Serving the needs of the Amateur Radio
Operators in Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough,
Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota Counties.
Dee Turner, N4GD - Section Manager
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The 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 WCF Section of the ARRL Field
Organization serves amateur radio operators in ten counties in
Florida: Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands,
Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota.
The WCF section includes the following cities: Bradenton,
Clearwater, Lakeland, New Port Richey, Punta Gorda, St.
Petersburg, Sarasota, Sebring, Tampa and Winter Haven.
This web page has
information specific to the ARRL Field Services activities in
West Central Florida.
DATABASE OF THE WCF SECTION COUNTY HAM
TOWER/ANTENNA RULES & REGULATIONS
Our section TS, Geoff, N1GY, has
complied a list of eight (8) of our ten (10) WCF Section County
Amateur (HAM) Tower and antenna rules and regulations.
Click here to access this link!
WCF Club News
TheLatest issue of The
Communicator
from the TARC and its
2007 By-Laws are now available! TNX to Jack Sproat,
W4JS, their editor for forwarding a copy to post on the
WCF Section Webpage!
West Central Florida Section Nets --
The WCF Section has several nets during the week. Most
of the nets are held on the NI4CE repeater system on
145.43 / 442.95 Verna, 145.29 / 443.45 St Pete, 442.825
/ Peebledale (just south of Mulberry in Polk) & 146.76
/442.650 Port Richey (Pasco). All require 100.0 Hz
Sub-audible tone.
Day(s)
Net Name
Time (ET)
Where
Daily
Eagle Net (WCF Florida Section Traffic Net)
8:30 PM
NI4CE/R
Sunday
West Central Florida Section Weekly (VHF/UHF)
7:30
PM
NI4CE/R
Monday
West Central Florida
Section ARES Net
7:30 PM
NI4CE/R
Tuesday
Open
7:00 PM
NI4CE/R
Wednesday
Tampabay Traders Net
9:00 PM
NI4CE/R
Thursday
WCF
Technical Net
9:00 PM
NI4CE/R
Friday
Open
Saturday
WCF Section HF Net
8:30 AM
3.911 MHz LSB and 7.281 MHz
LSB.(alt.)
Saturday
WCF YL Net
7:30 PM
NI4CE/R
This Weeks DX NEWS....
ARLD017 DX news
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided
by IZ0FKE, MW0USK, N0AX, NC1L, OK1WCF, QRZ DX, the OPDX
Bulletin, DXNL,
425 DX News, The Daily DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL
Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.
SPRATLY ISLANDS. Operators Halvard, LA7XK, Just, LA9DL and
Erling, LA6VM are QRV as 9M6/LA7XK, 9M6/LA9DL and 9M6/LA6VM,
respectively, from Layang Layang, IOTA AS-051, until April 25.
Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL to
home calls.
GERMANY, DA. Operators Helmut, DL1ECU and Rolf, DK1DN will be
QRV as homecalls/p from Hallig Langeness, IOTA EU-042, from
April 22 to May 3. This includes activity from lighthouse WLOTA
LH-1245. QSL to home calls.
IRAN, EP. Hamid, EP4HR has been QRV on 17 meters around 1500 to
1600z. QSL via I2MQP.
FRANCE, F. In celebration of the 150th birthday of German
physicist Max Planck, special event station TM2MP is QRV until
May 1. QSL via F6KTN.
SAINT BARTHELEMY, FJ. Juergen, FJ/DJ2VO will be QRV from April
19 to May 8. Activity will be on 40 to 10 meters, and possibly
80 meters, using CW. QSL to home call.
SAINT MARTIN, FS. John, K9EL will be QRV as FS/K9EL from April
24 to May 4 while on vacation. He will be active on 80 to 10
meters using mainly CW and SSB, and possibly RTTY, in his spare
time. QSL to home call.
GUERNSEY ISLAND, GU. A group of operators from the Barry ARS
will be QRV as GB0U from April 19 to 26. Activity will be on
various bands and modes. QSL via GW0ANA.
ITALY, I. Members of the Noantri Radio Club will be QRV as IE9N
from Ustica Island, IOTA EU-051, located in the Tyrrhenian Sea,
from April 24 to May 1. Activity will be on all bands and modes,
with a 6-meter beacon active as IE9N/B. QSL via IZ0FKE.
AMERICAN SAMOA, KH8. Gavin, AH8/W9EYE will be QRV from Tutuila,
IOTA OC-045, from April 21 to 27, while on business. Activity
will be in his spare time on 80 to 10 meters using SSB and RTTY.
QSL to home call.
PUERTO RICO, KP4. A group of operators will be QRV as KP4DJ from
Goats Island for both the U.S. Islands awards program and in
commemoration of ''World Amateur Radio Day'' on April 18.
Activity will be on 20 to 10 meters and possibly 40 meters using
SSB and maybe PSK31. Activity will be from 1300 to 2300z. QSL
via WP4F.
CZECH REPUBLIC, OK. Special event call OL76CAV will be QRV from
various locations in the Czech Republic on April 20 to
commemorate the 76th anniversary of the founding of
Czech-Moravian Transmitting Amateurs. Activity will be on all
bands using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL via OK1UU.
DENMARK, OZ. Flemming, OZ5FM/p will be QRV from Sjaelland
Island, IOTA EU-029, on April 19 and will activate the
lighthouses Roesnaes, DEN-034, and Asnaes, DEN-121. Activity
will be on 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home call.
WESTERN SAHARA, S0. Mohamed, S01MZ has been active on 20 meters
around 1700z. QSL via EA1BT.
BANGLADESH, S2. John, KX7YT is QRV as S21YV from Dhaka in his
spare time until April 21. QSL to home call.
TUVALU, T2. Udo, DL9HCU is QRV as T20HC. The length of his stay
is unknown. He is generally active on 20 meters around 0500 to
0800z and 17 meters around 0800 to 1000z. QSL to home call
TURKEY, TA. Special event station TC57A will be QRV from April
22 to 26 to commemorate the battle of Gallipoli, which took
place in
1915 on the Dardanelles strait. Activity will be on 40 to 15
meters. QSL via TA1HZ.
MEXICO, XE. In celebration of ''World Amateur Radio Day'' on
April 18, DXXE members are QRV as XE83IARU until April 20.
Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via
N7RO.
SYRIA, YK. Saad, N5FF will be QRV as YK1BA from Damascus from
April
21 to May 2. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB
and RTTY mainly from 2000 to 2300 and then from 0200 to 0500z.
QSL to home call.
ALBANIA, ZA. Franck, ZA/F4DTO will be QRV from the city of
Elbassan from April 22 to May 3. Activity will be on 20, 17 and
10 meters using SSB. QSL direct to home call.
OPERATIONS APPROVED FOR DXCC CREDIT. The following operations
are approved for DXCC credit: Uganda, 5X1NH, 2007 operation;
Burundi, 9UXEV, 2008 operation; Saudi Arabia, HZ1PS; Western
Sahara, S05A,
2007 operation; and Syria, YK9G, 2008 operation.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The EU SSB Spring Sprint, Holyland DX
Contest, TARA Skirmish Digital Prefix Contest, ES Open HF
Championship, Feld Hell Sprint, Michigan QSO Party, EA-QRP CW
Contest, Ontario QSO Party and the YU DX CW Contest are all
scheduled for this weekend. The Run for the Bacon QRP CW Contest
is scheduled for April 21. The SKCC CW Sprint and 432 MHz Spring
Sprint are both scheduled for April 23. Please see April QST,
page 82 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details.
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