March 2002 |
ARRL NYC/LI March E-happenings Newsletter
Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA,
ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI
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Welcome! This is the March 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 April issue prior
to the end of March.
QST Section News
The QST Section News column for May 2002 is due on March
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 March 12.
HAPPENINGS
Ham Radio University 2002 - The ARRL NYC/LI Section
Convention was held on Sunday, January 20, 2002.
An HRU Wrap-up meeting was held on Monday, February 25
at Babylon Town Hall at 7 pm. Discussion was of the recently
concluded event and ideas on how to make the next one even better.
HRU 2003 is tenatively scheduled for Sunday, January 19, 2003.
Contact Phil Lewis N2MUN at n2mun@arrl.net for more
information.
NLI Website has moved! Please visit us now at our new
location - http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli
From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator:
KA2D reports the following DEC's reporting activity in January:
Charles N2NOV for NYC was the featured speaker at the ARES
forum at HRU2002/NLI Convention and the subject matter was
the events of 9/11/01, KC2ENI put together a very informative
Power Point presentation; George WA2WKV for Nassau reports
that Nassau ARES also participated in HRU2002., Bill N2NFI
for Suffolk reports that Suffolk ARES also participated in HRU2002.
SEC Tom KA2D has invited as the keynote speaker at
"Communications Academy 2002" in Seattle, WA. Communications
Academy 2002 is a training workshop for volunteer emergency
communications. The URL is http://www.academy2002.org
STM Charlie WA2YOW reports Bill, WB2GTG has made the
BPL again this month. Charlie also reports the following:
The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of January 2002
New York City/Long Island Section
Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points
WB2GTG 190, N2AKZ 154, KB2KLH 140, WA2YOW 108,
AB2IZ 104, N2WGF 98, N2AVY 88, KE2SX 79
Though not eligible for the PSHR this month, the
following station would like their activity recorded:
WA2VZK 50
NTS Section or Local nets
Net Name
Abbrev
Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager
NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 31
173 61/53 KA2GJV
NY State/early/cw NYS/E
31 388
275/251 WB2QIX
NY State/late/cw NYS/L
31 278
284/255 W2YGW
NY Phone
NYP
31
310 564/557 N2LTC
NY Public Opr. Net NYPON
N2YJZ
Empire Slow Speed net ESS
31
461 0/163 WI2G
NYC-LI/cw
NLI
23
84 77/76
**
Big Apple VHF
BAVHF
31 738 123/123
KB2KLH
Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF
31 168
50/50 N2WGF
Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF
17 105
12/12 WA2VZK
(**)--stats kept and reported by WA2YOW
BM Mike Christopher W2IW reports increased airing of ARRL
bulletins on area repeaters. Congratulations to Mike on his recent
marriage to Linda KC2IVP.LIMARC plans one day Extra Class Theory course.
The Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club plans a one day
Extra Class Theory course on Sunday, March 24. It will be held
at Levittown Hall, in Hicksville from 8:30 am to 5 pm. If you are
interested in attending contact George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org
Larry Lutzak WA2CNV becomes the new MetroCor President.
Due to the resignation of Stephan Anderman K2SMA, Larry
becomes President, effective immediately. MetroCor is the new
coordinating body for the New York City metropolitan area.
See their website at http://www.qsl.net/metrocor/
Congratulations to the new 2002 Executive Board of the
Kings County Repeater Association effective Jan. 1, 2002:
President: Edward W2SN; VP: Kenneth AB2LB
Secretary: Hyman KB2MQT; Treasurer: Jay W2CSS
Congratulations to the new 2002 officers of The Order
of Boiled Owls of New York, a DX/Contesting club in
the New York City metropolitan area:
President: Tony N2UN; VP: Les W2LK;
Secretary: Dennis K2SX; Treasurer: Andy K2LE
Activities Manager: Larry W2AX
Congratulations to the 2002 officers for The Nassau Amateur
Radio Club: President: Phil N2LVG, VP: Dave W2UQ,
Secretary: Jim W2KFV, Treasurer: Herb N2XXP.
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
Peconic ARC monthly meeting is Friday, Mar. 1, at the
at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm.
CPR and basic first aid discussion and demonstration by
Don N2QHV. See http://www.peconic-arc.org
or contact
Roberta Keis N2RBU at 631-722-4060 for directions.
TheKCRA monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, March 5th,
at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn,
NY at 7 PM. Preregister with Harvey (KB2EA) at 718-948-2290
or Ed (W2SN) at 718-833-7120. See http://www.kcra.org
American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club
meeting on Thursday, March 7, at 7 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, March 7, at 7:30 pm at Long Beach
Auxiliary Police Headquarters. Contact George
WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com or
http://www.qsl.net/kb2uyp/ for more info.
Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, March 8 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.
Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting
is Tuesday, March 12, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in
Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc
HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, March 12, in Queens at 8 pm.
See their website at http://www.qsl.net/hosarc. Or
call 718-760-2022
LIMARC regular monthly meeting is Wednesday, March 13,
in Hicksville at 8 pm. LIMARC club historian Rob Todaro N1XL will
be the featured speaker. See http://www.limarc.org
Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, March
14, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or
see
http://www.larkfield.org
Long Island DX Association will meet on Friday, March 15 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
Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, March 19 in
Bohemia at 8 pm.
See http://members.tripod.com/~parasca/index/scrc.html
For Suffolk County Radio Club information call 631-399-4041.
Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a
regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 19, at The
Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn.
See http://www.kcra.org
KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Mar. 20, 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 Thursday, March 21, in
Shoreham at 7:30 pm at the Shoreham Recreation Center
just east of William Floyd Parkway on Route 25A.
See http://www.rcarc.org
Manhattan / Bronx ARES meeting on Thursday, March 21 at
7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan.
Contact John KE2UN at JOHNKE2@nyc-ares.org for
more info.
The Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club plans a one day
Extra Class Theory course on Sunday, March 24. It will be held
at Levittown Hall, in Hicksville from 8:30 am to 5 pm. If you are
interested in attending contact George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org
Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Mar. 25, in Eisenhower
Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center at 8 pm. See
http://www.nassauarc.org
The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE
exam on Monday, March 25 at 612 West 115th Street,
New York, NY 10025 at 6:30 pm. Preregister by calling
Alan N2YGK at 212-854-3754 or alan@columbia.edu
GSBARC Monthly Meeting is Thursday, Mar. 28, in N. Lindenhurst
at 8 pm. 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.
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) |
