Category: Announcements

We Will Be Testing Saturday, October 5

Posted on By Michael M
Announcements, Testing

Now is the opportunity to sit for your technician or upgrade your current license.

We are accredited to administer all elements of the FCC Amateur Radio exams, and we do so every OTHER month, on the first Saturday of the month, at the Cox Science Center in West Palm Beach.

Testing begins at 10:00 a.m. When you get to the front door let them know you are here for the amateur radio exam and they will get you to our room. Below is an ARRL link on what to bring Saturday.

What to Bring – Click here

Any questions, register and post on our forms here – Click here
Walk-ins are welcome.

Contact us directly here – Click here

Cox Science Center
4801 Dreher Trail N, West Palm Beach, FL 33405

October CERT Training

Posted on By Michael M
Announcements

In addition to the Train the Trainer course – https://wpbarg.com/2024/07/31/september-cert-training-train-the-trainer/ – that will be held in October, there will also be CERT course in October. This will be the last one for the year.

For those interested, this is a great opportunity to be involved in our community. The CERT program is administered and supported nationally by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and I would encourage this course for anyone who is looking to increase their skills in disaster preparedness, including medical operations, search and rescue, terrorism, disaster psychology, and more.

Click here to register – https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/cert-community-emergency-response-team-3517839

Members, be sure to see our information on this upcoming CERT training here – https://wpbarg.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=556

September is National Preparedness Month

Posted on By Michael M
Announcements

ARRL
October 5 – 6, 2024, will be the ARRL’s Simulated Emergency Test (SET). The reporting forms are not currently available. The ARRL states when available they will be posted to their website on the Public Services/Field Services Forms page. The ARRL Southeastern Division and the South Florida Section have the option of participating in local exercises. At this time, no information has been released on that. More information can be found here – https://www.arrl.org/simulated-emergency-test

CERT
Local CERT training has already begun for this month. The information for that was posted back in July. There will be a Train the Trainer course In October. More information on that is here – https://wpbarg.com/2024/07/31/september-cert-training-train-the-trainer/

More information on CERT can be found here – https://community.fema.gov/PreparednessCommunity/s/about-cert?language=en_US

Note: FEMA and the FCC did a Nationwide Emergency Alert Test last year, with a much greater participation success over 2021. There is not one planned for this year. Sources state they are working on one for next year. There are two components, the EAS for radios and televisions, and the WEA for consumer cellular phones. The results for last year’s test can be found here – https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-403500A1.pdf

Additional information and discussion are available for website members here – https://wpbarg.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=609

Monthly Meeting – August 28

Posted on By Michael M
Announcements, Meetings

Our monthly meeting, held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, is Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.

Okay, this is the meeting we’ve been waiting for!

Randy, our Secretary, Executive Officer, and Field Day Chair, will be leading us in a Field Day recap, with awards and recognition of those who contributed to our Field Day success. If you were part of our Field Day event, you don’t want to miss this!

We welcome everyone to our meetings and activities, members and non-members, whether licensed or not!

Location:
Cox Science Center and Aquarium
4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach, FL 33405
https://www.coxsciencecenter.org

September CERT Training & Train the Trainer

Posted on By Michael M
Announcements

In September there will be a CERT training. Then in October there will be a Train the Trainer. For those interested, this is a great opportunity to be involved in our community. The CERT program is administered and supported nationally by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and I would encourage this course for anyone who is looking to increase their skills in disaster preparedness, including medical operations, search and rescue, terrorism, disaster psychology, and more.

Click here to register – https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/cert-community-emergency-response-team-3517839

Members, be sure to see our information on this upcoming CERT training here – https://wpbarg.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=556

We Will Be Testing Saturday, August 3

Posted on By Michael M
Announcements, Testing

Now is the opportunity to sit for your technician or upgrade your current license.

We are accredited to administer all elements of the FCC Amateur Radio exams, and we do so every OTHER month, on the first Saturday of the month, at the Cox Science Center in West Palm Beach.

Testing begins at 10:00 a.m. When you get to the front door let them know you are here for the amateur radio exam and they will get you to our room. Below is an ARRL link on what to bring Saturday.

What to Bring – Click here

Any questions, register and post on our forms here – Click here
Walk-ins are welcome.

Contact us directly here – Click here

Cox Science Center
4801 Dreher Trail N, West Palm Beach, FL 33405

Monthly Meeting – June 26

Posted on By Michael M
Announcements, Meetings

Our monthly meeting, held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, is Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.

We will be discussing our past Field Day event which was a huge success! Because our meeting this month is so close to Field Day and there is a lot of Post-Field Day ground to cover, we will be doing the remainder of that at a future meeting.

We welcome everyone to our meetings and activities, members and non-members, whether licensed or not!

Location:
Cox Science Center and Aquarium
4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach, FL 33405
https://www.coxsciencecenter.org

2024 Field Day Schedule – June 22 to June 23

Posted on By Michael M
Activities, Announcements

We will be conducting our Field Day operations at The American Legion Post 47, located at 2315 North Dixie Highway, Lake Worth, FL 33460. The event begins at 1800 UTC (2 p.m.) on June 22, and ends at 2 p.m. on June 23.

The operational hours for all guests, including guest operators and visitors, will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 22 and ends at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 23.

During those guest operational hours everyone is welcome! If you’d like to come by to observe, just to see what we’re doing and what Field Day is like, we welcome you! If you’d like to sit at one of our stations and operate, we welcome you!

This is a great opportunity for people to observe and socialize, and even get on the air, licensed or not.

While we will be operating off the main grid, The American Legion will have full power and air conditioning. Food and drinks will be available, with the pricing for that set by Post 47.

No invitation is necessary, just come on over!

We will do our best to monitor the 146.67 repeater for the talk-in. For more information on that repeater, please go here – The AREC Repeater Group, Inc.

For more information on our Field Day operations, or if you have any questions, please go here – https://wpbarg.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=564

As with every event we sponsor, everyone is invited… members, non-members, participants and observers, come one, come all!

We are all very excited to be doing Field Day this year, and we hope to see YOU!