STEVE LOWMAN, N4SGL (SK) – With deepest regrets we report the passing of Steve Lowman – N4SGL on March 19, 2025. Steve was very active in the amateur radio hobby, having served as both a director and president of the Port St. Lucie Amateur Radio Association. He also served many years as the St. Lucie county ARES emergency coordinator, and was a long time member of the Florida Repeater Council. Steve also served as the ARRL Volunteer Examiner Liaison for the Port St. Lucie ARA. Steve was a friend and mentor to many Treasure Coast hams and will be missed by all who knew him. We offer our condolences to Steve’s family in their time of sorrow. (No details concerning arrangements are available at this time.)

REMINDER: Wednesday, 3/26/25 – Port St. Lucie Amateur Radio Association Monthly Meeting. Time: 7:00 PM; Location: Veterans’ Resource Center at Indian River State College, 500 NW California Blvd, Port St. Lucie. Enter the campus using the north entrance on California Blvd. Then make an immediately right turn into the parking lot. The Veterans Resource Center will be directly in front of you. After the business meeting Mina, KS4PB, will give a presentation on Fox Hunting.

FLASH NEWS: PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, Saturday, 3/29/25 – Sorry, but this one won’t be visible on Florida’s Treasure Coast. However, if you happen to find yourself in New England or New York City, you should have a viewing opportunity sometime between 6:13 AM and 7:17 AM EDT. In eastern Canada viewing times are between 5:56 AM and 8:20 AM EDT. More information: TimeandDate.com.

SPECIAL EVENT: Saturday, 4/5/25 – Port St. Lucie ARA Fox Hunt & Picnic. Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Location: Woodland Trails Park, 1485 SW Calmar Ave, Port St. Lucie, 34953. (The park is located just north of Becker Rd and east of I-95.) More details will be announced at the club’s monthly meeting on 3/26/25. (See meeting announcement above.) Club website: https://pslara.org.

WELCOME

TreasureCoastHams.com is the web home of Treasure Coast Ham News and The Grid Chaser’s Atlas of the DX World. And now we are also the temporary home of ADT Memories, including ADT Folks in the Service (a World War 2 project), The ADT Transmitter news magazine archive and more.

ABOUT TREASURE COAST HAM NEWS

Treasure Coast Ham News was a newsletter published for 5 years. It was dedicated to amateur radio on Florida’s Treasure Coast. Our mission was a simple one: to educate, entertain and inform area hams; and by doing so, increase excitement about amateur radio and encourage participation in local ham radio clubs and activities.

With the Winter 2024 issue, the newsletter was retired. All past issues are now archived on this web site in .pdf format. You can read or download them at your convenience.

Download the latest newsletter and back issues from the Newsletter page: TCHN Newsletters.

The newsletter’s email address is: [email protected].

ABOUT THE GRID CHASER’S ATLAS

The Grid Chaser’s Atlas of the DX World is a series of spreadsheets based on the Maidenhead Grid Locator system. It documents the grids occupied by all 340 DX countries / entities recognized by DX groups and most logging services. The Atlas is intended for DXers and shortwave listeners interested in documenting countries and grids where QSOs were made.

Download a copy of the Atlas here: Grid Atlas.

The email address for the Atlas is [email protected].

ABOUT THE ADT MEMORIES PAGES

ADT Folks in the Service is a project based on a series of newsletters published by The A.D.T. Company during the World War 2 years. Each newsletter contains stories and notes documenting the location and/or exploits of company associates serving in the military.

Note that The A.D.T. Company is a past name of today’s ADT, an industry leader in the security field.

The newsletters and workbook can be downloaded here: ADT Folks in the Service.

The Folks in the Service email address is: [email protected].

The ADT Transmitter is a news magazine published monthly from 1929 to 1970. Each issue contained stories describing fire and burglar alarm systems in action. More details about the magazine, along with PDF copies of selected issues, can be found on the ADT Memories page.

Click Here for the ADT Memories page.