We have started a new morning net everyday at 9:00AM on the 147.045 or the 442.350 club repeaters with a PL tone of 100. Since our Club Meetings have been cancelled until further notice, the Board Members thought it would be a good thing to have a net every morning to check on the health and welfare of our Members. This is not a formal net, and anyone anywhere can check in, especially all of our hams in neighboring counties! So, pour yourself a cup of coffee and come join us for some informational and sometimes humorous conversations! Also, please join us on our weekly Club Net Wednesday nights at 8:30PM.
73 Everyone!
Due to the spike in COVID 19 cases in Highlands County the past couple of weeks, the Board has decided to cancel the in person Club meeting at Dee’s for August. Subsequent in person meetings will be decided on month to month by the Board. Check your email for the Club Zoom meeting notices. Thank you, HCARC Board of Directors.
If you would like to be invited to the ZOOM meeting and you're not currently on my email list, please email me at KM4VRU@gmail.com with your email address and I will put you on the list.
The August QCWA meeting will be on Wednesday the 18th at noon in the back room at Dee's Place.
Hope everyone is doing well. Stay healthy and safe! 73...
WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING DUES FOR 2021! PLEASE SEND YOUR CHECK TO:
HCARC
P.O. BOX 7441
SEBRING, FLORIDA 33872
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MEMBERSHIP FEES: INDIVIDUAL $30, FAMILY $35, ASSOCIATE $10 (NO LICENSE, NO VOTE)
AFTER MAILING IN YOUR DUES, PLEASE CLICK HERE ON THE MEMBERSHIP FORM LINK AND FILL OUT THE FORM. THEN CLICK SUBMIT SO I HAVE YOUR UPDATED INFORMATION. THANKS! BRAD, KM4VRU
Join us at Dee's Restaurant every Friday morning at 9:00AM and every Tuesday and Thursday at 9:00AM at the Smoke Shack in Lake Placid.
Dee's Restaurant: 138 N Ridgewood Dr, Sebring, FL 33870
Smoke Shack: 123 US Highway 27 North, Lake Placid, FL 33852
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2021 Officers
President: Brad Haag - KM4VRU
Vice President: Ben Henley - KI4IGX
Secretary: Randy Payne - K4EZM
Treasurer: John Chaput - KK4LI
Dues
Individual Membership: $30.00
Family Membership $35.00
Associate Membership: $10.00 (No License / No Vote)
Send to:
Highlands County ARC
PO Box 7441
Sebring, Florida 33872
Nets
Morning Health and Welfare Net every day at 9:00 am on the 147.045 and 442.350 repeaters with a PL 100 tone.
The weekly club net is held on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on the club repeater (147.045 / 442.350 Mhz, PL 100).
A simple roundtable QSO is held daily at 7 pm on 147.550 Mhz simplex.
Weekly Highlands County ARES- Skywarn nets are held every Wednesday at 8pm. Listen to the club repeater just before the net for the announcement of which frequency will be used that night. The ARES simplex net is held following the repeater net on 146.535 Mhz, and is usually a roll-call format of those stations who checked into the repeater net. Anyone is welcome to check into these nets.
Testing
The Lake Wales Club conducts testing on the first Saturday of the month at the Red Cross in Winter Haven.
ATTENTION: We're looking for HCARC members that would be willing to "Elmer" people interested in becoming Amateur Radio Operators.
W4HCA
Net Wed. 8:30 pm Linked System
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Lake Placid 147.045 pl 100.
Avon Park 442.350 pl 100.
7 pm Roundtable 147.550 simplex
A.R.E.S.
W4HEM
Net Wed. 8:00 pm
Avon Park 145.330 pl 100
Sebring 147.270 pl 100
Avon Park Bombing range 444.825 pl 100.
Lake Placid 145.210 pl 100.
Simplex 146.535
Simplex 446.000
NI4CE
7 days 8:30 pm
Lake Placid 443.950 pl 100.
Verna 145.430 pl 100.
Hardee ARG
N4EMH
Net. Mon.7:00 pm
Wauchula 146.625 pl 127.3
Lake Wales RA
K4LKW
Net. Tues. 7:30 pm
147.330 pl 127.3
442.425 pl 127.3
Polk A.R.E.S.
WC4PEM Linked System
Net Wed. 7:30
Frostproof 444.950 pl 127.3
Dundee 146.985 pl 127.3
Davenport 444.625 pl 127.3
Kathleen 443.900 pl 127.3
Okeechobee
K4OKE
Net. Mon. 8:00 pm
147.195 pl 100.
Arcadia
W4MIN
147.075 pl 100.
147.180 pl 100.
Glades County
KQ4YM
147.300 pl 100.
Thanks to KB4FLE, KE4CQA and KE4CPZ for this Website. W4HCA
Highlands County Florida
Amateur Radio
Emergency Services®
Randy Payne K4EZM
Emergency Coordinator
1-863-446-0913
for more information.
Click HERE to download the
ARES® Registration Form
ATTENTION:
Randy is also looking for volunteer operators and relief operators to work the shelters in the event of a hurricane or other disaster.
if you can help.
Combined ARES® SkyWarn© Net is on Wednesday evening 8 PM.
The initial call will be on the 147.045 pl 100 about 5 minutes before the hour.
Net Control for the evening will announce what repeater will be used for the evenings net.
The simplex net is now a roll call net, set up in the interest of saving some time.
Net Control Operators will rotate through out the Month so if you would like to be one contact:
We will rotate repeaters as well to make sure they get used and to see that they are working properly
Everyone is invited to check in.
There are many sources of Weather alerts/warnings
I am asking all Sky Warn members to use the FEMA app.
Download the free FEMA app HERE for your smartphone.
You can set 5 locations to get alerts from.
-Recommended by Dan Noah NWS Ruskin-
QCWA Meeting Every Third Wednesday of the Month at Noon.
Dee's Restaurant
138 N. Ridgewood Dr.
Sebring, Florida 33870
