[SFDXA] A Message from Jeff
William Marx
bmarx at bellsouth.net
Thu Sep 1 09:42:00 EDT 2016
> Greetings to all,
>
>
> The tropics are heating up as we approach the historical peak of
> hurricane season in September. We dodged another tropical system
> “bullet” from what is now TS Hermine. It provided a good drill for
> our ARES teams. As Hermine approaches the upper Gulf coast of Florida,
> we stand ready to assist our neighbors should the need arise. Don't
> forget that we still have 3 active months left, so stay prepared and
> ready to deploy.
>
>
>
> I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Ron Schoner, K4OIL of Palm
> City as our new Affiliated Club Coordinator. Ron’s email is
> tinstar109 at aol.com and cell is 772-260-5272. I urge all SFL club
> officials to advise Ron of their current contact info. We all welcome
> Ron to the ARRL SFL Section Management Team.
>
> The Affiliated Club Update mechanism has been upgraded. Now when a
> club updates the information on the ARRL club pages the changes are
> displayed as soon as the information is submitted. The tutorial on the
> club page www.arrl.org/clubs has been updated to reflect the changes in
> the updating procedure. Here is the direct link to the pdf tutorial.
> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Clubs/Club%20Update%20Online_20150806.pdf
>
>
> For more info on ARRL club affiliation or the Special Service Club
> program, just let ACC Ron know.
>
>
>
> Mark your calendars for October 7-8 for the Florida State
> Convention at Melbourne. Held in conjunction with the 51th Melbourne
> Hamfest at the Melbourne Auditorium, this show has become a major
> event
> in the SFL Section. Meet with your Division Director/Vice Director and
> the SFL Section staff at the ARRL booth. Visit us at the ARRL Forum at
> 10 AM.
> For more info, please visit
> http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/florida-state-convention-melbourne-hamfest-4
>
>
> The annual ARRL Simulated Emergency Test is scheduled for the weekend
> of October 1 & 2. For most ARES groups, the SET is a part of their
> ongoing training program. Details about the SET can be found on page 78
> in the September QST. For more info on how you can participate in the
> SET, contact your local EC or the DEC in your District. SFL SEC Larry
> Zimmer, W4LWZ will provide support and suggested scenarios for our ARES
> leadership.
>
>
>
> Congratulations to SFL member Joseph “Joey Jet” Tiritilli, N4ZUW,
> who was declared elected as the new ARRL Vice Director for the
> Southeasten Division.
> Joey will take office on January 1, 2017, in time to attend the ARRL
> Board of Directors meeting later in the month held at Windsor, CT.
>
>
>
> The following ARRL members have received pins from HQ recognizing their
> support over many years of continuous membership:
>
> Alan Maslin, N3EA 60 years
>
> Joe Poersche, WB4HIS 50 years
>
> John Samuels, K2CIB 50 years
>
> Stephen “Sandy” Wolf, WB2MBV 50 years
>
> Congrats to all !
>
>
>
>
> Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Stations Encouraged to Register and File
> Post-Event Reports
>
>
> Scouting’s Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) officials are asking JOTA 2016
> participants not only to register for this year’s event, but to
> follow up with a post-JOTA report. As an incentive, all stations filing
> reports will automatically be entered to win an Icom ID-51A hand-held
> transceiver. The 59th annual JOTA takes place October 14-16.
> “Last year we had 400 stations register but only 200 stations file a
> report,” said JOTA Coordinator Jim Wilson, K5ND. “We’re going to
> improve that this year. Icom America and Ray Novak, N9JA, have stepped
> up to help us with a considerable incentive.”
> Wilson pointed out that only BSA stations will be eligible to win.
> “These prizes are for the station. It’s up to you to determine who
> gets it or how you share it,” he said. “Of course, everyone who
> files a report will receive the 2016 Jamboree on the Air
> Certificate.”
> More than 1 million Scouts in 150+ countries — at nearly 18,000
> stations — are expected to take part in JOTA 2016, engaging with
> other Scouts to talk about Amateur Radio and their Scouting
> experiences. “JOTA is about conversations across town and around the
> world, rather than about contacts,” Wilson said.
> The JOTA reporting system will open right after JOTA weekend; reports
> are due on November 1, with the prize drawing held that week.
> “Designate someone on your team to collect the information needed for
> your report,” Wilson recommended, pointing to a list of “best
> practices” to ensure a report that “truly captures your event.”
>
> JOTA Guidelines for Amateur Radio Operators are available online. Among
> other advice, the operating guide points out that US Scouts may speak
> directly with Scouts in other countries as long as a third-party
> agreement exists between that country and the US. A Scout station
> spotting cluster also will be available this year, to show who’s on
> the air and where. Dave Edwards, KD2E, and Andy O’Brien, K3UK, have
> developed a Scout scheduling page for teams to post their frequencies.
> JOTA stations have been asked to avoid other operating activities
> taking place over the October 14-16 weekend, including the Worked All
> Germany contest-free zones. Four state QSO parties also take place over
> JOTA weekend — Illinois, Iowa, New York, and South Dakota.
> Wilson also asked for the cooperation of contesters. “As you
> participate in these or other contests that weekend, please keep in
> mind that Scouts will be on the air at the same time,” Wilson advised
> competitors.
>
> “For most, this will be their first experience with Amateur Radio.
> Please be courteous and where possible provide some contest free space
> around their ongoing QSOs near the Scouting frequencies. After all,
> they are the next generation of ham operators — or not.”
>
>
>
>
> Application Window Opens on September 1 for Prospective ISS Ham Radio
> Contact Hosts
>
>
> The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is
> seeking proposals from schools and formal or informal educational
> institutions and organizations — individually or working in concert
> — to host Amateur Radio contacts next year with ISS crew members. The
> window to accept proposals opens on September 1, and the deadline to
> submit a proposal is November 1. ARISS anticipates that contacts will
> take place between July 1 and December 31, 2017. Crew scheduling and
> ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. The ARRL website
> includes proposal information and documents.
> To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS seeks proposals
> from schools and organizations that can draw large numbers of
> participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education
> plan. Each FM-voice contact lasts about 10 minutes — the length of a
> typical overhead ISS pass from horizon to horizon.
>
> Scheduled ham radio contacts with ISS crew members allow students to
> interact with an astronaut or cosmonaut through a question-and-answer
> format. Participants and the audiences alike can learn firsthand from
> the astronaut or cosmonaut what it’s like to live and work in space
> and to learn about space research on the ISS. Students will be able to
> observe and learn about satellite communication, wireless technology,
> and radio science.
> Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of
> scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate
> flexibility to accommodate changes in contact dates and times.
>
> To help organizations prepare proposals, ARISS offers 1-hour online
> information sessions, designed to provide more information regarding US
> ARISS contacts and the proposal process, as well as provide an avenue
> for interested organizations to ask questions. Attending an online
> Information Session is not required but is strongly encouraged.
> Information Sessions for September 1-November 1 application window will
> take place on Tuesday, September 20, at 4 PM ET (2000 UTC), and
> Wednesday, September 28, at 7 PM ET (2300 UTC). Contact ARISS to sign
> up and take part.
> Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space agencies
> in Russia, Canada, Japan, and Europe sponsor these educational
> opportunities by providing the equipment and operational support to
> enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around
> the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, ARISS is a collaborative effort
> between ARRL and AMSAT, in partnership with NASA and the Center for the
> Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS).
> Contact ARISS for more information.
>
>
> Comments in FCC “Symbol Rate” Rule Making Proposal Due by October
> 11
>
>
> The FCC will accept public comments in response to a July FCC Notice of
> Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in WT Docket 16-239 — the “Symbol
> Rate” proceeding — until October 11. Reply comments — ie,
> comments on comments already filed — are due by November 10. The NPRM
> now has been published in The Federal Register, thus opening the
> respective 60-day and 30-day comment/reply comment windows.
> In response to a 2013 ARRL Petition for Rule Making (RM-11708), the FCC
> proposed to revise the Amateur Service Part 97 rules to eliminate
> current baud rate limitations for data emissions, consistent with
> ARRL’s Petition, but it declined to propose a bandwidth limitation
> for data emissions in the MF and HF bands to replace the baud rate
> limitations. ARRL had asked the FCC to change the Part 97 rules to
> delete the symbol rate limits in §97.307(f) and replace them with a
> maximum bandwidth for data emissions of 2.8 kHz on amateur frequencies
> below 29.7 MHz.
> Interested parties may comment on the NPRM in WT Docket 16-239 via the
> FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing Service (EFCS), as well as by mail.
>
>
>
> ARRL Field Day 2016 List of Logs Received Now Available
>
>
> The list of Logs Received for ARRL Field Day 2016 now is available. It
> includes all logs — paper and electronic — as well as all entries
> classified as check logs, typically due to incomplete information.
> Participants have until Tuesday, August 23, to contact ARRL if they
> believe there are problems with their entries.
> If your listing contains errors, contact Kathy Allison, KA1RWY. ARRL
> received more than 2700 ARRL Field Day logs for 2016, including check
> logs.
>
>
> ARES® Day in Palm Beach County Recruits 15 New Members
>
>
> It was ARES® Day on July 30 in Palm Beach County, Florida. Sponsored
> by Palm Beach County ARES, the event at the Palm Beach/Martin County
> Red Cross Chapter in West Palm Beach, attracted 50 radio amateurs, and
> 15 joined ARES. The Red Cross provided lunch.
> “Thanks to the Red Cross and all who attended,” said Central County
> Emergency Coordinator Barry Porter, KB1PA. “Palm Beach County ARES®
> is now more prepared if we are needed by any of our served agencies. It
> was a positive event that energized all who attended.”
> Local ham radio clubs were represented at the event and offered
> assistance, along with District Emergency Coordinator Charlie Benn,
> WB2SNN; South County Emergency Coordinator Bob Vastola, KK4ATI; North
> County Emergency Coordinator Chris Anderson, KK4ENJ, and Porter.
> Section Manager Jeff Beals, WA4AW, and Section Emergency Coordinator
> Larry Zimmer, W4LWZ, attended.
> Activities included demonstrations of emergency power equipment,
> digital communications using packet and Winlink, National Traffic
> System™ and NTS™ digital communication, how to built an effective
> UHF/VHF antenna, portable VHF and UHF antennas, and what’s inside a
> Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle.
>
>
>
>
> July ARES report from Larry, W4LWZ SFL SEC
>
>
> Total number of ARES members: 451
>
> Change since last month (+, -, same): +14
>
> Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month: 10
>
> Number of ARES nets active: 10
>
> Number of nets with NTS liaison: 4
>
> Calls of DECs/ECs reporting: AD4RZ, K1UQE, W9GPI, WA4ASJ, WA4PAM,
> KB1PA, WW4RX, KK4AXV, K4JTT, KJ4AWB
>
> Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 50
>
> Person hours: 743075
>
> Number of public service events this month: 0
>
> Person hours: 0
>
> Number of emergency operations this month: 2
>
> Person Hours: 56
>
> Total number of ARES operations this month: 52
>
> Total Person hours: 799.75
>
> Comments: Palm Beach county held an ARES day at the county Red Cross.
> The event featured demonstrations and informative talks. The event was
> very well attended and resulted in 5 new members being signed up.
>
>
>
> July Traffic report from Mike, KM2V SFL STM
>
>
>
> SAR - July 2016
>
> CALL TOTAL
> WA4BAM
> KE4CB
> W9GPI 015
> KK4KAH
> K4KFF
> N1OFF
> KA3PYO 005
> W2PH 42
> KR4PI 005
> KR4ST 033
> NT4TS 006
> KM2V 157
> WA3YRF 005
> W4ZE 010
>
>
> PSHR - July 2016
>
>
> Callsign Total
> WA4BAM
> KE4CB
> W2PH 100
> KM2V 130
>
>
> NETS - July 2016
>
> NET ABB. QNI QTC QND SESS MGR
> All Florida CW Traffic Net QFN WA4BAM
> Florida Medium Speed Net FMSN 160 18 342 31 AG4RJ/AB4XK
> Southeast Florida Traffic Net SEFTN 514 73 961 31 KD4ZFW
> Southwest Florida Traffic Net SWFTN KE4CB/N9WS
>
>
>
>
> Silent Keys- It is with deep regret that we report the passing of the
> following SFL members:
>
>
> Richard W. “Dick” Jump, NN4JJ of Palm Bay. Dick was a member of the
> Platinum Coast ARS and Brevard County ARES.
>
>
>
> Well, I guess that’s about it for now. My thanks for all that you do
> for Amateur Radio. Get on the air, Elmer a new ham, support your local
> club and ARES group but most of all, have fun.
>
> Vy 73,
>
> Jeff, WA4AW
>
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