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
11th Annual TECHCON Video and Papers Now Available. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-08.
Florida Tri-Section ARES Taskbook to Sunset. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-06.
Joe Walker WD4BYK is a Silent Key. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-05.
Rich Kennedy N4ESS is a Silent Key. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-02.
The ARRL West Central Florida Section celebrates its 25th anniversary. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-01.
An open letter from our new Section Emergency Coordinator, Dave Rockwell W4PXE. For the letter contents see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #24-18.
Russ Delaney N4RTD is the recipient for the 2024 Ellen White W1YL Award. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #24-15.
UPCOMING SPECIAL MEETINGS AND EVENTS IN THE ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION
6/28/25: 25th Annual ARRL West Central Florida Section Field Day Caravan.
10/10/25 – 10/11/25: 60th Annual Melbourne Hamfest – ARRL Florida State Convention.
12/12/25 – 12/13/25: 50th Annual Tampa Bay Hamfest – ARRL West Central Florida Section Convention.
UPCOMING HAMFESTS IN THE ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION
3/22/25: ZAARC HAMFEST 2025 – St. Elizabeth Episcoal Church – Zephyrhills, FL.
3/29/25: MARCIFEST 2025 – Bible Baptist Church – Bradenton, FL.
4/12/25: TARCFEST Spring 2025 – Tampa ARC Clubhouse – Tampa, FL.
5/10/25: EPARS Hamfest 2025 – American Legion – Dade City, FL
5/24/25: WORMFEST 2025 – Freedom Lake Park – Pinellas Park, FL
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.