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Florida Baptist Disaster Relief Information

North Florida Amateur Radio Club

created to support Alachua County ARES(R)

ARES(R)/NFARC meeting ZOOM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89530741792



Awesome 2024 Field Day Success!!



Funding Approval!


We have a NEW WEB PAGE, that complements this one in a newer format.  It includes much newer and more complete informaiton since 2022...   You might prefer to go there!

NEW NF4RC.CLUB WEB PAGE



Far more up-to-date information can be found there.





PAST INFORMATION:

APPROVED:

DRAFT HURRICANE IDALIA AARIP

















GENERAL REMINDER -- Get Credit for What You Do!
Alachua County Emergency Volunteer Taskbook (Levels 1, 2, 3)

Florida Wide ARES(R) Taskbook






AND we were able to check on the BATTERIES that we keep on a smart-charger in a storage area.








The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Team
  1. Absence of trust:  unwilling to be vulnerable within grouop
  2. Fear of conflict -- seeking artificial harmony over constructive passionate debate
  3. Lack of commitment -- feigning buy-in for group decisions creates ambiguity throughout the organization
  4. Avoidance of accountability -- ducking the responsibility to call peers, superiors on counterproductive behavior which sets low standards
  5. Inattention to team results -- focusing on personal success, status and ego before team success








BADGED VOL
SUCCESS?

Jeff Capehart
no-go
Gordon Gibby
SUCCESS!   Jan 17
Leland Gallup
SUCCESS!  Jan 29
David Huckstep
SUCCESS -- but
something odd is happening (on my end) ....
So he did it AGAIN! (Jan 29) -- SUCCESS!! and AGAIN, and AGAIN and AGAIN (for more practice!) Wow!!
Wendell Wright
SUCCESS!! Jan 28
Earl McDow
SUCCESS!  Jan 25
(to KX4Z) 
Success Again on a later trial
Susan Halbert
SUCCESS!  Jan 16
Larry Rovak
no-go
Earl Sloan
no-go
Judith Jones
no-go
Randy Carter
no-go
Vann Chesney
SUCCESS!  Jan 20
Andy Hunn
no-go
Ralph Boal
no-go
Alan West
no-go
John Troupe
no-go
Jim Bledsoe
SUCCESS! Jan 26
Robert Swain
no-go
Kevin Rulapaugh
no-go
Brett Wallace
SUCCESS!! Jan 23
(to KX4Z)
SUCCESS!! Jan 25  (to NF4RC)
Dean Covey
no-go
Amy Woods
SUCCESS!! Jan 29
Lorilyn Roberts
Problems with Signalink Cable are stopping her, so far
IT WAS A DEAD NEW SIGNALINK-- She swapped out EVERYTHING into a different Signalink AND GOT IT WORKING and sent the file!  Wow!  SUCCESS!  Jan 29.
Reid Tillery
SUCCESS!!! Despite the KX4Z-12 "read only" issue!!  Jan 31
Brad N5CBP
SUCCESS!  (without signature)
Jan 24
Steve Panaghi
KC2ASY 
SUCCESS!!  (came as "RO"???)
Jan 28 -- 2nd try -- File Format problem - unreadable
Tyler Ray
KN4JQB
SUCCESS!!!   Jan 29
Eric Pleace
KO4ZSD
SUCCESS!!!  Jan 30 -- Eric apparently sent to wrong address first go around but this time customized the form, acquired a rread receipt and a first class submission!





Course Finishers Holding their new 20-Meter Dipole Antennas!!




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New VARA Narrow High Speed Digipeater

144.990  Approx 550 foot antenna

Courtesy of TV-20 and Jim Carr



VARA Digipeater


DigipeaterConstruction





Hurricane AARIP

Draft 2022 Hurricanes AAR/IP (Alachua County Vols)

VAR-AC  now offers fascinating broadcast modes on HF and VHF - and file and email transfer.   Obviously competing effectively with AX.25 systems! 
Great opportunities for communications volunteers.

Installing VAR-AC


Saturday LabNLunch -- big progress made by many in fixing problems, learning techniques, building new radio assets.   No way I could get them all in photos -- too much happening simultaneously all over the 1st floor!












Bibliography Document 2022

(Note:  Hold down LEFT SHIFT KEY while "reloading" document to force acquisition of most recent copy of the rapidly updating document.)  
Requested document by the EOC to list what we trained, taught, built, served just so far this year!  We've been BUSY!!


TECH NITE TALK on AX.25/VARA (Part One)
If you weren't able to join us for this talk, you might wish to review this.









All-Florida ARES(R) Taskbook for All
Taskbook Specific for Alachua County Badged Volunteers






CALENDAR



NEW FORM TO REPORT YOUR VOLUNTEERISM

VOLUNTEERISM REPORTING FORM

(This link is also now in the LEFT COLUMN
<----- over THERE
and you can find it there long after this little blurb here in the center column
DISAPPEARS



GROUPS.IO:   https://groups.io/g/NF4RC
If you would like to join, please send me an email ([email protected]) and I'll send you out an "invitation." 
Email to subscribe yourself:   [email protected]


If YOU would like to be qualified to serve our local County in communications in times of need, look at the requirements https://qsl.net/nf4rc/WelcomeToAlachuaCountyARES.pdf   There are plenty of other ways to serve, but this gets you built into the County Response.


NFARC Zoom Link



ARES(R)/NFARC meeting ZOOM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89530741792




Leadership in our group is SERVANTHOOD

FCC Licensed Club Callsign:

NF4RC

Contact Information
Trustee
Gordon Gibby MD  docvacuumtubes  at  gmail.com
More information on qrzcq.com
 

"How-To" on building a Go-Box

(I have plenty of wood forms if you need one already cut and screwed together.)





Forest Grove NF4RC-7 FireTower station


Beatty Tower dual-frequency station

Beatty Towers Antennas W4DFU-8

Our two digital antennas at base of Beatty Towers antenna installation.  W4DFU-7/8/9

Art on Beatty Towers

Art on top of Beatty Towers (164' up!)