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Ham Radio on Florida's West Coast 224.22 KO4CR/R, Largo |
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Amateur Radio activities on Florida's West Coast, plus links to sites relating to the space program - click here for Shuttle info, weather, digital photography, motorcycle events, and other stuff. |
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 Largo Weather Forecast from weatherforyou.com. |
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 Click above for extensive Largo weather information! |
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224.22 Repeater Update The 224.22 Repeater is now on EchoLink®!See below for more on EchoLink. The repeater has an audio test function. If you would like to hear how you sound over the repeater, just follow this procedure: - Key up and identify. - Enter "8 0" on your TouchTone pad and unkey. If your input is decoded properly, you'll hear "O K" in CW. - Key up again and make a short (6 seconds or less) voice transmission and unkey. - You should hear your audio played back over the repeater. Updated 1/05/08 |
| NEW - WCF SECTION Web Page! Click HERE! |
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Dee Turner, N4GD - Section Manager |
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Serving the needs of the Amateur Radio Operators in Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota Counties |
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New Amateur Radio supply store in St. Petersburg! Ralph's Hobbies and Amateur Radio Supply Click here for details. |
34TH Annual at Manatee Civic Center - Palmetto, Florida on December 5 & 6, 2009. Click here for information. |
Other Area HamfestsDecember 5-6 Palmetto Southern Florida Section Convention, at Manatee County Convention and Civic Center, just north of Bradenton on the Manatee River, Vendor setup 3 to 8 PM Friday and 6 to 9 AM Saturday. Gates open at 7, ticket sales start at 7:30, Tailgating opens at 8. Directions on 147.555, Talk-in on 145.190, INFO: Floyd Keating KC4HSI, Email: chairman@fgcarc.org, Web: http://www.tampabayhamfest.org |
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The WD4SCD Repeater PageCheck out the 147.03 Repeater system!The transmitter is located in mid-Pinellas county, and there are several remote receiver sites serving Pinellas and North Hillsborough Counties. Click on the map to learn how to access the receive site nearest to your location. The 147.03 Repeater is on EchoLink®! See below for more on EchoLink. |
 EchoLink®EchoLink software allows licensed Amateur Radio stations to communicate with one another over the Internet. The program allows worldwide connections to be made between stations, from computer to station, or from computer to computer, greatly enhancing Amateur Radio's communications capabilities. There are hundreds of thousands of registered users in hundreds of countries worldwide! For licensed hams, EchoLink software opens up new possibilities for communicating around the world with other amateurs. Your PC links you or your local repeater to any of more than 110,000 other stations over the Internet. Sign up and download the free software here! |
Ham Club Links
 St. Petersburg Amateur Radio Club C.A.R.S. WORM METRO TARC |
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Find information about Amateur Radio Operators on the QRZ Callsign Lookup page. |
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Find information about Amateur Radio Operators on the Buckmaster Callsign Lookup page. |
Shuttle Mission: STS-129 Atlantis
Launch Target: 2:28 p.m. EST - Nov. 16, 2009
Orbiter: Atlantis
Mission Number: STS-129 (129th space shuttle flight)
Launch Window: 10 minutes
Launch Pad: 39A
Mission Duration: 11 days
Landing Site: KSC
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
Primary Payload: 31st station flight (ULF3), EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 1 (ELC1), EXPRESS Logistics Carrier 2 (ELC2)
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A collection of images from past, present, and future Shuttle flights. Also, audio and video files from past Shuttle missions. Click on the picture to go to the gallery. |
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 BoatU.S. Hurricane Center - Hurricane Tracking |
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Skeetobite Weather
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Plymouth State Weather CenterTracking maps, visible images, infrared images, animated images, and Java loops. |
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Intellecast Active Tropical CyclonesStorm Tracking maps & Satellite Imagery. |
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Tropical Storm Tracks from NOAA. |
| Here's the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Hurricanes are rated by their wind speed, barometric pressure, storm surge height, and damage potential. |
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WEATHER IMAGES |
Current satellite image and surface map
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Click on the map for a larger more detailed image. Click here for loop. |
Here's the latest weather images.
Click on any item to bring up the image:
NWS latest Tampa Radar
BayNews9 Animated Doppler 9000 - BAY AREA
TampaBay's 10 LIVE Vortex Double Doppler Radar
WFLA Ch. 8 Doppler Radar
WFLA Ch. 8 Animated Doppler Radar
WFTS Ch. 28 Animated Doppler Radar
WTVT Ch. 13 Animated Skytower HD Viper
NexRad Radar - Tampa Bay
Intellicast Tampa Radar Summary
Intellicast Tampa Radar Loop
Intellicast National Radar Loop
Weather Underground Tampa Radar
Weather Underground Animated Tampa Radar
Pinellas County Real-Time Weather Station
Would you like to know what your current IP Address is?
If so, click here: SEE YOUR IP ADDRESS
Would you like to see how fast your Internet connection is?
Click HERE!
Check out the Drudge Report for late-breaking
news and a plethora of links to columnists.
Lucianne Goldberg's page of articles and postings.
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Look it up! The entire Merriam-Webster Dictionary is online. |
Today's Cartoon
| Randy's Cartoon Service  by Randy Glasbergen More... |
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The Florida Gulf Coast Amateur Radio Council (FGCARC) has information about its member clubs as well as information about Amateur Radio classes and testing. FGCARC is sponsor of the Tampa Bay Hamfest. |
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The Florida Repeater Council page contains a complete up-to-date listing of all Florida repeaters as well as information on repeater coordination and most everything else you might want to know about the FRC. |
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The Tampa Bay Amateur Television Society page has information on amateur television, the K4LK repeater system, and the Space Shuttle. |
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NORAD Two Line Element Sets from Dr. TS Kelso for tracking satellites. Dr. Kelso has been generating Keplerian element files for more than 20 years. |
STSPLUS©
The STSPLUS program is intended for use during Space Shuttle missions and for generalsatellite tracking using NASA/NORAD 2-Line Orbital Elements like those supplied by Dr. Kelso (above).
The author of STSPLUS, David H. Ransom, passed away in November, 2006. His website has been taken off line.
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STSPLUS©
Version 0223 dated 10 June, 2002 is still available! Please email me at ko4cr@tampabay.rr.com if you would like a copy. This program runs in DOS only. |
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U.S. Naval Observatory Data Services Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset, and Twilight Earth's Seasons - Equinoxes, Solstices Eclipses Celestial Navigation Julian Date Conversion |
Current Phase of the Moon:
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The Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum Click above or on the logo for the main page. |
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 For a comprehensive look at digital photography, take a look at N4WAK Steve's Digital Camera Page. |
Read Florida Suncoast Newspapers right here!
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Did you win? Click on the Flamingo and find out! |
 
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The Patriot Guard Riders is a diverse amalgamation of riders from across the nation. We have one thing in common besides motorcycles. We have an unwavering respect for those who risk their very lives for America’s freedom and security. If you share this respect, please join us. |
Visit SAM'S BOOKS at the Oldsmar Flea Market.
Used books at a good price.
Tell Sharon that KO4CR sent you.
Click above for the Sam's Books web page.
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"Fund the Fight, Find a Cure" This stamp is on sale by the U.S. Postal Service to help fund breast cancer research. Please consider using these stamps, as it is vitally important that we take a stand against this disease that kills and maims so many of our wives, mothers, sisters, and friends. Instead of the normal $0.41 per stamp, this one costs $0.55 per stamp. The differential goes to breast cancer research. Seventy percent of the differential is transferred to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and 30 percent of the differential is transferred to the Medical Research Program of the Department of Defense (DoD). To date, more than $54 million has been raised for research from sales of the Breast Cancer Research stamp. Please help fight this terrible disease. |
Click on the banner to learn the latest about the Shindler/Shiavo Foundation.
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This page was started on February 27, 1999 and updated on November 11, 2009.
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