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Upcoming Events & Announcements
PRRA General Monthly Meeting
The next PRRA General Monthly Meeting will be held on August 27th at 7:15 PM at the First Presbyterian Church of Punta Gorda, located at 25250 Airport Road. Hurricane Prep 2026 Be Prepared, Stay Alert! Hurricane season in Southwest Florida officially runs June 1 through November 30, with the peak usually hitting late August through October. Seasonal forecasts can hint at “above” or “below average,” but they don’t predict landfalls well. You could have a quiet season overall and still get a direct hit—or a busy season where Florida gets lucky. Sunday Night Sunset Net The PRRA Sunday Night Sunset Net, held at 7:00 PM on the W4DUX repeater, remains active and consistently well attended. Members and non-members alike are invited to join this relaxed “rag chew” net—an excellent opportunity to connect with both familiar voices and new participants. We encourage you to check in and be part of an informative, engaging, and enjoyable evening on the air. Monday Night DMR Net This net is conducted on the W4DUX Chicagoland DMR repeater using Local 9, as well as on TG 3555 for remote participants and is held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 7:00 PM. All are welcome—please join us and take the opportunity to test and enjoy your DMR radios! DMR/D-STAR Digital Radio Workshop The Digital Radio Group meets on the last Monday of each month at the Mid-County Regional Library, located at 2050 Forrest Nelson Blvd., Port Charlotte, from 2:15 PM to 4:15 PM in Meeting Room B. Meetings will continue on the last Monday of each month for the remainder of the year, except in this coming September, when the meeting will be held on the last Tuesday from 2:15 PM to 4:15 PM. (read more) The workshop is designed to help amateur radio operators with D-Star, DMR, and Fusion topics in a relaxed, hands-on environment. The cost of Meeting Room B is $20.33, which will be shared equally among all participants. Links & More Amateur Radio Daily|Daily News N4RTD Delaney.Rocks (DMR, DSTAR & More) HAMDASH.COM ECHOLINK ARRL Florida Parks on the Air Florida VOA Short Wave Short Wave Radio Archive MeshCore Getting Started Overview/Hardware Examples WSJT-X Improved PSK Reporter (Real Time Propagation Tool) HamSCI ArXiv (Cutting-Edge AI Research in Radio) SARnet - Statewide Amateur Radio Network in Florida Low Cost Shipping -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Military Heritage Museum
[Virtual tour] All hands on Standby - the Mission grows....... ______________________________________________________________________________-
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Military Heritage Museum Summer Camp Support - 2026 Thank you to all who participated this year in the Summer Camp Ham Radio project for 2026. For the past couple of years, we have provided support to the Military Heritage Museum for their Summer History Camps. The camps are attended by youth ages 10-15. This provides a great opportunity for us to interact with the youth and provide them an opportunity to learn about and experience amateur radio. _____________________________________________________
Charlotte County Florida Amateur Radio Emergency Services
CCFLARES.org CCFLARES Emergency Traffic Net Wednesday NXDN Net 7:00 PM ET Analog Net 7:30 PM ET Members & non-members are welcomed to check in! _______________________________________________________________
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Why America's Tiny Ocean Defies Geography
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How are microchips made? - George Zaidan and Sajan Saini
A transistor is essentially a microscopic electronic switch. So when you hear that a chip has 100 billion transistors, you're talking about 100 billion microscopic switching elements working together.
And yes, this is one reason semiconductor technology is so remarkable: all of those transistors can fit onto something only a few centimeters across. I will explain how they physically manufacture a billion+ transistors onto a tiny piece of silicon—the process is fascinating. ********************************************************************
All Humanoid Robots in the USA 🇺🇸 | From Cog to Optimus, Figure & Apollo
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In 1987, Abdus Salam declared that "Dirac was undoubtedly one of the greatest physicists of this or any century ... No man except Einstein has had such a decisive influence, in so short a time, on the course of physics in this century."[19] In 1995, Stephen Hawking stated that "Dirac has done more than anyone this century, with the exception of Einstein, to advance physics and change our picture of the universe."[20] Antonino Zichichi asserted that Dirac had a greater impact on modern physics than Einstein[14] while Stanley Deser remarked that "We all stand on Dirac's shoulders."[21]y
Current Documentary on Prime Video & YouTube - "Everything and Nothing" So Dirac's equation did much more than describe the electron. It unified quantum mechanics with special relativity, explained the electron's intrinsic spin, predicted its magnetic behavior, and revealed that every electron should have an antimatter partner. That combination of spin, symmetry, and antimatter prediction is why the Dirac equation is regarded as one of the most profound equations in all of physics.
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Nikola Tesla - Inventor of the Modern World Documentary
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Tom Chance (K9XV) - "The Barn" is a small ham radio station in Greenfield, Indiana. Hank and Dale take you on a tour to give you the insights of the barn itself and everything that makes it work! ___________________________________________________________
PRRA BYLAWS & CONSTITUTION
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PRRA Repeater List
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Output Frequency |
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PL Tone |
2 M IRLP / Echolink |
147.255 MHz |
+ 0.600 MHz |
W4DUX |
136.5 |
70 CM DMR |
442.925 MHz |
+5.000 MHz |
W4DUX |
N/A |
2 M |
147.015 MHz |
+ 0.600 MHz |
W4DUX |
136.5 |
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