Category: News

WCF SECTION HF ARES AND INFORMATION NET GETTING NEW FREQUENCY AND TIME

On Saturday July 8th, at the ARRL West Central Florida Section ARES Meeting, a proposal was submitted to the ARES Emergency Coordinators that had been submitted by Alan Gauzens WA4ATF, the Net Manager of the ARRL Information Net.  Gauzens stated in the proposal, that the ARRL Information Net on Saturday at 0730 on 3940 KHz, which was started nearly 40 years ago by Evelyn Gauzens W4WYR (SK), had seen declining participation over the last few years and proposed to discontinue the ARRL Information Net and offer the frequency and time slot to the West Central Florida Section for the West Central Florida Section HF ARES and Information Net.  The proposal was accepted by the Emergency Coordinators and Official Emergency Stations present.

The move to 3940 KHz had been necessitated by interference on 3913 KHz from two nets on both sides of the frequency.  Many times it was impossible to conduct a net on that frequency at that time.  An attempt was made to move to 3940 KHz at 0830 but another net was in operation on 3941 KHz at that time and the Section Staff was unaware of the frequency being occupied.

The change will be effective on Saturday July 22nd.  The time will be at 0730 and the frequency will be 3940 KHz.  The alternate frequency will become 7247 KHz for net if band conditions are too short or otherwise not conducive for the net to take place on 75 Meters.

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SECTION ARES SIMULATED EMERGENCY TEST SET FOR AUGUST 12.

On Saturday July 8th, at the ARRL West Central Florida Section ARES Meeting which was held at the Hardee County EOC, the date for the 2017 ARRL West Central Florida Section ARES Simulated Emergency Test was set for Saturday August 12, 2017.  The primary goal of the Simulated Emergency Test is to test communications facilities between the various ten County Emergency Operations Centers and the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee.

For more details on the Simulated Emergency Test you may go to http://arrlwcf.org/wcf-special-events/west-central-florida-section-ares-simulated-emergency-test/

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THE WCF EXPERIMENTER – Summer 2017 – ISSUE HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED

The Summer 2017 edition of THE WCF EXPERIMENTER, the Official Technical Newsletter of the ARRL West Central Florida Section has just been published.  You may download the Summer 2017 edition at http://arrlwcf.org/download/wcfexperimenter/WCFExperimenter_3Q2017.pdf.  For all past issues of THE WCF EXPERIMENTER since its reboot a few years ago you may go to http://arrlwcf.org/home/the-wcf-experimenter-technical-newsletter/.

Geoff Haines N1GY, our Technical Coordinator for the West Central Florida Section is the editor of THE WCF EXPERIMENTER.  The next issue will be the FALL 2017 issue so now is the time to get busy writing an article for the next issue if you have a project or idea you would like to write about.  Send any submissions for THE WCF EXPERIMENTER to Geoff Haines N1GY at n1gy@arrl.net.

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WCF SECTION FIELD DAY CARAVAN TRAVEL ITINERARY IS PUBLISHED.

The travel itinerary for the West Central Florida Section Field Day Caravan are now available at the section website on the West Central Florida Field Day Caravan Page at http://arrlwcf.org/wcf-special-events/west-central-florida-section-field-day-caravan/.  As previously stated this year’s Field Day Caravan will be composed of two teams for the first time:  Darrell Davis KT4WX and Christine Duez KK4KJN will be doing the northern counties and Ben Henley KI4IGX and Randy Payne K4EZM will be doing the southern counties.  The Field Day Caravan will be completed on Saturday.

The WCF Section wishes everyone who are planning Field Day operations to have a safe and great Field Day.

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THE WCF PRESSER ISSUE #25 MAY 2017 IS NOW PUBLISHED

The WCF PRESSER Issue #25 May 2017, has been published here on the Section website, the ARRL website. THE WCF PRESSER will be disseminated shortly on the ARRL Section Email List for those who are ARRL members and are signed up for Section/Division news.

For the PDF version of this newsletter and past issues in PDF format go to http://arrlwcf.org/home/the-wcf-section-presser-arrl-west-central-florida-section-news/.

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SECTION NET CANCELLATIONS FOR MEMORIAL DAY

The WCF Section ARES and Information Net scheduled for Saturday May 27 at 0830 on 75 Meters and the WCF Section ARES and Information Net scheduled for Monday May 29th at 1930 on the NI4CE Repeater System have been cancelled in observance of Memorial Day.  Also note the the ARRL Information Net on Saturday May 27 at 0730 on 75 Meters has also been cancelled in observance of Memorial Day.

The Eagle Net, the WCF Section NTS Traffic Net, will continue to operate as normal.  The Eagle Net operates 365 day per year, including Christmas and New Years holidays, only being cancelled for emergency situations.

The WCF Section wishes to recognize the ultimate sacrifice of all those who had given their lives in the armed forces of the United States of America and will never forget their supreme sacrifice.

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THE WCF PRESSER ISSUE #25 MAY 2017 IS NOW PUBLISHED

The WCF PRESSER Issue #25 May 2017, has been published here on the Section website, the ARRL website. THE WCF PRESSER will be disseminated shortly on the ARRL Section Email List for those who are ARRL members and are signed up for Section/Division news.

For the PDF version of this newsletter and past issues in PDF format go to http://arrlwcf.org/home/the-wcf-section-presser-arrl-west-central-florida-section-news/.

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HF EDITION OF WCF SECTION ARES AND INFORMATION NET CHANGING FREQUENCIES

Starting on Saturday April 22, 2017, the WCF Section ARES and Information Net will move from 3913 KHz to 3940 KHz.  This move was approved at the WCF Section ARES Meeting on Saturday April 8, 2017.  The move has been necessitated due to extensive activity on 3910 and 3915 KHz which makes holding the net on 3913 KHz difficult on many occasions.  The net will start at 0830 or immediately following the Southern Florida ARES Net whichever is later.

Currently the following nets are scheduled on Saturday on 3940 KHz:  Florida Phone Traffic Net at 0655, the ARRL Information Net at 0730, and the Southern Florida ARES Net at 0800.  Following the Southern Florida ARES Net at 0830 will also make it a “one frequency stop” for all stations to check into all the above nets without changing frequencies as well.  The WCF Section ARES and Information Net on Monday evening at 1930 on the NI4CE Repeater System will continue as currently scheduled.

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