Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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January 2006 |
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. Please submit any information for the February issue prior to the end of January. On behalf of the NLI section staff, Happy Holidays to you and your family and best wishes for a healthy 2006! January 2006 is the 57th regular edition since this newsletter was inaugurated in March, 2001. Section News Section News is available ONLY on the world-wide-web. See the NLI site at: http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI IN THIS ISSUE: * HRU 2006 is THIS Sunday, January 8th! * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager * UPCOMING Club Events * Other "stuff" * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS * HRU 2006 is THIS Sunday, January 8th! Ham Radio University 2006 is THIS Sunday, January 8, 2006 in Bethpage. HRU is a day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and fellowship among Amateur Radio operators. HRU 2006 will be held this year at: Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714. Doors open at 7:30 am for setup with the first forum beginning at 9 am. Please NOTE - the event will be held REGARDLESS of the weather! HRU 2006 Highlights: - Keynote Speaker Gordon West WB6NOA - 25 different forums about all aspects of Amateur Radio (see list below) - Over 20 different clubs and groups with information in "club" room - Special event station W2V and live Amateur Radio demonstrations - Volunteer exam session for all levels of license testing at 3:30 pm - Door prizes and goodie bags - Food and refreshments available - Talk-in on 146.85 Mhz (-600), 136.5 PL HRU 2006 is a cooperative effort. Radio amateurs from many different organizations have come together to help put on this event, our seventh annual Ham Radio University! HRU 2006 thanks all of the forum moderators (listed below) for sharing their knowledge and expertise. As of this writing, we have confirmed response from moderators for the following forums: Forum Topic / Room / Start time / Moderator -------- ---------------------------------------------- HF Propagation - HF progapagation during sunspot minumums A 9am Emil Tillona KD1F Satellite - How to work Amateur Radio Satellites B 9am Peter Penta NA2P Transmitter Hunting - The art and science of finding hidden transmitters C 9am Larry Berger WA2SUH QRP - The fun of low power operating D 9am Norm Wesler K2YEW Repeater Coordination - Frequency Coordination and METROCOR A 10am Larry Lutzak WA2CNV ARRL Forum - Meet the NY City / Long Island section staff B 10am George Tranos N2GA Boating & Ham Radio - Operating electronics aboard ship C 10am Gordon West WB6NOA Antennas - The art and science of Antennas D 10am Walter Wenzel KA2RGI Echolink - Echolink and VoIP systems for Amateur Radio E 10am Jonathan Taylor K1RFD Coast Guard Auxiliary - The US Coast Guard Auxiliary and more A 11am Brendan Earls KC2LIM ARES - Amateur Radio Emergency Service B 11am Tom Carrubba KA2D VHF Propagation - Understanding and utilizing VHF Propagation modes C 11am Ken Neubeck WB2AMU and Gordon West WB6NOA Mobiling - Installing and using Amateur Radio in mobile operation D 11am Sid Wolin K2LJH Contesting - basic priniciples, operating strategies and station layout E 11am Mel Granick KS2G Keynote Speaker - Amateur Radio Today E 12noon Gordon West WB6NOA Old-time Radio - Really old-time radio: the spark gap transmitter (with demo) A 1:30pm George Flanagan W2KRM WRTC 2006 - Ham Olympics World Radiosport Team Contesting - the Olympics of Ham Radio B 1:30pm Jeff Briggs K1ZM BWRIE - Both Way Radio Internet E-mail C 1:30pm John Blowsky KB2SCS Computers & Ham Radio - Computers, Ham Radio and the Internet D 1:30pm Rich Rosner N2STU and Nancy Rosner N2TKA Hurricane Katrina Relief - Amateur Radio response during Hurricane Katrina E 1:30pm Allen Pitts W1AGP LI Wireless History - History of Radio on Long Island A 2:30pm Connie Currie (Friends of LI Wireless) Troubleshooting -Troubleshooting Equipment to determine and fix problems B 2:30pm Neil Heft KC2KY SATERN and Go-boxes - Salvation Army Emergency Radio Network C 2:30pm Jeff Schneller N2HPO Grounding and Lightning Protection - Grounding for electrical safety and lightning protection D 2:30pm Don Kane WB2BEZ DX'ing - Techniques of the best DX operators (2 hours) E 2:30pm Pat Masterson KE2LJ (LIDXA) VE Session - Volunteer Exam Session for all levels of Amateur Radio license testing A 3:30pm Yankee Clipper Contest Club - YCCC contest station extreme makeover edition B 3:30pm Mark Pride K1RX The following groups plan on participating at HRU 2006: American Radio Relay League (ARRL) American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service Friends of Long Island Wireless History Grumman Amateur Radio Club Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club Kings County Radio Club Larkfield Amateur Radio Club Long Island DX Association Long Island QRP Club Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club MetroCor Repeater Coordinators Nassau County ARES / Nassau County RACES Nassau Amateur Radio Club Nassau County Police Amateur Radio Club National Weather Service (Upton) New York City ARES Quarter Century Wireless Association Radio Central Amateur Radio Club SATERN Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Svcs. Tri-State SKYWARN Group Wantagh Amateur Radio Club US Coast Guard Auxiliary CQ Communications Yankee Clipper Contest Club Additional assistance is solicited for help with setup and takedown for the event. Setup will take place on Saturday, January 7, starting at 3 pm at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage. Takedown will begin at 4:30 pm on Sunday, January 8. The HRU planning committee also needs assistance at the 3:30 pm VE session. Volunteer examiners are asked to bring their badge and see the VE liaison Al Bender W2QZ to help out. Hams and visitors are welcome to visit and operate our special event station (W2V). If you can not attend the event, please try to contact the station on 7.273 or 14.273 Mhz SSB (+/- QRM). W2V QSL requests should go via N2MUN - please include an SASE. The HRU planning committee consists of: George N2GA (HRU Chairman), Phil N2MUN (HRU founder & chairman HRU 2000, 2001, 2002), Diane K2DO, Tom KA2D, Neil KC2KY, Sid K2LJH, Lance KA2EJD, Pat KE2LJ, Walter KA2RGI, Pat N2QXH. The next planning committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 3 starting at 7:30 PM. The meeting will be held at Babylon Town Hall, ARES/RACES Room in the basement (enter around back), 200 Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, NY. This is the final of the monthly operational meetings of the planning committee for Ham Radio University 2006. HRU is a day of education for and about Amateur Radio. This will be the 7th annual event! This year, HRU is again being held at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, NY, on Sunday, January 8, 2006, from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. The HRU planning committee jointly decides the format and structure of the event including what forums are held, what moderators to invite, the setup, takedown, talkin, publicity, special event operation and all other aspects of HRU. As always, your help is solicited. Please feel free to spead the word of this announcement to the Amateur Radio population in general. I hope you can make the meeting and we can again make this year's HRU a success. For the latest news on HRU, see the section website at http://hudson.arrl.org/nli 73, George Tranos N2GA Chairman, Ham Radio University 2006 ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: November was a relatively quiet month for New York City District ARES. Our public service event schedule consisted of the annual Turkey trot in Brooklyn and the participation of a number of members in the annual New York City marathon. Plans for an in-house EC-001 training session are moving ahead. And the final event of the year, Operation Santa Claus at JFK is planned for December. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County Richard Grover - W2RAG, AEC New York County reporting 11/06/05 - New York City Marathon I did not count the NYC Marathon as an ARES event but included the known participants hours. New York City was the beneficiary of this event and New York County ARES member contributors included: KA2ABV, W3BW, W2YL, KE2UN, N2ZLQ, W2RAG, N2TAW. This event was fun-filled and handled very professionally by the above mentioned operators. 11/13/05 - New York City Red Cross New York City Red Cross was the beneficiary of this event. W2RAG completed programming the Manhattan Simplex frequencies in to the equipment. The Red Cross is appreciative of all ham radio operators involvement. 11/21/05 - Columbia University VE Session Ham Radio at Large was the beneficiary of this event. KE2UN, N2ZLQ, W2RAG were participant VE's for the testing session 11/05 - Weekly Net New York County (Manhattan) holds a weekly net every Tuesday at 7:30 PM. We meet on the W2ABC repeater at the frequencies listed above. It is an open net, round table style for discussions pertaining to Manhattan ARES Group, emergency communications, Ham Radio in general. All radio amateurs are welcome to participate. Joe Nieves N2TEE; EC Richmond County: Roster update in progress Russ Logar, KC2LSB, EC Queens County Queens County ARES meeting - The November Queens County ARES meeting was held on Sunday the 20th at our normal meeting place at Elmhurst General Hospital. Mike, N2YBB presided. Three major topics were discussed. First, Mike handed out the new ARES ID cards. Next, Mike announced the appointment of KC2LSB, Russ, as EC for Queens County. Lastly, we discussed good operating practice during events. 11/07/05 - NYC Marathon Nine Queens County ARES members manned various posts for the Marathon. Charlie, WA2GUG performed Logistics Net South NCS duties. Thanks to all that participated. Queens County ARES has welcomed two new members this month. They are Albert, N2XFT and Pete, KC2OVT. We look forward to their participation and help. The Queens County Weekly nets are on Thursday nights at 8:00 PM on the K2CJP repeater (145.410MHz/-600KHz/114.8PL). Thanks to our net control station KC2GSK. Our last monthly meeting this year is on December 11th, 2005, one week early in deference to the holidays. Meetings begin at 2:00PM at Elmhurst Hospital. For information on meetings please visit the Queens ARES website, www.queensares.org . Thanks to Joe, KB2JOE for his website management. Gabriel Cuebas, N2PQT, EC Bronx No Additional Comments Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County 11/16/05 - Kings County ARES meeting Kings County ARES has a new meeting location. Are meetings are now held in the Executive Dining Room at Methodist Hospital. The hospital entrance is located on 6th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Topics discussed at our November meeting included: Net Protocols; Event wrap up for 2005; Upgrade classes & winter training; Uniforms; Applications for 2006; ID cards. Those in attendance included: AB2IZ, KA2FXR, KA2KDQ, KC2JXM, KC2MGY,KC2NBE,N2RGA, N2ULX, N2YBB, W2/8R1B, W2DEA, WA2JNF, and WB2AAP. Our next meetings are scheduled for December 7th, 2005 and January 18th 2006. All meetings start @ 7pm. 11/0605 - ING/NYC Marathon Fourteen members of Kings County ARES participated in one of the premier running events in the world. They were spread out throughout the city providing communications for various functions such as the 'Hot Patch' used for repairing potholes on the course to the individual mile points looking for runners in need of assistance. Those that participated included: AB2IZ, K2MAK, K2RMX, KA2FXR,KA2KDQ, KB2SUR, KC2HMS, KC2JXM, KC2MGY, KC2NBE, N2ECR,N2ULX,W2/8R1B and WA2JNF. 11/24/05 - Turkey Trot 5 Mile Run This annual Thanksgiving Day run is held in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Participants brave the late fall chill to complete 1 ½ loops around the park. A special thank to the 9 Kings County ARES members that came out to brave the elements and aid their community. Those that participated included: AB2IZ, KA2KDQ, KB2VDV, KC2JXM,N2RGA, W2/8R1B, W2DEA, WA2JNF and WB2AAP. Kings County ARES has secured a new meeting location. Meetings will now be held in the Executive Dining Room - East Pavilion of Methodist Hospital. The Hospital is located on 6th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues and is accessible via the "F' train (7th Avenue), B67, B69 and B75 buses. All meetings will start at 7pm. The remaining meeting dates for 2005 are Wednesday, November 16th, 2005 and Wednesday, December 7th, 2005. All information regarding this new location and Kings County ARES can be found at www.kingscountyares.org. Thanks to Mitch, N2RGA, for all the upkeep and for the newest upgrade of the website. Kings County ARES has a weekly net, every Sunday at 8PM. Dates for December include: December 4th, 11th and 18th. There will be no net on Christmas Day, December 25th, 2005. Nets are held on the W2CMA repeater (446.675/-5MHz/114.8) in order to discuss issues of relevance to the ARES community at large and Kings County ARES specifically. We welcome, encourage and invite all amateur radio operators to participate. Thanks to Tony, KC2JXM, for managing this net. Nassau County - Jim Mezey W2KFV, DEC Nassau County At our monthly meeting we had a very informative program by K2BRG. "Bruce gave an overview of wireless data communications, setting up an ad hoc wireless LAN, and helping meeting participants who brought their laptops to connect to it, share files, read directory contents, and other tasks of interest. A discussion followed regarding possible emergency communications deployment during actual ARES emergencies." K2BRG was in the limelight again as net control for the Mineola Mustang Run. The Mineola Mustang Run on November 20th went off well with Bruce, K2BRG as net control. There was some interference on the one simplex frequency but we managed to work through it. We also had some issues with the getting an ambulance to assist a runner after the race. Some discussion was had at after action meeting immediately following race. Hopefully it will be rectified by next year. A big thanks to N2EB, WB2HPI, W2MIT, K2LJH, N2XXP, KC2CHA, KV2E and harmonic, KB2DY,K2KYQ, N2RRE, N2HDY,WA2LKJ KA2EJD, K2JAN, N2RLD and W2KFV. Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC Suffolk County: Still working on new estimate of cost to rebuild EOC amateur radio presence. County level drill coming up in December. Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon: Robert Prager, WB2VOZ became a Silent Key Appointed Robert Myers, K2TV as an AEC. Removed Domineck Stengele as an AEC. Joe Werner, KC2BPS, EC Town of Brookhaven No additional comment John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington: No additional comment John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip All is fine here. Sunday we will be providing communications for the Islip Histrorical Socity Holiday House Tours Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold: No additional comment Stan Bryer W2SCB, EC in training, Town of Smithtown No additional comment Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: Please welcome Russ Logar, KC2LSB as the newly appointed EC for Queens County Russ is succeeding Charles Gallo KG2V . Russ was an AEC and is a certified ARRL EC-001 graduate. Congratulations "Grand 'Ole Ham," Lew Malchick, N2RQ of Nassau County ARES. from Hudson Beacon. At the Hudson Division awards dinner Marty Smith, KA2NRR, introduced the other "Grand 'Ole Ham," Lew Malchick, N2RQ. Marty gave a fine summary of Lew's career in Amateur Radio. Lew, originator of the "School Club Roundup," then did a splendid job of tying his ham experiences together to some of the silent keys noted in the NJDXA pages in the Awards Journal and former award winners. KA2D attended the NYC Region SKYWARN Coordinators meeting Nov 5. Hudson Division Vice Director Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF presented a plaque to Scott Reynolds KC2JCB. Scott is relocating to NH. This is repeat, all EC/AEC and ARES members to register and use the Packet Bulletin Board System (PBBS). This will insure good and proper traffic flow when needed. It is also important to know the local node structure. HRU 2006 is next month, January 8th. All NLI ARES EMCOMM Talk this up on all your nets and meetings. All Groups are encouraged to attend, and to set up an information table in the club room. Contact NLI ACC Phil Lewis N2MUN@arrl.net. The ARES Forum will be the NLI ARES annual meeting. Each DEC will give a short presentation. Dress code for the day, Your ARES attire. Allen Pitts W1AGP of ARRL forum "Katrina Response" should be of interest to all. For more information about HRU2006 goto: www.hudson.arrl.org/nli Happy and Healthy Holiday Season * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager Season's Greetings! THE ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of NOVEMBER 2005 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points [STATION] [PSHR CATEGORY/POINTS] [TOTAL] 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL AB2IZ 40 24 20 690 0 0 774 KB2KLH 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 W2DSX 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 CORRECTED PSHR FOR OCTOBER 2005: AB2IZ 39 14 20 545 0 0 618 ******************************************************************** STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS: The following stations have submitted activity reports for the Month of NOVEMBER 2005 CALL ORIGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTAL W2DSX 1 51 6 22 80 KB2KLH 0 30 12 3 45 AB2IZ 0 13 11 0 24 Brass Pounder's League: Month of NOVEMBER 2005 No one qualified for the BPL this month. ******************************************************************** Section Traffic Manager Monthly Report MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2005 Section and Local Nets: Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY STATE/MORN. NYS/M 30 148 75/53 KA2GJV NY STATE/EARLY NYS/E 30 289 231/211 WB2QIX NY STATE/LATE NYS/L 30 160 116/70 W2YGW NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON 30 348 252/238 N2YJZ NY PHONE NYP 30 204 105/* N2LTC/K2MPE NYC/LI (CW) NLI * WA2YOW BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 30 496 37/37 KB2KLH NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 29 198 66/57 W2DSX SUFFOLK CO VHF SCVHF * ** EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 30 488 121/* WI2G * = report not received in time for posting. ** = position open, please contact w2dsx if interested in position ******************************************************************** 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 , with a daytime alternate freq. of 7042 kHz +/- and a alternate of 1825 kHz depending if propagation on 80 goes long... 2)NTS SECTION LEVEL HF/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 3925 kHz +/- QRM, alternate freq. 3913 kHz 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 - Meeting sporadically at this time (all times listed are local eastern times) 4)The NTS "local nets" are: Big Apple Net 8pm daily on 146.430 MHz (1 MHz split) Nassau Co. VHF Net 7:30pm on 146.805 MHz (136.5/114.8 dual input) Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz - Not meeting at this time. Anyone interested in reviving this net, or starting a sectionwide HF, possibly multimode, please contact me: w2dsx@arrl.net ******************************************************************** Digital Stations: Month of NOVEMBER 2005 STATION MODE TX RX W2DSX HF/PACTOR 1 0 W2DSX VHF/PACKET 0 4 A caveat: This is NOT indicative of the total digital NTS activity within the Section, as I'm still not successful in capturing total activity. We're fortunate to have several several major players behind the Northeast Flexnet Packet Network here in NLI. I've been running Pactor Liasion for NLI with Tom N2LTC, but as he recovers from recent operations (and we wish him well) the Pactor activity has shifted to Nick N2QZ via WB2FTX for the time being. I'm also looking for any reports of WinPack activity, or any other of the new modes... ******************************************************************** End of report, respectfully submitted by Jim Minor W2DSX, NLI STM Any corrections, comments and questions to w2dsx@arrl.net * UPCOMING Club Events NOTE - As usual, please check with the club to verify the date and time of all events. CHECK with the CLUB! Peconic ARC normally has its monthly general meeting on the first Friday of the month. The next regular meeting is Friday, Jan. 6, 2006 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. HRU 2006 planning meeting on Tuesday, January 3, will be at Babylon Town Hall, 200 Sunrise Highway, North Linderhurst starting at 7:30 PM. All interested in helping with the planning and logistics of Ham Radio University are invited. See Happenings above for more info. ARC Emergency Communications Service club meeting will be on Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com The Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex (LIARS) club will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 4 in Selden starting at 7:30 PM. Meetings are held at Newfield High School, Marshall Drive, Selden, New York on the first Wednesday of the month. The board meeting starts at 7:30 PM and the general meeting starts at 8PM. All are invited to attend. Directions: Marshall Drive is 3 lights east of Nichols Road on route 25. Go north at the 7-11 into the parking lot. LIARS also has weekly on-the-air nets - Join us on the air for our General Information/Rag-Chew/Swap & Shop Net (Tuesday nights at 8 pm on 147.575 FM simplex). Thanks, Frank WA2LIR, President of LIARS Club. Contact Frank at fpeppe@optonline.net The Nassau County Police ARC will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, January 5. This is our annual holiday get together and officer installation at 57th Fighter Group in Farmingdale. For more information, contact George WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com HRU Setup on Saturday, January 7, at Briarcliffe College. Setup starts at 3 pm. Your help is solicited. Please contact HRU 2006 chairman George N2GA at n2ga@arrl.net to help out or for more information. HRU 2006 is Sunday, January 8, at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage (see happenings above). 25 forums about all aspect of ham radio. Event is from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm.. The keynote speaker is Gordon West WB6NOA. The Columbia University ARC VE Team will hold a VE exam on Monday, Jan. 10 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 Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the Underwriters Lab in Melville, NY, We intend to continue our usual VE sessions on the second Tuesday of each month, Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP for more information or to pre-register at (631) 499-2214 or via e-mail w2ilp@optonline.net HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 10, 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. Featured speakers are Gordon West WB6NOA and Ken Neubeck WB2AMU. Hear about the upcoming Technician class license, live demos of unusual propagation this past year - everything from sporadic-E to some very freak band openings up to 2 meters on the US East coast. Their will be handouts of some of the diagrams from their book. Door prizes will also be given out. HOSARC meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month. Please enter by the guard shack in the rear, through the loading dock and walk down the corridor to the cafeteria.See their website at http://www.hosarc.org or call 718-760-2022. Nassau County ARES meeting will be held at the Red Cross Chapter at 195 Willis Avenue Mineola, at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, Jan. 10. For more info, contact Nassau DEC Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ LIMARC will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Hicksville at 8 pm. Guest Speaker will be Gordon West WB6NOA. Come see and hear Gordon live! The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org The East Village Amateur Radio Club will hold a VE exam session in Manhattan on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 7 PM. The exam session will be held at 1175 York Ave @ 63rd St., Apt 16K NYC. Contact: Robina Asti W2JYT, at 212-838-5995 for more information. Exams are normally held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Thank you! Robina Asti W2JYT. We are W5YI VE's NYCRA Club meeting is on Thursday, Jan. 12 (the second Thursday of every month) at 8pm at Eger Nursing Home, 120 Meisner Ave. Staten Island, NY 10306. For more info, contact Mike KC2CYE, NYCRA Vice-President at Rocky178@aol.com The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, Jan. 13 starting at 8 PM. The meeting will be held at a new location on Staten Island at the EGER Rehabilitation Center, 120 Meisner Ave. Contact SIARA President Mike Siegel at 718-684-8177 for more information. Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, Jan. 13 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. 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. 15 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 Eastern Amateur Radio Service Club monthly meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 17 in Southampton. The meeting will take place at Southampton Hospital in room A282. The hospital is located at 240 Meeting House Lane, Southampton. For additional information, contact Rocky, KA2JAK, at rkradio@optonline.net. Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. Call Ray W2DEA at 718-759-6657 or see http://www.kc2ra.org/ for more information. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Jan. 17 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 Grumman Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 5:30 PM, at Underwriters Lab, 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP at w2ilp@optonline.net (631) 499-2214 or Pat Masterson KE2LJ at bat@grumman.com for more 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. 19. 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. The Long Island DX Association will hold its regularly meeting on Friday, Jan. 20 at 8PM at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). Contact Marty Miller NN2C, President of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net for further information, or read details on the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Wednesday, Jan. 25, in Port Washington. Knickerbocker ARC always hold its meeting on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Contact Joe K2KYQ at k2kyq@arrl.net for more information. GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Jan. 26 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Jan. 26, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. There is an ARES/RACES meeting at 7:00 pm before every club meeting. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, Jan. 29 at Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. The session will start at 12:00 noon in the ARES/RACES room in the basement. For more information contact VE liaison, Tom Odermatt K2ZDX at K2ZDX@ARRL.Net Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Jan. 30 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 * Other "stuff" - AA2MF DX-cluster is up and running Just wanted to let you know that my DX-Cluster Node is up and running again. The thanks for alot of repair hours goes to Dave, W9ZRX. While on vacation, he took the time out to set my node up to make it available for this years contest season. Thanks again Dave. Input via telnet AA2MF.net RF input 145.77 MHZ See you in the pile-ups - Rich AA2MF (rcariello@si.rr.com) - Finding ham radio classes a mouse click away! A new user-friendly feature on the ARRL Web site--the ARRL Amateur Licensing Class Search Page--lets prospective hams search for a licensing class in their area. It also allows ARRL-registered instructors to list their classes on the Web. Visitors can search for classes by ZIP code, ARRL Section or state. http://www.arrl.org/FandES/courses/ Registered ARRL instructors can list their classes by visiting the Volunteer Instructor Support page and completing a simple form. http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/instructor/ Listings will automatically drop from the list when the class is completed. The new page also links beginners and those planning to upgrade to various resources, including ARRL's Now You're Talking! study manual and the ARRL Exam Session Search page. http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml Newcomers may also want to visit the "Welcome to Amateur Radio" page on the ARRL Web site. http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html "We're very excited about this new feature that makes it easier for prospective hams to find a class so that they can earn their Amateur Radio license," said ARRL Affiliated Club and Mentor Program Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ. "ARRL also continues to support all of the instructors who give so much time and energy to teaching classes for new hams and upgraders." To become a registered ARRL Volunteer Instructor, contact Fusaro; 860-594-0230. [w3iz@arrl.org] - ARES E-Letter debuts, sign up now! The ARES E-Letter to debut (Aug 11, 2005) -- Licensed League members with ARRL Field Organization appointments involving emergency communication or public service will be the first to receive the debut issue of The ARES E-Letter! The premier edition of the monthly national newsletter is set for release Wednesday, August 17, and will publish on the third Wednesday of each month after that. Since 9/11, interest within the Amateur Radio community in emergency communication and public service has greatly increased. More than ever, hams are volunteering to help meet the communication needs of our nation, states and communities. The ARES E-Letter is a response to this expanding awareness. Anyone with an interest in emergency communication or public service activities can sign up online to receive The ARES E-Letter. Each issue will contain a wealth of after-action reports, editorials, technical tips, news and views--information you'd otherwise have to wait for in QST. Timeliness, utility and inspiration are the goals of this informative publication that's devoted entirely to Amateur Radio emergency communication and public service. Editing the first issue is former long-time ARRL Headquarters staff member Rick Palm, K1CE, who oversaw activities involving ARRL Section Managers, the ARRL Field Organization and the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). We invite subscribers to share a copy with club newsletter editors or with friends who may not be ARRL members but still might be interested in receiving it. Those receiving the premier edition also may opt out of getting further copies if they wish. [from ARRL 08/11/05] - List of Frequently Asked Questions on BPL available I received this via e-mail from Jim N2ZZ, the ARRL Section Manager from South Carolina. It is an informative list of frequently asked questions about Broadband over powerlines. Check it out at http://www.qrpis.org/~k3ng/bpl.html - K2LS DX-Packetcluster node available for DX spots The K2LS DX-Packetcluster node, located in Merrick, NY, is available on both RF and the internet. RF input/output 144.970. Internet (Telnet) is DXC.K2LS.COM, either standard port 23, or port 7300. The K2LS node is filtered to pass only spots from zones 1 thru 8, but, I can allow any combination of spots/bands to be passed at the users request. Some users connect simultaneously with a different ssid, i.e. KA2D & KA2D-3, enabling them to see both filtered and unfiltered information. The node also filters all talk/chat from outside zones 1 thru 8. For more information, contact Larry Strasser K2LS at k2ls@optonline.net - Long Island Transmitter Hunters seeking new participants We have a newly reorganized Hidden Transmitter Hunters group active and seeking new participants. LITHARC (Long Island Transmitter Hunters ARC) info may be found in the Yahoo Groups list under LITHARC. All apps are approved for membership and we are using the yahoo group as a central information and communications site. Anyone interested in learning more about the activity of radio direction finding and radio "fox hunting" is invited to join the group. Of course the real fun is joining the group on an upcoming hunt. There is always room for more so grab your HT and come on down to a hunt! For more information, contact Larry WA2SUH at wa2suh@aol.com - ARRL C-CE course advance registration opportunities via e-mail 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. - MetroCor is coordinating body for the New York metro area MetroCor is the established coordinating body for the New York Metro area, inclusive of New York City - Long Island, Westchester County and the majority of Northern New Jersey. You must apply for coordination through MetroCor if: you have a system that has an expired TSARC coordination not yet registered with MetroCor, or wish to establish a new system on Amateur Radio Spectrum above 29.5 MHz, These and any other matters related to repeater systems' coordination are welcomed by MetroCor. They invite you to visit their website at: http://www.metrocor.net You can also direct questions to their e-mail at metrocor@metrocor.net - Emil Tillona KD1F is the section DXCC card checker 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 Section VE Sessions - available on the web at: http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm 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) Nassau County - Norm Wesler K2YEW (k2yew@arrl.net) Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX (w2fx@arrl.net) Digital Communications - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net) |