Local Events/Links

Updated 02/22/2025 

03/10/25 – 7:00pm – Lakeland Amateur Radio Club (LARC) monthly meeting – Parkview Baptist Church, 509 Parkview Pl, Lakeland, FL 33805.   VE Testing is available at 5:30pm with no pre-registration required.  Meetings are held on the second monday of each month.  For more information on this and other local VE testing, please visit https://tinyurl.com/radioexams.  The Lakeland Amateur Radio Club meets monthly on the second Monday of each month.  More information can be found at https://lakelandarc.org/events/monthly_meetings.htm

03/13/25 – 7:00pm – Lake Wales Radio Amateurs (LWRA) monthly meeting – Lake Wales City Fire Department Station 1, 253 W Central Ave., Lake Wales, FL 33853.  Directions: Turn and go east on Central Avenue from U.S. 27.  Lake Wales Fire Station 1 is about 2000 feet on the south side of Central Avenue, to the right.

03/29/25 – MARCIFEST 2025 – Hamfest/Convention – Bible Baptist Church of Bradenton, 2113 Morgan Johnson Rd., Bradenton, FL 34201 – Talk-in on 147.195/+ PL 103.5 repeater – For more information, check out the Web site of the Manatee Amateur Radio Club, Inc. at https://manatee-arc.org/

04/12/25 – TARCfest – Opens 08:00AM – Tampa Amateur Radio Club – 7801 North 22nd Street, Tampa, Florida 33610 – For more information, visit https://hamclub.org/wp/?p=3317

08/23/25 – TARCfest – Opens 08:00AM – Tampa Amateur Radio Club – 7801 North 22nd Street, Tampa, Florida 33610 – For more information, visit https://hamclub.org/wp/?p=3317

 

This is a video on research being done on how the two meter band is utilized in Florida.

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