LWRA Ham Bytes – Week of 7/21/25

Good Monday!

IT’s QRP TIME! Yea, Tema QRP has put together another time to learn, experiment and just have a good ole time. The QRP will be a Simmers Young Park ( www.lwra.us/qrp ) for the flyer. It has an address for your GPS. We will be on the Polk PEM for talk in, the Kathleen repeater will be your best bet as well as the Polk GMRS repeater in Bartow. Bring a DRINK it will be hot! I look forward to seeing you at the park.

Big Dogs on the Porch will be there fixing’ a dog or two; so, bring a COOL drink and learn, play or just shoot the bull! Hope to see ya there!

This Saturday the 26th from 9-12.

Don’t forget the nets: We need ya! Summertime our numbers dip a little so join us if you can.

Darrell – one of the “Big Dogs” will be fill on net controller for Jim this week.

Check out W4JFS’ ‘flavor of the day’ (what repeater we are highlighting that day) on Signal Chat.
Don’t forget WINLINK Monday: We need you here too!

Thanks, Russ, for the celestial updates.

Net information on the next page

We have a new GMRS repeater in the area W5DBH has placed a repeater (we will be upgrading it) on the Big Holtel in Haines City NOTE THE FREQ WAS CHANGED DUE TO UNINTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE WITH ANOTHER REPEATER THE NEW FREQ IS 462.55 +5MHz with 127.3 CTCSS TX and RX (wide band setting).
Don’t forget use LWRA Signal Club & Swap group to find or create great deals on this medium. One average item only stays active for a few days before they are sold.

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