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Ham Radio on Florida's West Coast
224.22 KO4CR/R, Largo
Amateur Radio activities on Florida's West Coast, including links to Hamfests
and Ham Club links plus links to sites relating to the weather,
digital photography, motorcycle events, and other stuff.

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This page was last updated on February 19, 2024.





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224.22 Repeater Update

224.22 repeater is down until further notice.

See below for more on EchoLink.


The 224.22 repeater has an audio test function.
If you would like to hear how you sound over the repeater, just follow this procedure:
- Key up and identify.
- Enter "8 1" on your TouchTone pad and unkey. If your input is decoded properly, you'll hear "O K" in CW.
- Key up again and make a short (10 seconds or less) voice transmission and unkey.
- You should hear your audio played back over the repeater.

Updated 02/19/24



EchoLink

EchoLink software allows licensed Amateur Radio stations to communicate with one another over the Internet, using streaming-audio technology. The program allows worldwide connections to be made between stations, or from computer to station, greatly enhancing Amateur Radio's communications capabilities.

EchoLink software opens up new possibilities for communicating around the world with other amateurs. Your PC links you or your local repeater to any of the more than 200,000 validated users worldwide � in 151 of the world's 193 nations � with about 6,000 online at any given time.

Sign up and download the free software here!

EchoLink is up and running on the following area repeaters:
224.220-    KO4CR-R    NODE 363699    PL Tone - NONE
147.060-    WA4AKH-R    NODE 1002437    SPARC Club repeater via NZIQ Link    PL Tone - NONE
443.050+    WD0DIA-R    NODE 385591    HEART Club repeater    PL Tone - 141.3
147.030-    WD4SCD-R    NODE 155568   PL Tone - Multiple




NEW - WCF SECTION Web Page! Click HERE!
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Darrell Davis, KT4WX - Section Manager

Serving the needs of the Amateur Radio Operators in Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota Counties





Hamfests

2024

Thursday Feb 22     Minnreg office         Heart meeting, 5:30 PM, 12467 62nd St. N., Unit 103, Largo, FL 33773, talk in on 443.05.

Thursday March 28 Minnreg office         Heart meeting, 5:30 PM, 12467 62nd St. N., Unit 103, Largo, FL 33773, talk in on 443.05.

Thursday April 25    Minnreg office         Heart meeting, 5:30 PM, 12467 62nd St. N., Unit 103, Largo, FL 33773, talk in on 443.05.

May 17-19              Xenia, Ohio             Dayton Hamvention, 210 Fairground Road, Xenia 45385, www.hamvention.org. About 990 miles from Clearwater.

Thursday May 23    Minnreg office         Heart meeting, 5:30 PM, 12467 62nd St. N., Unit 103, Largo, FL 33773, talk in on 443.05.

Saturday May 25     Pinellas Park           Wormfest 2024, Freedom Lake Park, Southeast corner of US 19 and 49th Street. Free, park opens at sunrise for vendor setup, hamfest starts at 0800., Talk-in on 146.850 ? 146.2, INFO: Bill, AG4QX, 3215 West Tambay Avenue, Tampa, FL 33611-1539, phone: (813) 837-3833, Email: [email protected],Web: http://www.TheWormholeSociety.org

Thursday June 27   Minnreg office         Heart meeting, 5:30 PM, 12467 62nd St. N., Unit 103, Largo, FL 33773, talk in on 443.05.

Thursday July 25     Minnreg office         Heart meeting, 5:30 PM, 12467 62nd St. N., Unit 103, Largo, FL 33773, talk in on 443.05.

Thursday Aug 22     Minnreg office         Heart meeting, 5:30 PM, 12467 62nd St. N., Unit 103, Largo, FL 33773, talk in on 443.05.

Thursday Sep 26     Minnreg office         Heart meeting, 5:30 PM, 12467 62nd St. N., Unit 103, Largo, FL 33773, talk in on 443.05.

Thursday Oct 24     Minnreg office         Heart meeting, 5:30 PM, 12467 62nd St. N., Unit 103, Largo, FL 33773, talk in on 443.05.

Thursday Dec 5       Minnreg office         Heart meeting, 5:30 PM, 12467 62nd St. N., Unit 103, Largo, FL 33773, talk in on 443.05.

2025

February 7-9           Orlando                  Hamcation, Southeastern Division Convention, Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 West Colonial Drive, Tickets $20 in advance, $25 after Dec 21 and at the door. Talk in 146.760 (-600/ PL 103.5) and D-Star 146.820. RV check-ins begin February 9 and may stay to the 14th. Hours on Friday and Saturday are 9am to 5pm, 9am to 2pm on Sunday. All the information at www.hamcation.com, Email: [email protected] or call (407) 841-0874 or 800-214-7541. There is also an AM low power Information Station on AM 610.

2026

February 13-15       Orlando                  Hamcation, Southeastern Division Convention, Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 West Colonial Drive, Tickets $20 in advance, $25 after Dec 21 and at the door. Talk in 146.760 (-600/ PL 103.5) and D-Star 146.820. RV check-ins begin February 9 and may stay to the 14th. Hours on Friday and Saturday are 9am to 5pm, 9am to 2pm on Sunday. All the information at www.hamcation.com, Email: [email protected] or call (407) 841-0874 or 800-214-7541. There is also an AM low power Information Station on AM 610.

2027

February 12-14       Orlando                  Hamcation, Southeastern Division Convention, Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 West Colonial Drive, Tickets $20 in advance, $25 after Dec 21 and at the door. Talk in 146.760 (-600/ PL 103.5) and D-Star 146.820. RV check-ins begin February 9 and may stay to the 14th. Hours on Friday and Saturday are 9am to 5pm, 9am to 2pm on Sunday. All the information at www.hamcation.com, Email: [email protected] or call (407) 841-0874 or 800-214-7541. There is also an AM low power Information Station on AM 610.

 

 

ARRL HAMFESTS and CONVENTIONS
- Enter your state (or other info) and click the Search Button.
- In the Hamfest List, click the website links to check for possible cancellations.




The WD4SCD Repeater Page

Check out the 147.03 Repeater system!
The transmitter is located in mid-Pinellas county,
and there are several remote receiver sites
serving Pinellas and North Hillsborough Counties.
Click on the map to learn how to access the receive site nearest to your location.

The 147.03 Repeater is on EchoLink�!
See below for more on EchoLink.





Ham Club Links

St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club


C.A.R.S.


WORM


METRO    NOTE: Metro is not active at this time.


TARC


GCARC




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The Florida Gulf Coast Amateur Radio Council (FGCARC) has information about its
member clubs as well as information about Amateur Radio classes and testing.
FGCARC is sponsor of the Tampa Bay Hamfest.



The Florida Repeater Council page contains a complete up-to-date listing
of all Florida repeaters as well as information on repeater coordination
and most everything else you might want to know about the FRC.



NORAD Two Line Element Sets from Dr. TS Kelso for tracking satellites.
Dr. Kelso has been generating Keplerian element files for more than 20 years.



STSPLUS�

The STSPLUS program is intended for use during Space Shuttle missions and for general
satellite tracking using NASA/NORAD 2-Line Orbital Elements like those supplied by Dr. Kelso (above).
The author of STSPLUS, David H. Ransom, passed away in November, 2006. His website has been taken off line.

STSPLUS� Version 0223 dated 10 June, 2002 is still available! Please email me at [email protected] if you would like a copy.
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U.S. Naval Observatory Data Services

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This stamp is on sale by the U.S. Postal Service to help fund breast cancer research. Please consider using these stamps, as it is vitally important that we take a stand against this disease that kills and maims so many of our wives, mothers, sisters, and friends.

Instead of the normal $0.41 per stamp, this one costs $0.55 per stamp. The differential goes to breast cancer research. Seventy percent of the differential is transferred to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and 30 percent of the differential is transferred to the Medical Research Program of the Department of Defense (DoD).

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