Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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Januaru 2004 |
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. Please submit any information for the January issue priorto the end of February. Section News Section News is available ONLY on theworld-wide-web. See the NLI site at: http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI IN THIS ISSUE: * NY CITY ARES LEADERSHIP CHANGES * NEXT HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY 2004 PLANNING MEETING * HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY 2004 - Sunday, January 18, 2004 * Preliminary HRU 2004 Forum Schedule * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Claire Heil WA2VZK, Section Traffic Manager * Grumman Amateur Radio Club continues to hold VE sessions * First Mid-Atlantic QSO Party scheduled for May 8th and 9th * ARRL C-CE course advance registration opportunities via e-mail * New ARES apparel available with "Amateur Radio Communications" * MetroCor is coordinating body for the New York metro area * Emil Tillona KD1F is the section DXCC card checker * Section VE Sessions * UPCOMING Club Events * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS Happy New Year from all of us on the NLI staff to you and your family! NY CITY ARES LEADERSHIP CHANGES Effective 12/23/03, Tom Carrubba KA2D, the Section Emergency Coordinator for the NY City / Long Island Section, has relieved Charles Hargrove N2NOV from the appointed position of District Emergency Coordinator for NY City. As of 12/23/03, Mr. Hargrove does not have any authority over any ARES resource or function in New York City or Staten Island. Michael Lisenco N2YBB has been appointed as District Emergency Coordinator for New York City, effective immediately. NLI Section Manager George Tranos N2GA, Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon N2FF and ARRL Field Organization representative Steve Ewald WV1X endorse this action. Mr. Hargrove's press release declaring all ARES members in NY City to be under the jurisdiction of RACES is NOT valid. The ARES members in the New York City / Long Island Section remain at a high level of readiness and are ready to serve ALL of our served agencies. As always, we will serve and support RACES. Tom Carrubba KA2D, NLI SEC, said "The decision to remove N2NOV as NY City District Emergency Coordinator was a difficult one. I knew it would not please everyone, but the current situation within NY City warranted this change." Michael Lisenco N2YBB came forward as a candidate for DEC and was interviewed by KA2D and N2GA. The final decision was then made to appoint N2YBB as the new ARES District Emergency Coordinator for NY City. Mike was chosen not for his "ARES skills" alone but for his "people skills". His concepts of "team" and "team pride" are aligned with those of the SEC, NLI section and ARRL. The burden of day-to-day ARES operations will be on the individual Emergency Coordinators, their Assistant Emergency Coordinators, staff and the membership. In a recent message, Mike N2YBB said in part "Charles Hargrove N2NOV was removed as DEC due to differences in management philosophy and approach. Charles accomplished a lot during his tenure and his achievements should be applauded. On behalf of ARES, I thank him. Now, however, it is time to move on." He continued: "We also need to keep in mind that greater New York City is also a dynamic community that encompasses all five boroughs. When a public service event or emergency occurs that crosses county lines, I will coordinate the group effort with the cooperation of the 5 EC's and their staff. The result is the five boroughs will be five equal entities autonomous within each borough but will come together as one cohesive group when the need arises." ARES members are encouraged to attend Ham Radio University 2004 in Oyster Bay on January 18th. There they can meet face to face to discuss this and other issues with Section and District leadership. NEXT HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY 2004 PLANNING MEETING SET FOR JANUARY 12. Planning for HRU 2004 is well along. See below for a preliminary list of forums. The next meeting will be held on Monday, January 12, at 7 PM in the ARES/RACES room (downstairs) in Babylon Town Hall, Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst. It is open to anyone interested in helping with the logistics and planning of HRU 2004. Please let me know if you're planning on attending. HRU 2004 will be held at East Woods School in Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, on Sunday, January 18, 2004. 73, George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI, Chairman, Ham Radio University 2004, n2ga@arrl.org . Please see the HRU 2004 website at http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2004.htm HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY 2004 - Sunday, January 18, 2004 Spreading Ham Radio Knowledge and Know How The ARRL New York City / Long Island Section Convention East Woods School, 31 Yellow Cote Road, Oyster Bay, NY "A day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and fellowship among Amateur Radio operators" Talk-in on 146.85 MHz (-600, 136.5 PL) and 147.21 (+600, 136.5 PL) There will be forums all day long (see schedule below) plus a club room where Amateur Radio clubs and organizations will have information tables, a demonstration room for live radio demos, a special event station (W2V), talk-in station and VE examinations. Preliminary HRU 2004 Forum Schedule: 9:00 - 10:50 AM CCE Seminar - ARRL CCE ECC Seminar - Dan Miller K3UFG (see announcement below) 9:00 - 9:50 AM Internet Linking - Ham Radio & the Internet - Dave Wandell N2UHR Mobiling - Mobile Radio Installation and Setup - Sid Wolin K2LJH Logging Programs - Using Logging Programs - Daniel Reisman NY2L 10:00 - 10:50 AM Radio Programming - How to program your radio - George Tranos N2GA Antennas - The art and science of Antennas - Walter Wenzel KA2RGI DX'ing - Techniques of the best DX operators - Marty Miller NN2C (LIDXA) 11:00 - 11:50 AM Digital Modes - Communicating with Digital Modes - Bob Wexelbaum W2ILP Emergency Operations - Operating in Emergencies - John Allocca WB2LUA Public Relations - Public Relations for Amateur Radio - Rich Moseson W2VU Contesting - Amateur Radio Contesting - Mel Granick KS2G 12 noon - 12:50 PM (Keynote presentation) BPL - Broadband over Power Lines - Ed Hare W1RFI 1:00 - 1:50 PM Test Equipment - Using Test Equipment & Soldering - Neil Heft KC2KY HF Antennas - Selecting the right antenna for you - Phil Lewis N2MUN Logbook of the World - What is it and how to use it - Tom Carrubba KA2D NWS Weather Info - How to use Weather Info for emergency planning - Scott Reynolds KC2JCB (NWS) 2:00 - 2:50 PM Intro to Ham Radio - Introduction to Amateur Radio - Walter Wenzel KA2RGI LI Wireless History - History of Radio on Long Island Satellite - How to work Amateur Radio Satellites - TBD Stealth Antennas - The Installation and Use of Stealth Antennas - TBD 3:00 - 3:50 PM Volunteer Examination Session - Testing for all levels of AmateurLicenses NOTE - Forum Moderators are NEEDED for the following seminars: Satellite and Stealth Antennas. These forums MAY BE CANCELED! If you are interested in volunteering as a forum moderator, please contact the HRU Committee by sending e-mail to n2ga@arrl.org ARECC/ARES seminar set in New York City-Long Island Section: The ARRL will offer a condensed version of its free Amateur Radio Emergency Communications seminar Sunday, January 18, 9-11 AM, in conjunction with the New York City-Long Island Section Convention (Ham Radio University 2004) at East Woods School in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The seminar does not include the Level I course itself. This program is designed to explain in greater detail the duties of all Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course participants and how their volunteer efforts are essential to the ARES Field Organization. Senior Citizens are strongly encouraged to participate. "This seminar will explain the importance of every team player with emphasis on using lessons learned to effectively move Amateur Radio emergency communications to the next level," said ARRL Emergency Communications Course Manager Dan Miller, K3UFG. The seminar is open to all interested hams. Field Organization leaders and course participants at every ARECC level--mentors, certification instructors, certification examiners and current students--are encouraged to attend and share their experiences. The seminar will focus on coordination between ARECC volunteers and students and their integration into the Field Organization. Seating may be limited. If planning to attend, contact Dan Miller, K3UFG, <k3ufg@arrl.org>; 860-594-0340; FAX 860-594-0259. Seminar attendance does not include admission to the convention. For convention information, visit the New York City-Long Island Web site <http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2004.htm>. From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: New York City: from DEC Charles Hargrove N2NOV: No report. Adam Fine AB2IZ resigned as EC on Nov 10. See other NY City Leadership Changes mentioned above. Nassau County; EC Mario Maltese WF2T reporting for DEC George Gluck WA2WKV: A video presentation on ARES was well received at the 1st Battalion HQ in Floral Park on November 5th. The General Meeting took place on November 11, where Charlie WA2GUG presented a class and demonstration of Flexnet at Red Cross Headquarters. On November 23, 14 members provided communications at the Mineola Mustang Run. In addition, many of our members provided support for the NYC Marathon. A report of our successful Simulated Emergency Test that took place last month is attached. Suffolk County: from Tom KA2D: no reports. KA2D did speak with DEC Bill Scheibel N2NFI as is our routine. SC is in progress of ARES renewals. SC ARES/RACES net meets each Monday night at 9:00 PM local time. SEC; Continue to solicit reports and monitor nets, emails and newsletters. This month was focused on NLI ARES policy issues in the NYC District. STM Claire Heil WA2VZK reports the following: 1)NTS "section level" CW nets : NYS/M 10am local time daily NYS/E 7pm local time daily NYS/L 10pm local time daily All our "section level" cw nets meet on 3677 KHz . 2)NTS "section level" phone nets: New York Phone (NYP) 1pm daily (currently meeting on 7237 KHz but usually meets on 3925 KHz during the winter months.) New York Public Operations Net (NYPON) 5pm daily on 3913 KHz (alternate freq. 3925 KHz +/- QRM). 3)"Independent nets" which maintain close association with the NTS. Empire Slow Speed Net (ESS) 6pm daily on 3590 KHz . Hit and Bounce Net (HBN) 8:30am daily on 7042 KHz . Hit and Bounce Slow Net (HBSN) 7:30am daily on 3714 KHz (alternate freq. 7114 KHz). New York City -Long Island cw net (NLI) 7:30pm Mon. through Fri. on 3630 KHz.(all times listed are local eastern times) 4)The NTS "local nets" are: Big Apple Net 8pm daily on 146.430 MHz Nassau Co. VHF Net 7:30pm on 146.805 MHz Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz. The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of November 2003 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 395, N2AKZ, 105, KC2GOW, 100, KB2KLH 100, N2ECR 94, KE2SX 86, N2YBB 83. NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 28 119 62/60 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 30 304 176/163 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 30 187 102/80 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 30 238 432/428 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 30 420 197/186 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 30 98 0/60 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 30 466 120/112 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 27 118 35/35 WA2VZK Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 13 52 4/4 WA2VZK (*) report not received in time for this list Effective January 1, 2004, James Minor W2DSX of Valley Stream is appointed the new net manager for the Nassau County VHF net. James can be contacted at w2dsx@optonline.net 73, Claire Heil WA2VZK, Section Traffic Manager. Contact Claire at CAHEIL@aol.com The Grumman Amateur Radio Club continues to hold VE sessions on the second Tuesday of each month. We have not missed a monthly session since the VE program began. Our next session will be on January 13, 2004 starting at 5:00 PM. Due to tightened secuirity at Northrop Grumman, our VE sessions are held at the Underwriters Lab in Melville. Interested parties may contact Bob Wexelbaum W2ILP for directions and information. Email: w2ilp@juno.com or phone: 631-499-2214. First Mid-Atlantic QSO Party scheduled for May 8th and 9th The First MAQP will meet in 2004 on May 8th from 1600-0200 UTC and May 9th from 1600-0000 UTC. New York State amateurs are invited to participate by reading the website for rules and coming on the air for the event. In short, the PURPOSE of the MAQP is for each amateur radio operator to have fun, enjoy the event, and seek whatever level of participation they desire. Check the MAQP website for full details and contest rules including the list of standardized 5-letter county abbreviations: http://www.qsl.net/maqso/ A service now allows those interested in taking an ARRL Certification and Continuing Education (C-CE) course in the future to receive advance word of registration opportunities via e-mail. To take advantage, send an e-mail to prereg@arrl.org. On the subject line, include the course name or number (eg, EC-00#). In the message body, include your name, call sign, e-mail address, and the month you want to start the course. To learn more, visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Web page http://www.arrl.org/cce/> and the C-CE Links found there. For more information, contact Emergency Communications Course Manager Dan Miller, K3UFG, <dmiller@arrl.org>; 860-594-0340. New ARES apparel available with "Amateur Radio Communications". The items are: 1. Orange reflective vest with "Amateur Radio Communications" on the back, $9.95; 2. Blue windbreaker with ARES logo on the front and "Amateur Radio Communications" on the back, $30.95 (can be personalized with name/call); and 3. Black equipment bag with ARES logo, $24.95. To see these products, please visit http://www.barkerspecialty.com/arrl/ and click on "ARES Products". MetroCor is the new coordinating body for the New York City metropolitan area. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/metrocor/ 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://hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm UPCOMING Club Events NOTE - As usual, please check with the club to verify the date and time of all events, especially during inclement weather! Peconic ARC monthly meeting is Friday, January 2, 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. Larkfield ARC will hold a VE Session on Saturday, Jan. 3, at 9 am at the Huntington Town Hall, 100 Main Street, Room 114 (Entrance on Jackson Ave), Huntington, NY. Contact: Stanley Mehlman N2YKT (631) 423-7132 The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 7 P.M. Preregister with Harvey (KB2EA) at 718-948-2290 or Ed (W2SN) at 718-833-7120. See http://www.kc2ra.org/ American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com. Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Jan. 8, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday, Jan. 8, in Port Washington. Contact Joe K2KYQ at jreekie@wawnc.org for more information. Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, Jan. 9 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please be prepared to suggest club goals including projects, subjects for speakers, etc. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, Jan. 11 at 2:00 pm at Elmhurst General Hospital, 79-01 Broadway, Queens in conference room A1-15. The meeting topic is to be determined. New Members welcome. Please Contact Queens Emergency Coordinator Charles Gallo at Charlie@TheGallos.com The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, Jan. 12 at 612 West 115th Street, New York, NY 10025 at 6:00 pm. Preregister by calling Alan N2YGK at 212-854-3754 or alan@columbia.edu The next planning meeting for Ham Radio University 2004 will be held on Monday, January 12, at 7 PM in the ARES/RACES room (downstairs) in Babylon Town Hall, Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst. It is open to anyone interested in helping with the logistics and planning of HRU 2004. Please let me know if you're planning on attending. HRU 2004 will be held at East Woods School in Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, on Sunday, January 18, 2004. 73, George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI, Chairman, Ham Radio University 2004, n2ga@arrl.org . Please see the HRU 2004 website at http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2004.htm HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 13, in Queens at 8 pm. Meetings are held at the New York Hall of Science Museum cafeteria, 47-01 111th Street, Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, Queens NY. Please enter the cafeteria through the back science playground behind the museum. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/hosarc or call 718-760-2022. Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 5 PM, at Underwriters Lab in Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP for more information or to pre-register at (631) 499-2214 or via e-mail w2ilp@juno.com Nassau County ARES meeting will be held at the Red Cross Chapter at 195 Willis Avenue Mineola, at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, Jan. 13. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net LIMARC will hold their next regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 14, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org The Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold its regular monthly "Non-meeting Meeting" (social night) on Thursday, Jan. 15, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 6:30 P.M. See http://www.kc2ra.org/ The Long Island DX Association regular meeting will be at 8PM on Friday, January16, 2004 at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). In January we go back to our regular scheduled meetings (the third Friday of each month). See the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ or contact Marty Miller NN2C, President of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net for further information. Ham Radio University 2004 (the ARRL NY City / Long Island Section Convention) will be held at East Woods School, 31 Yellow Cote Road, Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, on Sunday, January 18, 2004. Please see the HRU 2004 website at http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2004.htm Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 20 in Bohemia at 8 pm. The meeting site is the Bohemia Recreation Center on Ruzicka Way, in Bohemia. Contact Les KB2ZHF at Leskb2zhf@aol.com or call 631-399-4041 or see their webpage at http://members.tripod.com/~parasca/index/scrc.html Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. http://www.kc2ra.org/ KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Manhattan ARES meeting will be on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John KE2UN at ke2un@arrl.net for info. The Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services meetings are on the third Thursday each month @ 8:00 PM. This month's meeting will be held on Thursday, Jan. 22. Location is the basement of Babylon Town Hall in the Emergency Operations Center, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst, NY. For more information, see their Website: http://www.tobares.org or contact Babylon town EC Walter Wenzel, KA2RGI at 631-957-0218 or via e-mail at ka2rgi@arrl.net. Nassau County Police ARC will have a special Holiday Meeting on Thursday, January 22 at the 56th Fighter Group Resturaunt, Route 110 adjacent to Republic Airport. Start time is 8 pm. This will be a very special meeting, with officer installation and some special surprises to celebrate completing our 10th year as a club. As always XYL's and/or significant others welcome. Prospective memebers too! While RSVP is not mandatory, it will help in getting the right table. As in the past each person will pay for their own meal. Contact George WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com or http://www.qsl.net/kb2uyp/ for more info. Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Jan. 26 in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center at 8 pm. Nassau ARC meets every Monday night @ 7:30 pm. The General meeting is the last Monday of the month at 8 pm. All are welcome. Contact Lance Aue, KA2EJD, President at vze3db97@verizon.net or see http://www.nassauarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.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://hudson.arrl.org/nli Please contact the webmaster, Tom Carrubba KA2D (ka2d@arrl.net) to add events or other things to this page. NLI Section News is available at http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI 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 Nassau County - Norm Wesler K2YEW (k2yew@arrl.net) Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX (w2fx@arrl.net) Digital Communications - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net) |