The Titusville Amateur Radio Club

Brevard County, Florida, USA

Official Website

K4KSC

Post Office Box 73

Titusville,   FL
USA   32781-0073

A Disaster Preparedness Organization

as defined by FEMA

The Titusville Amateur Radio Club

is affiliated with

Amateur Radio Emergency Service ARES

Brevard County Emergency Management

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service RACES

and

Brevard Emergency Amateur Radio Service BEARS

🌀  Hurricane Season Starts June 1

🌦️ 🌀 National Hurricane Center Home Page

National Hurricane Center Twitter Page

🌀  Hurricane Season Ends November 30

Untill furthet notice

all club events

have been cancelled

The regular club meeting

will be held on them 146.97 Repeater.

Eating Meeting Thursday 5 PM

Beef O'Brady's

2825 Garden St.

Corner of Garden and Singleton

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CLUB MEETINGS

This Club Meeting will be on the 146.970 Repeater

Club Meeting July 28 2020

Club Meeting August 25 2020

Club Meeting September 22 2020

Pot Luck Dinner October 27 2020

Club Meeting November 24 2020

Christmas Party Date and Time TBD

Club Meeting Janurary 22 2021

Club Meeting Feburary 26 2021

Club Meeting March 26 2021

Club Meeting April 23 2021

Club Meeting May 28 2021

Club Meeting June 25 2021

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FREE Tailgate Postponed

We may have one later this year.

Anybody wishing to take a ham exam

please contact Sherry at

SherryKU4ZO@gmail.com or 321-543-8487

Enjoy Field Day

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Upcomming Hamfests

A number of Hamfests have been posponed or cancelled.

Please report any errors to

Jan W4REN @ W4REN@aol.com

Thank You

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The K9YA Telegraph is available for download

K9YA Telegraph

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Club Repeaters

146.910 MHz Tone 107.2

146.970 MHz Tone 107.2

146.775 MHz Tone 100.0

Featured Repeaters

224.120 MHz Tone 123.0 Hz.

444.675 MHz Color Code 3

The Titusville and Cocoa DMR Repeaters

are linked on Talk Group 316274

(What is a Tone or CTCSS)

TARC@TitusvilleARC.Org

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Practice Exams
Orlando Hamfest Testing Link

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WX (Weather) Links
Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 of each year. GOES Satellite Photo Melbourne Doppler Weather Radar Titusville Weather Forcast Hurricane Names

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

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

CLUB NETS	FREQUENCY	DAY/TIME	HOST
Skywarn Net:	146.970 MHz (Tone 107.2)	Tuesday, 19:00	Barry N4NMF
Mosquito Net:	28.333 MHz USB	Wednesday, 19:00	Tom KN4GLO
VIP Net:	146.970 MHz (Tone 107.2)	Thursday, 19:00	Daniel (Danny) KM4WZX
OTHER LOCAL NETS	FREQUENCY	DAY/TIME (LOCAL)
Central Brevard ATV Net:	146.940 MHz	Monday, 19:00
Florida 2 Meter SSB Net:	144.210 MHz	Monday, 19:00	Roger WA4JWU
Central Brevard ARES/RACES Net:	147.135 MHz	Wednesday, 19:30
IRARC ARES/RACES Net:	145.370 MHz (156.3 tone)	Wednesday, 19:15

OUTPUT FREQ	OFFSET	TONE	MODE	LOCATION	SPECIAL NOTES
52.72	-500 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Titusville	Pending
145.130	-600 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Vero Beach
145.350	-600 KHz.	103.5	Analog	St. Cloud
145.370	-600 KHz.	156.7	Analog	Cocoa
145.470	-600 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Melbourne
145.490	-600 KHz.	100.0	Analog	Titusville
146.610	-600 KHz.	No Tone	Analog	Melbourne
146.775	-600 KHz.	100.0	Analog	Titusville	TARC
146.850	-600 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Palm Bay
146.880	-600 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Rockledge
146.895	-600 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Palm Bay
146.910	-600 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Titusville	Repeater is being relocated.
146.940	-600 KHz.	No Tone	Analog	Rockledge	NASA Audio and Launch information
146.970	-600 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Titusville	TARC Battery Backup
147.075	+600KHz.	107.2	Analog	Scottsmore	Brevard County North Tower
147.135	+600 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Rockledge	Brevard County Central Tower
147.420	+600 KHZ.	123.0	Analog	Deland
147.255	+600 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Palm Bay
147.330	+600 KHz.	107.2	Analog	Titusville
224.120	-1600 KHz.	123.0	Analog	Cocoa
444.325	+5 MHz.	107.2	Analog	Melbourne
444.375	+5 MHz.	107.2	Analog	Sebastian	SARNET
444.425	+5 MHz.	107.2	Analog	Melbourne
444.525	+5 MHz.	103.5	Analog	Rockledge	County NBEMS
444.575	+5 MHz	CC3	DMR Brandmeister	Cocoa	Linked to Titusville DMR
444.650	+5 MHz.	107.2	Analog	Cocoa	SARNET
444.675	+5 MHz	CC3	DMR Brandmeister	Titusville	Linked to Cocoa, Florida DMR Battery Backup Power
444.875	+5 MHz.	107.2	Analog	Merritt Island
444.925	+5 MHz.	131.8	Analog	KSC

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Club Repeaters are open to all licensed amateurs:

• 146.910- MHz K4KSC
  Tone: 107.2 Hz.
  Output Power: 80 Watts
  Antenna
  Location: This Repeater is being relocated and will be back on the air soon.
  Trustee- Jan Ferguson


• 146.970- MHz K4KSC
  Tone: 107.2 Hz.
  Output Power: 80 Watts
  Antenna approximately 165 ft above ground level at 6 dBd
  Location: N. Titusville
  Trustee- Jan Ferguson


• 146.775- MHz K4KSC
  Tone: 100.0 Hz.
  Output Power: 80 Watts
  Antenna approximately 105 ft above ground level at 6 dBd
  Location: Aurantia, FL (Hog Valley)
  Trustee- Jan Ferguson


• 444.675- MHz K4DJN
  CC 3
  Output Power: 25 Watts
  Antenna approximately 165 ft above ground level at 9 dB South
  Location:N. Titusville
  Trustee- Chris Durso

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2020 Officers:

• President - Jan Ferguson W4REN
  
• Vice President - Paul Fee N6YCC
  
• Secretary - Sherry Ferguson KU4ZO
  
• Treasurer - Sally Fuller KN4HPX
  
• Directors - Dave McLean WB4SIG, Donald Spade N1DES, Daniel Belcher KM4WZX, Dave Butler KX4UY, and Bill Farrell WD4NPT
  

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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 321-543-8487.

You should probably study up or at least (for Ham Radio) take the (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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Regular Club and Local Events:

• Thursday Night "Eyeball QSO's" at local restaurants
• Beef O'Brady 2825 Garden St.
• corner of Singleton and Garden St.
• Mosquito Net Tailgate March 28 2020 Fox Lake Park
• Amateur Radio Field Training Event Date and time not set yet. Fox Lake Park
• The public is welcome to all club events

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 Radio Club, Melbourne FL
• Platinum Coast Amateur Radio Club, Melbourne FL
• The Launch Information Service and ATV System, Cocoa Beach FL

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Silent Keys

Edmund (Ted) Maciag K5AAV 79 Aug 24, 2019

Walt Hart W1IIA 92 Nov 7, 2019

George Bortle KD4CBV 72 Nov. 8 2019

Jeff Thompson W3HVU 77 Jan 8, 2020

Floyd Goddard W4OIT 89 Feb 20, 2020

Wife of Jim Morgan WB4PXO Jan 2020

Wife of Dave Butler KX4UY Mar 2020

Email comments to: TARC@TitusvilleARC.Org
or the Webmaster
Last updated 7/21/2020 1928 EDT

Counter reset on 2004-04-21

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For more information contact

Jan Ferguson W4REN@AOL.COM

321-298-4693 Cell

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Sherry Ferguson KU4ZO@CFL.RR.COM

321-543-8487 Cell

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