ARRL Hudson Division 
September 2001
Hudson Division Beacon - e-mail edition
By Frank Fallon, N2FF, Director, Hudson Division, ARRL
30 East Williston Avenue, East Williston, NY 11596
(516) 746-7652
n2ff@arrl.org
Hudson Division Home Page - http://www.arrlhudson.org

ARRL Members

Please continue to spread the word to others who may want to receive this
information that they will need to access the ARRL members only web site and
after becoming a member they must edit their profile and elect to receive
bulletins from the Section Manager and Director.

It's back to school and back to a regular schedule of club meetings now that
it's September. Here is where I will be this month. Please stop by and chat,
ask a few questions, or let us know what you think about ARRL programs.

Hudson Division Director's Schedule:

September 8 - Saratoga County RACES Hamfest - Ballston Spa. (ENY)
September 9 - LIMARC Hamfest - Briarcliff College (NLI)
September 10 - SARA Meeting - Schenectady, NY (ENY)
September 13 - YCCC Area Meeting - Empire Radio Club, Brooklyn, NY (NLI)
September 14 - AARA Meeting - Albany, NY (ENY)
September 16 - LI Club President's Meeting - Babylon, NY (NLI)
September 20 - RCARC - Rocky Point, NY (NLI)
September 21 - LIDXA - Farmingdale, NY (NLI)
September 28, 29, 30 - CQ WW RTTY Contest - the BIG RTTY contest - please
work me!


CONTESTS

The contest season will soon be upon us. While some of us love contests many
do not and complain that they frequently cannot make their weekend schedules
as a result of contest activity. Fortunately nearly all contests are single
mode events so you can use the other mode to make the sked or even switch to
a WARC band. It may also be a good idea to check the QST "Contest Corral"
column to see what you will be up against before you set the schedule time,
mode and band. When you check the "Contest Corral" you will notice that
actually very few of the contests are sponsored by ARRL. Many are contests
sponsored by other national societies, club or magazines and ARRL has no
control over their scheduling.

For many, contests are sources of QSL cards for awards such as DXCC, WAS,
WAC, WPX or grid squares and counties. I was lured into contesting back in
the 1960's when I realized that it was a way to work new DXCC countries with
the small station I had back then. The forty-eight hour contests offer
nearly every station a chance to work a really rare one on the second day
when the competition has died down. Sunday is frequently the day when the
antenna challenged station that is using low power will make it into the
log. By Sunday morning or afternoon many fairly rare ones have usually worn
down the big pile up. That can be the time the proverbial wet noodle gets
through. Be sure to look at ten meters in any contest. It appears that the
current sunspot cycle is already on the downward sloop, so get them while
you still can. It will get harder and harder each year to do it on ten until
the next cycle nears a peak. That's a long time away.

September is the last month to do the necessary antenna and station work
before the coming contest season. The first waves of contests are the CQ
contests that are always at the last full weekend of the month. CQ Magazine
runs a RTTY contest in September, an SSB contest in October and a CW contest
in September. I plan to operate in all three. I'll do the SSB contest from
Vermont as part of the multi-multi team at W2AX's super station and the
other two will be done from home. If all goes well and the weather
cooperates, no ice and snow, I will probably also do the ARRL Ten Meter
Contest from W2AX's station in Vermont - December 8 and 9 for the third year
in a row.

In the ARRL 2001 RTTY Roundup I had 695 QSO's with three entrants in NLI and
won section but not division. Two stations beat me in the division, K2NJ
with 934 QSO's and NO2T with 940 QSO's. Both of them were using two radios
and I have as yet to get that going here so I am very happy with my results.
You really cannot get in the top ten in this contest without using two
radios. In fact one of the top guys uses three radios.

There were 803 participants with 691 logs. K5ZD set a record with his first
serious effort, which was a record for SOHP with 1801 QSOs. His closest
competition was AA5AU (he uses three radios) in LA with 1591 QSO's. No one
in NY or NJ broke 1000 QSO's.

TEN METER CONTEST RESULTS....

This 10-Meter Contest was the largest ARRL Contest ever with over 3300
participants in 108 DXCC countries and all 50 states and VE areas with some
2875 logs received and 39 new ARRL/RAC division records set. Mark December
7, 8, and 9 in your calendar for this year's event.

The Order of Boiled Owls really hooted here. In the Club Medium Category we
had 3.1 million points with six logs. We were number 14 out of 39 clubs in
that category. Pretty good showing for a club with only 14 members and not
all of them active in the contest. (Perhaps you might want to consider
getting your club to enter a few contestes this season.) In the local
category HVCXA had 5 entrants with 4.6 mil and came in second. Owl
President, KS2G, came in tenth USA in low power phone with a great
performance. K2LE also came in tenth USA for CW only high power. The Owls
also did well in Regional Leaders category. In the Northeast Region N2FF was
number 10 in phone and K2LE was number 9 in cw.

K2LE was top CW station in VT with 1663 QSO's and N2FF was number 2 in VT
SSB with 1953 QSO's. Number one VT was W1SJ with 2329, some 376 QSO's more.
The gap is getting closer. Last year he beat me by 500 QSO's. One of the
problems is that most of the time I was running at about 28715 to get away
from Andy's cw. That is bit too high in the band I think for most people to
find me. I also spent almost no time searching for multipliers.

WANT TO JOIN A NEW NLI CONTEST CLUB?

If you are interested in joining a contest club you may want to check
theYankee Clipper Contest Club Meeting on Thursday, September 13, at the
Seaport Buffet, 2027 Emmons Ave, Brooklyn NY 11235 at 8 pm. This meeting is
sponsored by the newly formed Empire Contest Club. Meeting agenda is a
technical talk on logging programs plus formation of Regional/Affinity
Teams. Discussion on Local area recognition programs. Contact Rich AA2MF at
718-980-1104 or aa2mf@arrl.net for information.

NEW YORK TOWER BILL STILL HAS A CHANCE FOR PASSAGE THIS YEAR.... Hope,
hope....

Assembly bill A.1565C and Senate bill S.2893C are still alive in Albany
thanks to the efforts of many who headed our plea and sent e-mails and made
telephone calls. Both bills are currently in the Rules Committee. The
legislature, we have been informed, will be back in session next week on
September 12th. The BIG QUESTION is: will they do any work other than budget
matters. Our sponsors believe the bills still have a chance this year. We
have our fingers crossed. At this point we are attempting to garner letters
of support from influential organizations we service in emergencies.

As we have pointed out before it is impossible to tell if there will be any
further action on the bills for the remainder of the year. The legislative
process is currently in turmoil with the governor at odds with both Silver
and now Bruno over the budget. It is NOT a good climate in which to get
action on a bill. But that can change before the year is over and we will be
back again next year if necessary. In the Assembly the bill will remain in
the Rules Committee whereas in the Senate it will have to again start in the
Local Government Committee. As we have already been though those committees
this year it should be easy to move through them again. A bill has a life of
two years, so if there is no further action this year we will be back at it
again next year with the same numbers. 

If you have not yet written or e-mailed please do so. I again urge New York
hams to continue sending the same message to Albany, "Please enact the
Amateur Radio legislation - A.1565C and S.2893." Contact Senate Majority
Leader Joe Bruno bruno@senate.state.ny.us, House Speaker Sheldon Silver
speaker@assembly.state.ny.us and Governor George Pataki,
gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us--a former ham (K2ZCZ) and a current ARRL
member--each have the power to bring these bills to the floor for a vote.
Additional information on how to contact key lawmakers is available on the
Hudson Division Web site, http://www.arrlhudson.org. You may want to send
QSL cards this time around. The governor knows what they are.

RIVER EDGE NEW JERSEY TOWER ORDINANCE PUT ON HOLD

On Tuesday evening, September 4th , the Borough of River Edge tabled an
ordinance amendment for a re-write. Tony Izzo, K2AMI, and Bill James,WA2QHL,
both residents of River Edge have been dealing with the town on this issue
for the past two years. (W2ML and I both attended a meeting in River Edge a
few months ago.) According to Tony, "The Borough attorney, Sam Cereste,
called an informal meeting with the Amateur Radio operators present that
night and realized that local hams were very unhappy with the modifications
that were proposed. He spoke to the Mayor and they decided to table the
ordinance." Although I was unable to attend the meeting I did send a five
page fax to the mayor and council members early Tuesday detailing problems
in the amendment. I later mailed original copies of the faxed letters.
According to K2AMI, "He (the town attorney) also said that he does not
understand what our needs are." We will continue over the next few months to
help them get it.

NEW CLUB MEMBERSHIP COMMISSION PROGRAM

ARRL is ALWAYS interested in getting more members. Larger membership
translates into more lobbying clout and advertising income which can be
spent on services to members. Jim Haynie and the entire ARRL Board of
Directors would love to see 200,000 plus ARRL members. Most local clubs
would love to have more money in their treasury. Well, here is a way do
something for you local club while helping ham radio all at the same time.
The following letter was recently sent to all club contact individuals by
Debra Jahnke, ARRL Circulation Manager. If your club did not yet see it, you
may need to update the club database on the web and edit the club contact
information.

Should your club want to hold an ARRL membership drive night, please let me
know, I'll be there!

Dear ARRL Affiliated Club,

This letter is to inform you of some exciting changes to the ARRL Club
Membership Commission Program.

For quite some time, we've received input from numerous clubs that the
commission amounts offered have provided very little incentive for them to
become active ARRL membership recruiters.

Well, all that changes on October 1, 2001. If you choose to participate,
your club can earn $15 for each brand new ARRL member that you recruit.
That's triple the previous commission amount!

Other than the dramatic increase in your commission amount for the
recruitment of new members, not much else has changed. We'll outline
everything fully below:

In order to offer the dramatically increased commission mentioned above, we
will no longer offer the $2.00 commissions for renewal/lapsed member
submissions. Beginning October 1, 2001, the Club Membership Commission
Program applies to new member acquisition only. A new member is defined as
an individual who has never previously held ARRL Membership OR an individual
who has not been an ARRL member for two or more years. Renewal, lapsed,
Blind, Family and Youth Memberships do not qualify for any commission.

You'll note that the redesigned membership application (attached) clearly
indicates that only new memberships (defined above) qualify for the
commission and that the club will retain $15 for each completed application.
This is done for a specific purpose. Obviously, you have no way to guarantee
that the sign-up really is a new member. If an applicant checks off "New
Member" and, upon receipt of the application at Hq., we find that he/she
does not qualify for the commission (see above paragraph), the membership
term will be pro-rated based on the amount of funds we receive.

As a courtesy to your club members, you may wish to forward memberships
along to Hq. even if they do not qualify for any commission. You'll find
that rather than providing you with multiple types of applications, we've
incorporated this option into one all-purpose membership form. 

We must insist that you forward memberships to Hq. in a timely manner.
Repeated complaints from members prompted by delays in forwarding
applications could result in the club's disqualification from the Club
Membership Commission Program. 

This commission program can not be combined with any other ARRL premium or
coupon offer. 

As always, we appreciate your input and if you find that certain features of
the application or reconciliation tally sheet (attached) could be better
tailored to suit your needs, please let us know. 

We hope that this revised program will achieve two goals. New and lapsed
member recruitment is a top priority for ARRL. Your expertise in recruiting
these members is an invaluable resource. The other goal? We want to properly
reward you for your efforts and feel that tripling the commission will show
you how much your assistance is valued. 

Please contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to your club's
participation in the new ARRL Club Membership Program. 

WASHINGTON: HAM RADIO DAY AT THE FCC - September 18th

Steve Mansfield, N1MZA, ARRL Legislative and Public Relations Manager,
reports that ARRL has reserved a room on the 8th Floor at the FCC (where the
commissioners hang their hats!) for a day-long reception by Amateur Radio
operators and a demonstration of why we still count in the
telecommunications infrastructure of the US, in spite of all the amazing new
radio-related gadgets flooding the consumer, business and government
markets. The demonstration and reception will be on September 18 from 10AM
to 4PM, with President Haynie presiding. It features an open invitation to
all FCC employees with special emphasis on Commissioners, and VIPs both from
within the Commission and from Capitol Hill and federal agencies. The
objective is to reinforce the image of Amateur Radio among federal policy
makers as an important element in the nation's communications system.

According to ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, "... the date is a religious
holiday and we were sensitive to this, but the 18th was chosen by Peter
Tenhula, Chief of Staff to the Chairman. After weighing all the other
options, I felt that taking what we could get was the best course of
action." Tenhula said that this was the only date he could promise Chairman
Powel would be able to attend.

Watch for a report on the ARRL web site later in the month.

ARRL ANNOUNCES AMATEUR INTERFERENCE PROJECT

The ARRL has inaugurated the Amateur Radio Interference Assessment (ARIA)
project. The effort will involve amateur volunteers across the country to
assess the noise levels primarily from unlicensed devices in bands above 400
MHz.

ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, has advised the FCC that ARRL plans to
conduct ARIA as a "real-world " noise study. The League will contribute its
results to an overall radio noise study sponsored by the FCC Technological
Advisory Council. The TAC study will look into whether noise generated by
low-power unlicensed Part 15 devices is on the rise and whether it's
adversely impacting other services.

ARRL's role will be to measure radio noise in the amateur bands above 400
MHz, with initial emphasis on the band 2400-2450 MHz, where Bluetooth and
IEEE 802.11b-protocol wireless local area networks are gaining popularity.
The ARIA's noise-measurement program will begin with some exploratory tests
by the ARRL Laboratory. Long-term tests starting next year will assess noise
trends on the UHF/microwave bands over a period of several years to
determine if the situation is staying the same, getting worse or getting
better. "If it's getting worse, as some suspect, we will then be armed with
factual data to develop a strategy for continued Amateur Radio access to the
UHF/microwave spectrum, " said ARRL Technical Relations Manager Paul
Rinaldo, W4RI.

ARIA is attempting to identify volunteers to participate in the program.
Rinaldo asked that "qualified and motivated " individuals send resumes and
information related to test and measurement capability and equipment
availability to aria@arrl.org.

Initial volunteers should be willing to review the test plan, have receiving
equipment and antennas capable of covering the 2400-2450 MHz band in a
vehicle, and be able to report results in a timely manner.

Thanks, ARRL Letter.

FCC ACTION PUTS AMATEUR ALLOCATION IN PERIL

The FCC has included a primary Amateur Service allocation among bands it
plans to examine to support the introduction of advanced wireless systems,
including third-generation (3G) mobile systems. Meeting August 9, the FCC
said it will seek comments on reallocating some spectrum in the 2390 to 2400
MHz amateur segment as well as in the non-amateur 1.9 and 2.1 GHz bands for
unspecified mobile and fixed services.

The FCC adopted a Memorandum Opinion and Order and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking that explores additional bands to support advanced
wireless and 3G services. The FCC said the further proceeding supplements
the record of its January 2000 advanced wireless spectrum proposals by
providing "new allocation options," adding that it would "seek comment on
the benefits and costs of each."

The Commission said it "intends to explore spectrum options that would
complement, rather than substitute for" alternatives identified in the
January 2000 NPRM. Besides 2390 to 2400 MHz, the additional bands are
1910-1930 MHz, 1990-2025 MHz, 2150-2160 MHz, and 2165-2200 MHz. The
2390-2400 MHz band is also available for certain unlicensed uses under FCC
Part 15 rules.

ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, cautioned the Amateur Radio
community to hold off any comments to the FCC until the Commission actually
issues its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and requests comments.

In addition to 2390 to 2400 MHz, the Amateur Service has primary allocations
in this part of the spectrum at 2402 to 2417 MHz. The ARRL has asked the FCC
to grant the Amateur Service primary status at 2400 to 2402 MHz. Earlier
this year, the ARRL re-petitioned the FCC for primary status at 2300 to 2305
MHz.

Thanks, ARRL Bulletin.

ADDITIONAL 2300 PROBLEMS

In a spectrum battle pitting Amateur Radio against a commercial interest,
the ARRL and AeroAstro recently filed comments with the FCC to bolster their
respective--and competing--proposals for 2300 to 2305 MHz. ARRL has
petitioned to elevate the Amateur Service from secondary to primary status
on the band and requested that no commercial operations be introduced.
AeroAstro seeks co-primary status with the Amateur Service to accommodate a
Miscellaneous Wireless Communication Service satellite-based
position-monitoring system.

The ARRL has characterized AeroAstro's petition as "a Trojan horse" and said
there's no possibility that hams and an auctioned MWCS service could
coordinate operations on the band.

AeroAstro claims that the 1 W spread-spectrum uplinks of its proposed
Satellite Enabled Notification System (SENS) and Amateur Radio can share the
5 MHz of spectrum and still protect the nearby NASA Deep Space Network.
While contending that it "does not seek to cut back current Amateur
operations in the band," AeroAstro also called on the FCC to impose severe
power and antenna limitations on hams at 2300-2305 MHz.

Under the AeroAstro proposal, Amateurs would be limited to 100 W output and
antennas with a beamwidth no greater than 5 degrees for "narrowbeam"
operation such as Earth-Moon-Earth communication. For other operation,
AeroAstro wants the FCC to limit amateurs to 25 W EIRP.

"This is totally unacceptable," the ARRL retorted in its comments, adding
that the restrictions would preclude most amateur operations in the band.

A co-primary allocation such as AeroAstro proposes also would make no
provision to mitigate interference. The ARRL said the FCC already has made
"adequate accommodation" for services such as the one AeroAstro has proposed
"without compromising the 2300-2305 MHz Amateur allocation."

The ARRL concluded that technical limitations proposed for MWCS in the band
"would not be sufficient to avoid interference to sensitive Amateur
receivers, and no coordinated operation between the two services is possible
under the circumstances."

Thanks, ARRL Bulletin.

MEDIA RELATIONS AWARD APPLICATIONS DUE 

Nominations for this year's Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award
are now being accepted. The announcement ran on the Web as a news story and
the information appears on the PR Department Web site. Fliers were mailed to
approximately 6,000 media outlets throughout the U.S. We've already had
several requests for nomination forms. 

BERGEN AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION ANNUAL FALL HAMFEST 

Check http://www.bara.org for directions and a map. Talk-in on 146.19/79

BARA has a new site for its hamfest. This is only the second time they are
using the new site, so please follow the directions below and note the talk
in frequency in case you get lost.

Saturday Oct.6th, 2001 from 8:00 AM till 2:00 PM, rain or shine, at the
Westwood Regional JR/SR High School, 701 Ridgewood Road, Washington
Township, NJ 07675

BARA HAMFEST DIRECTIONS

FROM GARDEN STATE PARKWAY NORTHBOUND
Exit Parkway at Exit 185. After paying toll, bear right toward Oradell. At
the first traffic light make a left onto Pascack Road. At the second traffic
light you will see The Bacari restaurant diagonally to your left. Make a
right (Ridgewood Road) and continue 1/4 mile to the high school, on your
right.

FROM GARDEN STATE PARKWAY SOUTHBOUND
Exit Parkway at Exit 166 Continue on Highland Avenue until the end. Charley
Brown's restaurant will be in front of you. Make a right onto Linwood Avenue
and continue until the end (approx. 200 yards). Make a left onto Pascack
Road. At the first traffic light you will see the Bacari restaurant
diagonally to your left. Make a right (Ridgewood Road) and continue 1/4 mile
to the high school, on your right.

FROM ROUTE 17 NORTH
Exit the highway at the Linwood Avenue East Exit. Take Linwood until the
End. Make a left onto Pascack Road. At the first traffic light you will see
The Bacari restaurant diagonally to your left. Make a right (Ridgewood Road)
and continue 1/4 mile to the high school, on your right.

FROM ROUTE 17 SOUTH
Exit the highway at Linwood Avenue Exit. Make a jug handle turn coming back
over Route 17 and take Llnwood Avenue until the end. Make a left onto
Pascack Road. At the first traffic light you will see The Bacari restaurant
diagonally to your left. Make a right (Ridgewood Road) and continue 1/4 mile
to the high school, on your right 

FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE
Follow signs for Route 4 West. Take Route 4 West to Route 17 North. Follow
directions from Route 17 North.

HAPPENINGS IN NLI (credit to N2GA, NLI SM, for most of the following
information)

NLI Club Presidents met on Sunday, August 12, to discuss issues of interest
to the clubs. The primary focus of this meeting was hamfests and new laws in
NY State with respect to sales tax. Both Steve, W2ML, and I were there and
we were both happy to see the clubs getting together to form a uniform
effort to deal with this serious issue. Another meeting of this group will
take place on Sunday, September 16, at 10 AM at Babylon Town Hall EOC, on
Sunrise Highway in North Lindenhurst. New York State Club Presidents or
their representatives are encouraged to attend. For more information,
contact Phil Lewis, N2MUN, at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@optonline.net. 

National Traffic System News: NLI-CW Net (NLI/cw), 3630 KHz, 7:30 pm local,
Monday through Friday accepts all stations regardless of speed, and our
NCS's always answer calling stations at their own speed (the usual speed of
the net call up on NLI is never faster than 17 wpm so even 10 wpm guys and
gals can usually catch enough to figure out). Contact Section Traffic
Manager, Charlie Ferrando, WA2YOW, at wa2yow@arrl.net. Suffolk County VHF
Traffic Net is on 145.210 repeater on Mondays thru Thursdays at 8:00 PM. Net
control is Claire, WA2VZK. Contact Claire at caheil@aol.com. Nassau County
VHF Traffic Net is daily at 7:30 PM on 146.805 repeater. NY City VHF Traffic
Net is daily at 8 PM on 146.43.

Emil Tillona, KD1F, is the NLI section DXCC card checker and is avaiable for
field checking of QSL cards for your DXCC Award. If interested, please
contact Emil at etillona@interserv.com

The Great South Bay ARC is holding a DXCC card checking paper- work session
on Saturday, September 8, at Babylon Town Hall EOC, Sunrise Highway, North
Lindenhurst at 11 am. Contact Phil Lewis, N2MUN, at 631-226-0698 or
n2mun@optonline.net

Great South Bay ARC is hosting Emil Tilona, KD1F, for a DXCC card checking
session. The session will be held at Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise
Highway, North Lindenhurst at 10 AM. Pre-registration is required. Contact
Phil Lewis, N2MUN, at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@optonline.net

NYC / Long Island Section Club Presidents meeting will be held on Sunday,
September 16, at 10 am at Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Highway,
North Lindenhurst. All area club presidents are invited. Contact Phil Lewis,
N2MUN, at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@optonline.net

The United States Postal Service is having a Postal Family Day gathering on
Sunday, Sept. 16, from 11 am to 4 PM. The event will be held at the Melville
Post Office, 718 Walt Whitman Rd, Melville, NY 11747. This is just off Route
110 across from the Huntington Hilton. They are inviting Amateur Radio to
set up a display and information booth. If you are interested in helping
out, contact Tom Carrubba, KA2D, at 631-422-9494 or ka2d@arrl.net

The Long Island QRP Club will hold a club meeting on Saturday, September 29,
at Sunken Meadow State Park, area 4, at 11 AM. Bring rigs, batteries,
antennas, etc., and we'll put some gear on the air. There are lots of trees
in the picnic area where we'll be meeting. For more info, contact Jeff
WB5GWB at wb5gwb@arrl.net or see their website:
http://users.erols.com/tjmc/liqrp.htm 

ARRL NY City / Long Island Section staff meeting is Sunday, September 30,
2001, starting at 9:30 am at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise
Highway, North Lindenhurst. All section staff and other ARRL appointees are
invited to attend. Contact George Tranos, N2GA, at 631-286-7562 or
n2ga@arrl.org for more information.

NLI WEBPAGE

The Section Webpage contains LOTS of great information on section
happenings, VE session, Education, Clubs, section staff, and much more! See
http://www.arrlhudson.org/nli Please contact the webmaster, Tom Carrubba,
KA2D, (ka2d@arrl.net) to add events or other things to this page.

GREAT SOUTH BAY ARC HAS A GOOD TIME AT LIGHHOUSE WEEKEND 

Great South Bay ARC was active at Fire Island Lighthouse as part of
International Lighthouse / Lightship Weekend. There were three stations on
the air as W2GSB when we visited on Sunday, August 18th. The club managed to
erect a tower and a beam plus a number of dipoles. While I did not make any
QSOs on 40meter ssb it was not for lack of trying. I think GSBARC members
had already worked everyone there was to work on that band by the time I sat
down to operate. My wife and I spent about two hours talking to friendly
club members. We met some fifteen or so members who all looked to be having
a good time showing off ham radio to the visitors at the lighthouse. GSBARC
thanks for a job well done.

AREA HAMFESTS - Please NOTE a previously scheduled hamfest has been
cancelled

September 8 Saratoga County RACES - Ballston Spa, NY
http://www.capital.net/users/lake 
Contact: Darlene Lake, N2XQG 
314 Louden Road, #84 
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: 518-587-2385
Email: lake@capital.net

September 9 Long Island Mobile ARC - Bethpage, NY
http://www.limarc.org 
Contact: Ed Muro, K2EPM 
PO Box 392 
Levittown, NY 11756
Phone: 516-520-9311
Email: hamfest@limarc.org

September 16 CANCELLED - Tinton Falls, NJ
Garden State ARA 
INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR SPACES

October 6 Bergan Amateur Radio Association - Washington Township 
http://www.bara.org This is a new location see directions in the text above.
Contact: Jim Joyce K2ZO
286 Ridgewood Blvd. No.
Westwood, NJ 07675
Phone: 201-664-6725
Email: jjjoyce@cybernex.net