Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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| February 2003 | ARRL NYC/LI February E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI -- Welcome! This is the February 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 March issue prior to the end of February. Section News Section News is available ONLY on the world-wide-web. See the NLI site at: http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI HAPPENINGS Ham Radio University 2003 a success! HRU 2003 was held on Sunday, January 19, 2003, at East Woods School, 31 Yellow Cote Road, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. This was a special day of education for Amateur Radio. Many ham radio clubs and organizations in the NY City / Long Island area set up tables with information about their group. 18 different technical forums were held on all aspects of Amateur Radio. The HRU planning committee worked hard to make this a fun day for all involved. A VE session was held at 3 PM, a special event station W2V was on the air from the site, plus there were other demonstrations of Amateur Radio. The HRU committee thanks all those who helped make this event a success! Special thanks to all the moderators, to LIMARC for sponsoring the event, and to Harris Stein and the East Woods School for providing the superb facility for the day. A wrap-up meeting will be held on Monday, February 10, at 7 PM at Babylon Town Hall, Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst. Enter in the back and go downstairs to the ARES/RACES room for the meeting. A discussion and review of the event will focus on how to make next year's event even better. For more information contact George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org or see the NLI website at http://hudson.arrl.org/nli From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: New York City: No report. Nassau County: ARES participated on Dec. 2 in an American Red Cross DAT meeting; on Dec 7, WA2WKV attended division meeting in Paramus N.J; on Dec 9, WA2WKV, WF2T, KC2BCH and several others attended the EMO meeting at the new EOC for Nassau County. Both ARES and RACES leadership and members were in attendance; on Dec 10, Nassau ARES had monthly Meeting,.John N2EB ran a session on how to run a traffic or emergency net. We had 16 attendees. Suffolk County: Annual renewals in progress. Online data base is active. SEC Tom KA2D: attended the EMO meeting at the new EOC in Nassau County. Both ARES and RACES leadership and members were in attendance. Amateur Radio had a good representation and hopefully this will unite the two separate groups into a working unit. Also at this meeting, the Section wide linked system received another supporter who has resources in the lower Hudson Valley. This is another missing link that should be an aid to successfully completing the project. Progress is slow, but positive. Renewals are in progress. Many local EC's are using online databases for renewals. I have completed ARRL CCE EC003. STM Charlie WA2YOW reports the following: "Due to personal and family commitments I have resigned as STM effective with the submission of this report, so this will probably be the last time I will be in direct contact with you. It has been a truly great experience working with Field Services and all the members of our very fine section staff. Thank you for all your help and advice over the years." Thank you Charlie for all YOUR hard work over the years and your tremendous commitment to Amateur Radio! It will be difficult to fill your shoes, but I know that you will be available to help out your successor! Very best regards! Charlie also 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 (meeting irregularly at present). Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz. The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of November 2002 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 262, N2AKZ 110, N2ECR 104, WB2GTG 100, KB2KLH 100, KE2SX 90, KC2JXM 90, WA2YOW 87, KB2GEK 78. NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 31 199 67/47 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 328 212/207 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 31 221 205/186 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 280 483/480 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 31 400 141/138 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 388 0/158 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI 20 62 39/39 ** Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 604 109/109 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF (*) N2WGF Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 14 67 9/9 WA2VZK (**)--stats kept and reported by WA2YOW (*) report not received in time for this list Section Staff changes: Charlie Ferrando WA2YOW has resigned as Section Traffic Manager effective immediately. Charlie has been STM for over 6 years and has spent many hours and much effort helping Amateur Radio. His work and the work of the many section Traffic Handlers who consistently move radio traffic into and out of the NY City / Long Island section sometimes goes unnoticed but is an essential part of Amateur Radio communications. The section staff joins me in thanking Charlie for his time and contributions. I are currently in the process of finding a new STM - please contact me if you are interested or know someone who might be interested in this important postion. Congratulations to the new officers of the Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club: President Tom Golero K2CBA, VP Alan Koenigsberg AE2J, Treasurer Harvey Fermaglich N2EOI, Secretary Ted Bicking KC2HEV. Congratulations to the new officers of the Nassau Amateur Radio Club: President Lance Aue, KA2EJD, Vice President Chuck Fleiderbaum KB2PAA, Secretary Jim Mezey, W2KFV, Treasurer Herb Polak, N2XXP Welcome back to the New York City Repeater Association as an ARRL affiliated club! The Club Contact is: Michael Moran, KC2CYE and he can be reached at kc2cye@arrl.net and the Club President is: Jan Wolf, W2KMA who can be reached at: w2kma@aol.com The club Website is http://expage.com/page/newyorkcityrepeaterassociation Ed W2SN is scheduled to operate as VP6EM from Pitcairn Island on 4 February, 2003, between 1700 and 2359 Zulu, on 10, 15 and/or 20 Meters SSB, depending on propagation. QSL to home call. Submitted by Ed Madison W2SN, President, KCRA The Boston Athletic Association is looking for a few good patriotic hams to enlist for the 2003 Boston Marathon on Patriots Day, April 21. Uniform includes a 106th Marathon jacket, supplied by the BAA, and a 2m HT with gain antenna, supplied by you. You can retire with an honorable discharge and full pension after serving only one day (it will be a long one -- and I don't mean the pension). Volunteers needed for the Hopkington Start, Boston Finish, and along the course. Sign your John Hancock on the enrollment form you download at: http://www.baa.org/Volunteering/BMGeneralVolunteerApp.pdf For more information contact Bill W1OHM at W1OHM@aol.com THE LIMARC Indoor Winter Hamfair and Electronics swap meet will be held on Sunday, Feb 23rd at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway in Hicksville, NY. Admission is $6, and the doors open at 9AM. For more info visit the LIMARC Web Page at: www.limarc.org or call 516-520-9311 (24 hr Info Line). 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 American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club meeting on Thursday, February 6, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com. Nassau County Police ARC will have a meeting on Thursday, Thursday, February 6, at 7 pm at Long Beach Auxiliary Police Headquarters. Contact George WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com or http://www.qsl.net/kb2uyp/ for more info. Peconic ARC monthly meeting is Friday, February 7, 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. The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 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.kcra.org Ham Radio University 2003 wrap-up meeting set for February 10. The next meeting of the Ham Radio University 2003 committee will be held on Monday, February 10, in the Emergency Operations Center, Babylon Town Hall, North Lindenhurst, NY, starting at 7 PM. At this meeting we will review and discuss the event and how it can be improved for 2003. All are invited to attend. Please RSVP to n2ga@arrl.org if you will be attending. Please forward this meeting notice to anyone who you might think would be interested. HRU 2003 was held on Sunday, January 19, 2003, at the East Woods School in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, February 11, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, February 11, 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. Charles Gallo KC2IXE New Queens County EC - NYC ARES will be giving a talk about ARES and what they do. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/hosarc or call 718-760-2022 Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 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, February 11. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net The Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold its regular monthly "Non-meeting Meeting" (social night) on Thursday, February 13, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 6:30 P.M. See http://www.kcra.org Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, February 13, 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, February 13, in Port Washington. Contact Joe K2KYQ at jreekie@wawnc.org for more information. Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, February 14 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 18 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, Feb, 18 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. See http://www.kcra.org LIMARC will hold their next regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 19, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The guest speaker will be Phil Lewis N2MUN and he will speak on purchasing Amateur Radio equipment. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 19, 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, February 19 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Manhattan & Bronx ARES meeting will be on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John KE2UN at ke2un@arrl.net for info. THE LIMARC Indoor Winter Hamfair and Electronics swap meet will be held on Sunday, Feb 23rd at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway in Hicksville, NY. Admission is $6, and the doors open at 9AM. All Tables are sold by advanced registration only for $25 per table Each $25 includes one table, chair, and admission for one worker. Admission of an additional workers are $6 each including chair. For more info visit the LIMARC Web Page at: www.limarc.org or call 516-520-9311 (24 hr Info Line) or e-mail hamfest@limarc.org The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, February 24 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 Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Feb. 24 in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center at 8 pm. All are welcome. Contact Phil Spampinato, N2LVG, President, NARC at phil2lvg@optonline.net or see http://www.nassauarc.org Kings County ARES meeting is on the Tuesday, February 25, at 7 PM at UCP, 121 Lawrence Avenue, between Ocean Parkway and Seton Place in Kensington, Brooklyn. For info, call Adam Fine AB2IZ at 917-804-3380. GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Feb. 27 at 8:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org The Long Island DX Association will meet at Briarcliffe College on Friday, February 21, at 8:00 PM in room 10. Contact NN2C, Marty Miller, president of the LIDXA, at nn2c@arrl.net [note:the meeting date has been corrected. LIDXA meets every third Friday] 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)- |