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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NI4CE – 25th ANNIVERSARY SUPPORT CHALLENGE
Twenty-five years of service is no small undertaking and achievement. Operating an Amateur Radio Repeater System that has served West Central and Southwest Florida through several major hurricanes and other emergencies, including the 9/11/2001 attack on our Homeland, has been an honor and a privilege.
You can help us celebrate NI4CE’s Silver Anniversary of continuous service to West Central and Southwest Florida. Every dollar you contribute helps keep the NI4CE Repeaters on the air, ready to provide communications support to help our communities and our neighbors when they need it the most.
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To put an extra shine on your Silver Anniversary contribution, one of our supporters, who wishes to remain anonymous, has pledged to match up to $2,500.00 donated through April 1, 2026.
The West Central Florida Group, Inc. thanks you for making NI4CE’s Silver Anniversary a very Special Event.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NI4CE
We are celebrating twenty-five years of continuous service! Yes, it was on February 23, 2001, at 4:52 PM when the 145.430 repeater took to the air for the very first time. Three days later, on February 26, 2001, the 442.950 UHF repeater joined it at the Verna Tower Site to serve the Amateur Radio community of West Central Florida.
A lot has changed since then. The NI4CE system now includes Analog repeaters at Babcock Ranch Village in Charlotte County, Boyette in Hillsborough Co., Holiday in Pasco County, Bartow in Polk County, and Lake Placid in Highlands County. The original Verna site is also home to one of the twelve NI4CE NXDN Digital Repeaters, linked around the clock to provide continuous service from Ocala to Fort Myers, to the attractions in Orlando, and everywhere else in between.
None of this would be possible without the loyalty and financial support of the Amateur Radio operators who use the NI4CE systems. Thank you! None of this would continue to be possible without the generous and ongoing support we receive from partners like Cox Media Group, iHeart Media, Tampa Tower Partners, Vertical Bridge, American Tower Corp., Polk County Emergency Management, Sumter County Emergency Management, Charlotte County Emergency Management, and the City of Sanibel. And a big thanks to the past and present members of the West Central Florida Group, Inc. Board, who keep all the electronics and this website running. It is no small undertaking.
N I 4 C E … now in our twenty-sixth year of bringing people together!
New Version of WXMsg (2.0.0.1) Now Available for Download
A new version of WXMsg is now available for download. This new version has enhancements such as Dynamic Talkgroups, Frequently Used Messages (FUMs), SKYWARN(tm) Event Messages, and Weather Data Forms. WXMsg is now on it’s own page on the NI4CE web page under the NXDN menu tab. You can get directly to the WXMsg page by clicking here.
Due to Unauthorized Transmissions on the NI4CE System disrupting our Nightly Net Operations, some communications may be limited in use. If you know of or have any information you may want to share about this intentional disruption, please email TRUSTEE@NI4CE.ORG.
Your Donations Help Power the NI4CE Repeater System
Donations to support the repeater system can be made to the West Central Florida Group, Inc. Enhance your Amateur Radio experience now. Just click on one of the buttons below to make your tax-deductible contribution via PayPal. The West Central Florida Group, Inc. also accepts checks and money orders, which can be mailed to:
11931 92nd Way North
Largo, FL 33773-4321
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A New Addition to the NI4CE NXDN flxNET Repeater System in Fort Myers
A new NXDN repeater in Fort Myers is on the air as of Tuesday, October 21 and is now on the NI4CE NXDN system. The frequency is 444.675. It is located at the Lee Co. EOC in Fort Myers, FL. This is just Southwest of I-75 and Exit 138. You’ll hear more about this repeater on the Wednesday night NXDN nets. You can view it on the NI4CE NXDN repeater map by clicking here.