LATEST SOLAR CONDITIONS
Courtesy of Paul L. Herrman N0NBH website: http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html
WCF SECTION ARES STATUS
WCF SECTION ARES ACTIVATION LEVEL: No Activation
Last Activation: Level 2 and 3 – Hurricane Dorian – 8/29/19 through 9/04/19
WCF Section ARES Groups Currently Activated: None at the present time.
WCF Section ARES Providing Other Services: None at the present time.
WCF Section Activation Levels:
Level 3 – Stand By: ARES on Standby for possible activation in one or more WCF Counties.
Level 2 – Partial Activation: One or more WCF Section ARES Groups are activated.
Level 1 – Full Activation: All WCF Section ARES Groups are activated.
LATEST NEWS
ARRL WCF Section ARES Meeting for Fall 2020 to be held as a Zoom Meeting. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-51.
Pasco County Hamfest Fall 2020 is cancelled. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-50
TECHCON 2021 Date and Venue set. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-49.
The SEPTEMBER 2020 issue of the WCF PRESSER is published. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-48
New Section Manager Elected for the ARRL West Central Florida Section: For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-47.
WCF Section Technical Net gets a new Net Manager. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-44.
New ARRL Emergency Coordinator for Polk County appointed. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-42.
Change of ARRL Emergency Coordinators in Manatee County. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #20-35.
UPCOMING SPECIAL MEETINGS AND EVENTS IN THE WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION
Note: These events are tentatively scheduled. If they are cancelled a WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE will be disseminated to announce their cancellation.
12/11/20 – 12/12/20: 45th Annual Tampa Bay Hamfest and 20th Annual ARRL West Central Florida Section Convention – Florida Strawberry Festival Grounds – Expo Center.
1/16/21: ARRL West Central Florida Section ARES Meeting – Winter 2021 – To be held as a Zoom Teleconference. Zoom meeting info to be published in early January 2021.
2/25/21 – 2/26/21: 7th Annual TECHCON – Polk County EOC – Winter Haven, FL.
UPCOMING HAMFESTS IN THE WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION
Note: These events are tentatively scheduled. If they are cancelled a WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE will be disseminated to announce their cancellation.
11/14/20: SPARCFEST 2020 – Freedom Lake Park, Pinellas Park, FL. CANCELLED AS OF 10/15/20
For a list of all hamfests that are scheduled in the West Central Florida Section please go the Special Events Calendar. NOTE: If a particular hamfest has been cancelled, it will be marked as cancelled and the date of the cancellation will be listed.
For hamfests in the Northern Florida Section: http://arrl-nfl.org/
For hamfests in the Southern Florida Section: http://sflarrl.org/
WHAT IS THE ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION?
The ARRL West Central Florida Section is one of seventy-one administrative sections of the ARRL – The American Radio Relay League. The ARRL is the National Association for Amateur Radio in the USA.
The West Central Florida (WCF) Section of the ARRL Field Organization serves amateur radio operators in the following ten counties in Florida: Charlotte, Desoto, Hardee, Highlands, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota.
The WCF section includes the following cities and towns: Arcadia, Auburndale, Avon Park, Bartow, Bradenton, Brandon, Clearwater, Englewood, Haines City, Lakeland, Lake Placid, Lake Wales, Land O Lakes, New Port Richey, North Port, Palmetto, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, St. Petersburg, Riverview, Sarasota, Sebring, Sun City Center, Tampa, Venice, Wauchula, Winter Haven, and Zephyrhills.
This web page has information specific to the ARRL Field Services activities in the ARRL West Central Florida Section.