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This is January 2009 edition of the New York City-Long Island Section "e-Happenings" newsletter.
This newsletter is here to serve the Amateur Radio community in our area. We welcome and
encourage all submissions. Help make this your newsletter. We especially encourage NLI Radio
clubs and Organizations to submit their meeting announcements, guest speakers and any special
events. Please submit any
information for the February issue prior to the end of January.
Section News
Section News is available ONLY on the world-wide-web. See the NLI site at:
ttp://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI
IN THIS ISSUE:
* from Mike Lisenco N2YBB, Section Manager
* Other "stuff" [ARES] [DX]
* NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli
HAPPENINGS
* From Mike Lisenco N2YBB, Section Manager
I hope everyone is keeping warm during this rather cold month.
January
has so far seen the tenth anniversary edition of
was hampered somewhat by snow, but still over 250 interested people turned out for a
day of fun and learning. The keynote speaker, Kay Cragie N3KN, ARRL
First Vice President gave a speech in which she asked every ham to find one thing new
in the hobby that they have never tried and then to try it. She explained that there is
so much to do within ham radio, that one should never find themselves growing tired
of the hobby.
Nearly 30 forums were held that touched on many aspects of ham radio, with the
day
ending in a VE session.
For
those who have never experienced HRU, please make a point of attending next
year.
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January
1st saw the implementation of the ARRL WAS Triple Play Award. This award,
a new and exciting
version of the Worked All States Award (WAS), requires that each
state be worked on
three modes; Phone, CW and Digital Mode.
Confirmation must
be made ONLY on the
Logbook of the World (LoTW). It’s an exciting challenge.
To
date I’ve gathered 105 contacts (out of 150 needed), and I’ve run across a
number
of hams in the
Section who are also chasing this award.
LoTW is an electronic qsl
service run through
the ARRL. For more information on LoTW go to www.arrl.org/lotw
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I would like to attend club meetings throughout the Section, and will be starting with the
January 28th meeting of the Radio Central ARC in
from
drop me a line at n2ybb@arrl.org.
This newsletter is your newsletter. Please keep the Section in the loop by sending
announcements of upcoming club meetings, hamfests, and any other items of interest to
the NLI community to me and I will be happy to put it in the newsletter. Again, the
email address is n2ybb@arrl.org
Mike
N2YBB
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THE ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL
Month of DECEMBER 2008
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
W2KFV 40/5/30/65/0/10 = 150
NY3H 40/3/30/25/0/10 = 108
K2YYD 35/0/20/20/0/30 = 105
KB2KLH 40/40/20/0/0/0 = 100
W2DSX 30/40/20/0/0/0 = 90
K2BRG 25/0/10/40/0/10 = 85
N2RQ 16/0/0/45/0/10 = 71
All stations are encouraged to report even if activity is less than qualifying
total!
NO LATE PSHR FOR DECEMBER 2008
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STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS:
The following stations have submitted activity reports for the Month of
DECEMBER 2008
CALL ORIGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTAL
K2TV O/3 R/45 S/51 D/9 = 108
W2DSX O/0 R/41 S/0 D/17 = 58
KB2KLH O/0 R/22 S/9 D/12 = 43
Brass Pounder's League:
Month of DECEMBER 2008
No one qualified for the BPL this month.
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Section Traffic Manager Monthly Report
MONTH OF DECEMBER 2008
Section and Local Nets:
Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager
NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON * N2YJZ
NY PHONE NYP 8 70 44/* AK2Z
BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 31 449 30/30 KB2KLH
NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 30 269 47/35 W2DSX
EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 31 375 48/* WI2G
* = report not received in time for posting.
** = position open, please contact w2dsx if interested in position
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NTS SECTION LEVEL and INDEPENDENT CW nets : *//*
STATEWIDE CW NETS:
/*NYS/M*
As of now the frequency for all things NTS in NY is 3576. Also, there is the
daytime alternate freq.
of 7042 kHz " and a alternate of 1807 kHz if 80 Meters goes long. This is a change as this is the
new 2RN alternate frequency (thanks Anne WI2G)
INDEPENDENT CW NETS which maintain close association with the NTS.
*/Empire Slow Speed Net* (ESS)
*/Hit and Bounce Net/* (HBN)
*/it and Bounce Slow Net/* (HBSN)
7:30am daily on 3576 kHz, alt. may be 7114
NTS SECTION LEVEL HF/phone nets:
/*New York Phone* (NYP)
if able so as to keep the net
running. Alt. "
7237 kHz.
/*New York Public Operations Net* (NYPON) 5pm (NORMALLY MAY MEET 15 MIN
EARLY IN EFFORT TO PASS TFC BEFORE 80 GOES LONG) daily on 3925 kHz "
QRM, alternate freq. 3913 kHz
4)The NTS "local nets" are: (PLEASE
NOTE NEW TIME FOR BIG APPLE)
*/Big Apple VHF Net/* 9:00pm daily on 146.430 MHz (1 MHz split)
/*Nassau Co. VHF Net*/ 7:30pm on 146.805 MHz (136.5pl) Alternate freq. of
147.135 (136.5) - SKYWARN alternate also
/*Suffolk Co. VHF Net*/ Not meeting at this time, however if you're interested
in participating,
*/please let me know
Curious as to what all this means? See:
http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec2-ch1.html
and one of my favorites, Dan K2UL's (STM SNJ) page:
http://home.att.net/~k2ul/resource.htm
End of report, respectfully submitted by
Jim Minor W2DSX, NLI STM
Any corrections, comments and questions to w2dsx@arrl.net
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UPCOMING Club Events/Meetings
The listing needs updating. Please submit your meeting information to n2ybb@arrl.org
NOTE - Always check with
the club to verify the date, time and location of the events/meetings listed
here.
575 Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex Club
The LIARS Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month at
All are welcome. Our web site is:
Contact: Frank Peppe
fpeppe@optonline.net
ECS-ARC
Meets at the American Red Cross Queens Area Office,
138-02 Queens Blvd., 1st Floor
Briarwood, NY 11435
Meeting Time: 1st Tuesday Monthly 7:30 PM
Home page URL: http://www.arcecs.org
Please contact Leonard
Smith (PIO) at: n2ldv@arrl.net for information.
Grumman ARC (GARC) http://www.qsl.net/wa2lqo/
Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at the
Allen Ellsworth Park in Farmingdale, starting at 5:30 PM
GARC VE sessions are held on the second Tuesday of each month at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage,
Room: Long Beach #5,
starting at 5:00 PM.
Contact: Robert Wexelbaum w2ilp@optonline.net
Great South Bay ARC
GSBARC Monthly meetings are the last Thursday of the month, 8PM.
200
GSBARC Monthly VE are the 4th Sunday starting
For more information, see http://www.qsl.net/gsbarc/
The NY Hall of Science ARC has general membership meetings on the second
Tuesday of each month, with the
exception of July and August. The meetings are a time to take care of club business, listen to a great speaker
regarding an interesting topic related to ham radio, and to make new friends and catch up with old friends. The
club has its meetings at the NY Hall of
Science in
club's website
at
www.hosarc.org for more detailed information.
Town of
Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at
and technical discussions. NY. For more information, see:
or contact John A. Allocca, WB2LUA at 631-261-3726 or via e-mail at:
drjohn@allocca.com
http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/
Regular meetings are at
(Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). For club details, see our Web site, or contact Ed Whitman, K2MFY,
LIDXA Secretary at edwhit@optonline.net for further information.
There are usually two ARRL DXCC card checkers present: Tom AG2A and John W2GW.
Bring your new DXCC
cards and paperwork to these meetings for official
verification and credit.
Long Island Mobile ARC
LIMARC meets the second Wednesday each month,
All are welcome. Bring a friend!
Webpage is: http://www.limarc.org
Club Contact: President, Rich Cetron, K2KNB K2KNB@limarc.org
Club PIO: Eddie Muro, K2EPM K2EPM@limarc.org
Long Island Transmitter Hunters (LITHARC)
Seeking new participants A group of Long Island transmitter hunting enthusiasts has been conducting hunts on Friday
nights with an occasional Sunday event and we are seeking new participants to join in the fun. Anyone interested in
learning more about the activity of radio direction finding and radio "fox hunting" is invited to come out as a hunter or rider.
A LITHARC discussion group (Long Island Transmitter Hunters ARC) has been established on Yahoo Groups as
a central information and communications site.
You are welcome to sign up to keep informed about upcoming events. If you would
like our group to conduct a hunt in
your area that would include members of your radio club, please let us know. For more information, contact Larry, WA2SUH
at wa2suh@aol.com
Meetings every Monday night at
is the last Monday of the
month at
Suffolk County Radio Club (SCRC)
Monthly Meeting is third Tuesday of the month at
Contact: Tim Clark KC2LIN, 631-418-5057
http://members.tripod.com/~parasca/index/scrcreve.htm
The Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services
(TOBARES) meetings are on the third Thursday each month at
Emergency Operations Center,
200 East
http://www.tobares.org or contact
* Other "stuff"
[DX]
John Reiser, W2GW is the section DXCC card
checker and is available for field checking of QSL cards for your DXCC Award.
John is available by appointment at his home in
John is willing to meet them half way at
a diner
or someplace. Contact John at w2gw@arrl.net
*NLI DX Spotting Clusters
AA2MF Staten Island-NY, dxc.aa2mf.net
W2GSB West Babylon-NY, 24.185.125.244, RF 145.670
K2LS Greensboro- NC. dxc.k2ls.com
*K2LS is still a popular spot for many NLI DXers.
[From ARRL]
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/
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, 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.
ARES E-Letter, sign up now!
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ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
and to hams concerned with public
service and emergency communications
ARRL members may subscribe to The ARES E-Letter by going to the Member Data
Page at:
http://www.arrl.org/members-only/memdata.html?modify=1
Check the box for "ARES E-Letter (monthly public service and emergency communications news)" and you're all set. Past issues of The ARES E-Letter are
available at http://www.arrl.org/ares-el/. Issues
are posted to this page after publication.
[Repeaters]
MetroCor is coordinating body for the
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
Section VE Sessions
Section VE Sessions -available on the web at:
http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm
NLI Webpage:
The Section Webpage will be redone and will contain LOTS of great information on section happenings, VE session, Education, Clubs, section staff, and much more!
See http://hudson.arrl.org/nli
NLI Section News is available at:
http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI
Please continue to help make this newsletter even more interesting and
informative by sending me news about YOUR club and events.
NLI Staff
NLI ARES:
SEC NLI - Jim Mezey W2KFV w2kfv@arrl.net
DEC
Affiliated Club Coordinator – Phil Lewis N2MUN n2mun@optonline.net
Technical Coordinator – Steve Barreres K2CX k2cx@arrl.net
Public Information Coordinator – Ed Muro K2EPM k2epm@arrl.net
State Government Liason – George Tranos N2GA n2ga@arrl.net
Section Traffic Manager – Jim Minor W2DSX w2dsx@optonline.net
Official Observer Coordinator - VACANT
Assistant Section Managers:
Digital Communications -
John Blowsky KB2SCS kb2scs@arrl.net