HURRICANE MILTON

WCF SECTION SPECIAL BULLETIN #24-14 – 1200 EDT – 10/10/24 – FINAL

WCF SECTION SPECIAL BULLETIN #24-13 – 1800 EDT – 10/09/24

WCF SECTION SPECIAL BULLETIN #24-12 – 2000 EDT – 10/08/24

WCF SECTION SPECIAL BULLETIN #24-11 – 2000 EDT – 10/07/24

WCF SECTION SPECIAL BULLETIN #24-10 – 2000 EDT – 10/06/24

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 2 – Partial  Activation – As of 0800 EDT 10/11/24.

WCF Section ARES Groups that are activated:

• Hillsborough County ARES/RACES
• Pinellas County ARES/ACS.  Demobilized 10/13/24
  
• Charlotte County ARES.  Demobilized 10/10/24
  
• Manatee County ARES.
• Desoto County ARES.  Demobilized 10/10/24
  
• Hardee County ARES  Demobilized 10/10/24
  
• Highlands County ARES  Demobilized 10/10/24
  
• Polk County ARES.  Demobilized 10/10/24
  

WCF Section ARES Providing Other Services:

• None at this time.

Recent Activations:  Activations Archive

• 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 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 due to Hurricane Milton.  For details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #24-10.

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

10/11/24 – 10/12/24:  59th Annual Melbourne Hamfest – Melbourne Auditorium – Melbourne, FL.  Postponed until further notice.

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

10/19/24:  MARCIFEST 2024 – Bible Baptist Church – Bradenton, FL.  CANCELLED Due to Hurricane Milton recovery.

11/02/24:  East Pasco ARS Fall 2024 Hamfest – American Legion, 37745 Church Ave., Dade City, FL.

11/09/24:  SPARCFest 2024 – 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.