SEFTN Announcements

Amateur Radio Club Meetings

Palmetto Amateur Radio Club

The Palmetto Amateur Radio Club May Announcements

 

Please note the VHF Repeater now has Allstar connected to it. The Node number is 68953 and is linked. Use your analog HT Radio and an Allstar hotspot.

June 13th the Palmetto amateur Radio Club is hosting an ARRL test session at the Broward County library. If you are interested in upgrading your license class, please register at the Palmetto Amateur Radio Club website that is PALMETTOARC.ORG. Look for the tab : HAM EXAM/HAM EXAMREGISTRATION and fill out the registration form. Thje fee is $15.00 to take the exam but no charge to upgrade.  FCC normally wants $35.00 to upgrade but will not pertain to those upgrading. If you would like to pay at the time of testing  (on site) the palmetto club will allow payment then. 

So come ready to pass and achieve  your well deserved upgraded status

Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association

We would like to highlight a very special upcoming GCARA meeting on May 26 — one you won’t want to miss.

📅 GCARA Meeting – May 26

At this meeting, we will honor
Shirley Ritchie
as a Life Member Honoree.

Shirley will also share a personal presentation about her late husband,
Chuck Ritchie,
a co-founder of our club.

After Chuck’s passing, his call sign W4BUG was adopted as the official club call sign — a legacy that continues to represent GCARA on the air today.

This will be a unique opportunity to hear firsthand about the early days of our club and the people who helped build it.

SEFTN is always looking for volunteer Net Control Stations. If an assigned NCS is unable to do their net they will contact other

Net Control Stations or the alternates to find a replacement. All you need is an amateur radio license and some experience on the

net so you are familiar with traffic and taking check-ins. Check our documents page for NCS documents to see the preamble and

closing statements. If you are interested please send an email to Kenny Hollenbeck KE4NC the net Manager

Mike Wolf KD4OVP the assistant net manager

 SEFTN Announcements

This Week

Tuesday 5/19  7:30 pm   Broward Ares/Races Zoom Meeting
Details will go out to mailing list. Go to Broward Ares/Races Facebook page to join

Next Week

Monday 5/25   12;00 PM BCEPN Lunch  Wings Plus Sample Rd Coral Springs   Springs            

Tuesday   5/26   7:30 PM  Gold Coast Amateur Radio Club General Meeting                                               Broward Health North conference center  Deerfield Beach

General Information

The Boca Raton ARA Repeaters are in a temporary location. The building on          which they resided was sold and the new management company did not allow       them to stay. If you know of a good alternate site in Southern Boca Raton please let them know.

Training 

An online General Class is in progress on Fridays at 7P.M. and lasts 2 hours. It will continue every Friday at the same time until the material has been covered.   Attendees are welcome to attend the GCARA test session at Broward Health       North on May 26th. If you are interested in upgrading, this class is recommended. If you missed th first classes, the recordings are available on the   Parrot ARC web site. For further information call or text Jeff Stahl K4BH at            954-224-6390. Please leave a message with a call back number if there is no answer. Zoom information will be released when it becomes available.

Test Sessions

1st Saturday  Parrot Amateur Radio Club                                                                             10:00 A.M. at the Northwest Regional Library                                                                            for information go to  www.parrotarc.org 

2nd Saturday  Palmetto Amateur Radio Club                                                                                 10:00 A.M.      Community Church of Davie                                                                                                                    for information go to www.palmettoarc.org

3rd Saturday   Davie Cooper City Amateur Radio Club                                                  1:00 p.m. go to www.dcarc.club 

4th Tuesday      Gold Coast Amateur Radio Association (except Dec)                    6:00 P.M. Broward Health North                                                                                                            for information  www.w4bug.org                   

 Recurring Nets           

Daily  7:00 A.M.  Florida Phone Traffic Net FPTN                                                                        3.940 MHz  LSB  (winter)   /  7.238 MHZ  LSB (summer)                                                         

Monday-Saturday   7:45 A.M.  South Florida Ares Net                                                             3.940 MHZz  LSB 

Monday-Friday  6:00 P.M.  Southeast Florida Traffic Net   146.610 MHz Pl 110.9

Sunday  7:30 P.M. SSTV net  147.285  +600 Pl  103.5   (mmsstv software)

Monday/Wednesday/ Friday    12:00 P.M. Saturn Net  14.325 MHz USB

Tuesday    8:00 P.M.  Rag Chew Net  146.625   -600  Pl 110.9

Wednesday  7:00 P.M.  Palm Beach Ares Net  147.045 +600   Pl 110.9

Thursday    7:00 P.M.   Broward County Emergency Preparedness Net        146.610    Pl  110.9

 Saturday  7:00 P.M.  Info and Traders Net   146.670  -600  Pl 110

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