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NF4RC – Ham Radio Learning and Serving — The team that powers Alachua County ARES(R)

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  • Feb 2026 WFD – Top 7%!
  • Developing General Ham Radio Skillsets
  • ARES(R) High Score WFD
  • Winter Field Day Jan 24 Training Conference
  • Alachua County ARES(R) takes 1st Place Nationally among EOC Teams

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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