Welcome
Hello and welcome to the home page for the Northern Florida Section of the ARRL. Our goal is to provide up to date and relevant information to amateur radio operators in the Northern Florida counties. Whether you’re here to find information on current events or interested in obtaining your license, we hope you’ll find this site useful. See something we’re missing? Want to provide an article or section news? Click here to contact us! If you have an event you’d like listed on the website, please submit it here.
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Latest Section News
- QST NFL July 2026QST NFL July 2026 What’s Inside… Section Manager Section Emergency Coordinator Index Loften High School MERT Alachua Field Day Alachua Proclamation 40-meter Inverted V Okaloosa
- QST NFL March 2026QST NFL March 2026 What’s Inside… Section Manager Section Emergency Coordinator Index Loften High School Getting Addicted Playground ARC Hamfest Volunteerism Sumter County ARES® Alachua
- Ham Radio: Eighth Dimension – FrequencyIntroducing Ham Radio to Young Adults in New Book: Eighth Dimension – Frequency To be released September 5, 2025 by Lorilyn Roberts (KO4LBS) Eighth Dimension
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General Interest Updates
- Updates to NFL ARES NetTo better align with our emergency preparedness mission, we have moved to a check-in format of calling for check-ins by section, district, and county. This
- ARRL NFL Virtual Town HallSECTION TOWN HALL MEETING Our first NLF Section Town Hall meeting will be Thursday, De- cember 5 at 6P CT/7P ET via zoom. Come join
- Solar Eclipse QSO PartiesSAVE THE DATES HamSCI Presents The Solar Eclipse QSO Parties – October 14, 2023, and April 8, 2024. Join with thousands of your fellow amateurs
- RRI Releasing New Numbered TextsThe RRI Emergency Communications Committee has released new “Numbered Radiogram Texts.” Called “Radio Relay Codes,” or “RRC Numbered Radiogram Texts.” This new version is designed