Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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ARRL NYC/LI January E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI -- Welcome! This is the January edition of the NY City / Long Island "ehappenings" Section newsletter! This newsletter is here to serve the Amateur Radio community in our area. I welcome and encourage all submissions. Please help make this your newsletter! I especially encourage officers of the area's Amateur Radio clubs to submit their meeting announcements, guest speakers and special events. QST Section News The QST Section News column for March 2002 is due on January 12. If you or your club has anything which you feel is of interest to the other members in the section, please contact me before January 12. Clubs - please send me the names of your new officers for 2002! HAPPENINGS Happy New Year! The NLI Section Staff joins me in wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year. As 2002 dawns, I'd like to thank anyone who was active in Amateur Radio during 2001. It was quite a year - one in which our emergency communications skills were tested and our unique capacity to generate international goodwill was shown. Good luck to each of you in 2002. NLI Website has moved! Please visit us now at our new location - http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli Ham Radio University 2002 - The ARRL NYC/LI Section Convention is THIS month - Sunday, January 20, 2002, at Babylon Town Hall Annex on Phelps Lane in North Babylon. It runs from 8 am to 4 pm. The last planning meeting for this third annual event will be on Tuesday, January 15 at 7 pm at Babylon Town EOC. Come down and help make this the best HRU ever! Contact HRU Chairman Phil Lewis N2MUN at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@arrl.net or ARRL NLI Section Manager George Tranos N2GA at 631-286-7562 or n2ga@arrl.org. HRU 2002 Forum Schedule - January 20, 2002 ID# Time Name/Description and moderator 1A 9:00 - 9:55 Dxing - Marty Miller NN2C Learn about the correct method to snag that rare DX station 1B 9:00 - 9:55 Skywarn - Scott Reynolds Skywarn / Severe Weather 1C 9:00 - 9:55 Intro to Ham Radio - Len Battista W2FX Introduction to and discussion of Amateur Radio 1D 9:00 - 9:55 Antenna myths - Howard Liebman W2QUV Debunking Antenna Myths 2A 10:00 - 10:55 Contesting - Mel Granick KS2G Getting Started in Amateur Radio Contesting 2B 10:00 - 10:55 APRS & APRN - John Blowsky KB2SCS Automatic Packet Reporting System, and Automatic Picture Relay Network 2C 10:00 - 10:55 Purchasing Equip - Phil Lewis N2MUN Guide to purchasing Amateur Radio equipment 2D 10:00 - 10:55 Emergency Antennas - Sid Wolin K2LJH Emergency antennas and power 3A 11:00 - 1155 Antenna - Mike Kozma WY2U Antenna theory and practical uses 3B 11:00 - 11:55 HF Digital - Edmund "Ned" Bassick KA1CVV Learn about HF Digital Modes including PSK31 3C 11:00 - 11:55 Handi Talkies - Walter Wenzel KA2RGI Handi Talkies, mobiles and repeaters 3D 11:00 - 11:55 QRP - Norm Wesler K2YEW Low Power Communications fun 4A 12:00 - 12:55 ARRL - George Tranos N2GA Learn about the American Radio Relay League and its programs 5A 1:00 - 1:55 QSLing - Rich Gelber K2WR All about QSLing 5B 1:00 - 1:55 Satellite - Bill Scheibel N2NFI How to work Phase 3D and other amateur radio satellites 5C 1:00 - 1:55 Antenna Tips - Phil Lewis N2MUN Practical tips on antenna installations 5D 1:00 - 1:55 Kit Building - Neil Heft KC2KY Tips and Techniques on how to build your next radio 6A 2:00 - 2:55 Tower Regs - Dave Nardo W2UQ Help in your tower installation and approval process 6B 2:00 - 2:55 6 Meters - Ken Neubeck WB2AMU Learn about the fascinating 50 MHz "magic" ham band 6C 2:00 - 2:55 Ask the Experts - Diane Ortiz K2DO and a team of experts Experts will answer your technical questions 6D 2:00 - 2:55 Disaster Communications - Tom Carrubba KA2D Disaster Communications - The "Real" Thing 7A 3:00 - 3:55 VE Session - GSBARC VE Team Amateur Radio Exams for all licenses Welcome back to the Brooklyn Technical High School ARC who have reaffiliated with the ARRL! For more information about Brooklyn Tech, contact Lewis Malchick N2RQ at his callbook address. From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: As the result of a successful NWS/ARRL Skywarn Recognition Day and a very good coordinators meeting, the National Weather Service will have a Skywarn representative and a NWS person at HRU2002. Also HRU2002 is now known to other areas outside of NLI. Coordinators were present from 18 skywarn districts during national recognition day in December. I represented ARRL/NLI and was one of the presenters. Bill Scheibel N2NFI represented Suffolk County ARES/RACES. Charles Hargrove N2NOV represented NYC ARES/RACES and NYC Skywarn. Paul Beeman W2PB was appointed Suffolk County Skywarn coordinator. Emil Tillona KD1F is the section DXCC card checker and is available for field checking of QSL cards for your DXCC Award. If interested, please contact Emil at etillona@interserv.com Section VE Sessions - available on the web at: http://www.arrlhudson.org/nli/nlive.htm UPCOMING Club Events Nassau County Police ARC will hold their annual holiday party on Wednesday, January 3 at 7 pm at 56th Fighter Group Restaurant (adjacent to Republic Airport on Route 110). Contact George WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com or http://www.qsl.net/kb2uyp/ for more info. American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club meeting on Thursday, January 4, at 7 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com. Peconic ARC monthly meeting is Friday, Jan. 5, at the at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. See http://www.peconic-arc.org or contact Roberta Keis N2RBU at 631-722-4060 for directions. Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, January 8, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 8, in Queens at 8 pm. Featured speaker is Gordon West WB6NOA. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/hosarc. Grumman ARC will continue to hold their VE sessions at the Underwritters Laboratory in Melville, NY. The next session is Tuesday, Jan. 8 starting at 5:00 PM. Contact Bob Wexelbaum W2ILP at 631-499-2214 or w2ilp@juno.com KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Jan. 9, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ LIMARC regular monthly meeting is Wednesday, January 9, in Hicksville at 8 pm. Gordon West WB6NOA will be the featured speaker. See http://www.limarc.org Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Thursday, January 10, in Shoreham at 7:30 pm at the Shoreham Recreation Center just east of William Floyd Parkway on Route 25A. The featured speaker will be Gordon West WB6NOA. See http://www.rcarc.org Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, January 10, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, January 11 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. If you are interested, please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Ham Radio University 2002 Planning meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 7 pm at Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. This is the last planning meeting for the 2002 event. Anyone interested in helping out with the planning process for this third annual event is invited. Contact HRU Chairman Phil Lewis N2MUN at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@arrl.net for more information. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, January 15, in Bohemia at 8 pm. See http://members.tripod.com/~parasca/index/scrc.html Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 15, at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn. See http://www.kcra.org Long Island DX Association will meet on Friday, January 18 at the Polytechnic Institute- Route 110 in East Farmingdale at 8pm. Come in the rear door of the main building adjacent to the East side of Rte. 110. Anyone interested in DX is welcome and refreshments are served. Contact NN2C, Marty Miller, president of the LIDXA, at nn2c@arrl.net Ham Radio University 2002, the ARRL NY City / Long Island Section Convention is Sunday, January 20, in North Babylon. See http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2002.htm for more details. There is also a VE session sponsored by the GSBARC VE team starting at 3 pm. GSBARC Monthly Meeting is Thursday, Jan. 31, in N. Lindenhurst at 8 pm. See http://www.gsbarc.org Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Jan. 28, in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center at 8 pm. See http://www.nassauarc.org 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.hudson.arrl.org/nli Please contact the webmaster, Tom Carrubba KA2D (ka2d@arrl.net) to add events or other things to this page. That's about it for this month! Please help make this newsletter even more interesting and informative by sending me news about YOUR club and events. ---- NLI Section e-happenings Section Manager - George Tranos N2GA (n2ga@arrl.org) Assistant Section Managers NLI - Tom Carrubba KA2D (ka2d@arrl.net) New York City - Rob Todaro N1XL (rtodaro@myexcel.com) Nassau County - Norm Wesler K2YEW (k2yew@arrl.net) Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX (w2fx@arrl.net) Digital Communications - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net) |