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Resources 

Ham Radio Basics – Coax Connector/Cable Loss

August 11, 2017August 12, 2017 ARASWF_Admin_3

Click Here to watch an interesting YouTube video about Coax Connector Loss You can skip the first 6 minutes…… Click

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ARES Logo
ARASWF - Special Events ARES - Activities 

SET – 2017-08-07

June 28, 2017July 13, 2018 ARASWF_Admin_3

SET – 2018-08-07 The ARES group will host an exercise August 7th, groups will be based at Veterans Park and at

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ARRL Field Day 

Field Day – 2017 !!LOCATION CHANGED!!

May 21, 2017May 24, 2018 ARASWF_Admin_3

Tic, Tic, Tic! [ujicountdown id=”Field Day” expire=”2017/06/24 12:00″ hide=”true” url=”” subscr=”” recurring=”” rectype=”second” repeats=””]   Field Day will be held

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ARASWF - Special Events 

DMR 102 / 103

March 29, 2017May 1, 2017 ARASWF_Admin_3

DMR 102 will be presented May 13th 1:00pm at the Red Cross, Naples. Please RSVP for DMR 102 by submitting

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DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) 

DMR “Linked TalkGroups” Update

March 12, 2017February 3, 2020 ARASWF_Admin_3

Fellow DMR Users: As of yesterday afternoon, we now have a new Link on our Local 2 TalkGroup! Jim Blocker

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Florida QSO Party 

Florida QSO Party – 2017

March 11, 2017May 1, 2017 ARASWF_Admin_3

April 29th (12 Noon to 10PM) & 30th (8AM to 6PM) If you are interested in participating in the Florida

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Dr Al's Presentations 

Dr Al – “How to See Radio Frequency (RF) Waves: the Carbon Magic”

February 15, 2017February 20, 2018 ARASWF_Admin_3

Download PowerPoint Presentation, click here.

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ARASWF - Special Events 

DMR 101

February 15, 2017March 29, 2017 ARASWF_Admin_3

Download PowerPoint Presentation, click here.

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Spring Social 

Oil Well Park – 2017

February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 ARASWF_Admin_3

Mark your calendars for February 18th – Our annual Oil Well social outing that Rich-K4AOR rseifert@yahoo.com will be organizing.  Plan

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ARASWF - Special Events 

US Coast Guard Auxiliary Antenna Party – 2017

January 17, 2017January 18, 2017 ARASWF_Admin_3

ARASWF, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and the Bonita Springs Fire Department joined forces to replace a damaged VHF antenna at the Auxiliary’s

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Uncategorized 

AB4NP-C

October 8, 2016January 23, 2019 ARASWF_Admin_3

AB4NP-C D-STAR, REF, XRF and DCS reflector systems supported Repeater TX 147.315 MHz, repeater RX  147.915 MHz, no default reflector assigned

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VHF/UHF (Digital) 

AB4NP – DMR

October 8, 2016September 28, 2023 ARASWF_Admin_3

AB4NP   This is a Hytera digital repeater, it is located approximately 200-feet high at the north end of Pelican Bay. 

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JOTA 

BSA Jamboree on the Air 2016

August 1, 2016August 15, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

Jamboree-on-the-Air is held the third weekend in October. Additional JOTA/Ham related links Boy Scouts of America Radio Merit Badge Requirements

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NXDN 

NXDN

July 30, 2016March 22, 2017 ARASWF_Admin_3

NXDN is a new “Common Air Interface” (CAI), the name for over-the-air methods by which radios and repeaters communicate. NXDN

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dPMR 

dPMR

July 26, 2016November 26, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

dPMR is a DMR system from China which uses a several chinese Codecs instead of the DVSI AMBE codecs commonly

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P25 

P25

July 26, 2016October 19, 2019 ARASWF_Admin_3

P25 P25 is a digital system that is mostly used by public and private emergency services world wide. More Info

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C4FM (Fusion) 

C4FM

June 30, 2016June 26, 2020 ARASWF_Admin_3

C4FM-Fusion is a system developed by YAESU. It is based on 4FSK (like DMR), and also transmits 4 frequencies with

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DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) 

DMR

June 30, 2016September 28, 2023 ARASWF_Admin_3

Digital Mobile Radio DMR was originally designed by ETSI for commercial applications. This is evident in the user interface where

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ARES of Collier County 

FLDIGI

June 12, 2016August 15, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

CCARES-NET (Version 2016-07-25)   FLDIGI Software (Version 3.23.12)   FLDIGI Help (Version 3.23

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Christmas Party 

Christmas Party and Annual Meeting – 2016

May 17, 2016November 9, 2018 ARASWF_Admin_3

Click here for event photos! The Christmas Party is the club’s annual meeting and is the only regularly scheduled social

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ARASWF - Special Events 

US Islands Awards Programs – 2016

May 16, 2016May 17, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

2016-05-16 – UPDATE: Subject: Update to the Florida island list Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 19:35:31 -0400 From: Ted Sarah

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Florida QSO Party 

Florida QSO Party – 2016

May 1, 2016July 28, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

April 30th (12 Noon to 10PM) & May 1st (8AM to 6PM) 2016-07-28 – Update: Awards received!!      

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ARASWF - Special Events 

Hams helping Hams – 2016-04-03

April 28, 2016April 28, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

This is what the ARASWF is all about! I would like to thank the following hams that helped with my

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ARRL Field Day 

What is Field Day?

February 22, 2016July 29, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually (it is always held on the fourth full weekend

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ARRL Field Day 

Field Day – 2016

February 17, 2016June 28, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

It’s always closer than you think it is! [ujicountdown id=”Field Day” expire=”2016/06/25 12:00″ hide=”true” url=”” subscr=”” recurring=”” rectype=”second” repeats=””]  

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ARASWF - Special Events ARES - Activities 

ARES and CERT – 2016

February 17, 2016May 6, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

The SET was cancelled due to inclement weather, it may be rescheduled, watch for details. Collier County CERT has scheduled

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Spring Social 

Oil Well Park – 2016

January 16, 2016April 14, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

Mark your calendars for February 20th – Our annual Oil Well social outing that Rich-K4AOR rseifert@yahoo.com will be organizing.  Plan

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ARES Logo
ARASWF - Special Events ARES - Activities 

SET – 2015-08-14

December 17, 2015April 28, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

2015-08-14 – The ARES group will host an exercise this August, groups will be based in Sugden Park or Veterans Park.

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ARASWF - Special Events ARES - Activities 

Palmetto Ridge Exercise – 2015-06-30

December 17, 2015April 28, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3
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Spring Social 

Oil Well Park Outing

December 17, 2015January 16, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

Oil Well Park is defiantly one of my favorite events.  As it was my “live” introduction to the world of

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ARES of Collier County 

ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service)

December 3, 2015June 2, 2019 ARASWF_Admin_3

ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) ARES Collier County meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM at the American

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Amateur Licensing Exams Resources 

Amateur License Exams

December 2, 2015August 11, 2022 ARASWF_Admin_3

Amateur License Exams License Testing is held on the 1ST Tuesday of the Month! YOU MUST HAVE A FRN* *An

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Christmas Party 

Christmas Party and Annual Meeting – 2015

November 29, 2015January 16, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

2015-12-07 – Update Holidays, friends, family, food and drink are a powerful combination! The 2015 AWASWF Christmas Party was held at the Foxfire

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Resources Uncategorized 

Amateur Radio Practice Exams

November 3, 2015June 30, 2022 ARASWF_Admin_3

Need to take a practice exam before your test? Try out one of the following practice exams http://www.eham.net/exams/  http://hamexam.org http://RadioQTH.net/exams

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JOTA 

BSA Jamboree on the Air 2015

August 3, 2015July 29, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

Additional JOTA/Ham related links (based on requests and conversations at the event): http://www.scouting.org/jota.aspx http://www.arrl.org/jamboree–on-the-air-jota http://jotajoti.info/ http://www.k2bsa.net/jota/ http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Radio (radio merit badge requirements)

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Uncategorized 

Using N1MM Logger+

July 2, 2015December 3, 2015 ARASWF_Admin_3

N1MM Logger is the world’s most popular ham radio contest logging program. For CW, phone and digital modes, its combination

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ARASWF - Special Events ARES - Activities 

ARES and CERT – 2015

June 1, 2015July 27, 2017 ARASWF_Admin_3

In case you missed it, the ARASWF was prominent front page news in the Neapolitan section of the Naples Daily

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ARASWF - Special Events 

SS American Victory 70th Birthday

May 21, 2015April 14, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

> UPDATE 2015-06-25 – Click here to view more moments from this event. > UPDATE 2015-06-22 – Thanks to our hosts,

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Calendars 

ARASWF Calendar

April 24, 2015July 25, 2021 ARASWF_Admin_3
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Florida QSO Party 

Florida QSO Party – 2015

April 24, 2015January 19, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

  April 25th & 26th, 2015 UPDATE: 2015-08-14 – Our Award!   Florida QSO Party operators were: AA4GT    George Tomlinson

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VHF/UHF (Digital) 

AA4PP

January 1, 2015November 22, 2021 ARASWF_Admin_3

AA4PP D-Star – AA4PP 145.490 MHz (-600 KHz) 441.5 MHz (5.0 MHz) Both are located on County Barn Road in

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Club Repeaters VHF/UHF (Analog) 

W4SFL

January 1, 2015October 9, 2022 ARASWF_Admin_3

W4SFL The ARASWF 2-meter repeater outputs on 147.030 MHz, with a (+) 600 kHz split and requires a PL tone

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Club Repeaters VHF/UHF (Analog) 

WB2QLP

January 1, 2015April 5, 2023 ARASWF_Admin_3

WB2QLP The ARASWF 2-meter FM repeater outputs on 146.670 MHz with a (-) 600 kHz split and requires a PL

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VHF/UHF (Digital) 

Collier County D-Star Repeater Programming Data

October 9, 2014March 12, 2018 ARASWF_Admin_3

Collier County D-Star Repeaters Repeater QRG MHz Shift Offset YOUR RPT1 RPT2 AA4PP__B 441.500 DUP+ 5.0 MHz CQCQCQ AA4PP__B AA4PP__G

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ARRL Field Day 

Field Day – 2014

February 22, 2014February 22, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

Click here to see more photos from Field Day.

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ARASWF - Special Events ARES - Activities 

SET – 2015-10-03

February 3, 2014July 27, 2017 ARASWF_Admin_3

2015-10-03 – ARES Annual Fall Simulated Emergency Test Click here to see photos from the event. [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.araswf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-10-03-ARES-SET.pdf” title=”2015-10-03 ARES SET”]

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ARES of Collier County 

FEMA – Incident Command System (ICS) Resource Center

January 3, 2014December 4, 2015 ARASWF_Admin_3

The ICS is a management system designed to enable effective and efficient domestic incident management by integrating a combination of

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Uncategorized 

Collier County Repeaters

October 23, 2013July 25, 2021 ARASWF_Admin_3
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ARRL Field Day 

Field Day – 2013

February 22, 2013February 22, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

Click here to see more photos from Field Day.

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ARRL Field Day 

Field Day – 2012

February 22, 2012February 22, 2016 ARASWF_Admin_3

Click here to see more photos from Field Day.

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