Local Events/Links

Updated 09/21/2024

09/26/24 – 7:00pm – Polk County ARES Meeting – Polk County Emergency Operations Center, 1890 Jim Keene Blvd., Winter Haven, FL, (just off of Winter Lake Road (County Road 540). Doors open at 6:30pm.

10/05/24 – 10/06/24 – ARRL Simulated Emergency Test – This nationwide annual event is among the best chances of the year for radio amateurs to plan and practice their emergency communications skills in an organized and coordinated effort with public service agencies and organizations in your community, ARRL section, or state.

It’s time to prepare for the 2024 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET). ARRL Field Organization leaders are planning simulated emergency practice events that will actively involve the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES), the National Traffic System (NTS), SKYWARN, the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN), other auxiliary communications groups, and public service-oriented radio amateurs.

10/10/24 – 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.

10/11/24 – 10/12/24: 59th Annual Melbourne  – Melbourne Auditorium – Melbourne, FL.  More information at https://pcars.org/wp/

10/14/24 – 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

10/19/24 – MARCIFEST 2024 – Location: Bible Baptist Church of Bradenton, 2113 Morgan Johnson Rd., Bradenton, FL 34201 – Sponsor: Manatee Amateur Radio Club, Inc. – Talk-In: 146.820 (-) PL 100 Hz

10/24/24 – 7:00pm – Polk County ARES Meeting – Polk County Emergency Operations Center, 1890 Jim Keene Blvd., Winter Haven, FL, (just off of Winter Lake Road (County Road 540). Doors open at 6:30pm.

10/25/24 – 10/26/24 – 42nd Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting which is taking place in Tampa, Florida.  DoubleTree by Hilton Tampa Rocky Point Waterfront in Tampa, Florida.  The deadline for Symposium registrations if you want to include the Saturday evening banquet or Sunday breakfast is Friday, October 18th. Meals cannot be ordered after that date.  For more information visit https://www.amsat.org/2024-symposium/

11/02/24 – East Pasco Amateur Radio Society HAMFEST 2024 (Snowbird Edition) – 07:00 – Noon – Swap meet, food and drink, VE testing, ATM available, restrooms on premises, door prize drawings.  The location for this event is American Legion, 37745 Church Ave., Dade City, FL 33525.  Talk in on 146.880 repeater.  Admission $5.  More information available at https://eparsonline.org

11/11/24 – 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

11/14/24 – 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.

12/13/24 and 12/14/24 – 08:00 – 15:00 – Tampa Bay Hamfest, ARRL West Central Florida Section Convention – 303 Berrryfest Place, Plant City, FL 33564.  For more information visit https://fgcarc.org/

 

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

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