Recent Site Updates
06/29/26  News Headlines <click here>
06/28/26  DX Opportunities <click here>
06/25/26  Added New Repairs & Parts page <click here>
06/05/26  For Sale page <click here>
05/02/26  OP-ED page <click here>

SAVE THE DATE… WORLD RADIO SPORT TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: July 11, 2026. It’s the Olympics of amateur radio. Held every 4 years, the championship pits 50 of the best 2-man teams from around the world against each other in a 24-hour contest. This year’s event will be live-streamed. Be sure not to miss out on the festivities. More info on our News Headlines page: Click here, and on the WRTC web site: https://www.wrtc2026.org/.

VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKE ALERT. Amateurs are urged to keep 7.135 MHz in the 40-meter band clear for emergency communications in the wake of two severe earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday, June 24. Early reports indicate numerous casualties and extensive damage, with search and rescue operations under way. Please keep 7.135 MHz clear for emergency traffic.

WORLD CUP 2026: MIAMI SPECIAL EVENT STATION K4C NEEDS OPERATORS. If you can serve as a volunteer operator at any time between June 11 and July 19, 2026, please see the article on our News Headlines page for details and registration information: Click here. Or visit the special event web site: https://wc2026ses.org/.

13 COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT 2026. This year’s event will take place July 1-7, 2026. Sixteen stations participate in this yearly event, each offering a custom QSL card. A certificate is also available for a successful contact with one or more stations. See our News Headlines page for details: Click here. Or visit the special event web site: https://13colonies.us/.

VIEW OUR NEW OPINIONS & EDITORIALS PAGE. A newly added article, “It Ain’t No Fishing Tale” discusses antennas and whether to build or buy them. Click here for the article. Click here to view the OP-ED page.

STATION EQUIPMENT FOR SALE. The estate of Ken Lenz, WA4ABR (SK), past president of the Port Saint Lucie Amateur Radio Association is liquidating much of Ken’s radio equipment. See the For Sale page on this site for details: Click here. The equipment list is also posted on the PSLARA web site: https://pslara.org/docs/460.D.pdf

NEWS FLASH: ARRL urges licensed amateurs to write their representatives in Congress and request support for H.R. 1094 and S. 4459 to permit antennas in HOAs. The full text of the request and a link to send a letter are available here: http://www.arrl.org/member-bulletin?issue=2025-09-17

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REMINDER: CLUB DUES ARE DUE. It’s that time of the year again. Most of the local amateur radio clubs collect yearly dues in January. The annual dues we pay supports club activities and repeater maintenance. If you are a member of a club, please show your support by paying your 2026 dues. If you are not a member of your local club, please consider joining.

ATTENTION Treasure Coast HF & DX Group Participants: The Bob Evans restaurant where the group has held its monthly breakfast get togethers for the past several years has permanently closed. Efforts are ongoing to find a new conveniently located meeting place. Watch for further updates. The full story is available on the Ham News page: Click here.

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: tchamnews@gmail.com.

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 gridatlas@gmail.com.

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: folksintheservice@gmail.com.

The ADT Transmitter was 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.