If you have an announcement you'd like to make available to the Club, please contact Nick, K4NHV at:
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The Highlands County Amateur Radio Club will be holding a 6 week Technician License Class starting on Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 9 am until noon. Gordon West study guide will be provided at no charge. The class will be held at the First Baptist Church of Leisure Lake, 808 Gardenia Street, Lake Placid, FL 33852. For more information or to register, call Don Roberts-W4CBS at (863) 243-1125 or email at W4CBS@arrl.net.
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HCARC Ladies Luncheon
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 @ 11:30 AM
Dimitri's Restaurant
2710 Kenilworth Blvd.
Sebring, FL 33870
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Info on the 2024 Picnic is HERE.
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We have a new page on this site called "Be Prepared!". There will be a new monthly meeting presentation on non-radio emergency preparedness with available items to help you with preparing for disaster. The page can be found HERE.
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The Sebring SARNet Repeater is now officially connected to SARNet. The repeater is at 442.900 MHz with a + offset and a PL tone of 100.0 Hz. If you want to learn more about Florida SARNET Group go to www.sarnetfl.com . This repeater is now connected to approximately 40 repeaters around the state, so if you use it remember to be considerate and keep your transmissions short. A whole lot of people could be listening to you. The Sebring repeater is going to help fill a big coverage gap in the middle of the state. It will be instrumental for emergency communications in disaster situations. Highlands County now has excellent local coverage utilizing the 147.045/442.035 linked repeaters, regional coverage using the NI4CE analog/NXDN system and state-wide coverage through SARNet. We also have the Wires-X repeater on 442.7375 which I try to keep linked to America-Link. Stand by for more to come. -KW4G
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10 Meter Net at 8:00 pm on 28.400usb on the last Wednesday of every month.
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The Monthly Club Meeting via ZOOM address has moved. You can find the new address and other info HERE.
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The Fusion Repeater is on 442.7375 with a standard +5 MHz offset. It is set up for digital only, so a person needs a Yaesu Fusion capable radio to use it. The digital ID's are 00/00, so nothing special is required to access it. Right now, it is local only. Hopefully, we will soon have an internet connection and WIRES-X set up at the repeater site allowing full time access to WIRES-X Rooms.
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Roy, KW4G has been posting on the HCARC Facebook Page. Click HERE to visit the page and JOIN!
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73 Everyone!
Club Meeting Every Third Monday of the Month
The next Club meeting will be held October 21, 2024 at 7:00PM next door to Dee's Restaurant at Stepz Dance Studio, 132 N Ridgewood Dr, Sebring, FL 33870.
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Link for information to attend the monthly meeting using ZOOM is HERE:
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2024 Officers
President: Roger Warrick - K2CP
Vice President: Don Roberts - W4CBS
Secretary: Margaret (Maggie) Maxie - KQ4BIA
Treasurer: Jerry Higginbotham - KK4CYC
2024 Directors
Roy Jackson - KW4G
Mike Forsythe - AC2V
Kevin Prior - KM4ZQK
Jeff Bronsing - KJ4NEO
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WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING DUES FOR 2024! 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! Roy, KW4G
Contact us via email at:
Join us at Dee's Restaurant every Friday morning at 9:00AM for the weekly breakfast PLUS Quarter Century Club Meeting every Tuesday and Thursday at 9:00AM at Oscar's Kitchen.
Dee's Restaurant: 138 N Ridgewood Dr, Sebring, FL 33870
Oscar's Kitchen: 1979 Placid Lakes Blvd, Lake Placid, FL 33852
W4HCA
Morning Net 7 days a week at 9:00 am
Sunday - Bill, KB2RED
Monday - Don, W4CBS
Tuesday - Roy, KW4G
Wednesday - Rick, KF4Y
Thursday - Pete, K1PJ
Friday - David, KE4IFD
Saturday - Don, KU4RB
Net Wed. 8:30 pm Linked System
Net Preamble and Logsheet available HERE.
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Lake Placid 147.045 pl 100.
Lake Placid 442.7375 +5 Fusion (Local Only)
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
10 meter net at 8:00 pm on 28.400usb on the last Wednesday of every month.
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®
Jeff Bronsing, KJ4NEO
Emergency Coordinator
863-464-7660
for more information.
Click HERE to download the
ARES® Registration Form
ATTENTION:
Jeff 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-
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QCWA Meeting Every Third Wednesday of the Month at Noon.
Dee's Restaurant
138 N. Ridgewood Dr.
Sebring, Florida 33870
