The Titusville Amateur Radio Club
Brevard County, Florida, USA
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K4KSC
Box 73
Titusville, FL
USA 32781-0073The Titusville Amateur Radio Club is affiliated with Amateur Radio Emergency Services, the Brevard Emergency Amateur Radio Service, and provides communications support for our community. 146.910 MHz   146.970 MHz 444.150 MHz
TARC@TitusvilleARC.Org| Club Meetings | | Weather | | Nets | | Field Day | | Club Repeaters | | Club Officers | | Other Radio Clubs | | License Test Sessions | | Other Area Repeaters | | Mailing Address |
WX (Weather) Links
Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 of each year.
NHC Hurricane Home Page
GOES Satellite Photo
Melbourne Doppler Weather Radar
Titusville Weather Forcast
Hurricane Names
W4GBW's Merritt Island WX Lightning Tracker Fire Watch Index On your WAP enabled phone:
http://tinyurl.com/bvd6b
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 Public Library.
Meeting Address:
Titusville Public Library 2121 S. Hopkins Avenue (Click address for map) Titusville, FL 32780 (Behind Titusville High School)
Nets
Club Nets Frequency Day/Time (Local) Red Eye Net 7.228 MHz Sunday, 06:00 Mosquito Net: 28.333 MHz USB Wednesday, 19:00 VIP Net: 146.910 MHz Thursday, 10:00 Friendship Net: 146.910 MHz Tuesday, 18:30 Other Local Nets Frequency Day/Time (Local) Central Brevard
ARES/RACES Net:147.135 MHz Wednesday, 09:00 Central Brevard
ARES/RACES Net:147.135 MHz Wednesday, 19:00 IRARC
ARES/RACES Net:145.370 MHz Wednesday, 19:15 Central Brevard
ATV Net:146.940 MHz Wednesday, 19:45
Club Repeaters are all open communications and closed patch:
- K4KSC - Mic Woltman, Trustee
Frequency: 146.910- MHz
Output Power: 30 Watts
Antenna approximately 150 ft above ground level at 8.5 dBd
Location: S. Titusville
- KI4DYJ - Robert McKiness, Trustee
Frequency: 444.150+ MHz tone 103.5
Output Power: 30 Watts
Antenna approximately 150 ft above ground level at 8.5 dBd
Location: S. Titusville
- W4CEL - Warren Murray, Trustee
Frequency: 146.970- MHz
Output Power: 30 Watts
Antenna approximately 100 ft above ground level at 6.5 dBd
Location: N. Titusville
- KD4HNW - Ken Denman, Trustee
Frequency: 146.775
Output Power: 50 Watts
Antenna aproximately 105 Ft above ground level
Location: Aurantia, FL (Hog Valley)
Current Officers:
- President - Don Spade AD1S
- Vice President - Ed Parker W5EDP
- Secretary - Cathy KI4GMF
- Treasurer - Mic Woltman KI4CFA
Ham License Test Sessions:
FCC Exams are held anytime convenient to both the applicant and the volunteer examiners. You should probably study up or at least take the practice exams online (and perhaps more practice exams) before then. For information on exams and directions contact: Sherry Ferguson - KU4ZO at 269-2796. You should probably study up or at least take the practice exams online (and perhaps more practise exams) before then.
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
FEMA courses, ICS Course List
- ICS-100, Introduction to the Incident Command System
- ICS-200, ICS for Single Recources and Initial Action Incidents
- ICS-700, National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
- ICS-800a, National Response Plan, An Introduction
ARRL Emergency Communications Courses
- Level 1 AREC (EC-001)
- Level 2 AREC (EC-001)
- Level 3 AREC (EC-001)
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. They are Internet Correspondence Courses that can be taken at home, with on-line testing. They are free, and FEMA issues a Certificate that will be mailed to you following the successful completion of the exam.
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.
- BEARS One - Status Reports
- ARRL South Florida Section
Other radio clubs in the area:
- Indian River Amateur Radio Club, Merritt Island FL
- Platinum Coast Amateur Radio Club, Melbourne FL
- LISATS, The Launch Information Service and Amateur Television System.
Other Area Repeaters:
147.285 MHz - Altamonte 145.390 MHz - Clermont 146.880 MHz - Cocoa 145.370 MHz - Cocoa Beach 145.230 MHz - Deland 147.300 MHz - Disney World 147.255 MHz - Leesburg 146.850 Mhz - Melbourne 146.730 MHz - Orlando (ARES-RACES) 146.760 MHz - Orlando 147.135 MHz - Rockledge (EOC) 146.940 MHz - Shuttle to Ground chatter 443.100 MHz - Shuttle to Ground chatter 145.490 MHz - Titusville 146.670 Mhz - Titusville
US Postal Address
TARC P.O. Box 73 Titusville, Florida 32781
Email comments to: TARC@TitusvilleARC.Org
or the Webmaster Ozzie N4SCY
Last updated: 2007-05-09 02:58 UTC