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ARRL Offers On-line Emergency Communication Courses

The American Radio Relay League now offers Emergency Communication Courses online, including EC-001. These are self-paced courses either all by yourself or with a mentor.

This is a revision of our former Emergency Communications Basic/Level 1 course. 

Description. This course is designed to provide basic knowledge and tools for any emergency communications volunteer. The course has 6 sections with 28 lesson topics and includes a selection of student activities, knowledge review quizzes, and a final assessment. The course is … Read the rest

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Hurricane Response Frequency Information and North Florida Section Operations Plan

Hurricane Watch Net 14.325/7.268 www.hwn.org
SATERN www.saternusa.org
Maritime Mobile Service Net 14.300 www.mmsn.org

3950.0 (LSB) Northern Florida ARES Net (Secondary)
7242.0 (LSB) N. Florida ARES Net (Primary)
7225.0 (LSB) Central Gulf Coast Hurricane
7235.0 (LSB) Central Gulf Coast Hurricane Net
7251.0 (LSB) SouthCARS

SARnet www.sarnetfl.org

VoIP Hurricane Net www.voipwx.net

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Post-hurricane Season Maintenance for Your Ham Radio Station

The best thing you can do for your ham radio station is to spend a little time doing regular maintenance and the end of hurricane season is the perfect time to do a little touch-up around your shack here in Florida. Maintenance works for cars, checkbooks, and relationships, so why not ham radio?

An ongoing task is to keep a station notebook. Open the notebook whenever you add a piece of equipment, wire a gadget, note a problem, or fix … Read the rest

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Looking for a New Deployment Handheld Radio?

The temps are dropping and that means that it’s time to drop some wishlist hints for Santa about a new radio gear, like a new deployment HT. Not sure what to wish for? Check out “What’s the Best Ham Radio for Preppers” on Creek Stewart’s Willow Haven Outdoors website.

Or are you ready to purchase your very first HT, but have no idea what to buy? Check out our own W1WCN’s “The Best Ham Radio for Beginners”Read the rest

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Winter Field Day 2018

Want to try your hand at HF? How about working portable? Or maybe just hang out with some other hams and enjoy some fresh air. Winter Field Day is coming up January 27-28. Several ClayARES operators will be meeting at Black Creek Park and Trail on Saturday only at 8:30 a.m. to set up radios and antennas. We’ll casually work other Winter Field Day stations until noon-ish.

Even if you don’t have your own HF equipment, come on out. There … Read the rest

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