[SFDXA] End of the Year Southeastern Division Update

[Bill]

Hopefully everyone has recovered from their Thanksgiving feasts and is
enjoying the lull before the upcoming holiday festivities.

This weekend is the ARRL 10 Meter Contest. This is a great opportunity
for Technicians to get on the air on the only HF band where they have
voice privileges. For more information on the contest, visit
http://www.arrl.org/10-meter.

This Friday and Saturday is also the West Central Florida Section
Convention (Tampa Bay Hamfest) in Plant City. This is the final ARRL
Hamfest of 2014 and more information can be found at
http://tampabayhamfest.org. I won't be able to make it down on Friday,
but I'll be there on Saturday.

January has a hamfest or convention in the Division every weekend!

1/3: Freezefest in Locust Fork, AL (http://www.freezefest.com)
1/10: Techfest in Lawrenceville, GA (http://www.gars.org)
1/16-17: Fort Myers Hamfest in Fort Myers, FL (http://www.fmarc.net)
1/23-25: Puerto Rico State Convention in Hatillo, PR
(http://www.arrlpr.org)
1/24: Georgia ARES Convention in Forsyth, GA (http://gaares.org)
1/24: DeSoto County Hamfest in Arcadia, FL (http://desotoarc.org)
1/30-31: Miami Tropical Hamboree in Miami, FL (http://hamboree.org)

The 2015 Southeastern Division Convention is at the Orlando Hamcation
on 2/13-15. (http://hamcation.com)

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Please join me in thanking retiring West Central Florida Section
Manager Dee Turner, N4GD, for his years in that position.

Please also join me in welcoming Darrell Davis, KT4WX, as the incoming
WCF Section Manager effective 1/1/2015.

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Field Day Results are available in the December QST and online as well
(http://www.arrl.org/results-database?event_id=58360).

Congratulations to two clubs from the Southeastern Division that placed
in the top 10 of all 2,685 entries. The Lake Amateur Radio Association
(7A, Leesburg, FL) placed 8th with 16, 934 points and the Huntsville
Amateur Radio Club (4A, Huntsville, AL) placed 9th with 16,370 points
which was the high score for all 4A entries. (Full Disclosure: LARA is
my home club)

Thanks to all 195 groups and individuals from our Division that
participated!

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Deadline Looms to Apply for ARISS Educational Ham Radio Contacts with
the ISS.

Schools and educational institutions and organizations -- formal and
informal -- have until Monday, December 15 to submit proposals to host
an Amateur Radio contact with a member of the International Space
Station crew. The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) program announced the opening of the application window earlier
this fall.

"ARISS provides an exciting outreach opportunity for the ham radio
community to connect with local schools," ARRL Educational Services
Manager Debra Johnson, K1DMJ, said. "A scheduled ARISS contact is a
voice-only communication via Amateur Radio between the ISS crew and
classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts allow education audiences to
learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to work and live in
space."

For more information, visit
http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.

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Scholarships Available

The Foundation for Amateur Radio, Inc., will be administering a total
of 67 scholarships worth an aggregate of $125,500 for the coming
academic year. The scholarships range in value from $500 to $5,000
each. A complete list of the scholarships and their requirements may be
accessed at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwGFyopxqmdKTXBMWWVpNER3Q3M/view?usp=sharing

Questions these scholarships should be emailed to
farscholarships at gmail.com.

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May your holidays be filled with joyous times spent with family and
friends!


73 de

Doug Rehman, K4AC
Director

&

Mike Lee, AA6ML
Vice Director

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ARRL Southeastern Division
Director: Doug Rehman, K4AC
k4ac at arrl.org