LATEST SOLAR CONDITIONS
Courtesy of Paul L. Herrman N0NBH website: http://www.hamqsl.com/solar.html
ARRL West Central Florida Section Social Media Outlets
ARRL West Central Florida Section – YouTube Channel.
ARRL West Central Florida Section – Facebook Page.
ARRL West Central Florida Section ARES Alert Status
WCF SECTION ARES ALERT LEVEL: Level 4 – No Activation.
WCF Section ARES Groups that are activated:
- None at this time.
WCF Section ARES Providing Other Services:
- None at this time.
Recent Activations: Activations Archive
- Level 1: Hurricane Milton: 10/06/24 through 10/10/24.
- Level 2: Hurricane Helene: 9/23/24 through 9/27/24.
- Level 2: Hurricane Debby: 8/02/24 through 8/05/24.
- Level 2: Hurricane Idalia – 8/26/23 through 8/30/23.
- Level 2: Hurricane Nicole – 11/07/22 through 11/10/22.
- Level 1: Hurricane Ian – 9/23/22 through 9/29/22.
WCF Section Alert Levels:
Level 4: Routine Operations – No standby for activation or current activations.
Level 3: One or more ARES groups on Standby for possible activation in one or more WCF Counties.
Level 2: One or more WCF Section ARES Groups are activated.
Level 1: All WCF Section ARES Groups are activated.
LATEST SECTION NEWS
Section Net Cancellations for November and December 2024. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #24-12.
Nominations for the 2024 Ellen White Award now open. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #24-11.
Health and welfare inquiries and recovery communications for survivors of Hurricane Helene. For details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #24-09.
UPCOMING SPECIAL MEETINGS AND EVENTS IN THE ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION
12/13/24 – 12/14/24: 49th Annual Tampa Bay Hamfest – ARRL West Central Florida Section Convention – TECO Expo Center – Plant City, FL.
UPCOMING HAMFESTS IN THE ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION
Note: Due to plug in issues with our website the special events calendar will have to be rebuilt. Our apologies to all for this inconvenience.
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.