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

NWS Spotter Training

Virtual Edition

Basic Training

Tuesday March 16th

6 PM to 8 PM

Advanced Training
Saturday, March 27th
9 AM to 11 AM

Register at:

https://go.usa.gov/xvH9a

New Web Site:

Space Coast Hams

Eating Meeting Thursday 5 PM
Beef O'Brady's
2825 Garden St.
Corner of Garden and Singleton

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CLUB MEETINGS

Club Meeting March 23 2021

Club Meeting April 27 2021

Club Meeting May 25 2021

Club Meeting June 22 2021

Club Meeting July 27 2021

Club Meeting August 24 2021

Club Meeting September 28 2021

Pot Luck Dinner October 26 2021

Club Meeting November 23 2021

Christmas Party Date and Time TBD

Club Meeting January 25 2021

Club Meeting Febrary 22 2022

FREE Tailgate

March 20, 2021 NOTE THE CHANGE
see directions below. Gate opens at 7 AM.
Look for the TARC Club trailer.
There will be a FCC test Session at 9 AM. Please preregister with Sherry at:
KU4ZO@CFL.RR.COM or 321-543-8487.
Bring a copy of your ham license if you have one and
a copy of your drivers license.
There is a $14.00 test fee.

Hot Dogs and bags of chips
for a small donation starting at 11 AM
Soft drinks available all morning.

TARC/ARRL Field Day June 26 & 27, 2021

Fox Lake Park has been reopened.

DIRECTIONS

Exit I 95 at SR 50 Exit 215

Turn East towards Titusville

Turn Left on SR 405

Go North about 2 miles

Turn Left on Fox Lake Road

4400 Fox Lake Road
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Overnight camping is permitted.

Bring your own electricity.

Water is available, bring a "Y" adapter

and plenty of hose.

Camper setup starting Friday afternoon.

Park on the North side.

the one and only water connection

is on the South side.

Allow room for parking and antenna tower parking.

Upcomming Hamfests

http://www.hamcation.com

Cancelled

Orlande Hamcation, 2021 ARRL National Convention

Orlamdo, Florida

ARRL Hamfest

http://www.TitusvilleARC.Org

March 20, 2021 starting at 7 AM

NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE

Titusville ARC FREE tailgate

ARRL Hamfest

Come support our Florida Hamfests

The K9YA Telegraph is available for download

K9YA Telegraph

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

Practice Exams
Orlando Hamfest Testing Link

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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 20, 2021 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 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

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
Fred M. Mc Kenzie K4DII Aug. 24, 2020
Thomas J. McArdle II WB4FJS Sept. 4, 2020
Wortham Heard 82 Jan 21,2021 father of Eric Heard N3UH

Email comments to: TARC@TitusvilleARC.Org
or the Webmaster
Last updated 2/14/2021 1945 EDT

Counter reset on 2004-04-21

For more information contact
Jan Ferguson W4REN@AOL.COM

321-298-4693 Cell

Sherry Ferguson KU4ZO@CFL.RR.COM

321-543-8487 Cell

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 HOST

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

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

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, Tom Fuller KN4GLO, and Bill Farrell WD4NPT

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 Ham Radio Exams online.

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