The Titusville Amateur Radio Club
Brevard County, Florida, USA

	K4KSC Titusville,   FL USA   32781-0073
The Titusville Amateur Radio Club is affiliated with Amateur Radio Emergency Services, the Brevard Emergency Amateur Radio Service, and provides communications support for our community. A Disaster Preparedness Organization as defined by FEMA 146.910 MHz, 146.970 MHz (CTCSS 107.2) & 146.775 (100.0) TARC@TitusvilleARC.Org Practice Exams | Club Meetings | | Weather | | Newsletter | | Nets | | Club Repeaters | | Club Officers | | Other Information and Clubs | | Commercial and Ham License Test Sessions | | FEMA Course Links | | Mailing Address | TARC 2015 Field Day at Fox Lake Park Saturday June 27th Public invited to visit and see Ham Radio in action! PCARS Field Day West Melbourne Park 2285 Minton Rd WEST MELBOURNE, FL

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MOSQUITO NET
TAILGATE
at FOX LAKE PARK
MARCH 28th at 8AM

Fox Lake Park is located at
4400 Fox Lake Rd
Titusville   FL

Talk in; 146.910 MHz
BEEF HOTDOGS AND SODA
WILL BE AVAILABLE

Contact KU4ZO@cfl.rr.com

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Club Meetings:

4th Tuesday of each month at 1900 local time.

Monthly meetings held 7pm-9pm on the 4th Tuesday
of each month at the Titusville Masonic Lodge.

Meeting Address:
Titusville Masonic Lodge
19 N Washington Ave (Click address for map)
Titusville, FL 32796

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TARC By-Laws

Nets

Club Nets	Frequency	Day/Time (Local)
Mosquito Net:	28.333 MHz USB	Wednesday, 18:30-20:00
VIP Net:	146.910 MHz	Thursday, 10:00
Other Local Nets	Frequency	Day/Time (Local)
Central Brevard ATV Net:	146.940 MHz	Monday, 18:30
Florida 2 Meter SSB Net:	144.210 MHz	Monday, 19:00
Central Brevard EOC Net:	147.135 MHz	Tuesday, 18:30
CW Practise Net:	145.37 MHz (156.7 tone)	Tuesday/Thursday, 19:15
Central Brevard ARES/RACES Net:	147.135 MHz	Wednesday, 19:30
IRARC ARES/RACES Net:	145.370 MHz	Wednesday, 19:15
CARS Net:	147.36 MHz (107.2 tone)	Thursday, 19:00
Brev CO NCS Net:	148.88 MHz (107.2 tone)	Thursday, 20:00

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Club Repeaters are all open communications:

• W4REN - Jan Ferguson, Trustee
  Frequency: 146.910- MHz (PL 107.2)
  Output Power: 30 Watts
  Antenna approximately 150 ft above ground level at 6.0 dBd
  Location: S. Titusville
  
  
• W4CEL - Warren Murray, Trustee
  Frequency: 146.970- MHz (PL 107.2)
  Output Power: 30 Watts
  Antenna approximately 170 ft above ground level at 6.0 dBd
  Location: N. Titusville
  
  
• K4KSC - Jan Ferguson, Trustee
  Frequency: 146.775 (PL 100.0)
  Output Power: 30 Watts
  Antenna aproximately 110 Ft above ground level
  Location: Mims, FL (Hog Valley)
  

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Current Officers:

• President - Jan Ferguson W4REN
  
• Vice President - Bob Farrington W4YBI
  
• Secretary - Sherry Ferguson KU4ZO
  
• Treasurer - Betty Sperry KK4BID
  
  
• Directors - George Swire N8HBY, Derek Roberts KJ4UFX, Archie Shetler WN3DHI

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Commercial and Ham Radio Exams:

FCC Exams are held anytime convenient to both the applicant and the volunteer examiners.
For information on exams, and directions contact: Sherry Ferguson - KU4ZO at 321-269-2796.

You should probably study up or at least (for Ham Radio) take the practice exams online (and perhaps more practice exams and even another) before then.

For Commercial Exams you might like to visit the following site. W5YI before testing.

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FEMA courses, ICS Course List Marked Courses are requested by Served Agencies. There is no cost to take them. > IS-100.b, Introduction to the Incident Command System > IS-200.b, ICS for Single Recources and Initial Action Incidents IS-250, Emergency Support Function 15 External Affairs: A new Approach to Emergency Communications and Information Distribution IS-288, Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management > IS-700a, National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction > IS-800b, National Response Plan, An Introduction IS-802, Emergency Support Functions Communications ARRL Emergency Communications Courses EC-001 Introduction to Emergency Communications click on the '+' sign The above course is a replacement for the previous 3 levels of coursework. Make sure you complete the prerequisite courses required before beginning EC-100 (see FEMA training above) Postion Task Books (PTB), National Wildfire Coordinating Group J-158, Radio operator (RADO) J-257, Incident Communications Center Manager (INCM) The FEMA courses are now required for hams responding to disasters outside their local community (and everyone should take ICS-100). They are Internet Correspondence Courses that can be taken at home, with on-line testing. They are free, and FEMA issues a Certificate that you can download and print following the successful completion of the exam. FEMA ICSForms Brevard County Background Check Form

Regular Club and Local Events:

• Thursday Night "Eyeball QSO's" at local restaurants (Call "CQ Dinner" on 146.910 MHz for details)
• Indian River Raft Race safety communications (April)
• Amateur Radio Field Day (June)
• July 4th fireworks communications and security
• Christmas Parade marshalling and communications

Other information of interest to local hams:

• Brevard County Emergency Management
  • BEARS - Brevard Emergency Amateur Radio Service
  • BEARS Home Page
  • The BEARS-Den, a Yahoo group of EmComm oriented hams in Brevard County.

• OTHER RADIO CLUBS IN THE AREA:
• North Brevard Amateur Radio Club, Mims FL
• Cocoa Amateur Radio Society, Cocoa FL
• Indian River Amateur Radio Club, Merritt Island FL
• Harris/Intersil Amateur Radic Club, Melbourne FL
• Platinum Coast Amateur Radio Club, Melbourne FL
• LISATS, The Launch Information Service and Amateur Television System.

Other Area Repeaters:

   147.285 MHz  + Altamonte
   147.180 MHz  + Clermont
   145.190 MHz  - Cocoa
   147.360 MHZ  + Cocoa
   145.370 MHz  - Cocoa Beach
   147.000 MHz  - Leesburg
   146.850 Mhz  - Melbourne
   145.490 MHz  - Mims
   146.730 MHz  - Orlando (ARES-RACES)
   146.760 MHz  - Orlando
   147.135 MHz  - Rockledge (EOC)
   146.940 MHz  - Rockledge - Launch Control Broadcasts
   147.330 MHz  + Titusville
   146.970 Mhz  - Titusville (107.2)
   

US Postal Address

   TARC
   P.O. Box 73
   Titusville, Florida  32781

Email comments to: TARC@TitusvilleARC.Org
or the Webmaster Ozzie N4SCY
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