, Deerfield Beach
Miami-Dade County:
Everglades ARC, John D. Campbell Agricultural Center, Homestead
Monroe County:
Florida Keys ARC, Big Pine Park, MM30, Big Pine Key
Collier County:
ARA of SW Florida, 294 Brandy Ln, Naples
Lee County:
Fort Myers ARC, 2021 N. Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers
Glades, Hendry, and Okeechobee Counties list no activity on the ARRL
site and have not sent me any information.
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From:
Julio Ripoll, WD4R
WX4NHC Amateur Radio Asst. Coordinator
www.wx4nhc.org
National Hurricane Center
www.nhc.noaa.gov
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Hello Fellow Ham Radio Operators,
In cooperation with the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida,
and WX4NHC, we are asking for your assistance in the 2010 Hurricane
Season.
The most important role amateur radio plays in hurricanes is to gather
and relay information to the National Hurricane Center through WX4NHC .
While there are mechanisms to do this, we are always looking for more
assistance in this vital job. You could be the only station in the
impacted area and your Eye Witness Reports or measured data, if you
have a weather station, could be critical to the forecasters. You could
be the only station hearing some other ham calling with a report or
needing assistance in a dangerous situation they are in. Also, you
could play the important role in translating a Ham's report into a
language that we understand. So as you can see, everyone has a part
they can play.
WX4NHC on 14.325 MHz is a frequency that you should always monitor
during a hurricane. More information can be found at www.wx4nhc.org
This frequency is maintained for hurricanes by the Hurricane Watch Net
www.hwn.org
The VoIP Hurricane Net utilizes Echolink and IRLP to link stations
together over the internet. When HF propagation is not good, sometimes
this is the only way information reaches WX4NHC .
EchoLink Conference Room is WX-Talk (Node 7203) and IRLP Node is 9219.
More information can be found at www.voipwx.net
We ask you for your support and assistance anytime the Hurricane Watch
Net, VoIP Hurricane Net, and WX4NHC are active. The part you play may
save someone's life!
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ARES Report for May from Ted, W4ZE
Total reported number of ARES members 1263, Change since last month 46
ARES Nets 25, Sessions 97, NTS Liaison 10
DEC/EC reporting: KJ4AWB, KF4MJJ, N5KFR, AA4BM, WA4ASJ, W4LWZ, K8KB,
K4FLC, K4NNX, AD4RZ, N4ZIQ, K4DLF, N4SGL - Brevard report missing
Number of drills, test& training sessions : 29, Person Hours: 436.5
Number of public service events: 3, Person Hours 28
No Emergency Operations
Total number of ARES operations: 32, Total Person Hours 464.5
SFL ARES Net report QNI 57, QTC 3, QND 327
3940 khz Sat. 0800
Comments
Broward had two drills; testing the ability for members to program
unfamiliar frequencies on the fly and participated in Stare sponsored
hurricane test.
Collier: completed Type III all hazard COML and COMT training
Indian River; Using the Palm Beach County ARES 5 minute net training
sessions after our weekly net with good comments from the participants.
St Lucie County had an ARES® booth at the Port Saint Lucie Hurricane
Preparedness Exposition, May 15, at the Port Saint Lucie Civic Center.
Martin County completed General Classes and had 15 upgrades from Tech
to General license and manned the Treasure Coast Hurricane Fair to
promote ARES and Amateur Radio.
Osceola: Training session on hurricane preparation and manning a
shelter was performed.
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Station ACtivity and Net Reports:
SFL SARs MAY 2010: WA4BAM 343, WD4DNC 186, KE4CB 115, KA4FZI
67, N8BGJ 7, KB9ABX 5, KI4PTZ 3, W9MCC 3
SFL PSHRs MAY 2010: KA4FZI 120, KE4CB 110
NET REPORTS MAY 2010
NET, SESS, QNI, QTC, QND, MGR
QFN, 62, 518, 333, 1026, WD4DNC
FAST, 31, 313, 69, ----- , K4SCL
FMSN, 31, 255, 122, 659, AG4RJ/AB4XK
JFCERT, 10, 41, 19, 235, AG4BV/W4FK
JTRG, 8, 55, 25, 368, AG4BV/W4FK
PBCAN, 12, 98, 14, 161, AG4BV/W4FK
SEFTN, 32, 667, 121, 1342, AG4RJ/KI4IQZ
SWFTN, 27, 530, 115, 2260, KE4CB/N9WS
April QNI 2653, May QNI 2477 April QTC
699, May QTC 818
While our QNI numbers are down a little from April, The QTC shows a
significant rise.
I hope our hams are keeping in touch with their snowbird friends via
radiograms.
REMINDER: AG4RJ, has designated 7113 KHz as the FMSN net alternate
and K4SCL has selected 7242 KHz as a summer alternate frequency for
FAST net.
Wishing all of you safe and enjoyable travels and a healthy, happy
summer.
73/88, Phyllisan "Phil" KA4FZI , ka4fzi at aol.com
239-574-3467
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Many clubs assist the family of Silent Keys with disposal of equipment.
Often there is a surviving ham in the family and this assistance is not
needed. However, if the surviving ham is a family member at ARRL they
may continue to receive QST for the remainder of the primary members
membership term, by request. A reminder to the family about this would
be helpful.
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That's all for now. Keep an eye on the Tropics. Get on the air and
make some contacts.
Stay safe.
73,
Sherri, W4STB
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