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Welcome!
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Welcome to the web site of the Amateur Radio Association of Southwest Florida (ARASWF). Our club calls
are WB2QLP and K4YHB. We are an affiliate Special Service Club with the American Radio
Relay League (ARRL), and we serve the local community of Naples and Collier County, Florida.
We're in grid EL96.
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The club mailing address for payment of dues and
other correspondence is:
ARASWF
P.O. Box 111604
Naples, FL 34108
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Upcoming Events
This Upcoming Events section is revised as needed to inform you of events of interest.
Dates and times of future events are accurate as of the most recent information available,
and are always subject to change due to re-scheduling, conflicts, etc. Please be sure to
verify dates and times before committing yourself - this usually can be done on the Wednesday
night net.
Please inform the Secretary of any other event that should be listed here.
July Membership Meeting
The next regular membership meeting will be held
on Tuesday, July 27th, at 7 pm, at the Golden Gate Community Center - 4701
Golden Gate Parkway, Naples. To view a map to the meeting location, click
on the "Meetings" tab to the left. Everyone is welcome! You
do not have to be an ARASWF member to attend this meeting - guests and
interested persons (including interesting persons) are
invited.
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PHOTOS OF FIELD DAY 2010
HAVE BEEN POSTED!
Click
HERE to view the photos of
Field Day 2010.
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FIELD DAY 2010 IS HISTORY
26 ARASWF members actively participated in Field Day 2010, and separate
operating stations were set up for 80m, 40m, 20mSSB, 20mCW, 15m, 10m, and 6m. Logging was
accomplished using WriteLog, and separate records of contacts made by each
station were totaled after the end of the event.
Special guests to the site included a representative of the Collier County Sheriff's Department and Ted Huf W4ZE,
ARRL South Florida ARES Emergency Coordinator.
Non-operating items worthy of special mention were the award wining ARASWF Field Day
Chili and corn bread that was available all during the event, and the culinary delights that were prepared by Tim KC4SSD
for Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday morning breakfast prepared by Tim and Joe Goggin K9KNW. No-one's appetite went unfulfilled.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ELECTED FOR 2010
At the November membership meeting the following officers and directors were
elected for 2010:
President:
Dave Schaare, W4SFR
Vice-President: David Worboys, KG4ZLB
Secretary:
Bob Graf, W2HI
Treasurer: Tim Wallen, KC4SSD
Director:
Peter Gaddy, KK4PG
Director:
Karl Geng, N1DL
Director:
Tim Gibbons, N4PIX
Director:
George Tomlinson, AA4GT
MONDAY 6-METER NET -
NEW MODE (SSB) AND FREQUENCY (50.200)
Effective Monday, November 23rd, our 6 meter Net is changing both mode and
operating frequency. The net will be using SSB (upper sideband) and the
new frequency will be 50.200 MHz. It will continue to be active every Monday night at 7:30 PM,
and everyone is welcome to check into this very informal net.
IT'S OFFICIAL - WE
HAVE A NEW REPEATER CALL SIGN
The FCC has officially assigned the call sign of our late friend Jordan Mash, WB2QLP, to
ARASWF, and it is now officially the call sign of our repeater on 146.67 MHz. RADIO INTERVIEW
ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
Click
HERE for a
link to the audio of the WGCU Gulf Coast Live radio program about Amateur Radio in Southwest Florida, that occurred on September 5th, 2007,
starring our own Peter Gaddy KK4PG, George Tomlinson AA4GT, and our late friend Jordan Mash WB2QLP.
MEMBERS GALLERY
Check out the new Members
Gallery by selecting the
Photos link at the
left, then selecting Members Gallery. Here will be posted photos of
members and their stations, together with whatever details the member submits.
Be among the first on your block to have your photo and station
details (or mobile station details) listed here. Simply send photo and
station information via email to the webmaster - click on the
Webmaster link at the left.
Photos are best sent in .jpg format, but almost any format can be converted if
necessary.
PHOTOS FROM PAST EVENTS
Also, visit the Photos
page and click on any of the links there to view photos from past
events, including Field Day 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 1999, 1998, and other
notable events that are worthy of archiving. (Incidentally, if you have any old
photos, please email them to the Webmaster so they can be posted here.)
Attention All Amateurs
It's Official! Morse Code Requirement Ended Friday, February 23, 2007.
That's when the current 5 WPM Morse code requirement officially disappeared from the Amateur Radio Service Part 97 rules.
After that date, applicants for a General or Amateur Extra class Amateur Radio license no
longer have to demonstrate proficiency in Morse code. They'll just have to pass the applicable
written examination. Deletion of the Morse requirement -- still a matter of controversy
within the amateur community -- is a landmark in Amateur Radio history.
Net and Repeater Notes
The primary 146.670(-) club repeater WB2QLP is on the air! PL is 136.5
A second repeater on 145.27(-), also 136.5PL, is now active in east Naples.
This repeater is linked to the 146.67 repeater so that handi-talkies operating
in the eastern part of the local area have access to everyone using the 146.67
machine. At this time, however, echolink access is only available through
146.67.
(Backup 2 meter repeaters are on 146.64(-) - PL 136.5,
and the EOC repeater on 147.03(+) - PL 136.5 )
Please join us every Wednesday night at 7:00 pm on the ARASWF Information Net on
WB2QLP,
146.670(-), PL 136.5. Members and non-members with or without traffic are welcome.
Echolink is active on 146.67 MHz. Identify with your callsign, then enter " * " before the node number to connect. Enter " # " to disconnect when your QSO is complete.
Our new node number is 389568.
Also join us every Monday night at 7:30 pm on the ARASWF 6-meter net on 50.200,
SSB-upper sideband. Everyone is invited to join this very informal net.
PHOTOS WANTED!
Come on members...
It's time to include a photo of your home station,
together with a brief description of your station and equipment, in the
"MEMBERS GALLERY"
that is the first choice on the "PHOTOS" page of this web
site.
So far, we have only 12 members whose stations are shown in
the "Members Gallery", and we need all of you to be there.
Just take a photo of your station (hopefully with you
included, but not necessary) with your digital camera, then prepare a few words
about your station, and send them both to: webmaster@araswf.org
Or, if you don't have a digital camera, then send a scan
or copy of a photo print instead - we'll do the rest.
It's easy and it's fun, so no more excuses - send your
photo and station info today.
So do what Uncle Webmaster (pictured above) says - he's
looking forward to being able to publish your photo and write-up soon.
Collier County
Weather Conditions
(Click on the icon for present Conditions)
Solar & Geomagnetic Conditions
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From n3kl.org
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Amateur Licenses in the State of Florida
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Novice
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1130 |
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Technician
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15155 |
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Tech Plus
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51
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General
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10247 |
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Advanced
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4495
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Extra
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7199
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Total
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38277
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Clubs
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559 |
Source: http://www.arrl.org/fcc/stats.html - updated
July 30, 2009
This site has been visited
times since February 12, 1999
To go to another section of ARASWF's website,
click on the page name you want in the drop-down box below.
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