LWRA Ham Bytes – Week of 2/24/25

Good rainy day,

Getting toward the end of the month again! And this time somehow, I got a year older. Anyway, a world wind week. I had meetings in North Carolina; 17 degrees and snow.  I did have the opportunity to work a few stations in the Hendersonville -Ashville region. Seeing some of the damage was heart breaking in that area. Those folks are resilient but are a long way away from being back to normal.  I made a contact on the famous Mt Mitchell repeater and offered my appreciation on behalf of LWRA Hams for their, now heroic efforts.

I enjoyed some of the TechComm (TECHCON – Ed) videos with several of our members participating as presenters. Great job!

We are excited about the meeting this month with our own Russ N4RTD presenting WIRES X.  This is a multi-subject program own use, programming and use for our new LWRA sponsored repeater in Bartow.

I will post the link the week before the meeting.

Fox hunt video thank to Dan, Russ and Dave

https://youtube.be/GDPVh2SovoA

Our keen planners of QRP are hard at work planning the March event.  We will post info as soon as possible regarding the location and possible date change due to another HAM event.

A reminder dues are due until March 15th.  Per our bylaws dues not received by that date will remove you from the roll. We need you to please consider renewing It has, and will continue, to make this a progressive learning club with each other and new amateurs in the area our priority. We strive to make our club a fun outgoing organization that cultivates education and camaraderie.  Your renewal is vital to keep our objectives moving forward. https://www.lwra.us/membership for PayPal, address or other information regarding dues.

Great news the WIRES X Fusion repeater in Bartow is now WIRES capable thanks to Russ, Richard and Robert. More to come on how to use this if you have a Yaesu Fusion Radio 145.270MHz C4FM ONLY.  W4PSR Thanks Polk School Radio Society, Lakeland Amateur Radio Club, Lake Wales Repeater Association, and Polk County Emergency Management for success in this project.

Russ and others are ‘turning on room periodically to hear what WIRES does. When these rooms are on you can join in the nets, or conversations without having to open WIRES. If you can hear them, you can join in.  They will turn off automatically in about an hour after activation.

Don’t forget the nets:

Don’t forget WINLINK Monday:

Net information on the next page
Anyone looking for tower sections contact me at jml610@comcast.net

One last thing.

Check out the WINLINK Monday with Gary today, you can find more information on the
www.polkares.org/WINLINK

73 and I hope to ‘see ya on the air.’

Mike
KB4FHP jml610@comcast.net call 863-412-2467