West Central Florida Section of the ARRL

Dee Turner, N4GD - Section Manager

Message Traffic - National Traffic System (NTS)

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The National Traffic System is a means for systematizing amateur traffic-handling facilities by making a structure available for an integrated traffic facility designed to achieve the utmost in two principle objectives: Rapid Movement of traffic from origin to destination and training amateur operators to handle written traffic and participate in directed nets.

Traffic activities in a section are coordinated and overseen by the Section Traffic Manager who is appointed by the Section Manager.

The West Central Florida Section Traffic Manger is Douglas J. Williams WB2LEZ.

You can reach Doug by email at wb2lez@arrlwcf.org , or call him at 727-725-3345 . And of course, you send traffic to him through the NTS.

Stations who handle traffic are encouraged to apply for the Official Relay Station (ORS) Appointment. Contact the Section Traffic Manager or Section Manager for more information on becoming an ORS. You can apply for an ORS online using the Online Field Service Application.

The West Central Florida Section daily traffic net is the Eagle Net held daily at 8:30 PM (2030) Eastern Time on the NI4CE repeater system on 145.430 and 442.950 (100.0) MHz from Manatee County,146.760 (100.0) from Pasco County and 145.290 (100.0) from Pinellas County.

If you would like to establish a local traffic net and need assistance please contact Bill.

Amateur Operators from the three Florida ARRL Sections participate in several traffic nets on 40 and 80 meters on a daily basis.

Some helpful links for information on NTS Radiogram content can be found at the following:

ARRL Precedence's and Handling Instructions: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec2-ch6.html
Public Service Communication Manual: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/index.html
QFN the All Florida CW Traffic Net: http://cwnet.homestead.com/ (A wealth of NTS info)

Florida NTS Nets on HF:

Time
EST/EDT (Local Time)
Net Name

Frequency/Mode

0655 Florida Phone Traffic Net (FPTN) 3940 LSB

0730 - Saturday Only ARRL Information Net (AIN) 3940 LSB

0900 - Mon-Sat Northern Florida ARES Net (NFAN) 3950 LSB (ALT 7242 LSB)

1200 Florida Mid-Day Traffic Net (Mid-Day) 7242 LSB

1700 Tropical Phone Net (TPN) 3940 or 7243 LSB

1800 Florida Amateur Sideband Net 3940 LSB

1830 Florida Medium Speed Net 3651 or 7051 CW

1830 (Winter)
1930 (Summer) Northern Florida Phone Net 3950 LSB

1900 All Florida CW Net (QFN) 3547 or 7051 CW

2200 All Florida CW Net (QFN) 3547 CW

2230 Florida Amateur Sideband Net 3940 SSB

VHF/UHF Nets affiliated with NTS in the WCF Section

Time EST/EDT (Local Time)	Net Name - Location	Frequency
1830	SPARC Daily Net St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay Area	147.060 (+)
1830	Turtle Net Lakeland/Polk County	147.375 (+) 127.3 PL Temporarily on 146.686 (-) due to technical difficulties with the 147.375 repeater.

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