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
SKYWARN becomes SKYWARN WX-ALERT. For more information see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-16.
25TH Annual WCF Section Field Day Caravan set to ride for ARRL Field Day 2025. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-15.
Tamiami ARC foster contact from elementary school with the ISS. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-14.
New Virtual NTS Training Net debuts. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-12.
New Section ARES Newsletter debuts in May 2025. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-11.
Newly revised Section ARES Plan is now published. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-10.
Monthly Reporting Is Important. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-09.
11th Annual TECHCON Video and Papers Now Available. For more details see WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #25-08.
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
5/10/25: EPARS Hamfest 2025 – American Legion – Dade City, FL
5/24/25: WORMFEST 2025 – Freedom Lake Park – Pinellas Park, FL
8/23/25: TARCFEST FALL 2025 – Tampa ARC Clubhouse – Tampa, 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.