{"id":773,"date":"2019-05-07T14:44:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T14:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polkares.org\/?page_id=773"},"modified":"2026-02-18T23:58:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:58:57","slug":"ni4ce-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/polkares.org\/?page_id=773","title":{"rendered":"NI4CE System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Also known as \u201cBig Stick\u201d, <a href=\"http:\/\/NI4CE.org\">NI4CE <\/a>is West Central Florida\u2019s regional VHF\/UHF Amateur Radio communications connection.&nbsp;&nbsp;NI4CE covers all or parts of twelve different counties and provides seamless coverage along the areas I-75 and I-4 corridors.&nbsp; All sites are linked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Polk ARES SKYWARN\u00ae activities, the NI4CE system is used predominately as our <strong>backup <\/strong>should one or more of the WC4PEM repeaters become inoperative. When Polk ARES shifts into an Emergency net, ie: we have operators at the EOC and\/or in shelters, SKYWARN\u00ae activities would be shifted to the NI4CE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with the WC4PEM system repeaters, operators within Polk County &#8211; ARES and non-ARES &#8211; should also monitor the NI4CE system repeaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polkares.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NI4CE_ANALOG_23AUG24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/polkares.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NI4CE_ANALOG_23AUG24-1024x863.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polkares.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NI4CE_ANALOG_23AUG24-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/polkares.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NI4CE_ANALOG_23AUG24-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/polkares.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NI4CE_ANALOG_23AUG24-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/polkares.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NI4CE_ANALOG_23AUG24-1536x1295.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/polkares.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/NI4CE_ANALOG_23AUG24.jpg 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Repeater Frequencies:  (all use a tone of 100.0)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bartow          442.825 +<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Riverview      442.550 +  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verna            145.430 &#8211;  &amp;  442.950 +    <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lake Placid   443.950 +<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holiday         443.450 +<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NI4CE NXDN<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with the extensive analog coverage by the NI4CE analog repeater system, an addition to the emcomm toolbox has been added now with the NI4CE NXDN network of repeaters.  Many West Central Florida EOCs, as well as the National Weather Service office in Ruskin, are equipped with NXDN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NI4CE Digital network is compatible with ICOM IDAS\u2122 and Kenwood NEXedge\u2122 portable and mobile radios. These radios operate with one-fourth the bandwidth of a conventional, analog Amateur Radio transceiver but with clarity that analog transceivers cannot match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NXDN NI4CE repeater system was key to assisting radio amateurs provide emergency communications during hurricane Ian.  In fact, check out pages 67 &amp; 68 of the February 2023 QST magazine, and you\u2019ll find an article titled \u201cNotes from a Catastrophe: Hurricane Ian.\u201d During this emergency, \u201cNXDN radios provided clear, dependable communications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a coverage map and frequencies of the NI4CE NXDN repeater system.  Note: Two additional NXDN repeaters have been added to the NI4CE repeater system in Laurel, and in Sumter County at the Villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polkares.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/NI4CE_NXDN_19JAN25.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ni4ce.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/NI4CE_NXDN_18FEB26.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3099787685774946;width:794px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also known as \u201cBig Stick\u201d, NI4CE is West Central Florida\u2019s regional VHF\/UHF Amateur Radio communications connection.&nbsp;&nbsp;NI4CE covers all or parts of twelve different counties and provides seamless coverage along the areas I-75 and I-4 corridors.&nbsp; All sites are linked. For Polk ARES SKYWARN\u00ae activities, the NI4CE system is used predominately as our backup should one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-773","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polkares.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polkares.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polkares.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polkares.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polkares.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/polkares.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3040,"href":"https:\/\/polkares.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/773\/revisions\/3040"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polkares.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polkares.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}