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Baofeng CHIRP Files

Gordon Gibby KX4Z July 16, 2025
Current CHIRP files. Suggest that you download from your...
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FALL TECHNICIAN COURSE SignUP Now Available

Gordon Gibby KX4Z July 9, 2025
Learn how to TALK or TEXT around the city...
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National-Level Field Day 4F Success! 1661 QSOs

Gordon Gibby KX4Z July 2, 2025
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New Repeater!

Gordon Gibby KX4Z March 8, 2025
It’s not like Alachua County doesn’t already have ENOUGH...
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Approved 2025 Winter Field Day AARIP

Gordon Gibby KX4Z February 2, 2025
Discussed, agreed, approved!
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Fantastic First Ever ARES(R) Santa Delivery Exhibit

Gordon Gibby KX4Z December 7, 2024
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Six Meter Portable Antenna

Gordon Gibby KX4Z November 23, 2024
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Dec 14 POTA/Meteor Scatter Article

Gordon Gibby KX4Z November 18, 2024
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Hurricane Milton: Approved AARIP

Gordon Gibby KX4Z October 18, 2024
We’re getting way way too good at writing up...
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New EOC: Tower Recommendation Empirical Test

Gordon Gibby KX4Z October 14, 2024
Date: Oct 12 2024
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Approved AARIP: Hurricane Helene

Gordon Gibby KX4Z October 6, 2024
This will be discussed at our October meeting, which...
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  • Disaster Response

Links to Create and File ICS-214 (and other forms)

Gordon Gibby KX4Z August 5, 2024
https://alachuacounty.us/Depts/EM/Pages/eot.aspx Go there — see the links on the...
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Correct Callsigns To Reach EOC

Gordon Gibby KX4Z August 4, 2024
If you want to reach the EOC with a...
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  • Disaster Response

ID-4100 (Shelter Radio) Cheatsheet

Gordon Gibby KX4Z June 2, 2024
See in our Educational Articles, under “Emergency Comms”: https://www.nf4rc.club/how-to-docs/emergency-comms/shelter-id-4100-operation/
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ALL KINDS of ACTIVITY!

  • Every Wed @ Alachua County EOC: SHARES & SARNET check-ins to maintain county competencies (visitors welcome!)
  • Every Thu Evening: ARES(R) net 8PM on the K4GNV 146.820 Repeater (many thanks to GARS!)
  • ARRL Field Day: ~294 volunteer hours in setup / operation / teardown - We compete! We expect national ranking.
  • Full TECH CLASS done on Zoom month of June -- 15+ hours of teaching by our volunteers!
  • We just put up our FIRST FM repeater!
  • We operate MULTIPLE Winlink RMS's in Alachua County, including SHARES.
  • We operate the NF4RC-7 VARA DIGIPEATER
  • Coming SEPT TECH CLASS!
  • LabNLunches -- popular hands-on building & learning sessions that turn beginners into experts!
  • Winter Field Day -- 24-hour operation! We compete! And we turn beginners into experts! We anticipate national ranking
  • Monthly meetings with MULTIPLE presentations, training and planning topics!

WE are the group affiliated with Alachua County Emergency Management. We are the team that staffs shelters and keeps amateur radio service alive in the County EOC. ANYONE can join in with us -- you just need to be part of our TRAINING, COMMITMENT and SERVICE.

The EOC is not a radio room; we are only a TINY PART of the massive Alachua County response to any emergency. We are NOT in charge; we are VOLUNTEERS! The EOC is a huge organization of which we are just a part, invited to serve.

2024: https://www.nf4rc.club/club-history/2024-year-in-review/ Deployed into 3 hurricanes, garnering $60K for Alachua County; finished 6-band multiplexer; upper 10% of Winter Field Day; >1600 contacts in ARRL Field Day; refurbished Yagi HF antenna -- huge year for us.

See what we've done year after year since our 2016 reconstituion -- https://www.nf4rc.club/club-history/

Leadership in our group is SERVANTHOOD

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