Space Coast Amateur Radio Society, Inc.

The Space Coast Amateur Radio Society, Inc. (SCARS) was formed in 2024 to fill a gap in the amateur radio community providing public service and auxiliary communications services focused in the Central Brevard County Florida area. Members can live anywhere but the focus of our activities is from the Power Plants north of Port St. John south to Post Road.  We are a "full service" amateur radio club in that we have social activities in addition to operational activities and training to improve our member's ability to operate during a disaster when called up by our served entities.

Our Leaders have a very diverse professional and amateur radio resume.

Alan Zimmerman (KM4ND) - President

• Alan Zimmerman is a Systems and Security engineer.  He holds an Amateur Extra License.  He is part of the RACES team deployable to the Brevard County EOC and has completed the FEMA Professional Development Series and is working toward the Advanced Professional Certification while working towards his Aux-C (Auxiliary Communicator) Certification.  He enjoys all aspects of Amateur Radio including POTA and other field events, contesting, building things and mentoring others.

Dan Bevis (K4XLG) - Vice President

• Dan has been licensed since 2022 and holds an Amateur Extra License.  He enjoys QRP, hunting DX, POTA and weak signal modes.  A veteran of the US Navy where he was trained as an avionics technician gaining experince as both a flight deck troubleshooter and as a bench technician.  Dan also qualified as an instructor in the Navy and spent 3 years teaching Basic Electricty and Electronics.

Richard Segrist (N8NKV) - Treasurer

• Rick received his Novice License in the 1990’s and has upgraded to Amateur Extra.  He has completed certifications with CERT, First Aid and CPR as well as multiple FEMA classes.  Rick is a Deputy RACES Officer for Brevard County and is deployable to the EOC.  Rick is active in multiple modes including both voice and digital including digital voice with digital mobile radio (DMR).

Heather Zimmerman (K4HBZ) - Secretary

• .Heather holds an Amateur Extra license.  She has significant emergency expertise as a registered nurse working in emergency and trauma environments in Florida, Texas and Maryland. I enjoy helping people and practicing to provide auxiliary communication services.

SCARS is focused on public service and emergency communications focused in Central Brevard.  Our goal is to provide our members with engaging and challenging activities to build and develop the skills needed when we support local and county governments in times of disaster.  We are also focused on building the amateur radio community by creating a community of like minded hams