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:  No Alert.

  • Return to No Alert:  Effective at 2100 EST – 11/10/22.
  • Level 2 Alert:  Effective at 1800 EST – 11/09/22 – Hurricane Nicole  – Hillsborough County ARES/RACES, Hardee County ARES, and Highlands County ARES – staffing shelters.
  • Level 3 Alert:  Effective at 0800 EST – 11/08/22 – Subtropical Storm Nicole.

WCF Section ARES Providing Other Services:

  • None at the present time.

Recent Activations:  Activations Archive.

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

Florida QSO Party 2023 the last weekend of April 2023.  For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #23-08.

WCF Section ARES Luncheon and Meeting Spring 2023 date and venue set.  For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #23-07.

WCF PRESSER is back.  January/February 2023 issue available for download.  For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #23-04.

New Affiliated Club Coordinator and two Net Managers appointed.  For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #23-02.

New Section Traffic Manager, Assistant Section Manager, and Eagle Net Manager appointed.  For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #23-01.

New ARRL Emergency Cooordinator appointed for Sarasota County ARES.  For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #22-33.

Section Manager announces cabinet level changes at the Tampa Bay Hamfest.  For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #22-31.

The 2022 Ellen White W1YL Award given to two recipients this year.  For more information see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #22-30.

UPCOMING SPECIAL MEETINGS AND EVENTS IN THE ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION

4/29/23 – 1100 EDT – ARRL West Central Florida Section ARES Luncheon – Spring 2023: Golden Corral – 815 W. Providence Road, Brandon, FL 33511.

4/29/23 – 1300 EDT – ARRL West Central Florida Section ARES Meeting – Spring 2023:  Hillsborough County PSOC – 9450 E. Columbus Dr., Tampa, FL.

6/24/23:  ARRL West Central Florida Section Field Day Caravan 2023.

UPCOMING HAMFESTS IN THE ARRL WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA SECTION

4/29/23: Gulf Coast ARC Spring 2023 Hamfest – Millennium Academy – New Port Richey.:  POSTPONED til the fall of 2023.
5/27/23:  Wormfest 2023 – 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?

wcfcountiesThe 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.