SFDXA meeting, May 4, 7:30pm, at the Florida Medical Center at 5000 West Oakland Park Blvd, Fort Lauderdale in the auditorium.

Talk-in on the SFDXA repeater 147.330/.930 subaudible tone of 103.5Hz.
Come before 7pm and have dinner with us, $7 and all proceeds go the the club.

Program: The Ins and Outs of eQSL.cc

This lively presentation starts with the paper cards of the 1920's and 30's and shows how much time and money can be saved by using the networked computer technologies of the 21st Century.  The founder, Dave Morris, N5UP will show how eQSL.cc has revolutionized awards and contests, how it has improved the quality of QSL cards, the speed of QSL exchanges, and how it is making 100% QSLing possible even for big gun contesters. The presentation will introduce people who have never heard of the Electronic QSL Card Centre, and will answer questions of long-time members.
Finally we will discuss the bright outlook for growth in the future, our collaboration with ham radio organizations around the world, and our work to simplify QSLing for portables, mobiles, and county hunters.

After the presentation, N5UP will answer questions and issue Authenticity Guaranteed (AG) status on the spot to anyone who brings an FCC license, and will make special deals available for membership upgrades.

Bill NZ5N
SFDXA President

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QCWA Chapter 12 meets on the 3rd Saturday every month at Noon at the Piccadilly American Cooking restaurant at 8301 West Flagler Street in Miami.

The Andy Clark Chapter 12 was charted February 15th 1962 as the Southeast Chapter #12 . On January 14th 1999 the name of the chapter was changed to The Andy Clark Chapter 12 in Andy's Memory. Andy became a silent key on December 31st 1998. Andy was a Florida Legend in the Florida Ham Community.

Andy was born in Kansas on May 21st 1923. He was first licensed as W9KCS at the age of 16. He joined the US Navy during world War II and lost several fingers during a accident on shipboard.

He founded and published "Florida Skip", a ham magazine that carried the news of all the Ham activities in the state of Florida. He was a life member of QCWA and ARRL. He was a FCC section Emergency Coordinator in addition to being Chairman of the Community Red Cross. He was employed for many years as a radio operator at Aeronautical Radio. He was President of Chapter 12 many times and served as its guiding light.

Public Service was always a word he associated with ham radio. He was a Florida legend in Amateur Radio and our chapter felt we needed to honor Andy by naming our chapter after him.

73, Art Rauch, W4VZ, Secretary

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Florida ARRL Southeastern Division Hamfests for 2011 Florida State Convention (Melbourne Hamfest) Platinum Coast Amateur Radio Society October 8th and 9th, 2011 Melbourne City Auditorium 625 East Hibiscus Blvd. Melbourne, FL http://www.pcars.org Talk-In: 146.250/85 Open Repeater Public Contact: James Long, KI4RBW     1110 Emerald Road SE Palm Bay, FL 32909 Phone: 321-327-2647 Email: KI4RBW at cfl.rr.com South Florida Ham Fest November 5th, 2011 (7:00am - 1pm) http://www.southfloridahamfest.org/ SOUTH COUNTY CIVIC CENTER 16700 Jog Rd. Delray Beach, Fl 33446 Talk-In 145.29 (PL 110.9) and 442.875 (PL 110.9)   $3.00 at the door (12 and under free)   $5.00 Tailgating (7am - 1pm)   $10.00 vendor tables (prepaid) $15.00 at the door   Contact: Walt Dreyfus, W4WCD 954-481-5327 email: w4wcd at arrl.net Flamingo Net / UMARC Free Flea Flamingo Net / University of Miami ARC   November 19, 2011 Saturday Morning 7 AM to Noon http://www.FlamingoNet.8m.net University of Miami, Physics Parking Lot 5001 San Amaro Coral Gables, FL A Picnic / BBQ will follow the Free Flea at noon Saturday April 16, 2011, in Brewer Park located about a mile west of the Free Flea site. http://www.FlamingoNet.8m.net Talk-In: 146.865- (PL 103.5) Contact:    Bill Moore, WA4TEJ 73 Palm Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 Phone: 305-264-4465 (days) Email: wa4tej@juno.com