PO box 7441 - Sebring, FL 33870
NEW MORNING NET
We have started a new morning net everyday at 9:00AM on the 147.045 club repeater, with a PL tone of 100. Since our Club Meetings have been cancelled until further notice, the Board Members thought it would be a good thing to have a net every morning to check on the health and welfare of our Members. This is not a formal net, and anyone anywhere can check in, especially all of our hams in neighboring counties ! So pour yourself a cup of coffee and come join us for some informational and sometimes humorous conversations ! Also please join us on our weekly Club Net Wednesday nights at 8:30PM. 73 Everyone !
ARRL Summer Field Day
This year the ARRL Summer Field Day will not be like previous Field Days. This year it will be done on an individual basis, not as a Club participation format. We encourage all Members of the Highlands County Amatuer Radio Club to participate as individuals and ask that no one use the Highlands County Amatuer Radio Clubs call sign, or make any reference to the Club in your reports to the ARRL.You can check out the rules for this years Field Day on the ARRL Website. Thank you and hope you make plenty of contacts. 73 and good luck !!
Club Meetings
All Club Meetings and Club gatherings are at this time still on hold. QCWA meetings are scheduled to start in September. We will be having our June Club meeting on Zoom for the first time on June 15th at 7:oopm. If you are a Member and would like to be invited to the June meeting, please email me at KM4VRU@gmail.com with your email address and I will put you on the list. So far my only experience with Zoom has been the June Board Meeting so hopefully all will go well. After we see how the June Zoom Club meeting goes we will try to open the future Club meetings up to all who would like to attend, but for this month we would like to keep it to just our paid Members. Hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy and safe ! 73
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Welcome
Welcome to The Highlands County Amateur Radio Club Website.
Join us and enjoy the exciting world of Ham Radio.
Regardless of your area of interest in the hobby, we strive to make this a club for all to enjoy
Interested in Learning more or getting a Amateur Radio Operators license? Let us know, and we'll be more than happy to help you.
No Club Meetings are Scheduled until futher notice due to Covid-19 Pandemic.
We invite all guests to attend our regular monthly meetings on the third Monday of the month, or join us at our breakfast get togethers.
Tuesday andThursday Breakfast: Lake Placid - 8:30 am to 10 am. At the Smoke Shack next to Dunkin Donuts
Fridays at Dee's Restaurant 138 North Ridgewood Dr. Sebring, just off the circle at 9:00AM
Quarter Century Club meets for lunch at Noon the third Wednesday of each month also at Dee's restaurant
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2020 Officers
President: Brad Haag - KM4VRU
Vice President: Ben Henley - KI4IGX
Secretary: Randy Payne - K4EZM
Treasurer: John Chaput - KK4LI
Dues
Individual Membership: $30.00
Associate Membership: $10.00 (No License / No Vote)
Send to
Highlands County ARC
PO box 7441 Sebring Florida
33870
Nets
The weekly club net is held on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on the club repeater (147.045 / 442.350 Mhz, PL 100).
A simple roundtable QSO is held daily at 7 pm on 147.550 Mhz simplex.
Weekly Highlands County ARES- Skywarn nets are held at 8pm. Listen to the club repeater just before the net for the announcement of which frequency will be used that night. The ARES simplex net is held following the repeater net on 146.535 Mhz, and is usually a roll-call format of those stations who checked into the repeater net. Anyone is welcome to check into these nets.
Testing
The Lake Wales Club conducts testing on the first Saturday of the month at the Red Cross in Winter Haven.
ATTENTION: We're looking for HCARC members that would be willing to "Elmer" people interested in becoming Amateur Radio Operators.
Repeaters & nets
Highlands County ARC
W4HCA
Net Wed. 8:30 pm Linked System
Lake Placid 147.045 pl 100.
Avon Park 442.350 pl 100.
7 pm Roundtable 147.550 simp.
A.R.E.S.
W4HEM
Net Wed. 8:00 pm
Avon Park 145.330 pl 100
Sebring 147.270 pl 100
Avon Park Bombing range 444.825 pl 100.
Lake Placid 145.210 pl 100.
Simplex 146.535
Simplex 446.000
NI4CE
7 days 8:30 pm
Lake Placid 443.950 pl 100.
Verna 145.430 pl 100.
Hardee ARG
N4EMH
Net. Mon.7:00 pm
Wauchula 146.625 pl 127.3
Lake Wales RA
K4LKW
Net. Tues. 7:30 pm
147.330 pl 127.3
442.425 pl 127.3
Polk A.R.E.S.
WC4PEM Linked System
Net Wed. 7:30
Frostproof 444.950 pl 127.3
Dundee 146.985 pl 127.3
Davenport 444.625 pl 127.3
Kathleen 443.900 pl 127.3
Okeechobee
K4OKE
Net. Mon. 8:00 pm
147.195 pl 100.
Arcadia
W4MIN
147.075 pl 100.
147.180 pl 100.
Glades County
KQ4YM
147.300 pl 100.
Thanks to KB4FLE,KE4CQA and KE4CPZ for this Website W4HCA
ARES®
Highlands County Florida
Amateur Radio
Emergency Services®
Randy Payne K4EZM
Emergency Coordinator
1-863-446-0913
For information on joining ARES
contact Randy K4EZM
73
SKY WARN
Combined ARES® SkyWarn© Net is on Wednesday
evening 8 PM.
The initial call will be on the 147.045 pl 100 about 5 minutes before the hour.
Net Control for the evening will announce what repeater will be used for the evenings net.
The simplex net is now a roll call net, set up in the intrest of saving some time.
Net Control Operators will rotate through out the Month so if you would like to be one contact Randy K4EZM, Jeff KJ4NEO or Brad KM4VRU
We will rotate repeaters as well to make sure they get used and to see that they are working properly
Everyone is invited to check in.
There are many sources of Weather alerts/warnings
I am asking all Sky Warn members to use.
FEMA
FEMA is a free app for your smart phone. You can set
5 locations to get alerts from.
reccomended by Dan Noah NWS Ruskin
Quarter Century Club
Quarter Centry Club
