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FPARC CLUB MEETING - 7PM, NOVEMBER 12th, 2025
Indian River State College, 3209 Virginia Ave, Ft. Pierce, Classroom Building "R", Room 124.
Talk in 147.345 repeater. Please take the time to remind others and come out and support our club and all are welcome.
Are you a paid FPARC member and have forgotten your login and/or password? Goto the Member Login at the top of the page and click: Need a Login or Forgot Password?
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FORT PIERCE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB HAMFEST
Our Hamfest is on Saturday December 13th between 7am and 1pm at the Indian River State College Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex 4600 Kirby Loop Road Fort Pierce, FL 34981.
Lots of radios and prizes will be given away in drawings!
Admission tickets 10 per person
Tables15 each
Tables with electric 20 each
This is a indoor only hamfest. No tailgating.
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PSLARA AMATEUR RADIO TESTING SESSION – NOVEMBER 8TH, 2025
Next PSLARA exam session is scheduled for Saturday November 8th at 10:00 am at the Veterans’ Resource Center at Indian River State College. For more information please contact Rich Fennessy at garda19@aol.com or by cell at
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FCC SUSPENDS MOST OPERATIONS EFFECTIVE 12:00am EDT OCTOBER 1, 2025
Due to a partial lapse in federal government funding, the FCC has suspended most operations effective 12:00 a.m. EDT on October 1, 2025. As a result, information on their website may not be up to date. Transactions submitted via their website or other FCC-systems might not be processed altogether or processing time may be delayed until appropriations are enacted. The FCC may not be able to respond to inquiries or response time may be delayed until appropriations are enacted. For more information, refer to: Impact of Potential Lapse in Funding on Commission Operations
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HURRICANE INFORMATION
Despite historically being at a lower risk of a storm, do not let down your guard. Keep yourself and your family prepared.
Hurricane/Weather info:
National Hurricane Center
Mr. Weatherman (YouTube)
USGC Weather Briefing - District 8 (Mariners)
Forecast models: (If sites do not open correctly, copy link and open in a new window)
Weather Nerds (www.weathernerds.org/)
Tropical Tidbits (www.tropicaltidbits.com/)
Track the Tropics (www.cyclocane.com/tropical-cyclone-names/)
Cyclocane (www.cyclocane.com/tropical-cyclone-names/)
HURRICANE NET OPERATIONAL FREQUENCIES
20 meters: 14.325 MHz (USB) – Hurricane Watch Net daytime operations
40 meters: 7.268 MHz (LSB) – Hurricane Watch Net nighttime operations (7:00 PM–7:00 AM EDT)
OTHER NETS
• WX4NHC – NHC amateur station, 14.325 & 7.268 MHz
Website: http://wx4nhc.org/
• VoIP Hurricane Net – IRLP Node 9219 / EchoLink WX-TALK Conference Node 7203
Website: http://www.voipwx.net/
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GENERAL CLASS LICENSE COURSE ON ZOOM IN OCTOBER
A free, weekly, live, Amateur Radio General Class Licensing course on Zoom will begin on Thursday, October 30, and will run through Thursday, January 8 (9 sessions with no class on Thanksgiving or Christmas). The three-hour sessions will start at 6:30 PM Eastern Time. These are the classes that we have been holding for years sponsored by the Amateur Radio Club of the National Electronics Museum. Participants in the course should have or be studying for the Amateur Radio Technician license. Those wishing to sign up should email roland.anders@comcast.net.
Thanks.73, Rol Anders, K3RA
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ARRL WANTS EVERY HAM TO HELP US PASS THE BILL
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® needs every radio amateur in the United States to send letters to Washington as we continue our nationwide grassroots campaign to pass the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act. The process is simple: click the button at www.arrl.org/HOA, put in your call sign, and press the red SEND MY LETTERS button. It takes mere seconds! The letters will automatically be sent to your elected officials encouraging them to support the bipartisan bills. This legislation is intended to prevent restrictive homeowners’ association (HOA) rules that currently prohibit or severely limit the installation of amateur radio antennas. Passage would give amateur radio operators the same rights to install antennas on their property as those enjoyed by users of TV antennas, wireless internet, and flagpoles.
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HF & DX GROUP BREAKFAST - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 2025
The HF & DX Group's breakfast location, Bob Evans, Port St. Lucie closed. The group is investigating other locations where they can meet for breakfast. The group would like to find a location that would be central to those attending from our Treasure Coast Counties. If you know of a breakfast place that would also accomodate occasional presentations from group members, please contact the group's leader Bob Brown, AI4RB at brownpsl@comcast.net.
2025 Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season
Colorado State University has issued their Forecast for 2025 Hurricane Activity. CSU is anticipating that the 2025 Atlantic basin hurricane season will have above-normal activity. Current La Niña conditions are likely to transition to a more neutral condition in the next couple of months. Are you ready? Don't wait, start your preparations now!
TREASURE COAST HAM NEWS©
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS 2025 NEWSLETTER
The Treasure Coast Ham News©
Hurricane Preparedness 2025 Newsletter is available here.
If you have trouble downloading the issue it is available on their website: https://treasurecoasthams.com/
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WHAT MAKES AN AMATEUR RADIO CLUB? IT’S THE MEMBERS OF COURSE
Members regularly attend club meetings.
Members share, listen, socialize and communicate ham radio interests.
Members regularly participate in nets, sponsored activities and special events.
Members willingly serve in leadership positions.
Members help members and new hams with radio and antenna recommendations, installations and problem solving.
Members encourage non-member hams to be a part of the club.
Members cultivate interested individuals to become hams.
Members volunteer to help governmental entities with items that impact amateur radio.
Members are amateur radio ambassadors. At every opportunity they communicate how a club serves their community.
Members regularly attend their community and homeowner association meetings to communicate the importance amateur radio in times of disaster.
Members know that without an active club, ham radio will become yet another memory.
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ST LUCIE CO. ARES® WINLINK GLOBAL RADIO EMAIL® WEDNESDAYS
For each Wednesday St. Lucie County ARES® conducts a Winlink drill. Once notified by the SLC Emergency Coordinator via email (also listed on this website in Events) ARES® members and interested hams are requested to complete a Winlink® form. All Winlink(R) messages should be sent via radio or Telenet to the tactical address(s) SLCEOC-2 or W4ISZ. You do not need to be an ARES® member to participate in Winlink® Wednesdays or SLC ARES® Nets.
ST. LUCIE CO ARES® MONTHLY NETS
The Net will take place on the three linked W4SLC UHF repeaters. You can check in and participate on ANY ONE of these three repeaters: (All repeaters use the same 107.2 tone for access)
Simply pick one that is closest to you and/or gives you the best signal report.
444.600 (located at Rock Road)
443.475 (located at PSL High School)
442.000 (located at Range Line Road near the Martin County Line)
Hopefully, this will allow everyone to fully participate in our ARES(R) nets, even with an HT radio.
Since it takes time for all three repeaters to link when keying up, please pause for a second or two after you push the PTT button before speaking. You DO NOT need to be a member of St. Lucie County ARES® to participate in this net and it serves as an excellent opportunity to check both the performance and reliability of your communications equipment prior to needing it in an emergency. ARES® members are strongly encouraged to participate on a regular basis.
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FROM THE ARRL® - Next Generation DXing Track Videos Available
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® has published an 8-video series about the Next Generation of DXing. The all-day seminar was captured at the 76th International DX Convention, held April 11—13, 2025, in Visalia, California. It featured expert panelists with deep knowledge of the current state of the art in the DXpedition world. The videos are available on the ARRL® YouTube channel. More info is available on the ARRL® website.
THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REQUESTS PUBLIC INPUT
Federal Communications Commission in response to its request (In the Matter of Delete, Delete, Delete) for public input on alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens by deleting or modifying rules.
The ARRL(r) has responded here.
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LOCAL CW QSO OPPORTUNITY
Practice your CW operating at your speed on the Sunrise Net.
This net meets daily at 1300 Z (8 am EST, 9am DST) on 7.123 Mhz. Drop in and say hi to the group.
Interested in more Ham Radio Nets? Check out Net Finder at: https://netfinder.radio/nets
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SILENT KEYS (please click Past Members SK from list on left side of this page)
Steve Lowman N4SGL (SK) 3/19/25
Jeff Beals W4AW (SK) 7/23/24
Jessee Porter W4DNS (SK) 2/1/24
Craig Stewart W4PHJ (SK) 9/23/23
Harold Levy N3UK (SK) 7/18/23
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LEARNING WINLINK®
ARES® organizations use Winlink® to send form and report data to EOCs and Net Controls.
To learn Winlink® please download the latest version of Winlink® Express from:
https://downloads.winlink.org/User%20Programs/
Winlink® Setup Info and Account Log In can be found here.
SLC ARES® has a weekly Winlink® practice event on Wednesdays. The purpose of weekly practice is to acquaint SLC ARES® and interested hams with using Winlink forms so if called upon during an actual emergency, they are better prepared. While using RMS (radio mail server) is encouraged, Telnet via the Internet is acceptable for the weekly Wednesday Winlink® practicce. To learn more about Winlink® please go W4AKH.net
Florida Winlink® Net (w4akh.net)
Florida Winlink® Net is a practice "check-in" net over Winlink. Would you like to learn more? Go W4AKH.net
Did you know ARES® uses Winlink® to send and receive digital messages?
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ATTENTION FPARC MEMBERS WHO ALSO HOLD MEMBERSHIP WITH THE PORT ST. LUCIE AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION (PSLARA). PSLARA members have reported receiving emails supposedly from a club officer(s) or possibly one of their members.
The body of the PSLARA sender's email will have the following (or something similar):
Hello, Please let me know if you receive this message.
Kind regards,
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
You should never open nor respond to any email if you cannot verify the sender's email address. If you have received such an email, DO NOT OPEN or RESPOND.
A REMINDER FOR HAMS WHO HAVE ITEMS LISTED FOR SALE ON THIS WEBSITE
If you have sold your item(s), disposed of or no longer selling, we ask that you delete your listing. We shall be deleting the listings of any items more than 6 months old, unless advised. * * * * *
TREASURE COAST HAM NEWS©
- SPECIAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS ISSUE
The Treasure Coast Ham News©
Special Hurricane Preparedness issue is available here. With the Winter 2024 issue, Treasure Coast Ham News©
has moved to its new home, treasurecoasthams.com. Back issues of Treasure Coast Ham News©
are also archived on the Treasure Coast Hams©
web site.
The Winter 2024 Treasure Coast Ham News©
is the final PDF issue. It's been a fun five-year run, but is now time for a break. We hope our efforts have informed and entertained you. Future stories and other articles of interest will be posted to the web site, so check in often.
About the Treasure Coast Hams©
Web Site: It is a work in progress at the present time, with limited ham related content. Please bear with us as we develop it in the days ahead. (You will likely notice that the web site also hosts unrelated content from another project, ADT Memories. That project includes some interesting newsletters from the World War 2 years. You may want to check them out. That's all for now. Propagation is predicted to be good in the coming days, so get on the air and make some contacts! Best wishes to all for a Healthy and Safe Holiday Season.
73, TCHN©
Team email: tchamnews@gmail.com
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SOUTH FLORIDA ARES® & DISTRICT WIDE COMMUNICATIONS
St. Lucie County ARES® Repeater (Analog)
. W4SLC 147.240, tone 107.2
Florida Statewide Amateur Radio Network (SARNET) (Analog)
. Sebastian: 444.375, tone 107.2
. Stuart: 444.150, tone 107.2
Florida DMR Talk Groups
. SE Florida DMR Group 31124
. SFL Wide Central Communications DMR Point and Group 31127
. FL ARES® for Tactical DMR Communications. The Ft Pierce ARC DMR (RX 444.800 TX 449.800 CC1) and the Port St Lucie DMR (RX 444.000 TX 449.000 CC1) can be used.
Other Regional DMR Talk Groups
. US Hurricane Net: 3199
. Gulf Coast DMR: 31011
HF ARES® Net:
. Southern Florida ARES® Net: Monday - Saturday 7:45am EST. 3.940kHz (SFAN is a Southern Florida ARES(R) Net for both EmCOMM Net Traffic and Traffic Handling Net.)
Hurricane Watch Net (when activated)
. 14.325 MHz (USB) by day
. 7.268 MHz (LSB) by night.
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Rag Chew/Traders (analog) Net: 8 pm Tuesdays on our 147.345(+), tone 107.2. Weekly Net Controls are: 1st week - Barry AL7LJ, 2nd week - NEED VOLUNTEER, 3rd week - Jon Hall KN4QQF, & 4th week - Pete KD4SPW. If the month has a 5th week - Dave KG4ORQ
Reach net by ECHOLINK: W4AKH-R node:2004
Also on the Web site WebApp.Echolink.org (use EDGE browser on phone or pc)
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HF and DX Group Breakfast - Bruce, W8HW's talk about Upcoming Solar Conditions and Propagation is located in the Documents tab on the left.