Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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March 2003 |
ARRL NYC/LI March E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI -- 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. 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 Wrap-Up Meeting Held Members of the HRU 2003 committee met on Monday, 2/24/03 to discuss how to improve the event for 2004. A tentative date of Sunday, January 18, 2004, has been set for the next Ham Radio University. There will be a questionnaire sent out shortly asking for your opinions to help make next year's event better. From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: New York City: Kings County ARES held a meeting on 01/26/03 with topics of upcoming events and Go Bags discussed. Attending were AB2IZ, KA2KDQ, KB2SUR, KB2GEK, KB2TWY, KB2VDV, KC2CBL, KC2JXM, N2ECR, N2QXB, N2ULX, W2MPL and WA2JNF. NYC ARES was activated on Friday, 2/22/03 when a barge exploded at a port facility on Staten Island. Operators served with the forward response team, 2 ERVs, and at Red Cross HQ in Manhattan and as Net Control Stations. NYC ARES was active from 11AM to Midnight (13 hours). Operation was on two repeaters as well as VHF simplex. The following operators were active: KF2EO, N2BGR, N2GAB, N2NOV, N2ZWT, N2ZYF, NT2T, WA2IAF, WA2RF. The following were on standby or ready for shift #2 that was not needed: KA2ABV, KB2QLE, KC2IXE, N2ECR, N2UIH, N2UMC, WA2GUG, W2MPL. Nassau County: ARES participated on Jan 3 when activated by Nassau ARC to man a shelter in Bayville due to a storm. Six operators involved and the operation was shut down at 12 midnight. On Jan 14 the monthly Nassau ARES meeting was held, 20 attended a class how to deal with served agencies. On Jan 19 Nassau ARES set up a table in the club room at HRU 2003. On Jan 20 Nassau ARES was attended the sixth fire battalion meeting. On Jan 26 Nassau ARES was activated by Nassau ARC and Nassau EOC due to gas fire and explosion in Lakeville with a shelter opened at Malverne high school with over 150 relocated. Operation shut down midnight, ten operators were involved. Suffolk County: Annual renewals in progress. Online data base is active. SEC Tom KA2D: attended HRU2003 and was the moderator for the Emergency ommunications Forum. KA2D did a presentation , Intro to ARES and the ARRL CCE EC program. Suffolk County DEC Bill Scheibel N2NFI spoke about recruitment and practical application of EMCOMM training. Jeff Schneller N2HPO, Greater New York SATERN Amateur Radio Liaison Officer, spoke about the ARES and SATERN relations. Charlie WA2YOW was kind enough to continue to take NTS reports and compile a monthly report in lieu of a new STM. He 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 January 2003 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 300, N2ECR 101, N2AKZ 100, WB2GTG 100, KB2KLH 100, WA2YOW 89, KB2GEK 82, KE2SX 77. NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M (*) KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 322 187/168 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 31 235 183/159 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 306 393/392 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 31 433 128/127 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 397 0/103 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI 22 63 38/37 ** Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 665 112/112 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF (*) N2WGF Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 15 61 3/3 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. Make a kit, make a plan, be informed! Check out the new Department of Homeland Security website and be ready! See: http://www.ready.gov/ From the ARRL Webpage: Several Amateur Radio volunteers were honored February 24 during the Greater New York Division of the Salvation Army's sixth annual recognition dinner for Emergency Disaster Services volunteers. Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) and Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) members received 37 award certificates and plaques for providing some 1800 hours of volunteer service during 2002. "It was great to see ARRL ARES members thanked so publicly and repeatedly by not only The Salvation Army but also by FEMA and the New York City Fire Department," said ARRL Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon, N2FF, who represented the League at the ceremony. "This event was a good reminder that there is more than one agency that our ARES members support. It was very gratifying to realize that The Salvation Army is more interested in serving and helping people than in raising funds." See the full story at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/02/27/2/?nc=1 Help Save Our Frequencies! The Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003 has been introduced in the US House of Representatives. The measure is an ARRL legislative initiative. Florida Rep Michael Bilirakis filed the latest version of the bill, HR 713, on February 12. It has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. HR 713 is aimed at ensuring the availability of spectrum to Amateur Radio operators. It would protect existing Amateur Radio spectrum against reallocations to or sharing with other services unless the FCC provides ''equivalent replacement spectrum'' elsewhere. The previous version of the Spectrum Protection Act attracted more than 50 cosponsors. An effort will be made to encourage additional House members to sign onto HR 713 as cosponsors. Additional details are on the ARRL Web site. You can locate your Congressional Representative at www.house.gov Send a QSL card or letter that identifies you as a ham and that you support HR 713. I got a nice note from the secretary of the Long Island DX Associations: We always meet the THIRD Friday of the month (except for our summer hiatus in July & August). "The Long Island DX Association will meet at Briarcliffe College on Friday, March 21, at 8:00 PM in room 10. Contact NN2C, Marty Miller, president of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net See the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ for more information." Ed also notes that future meetings will be held on April 18, May 16 (which might be moved to May 23 due to members attending Dayton Hamvention), and June 20....for this "season." Also note that besides our member Emil, KD1F, who is a NYC/LI section DXCC checker, we also have Lenny, KB2HK, who is another ARRL-authorized DXCC card checker. Lenny can be reached at kb2hk@juno.com. Thanks for producing a very informative newsletter....73, Ed, K2MFY Secretary, LIDXA From Ken Curtin FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaison: "Just wanted to let everyone know that the new FEMA home study course, 'IS 292' DISASTER BASICS is now available at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/ This course will be made a prerequisite for many other FEMA courses. Would you please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested? This is just the latest of the many FEMA Independent Study courses available to you free at this web site. All FEMA Independent Study courses are certificated, and can be used to earn college credit." 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 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, March 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, March 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, March 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, March 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 Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, March 11, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, March 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. Neil Heft KC2KY will be giving a talk about Kit Building. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/hosarc or call 718-760-2022 Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, March. 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, March 11. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net LIMARC will hold their next regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 12, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The guest speaker will be Jeff N2HPO from SATERN and he will speak on the Salvation Army Team Emergency Response Network and their "Go" boxes. 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, March 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, March 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, March 13, in Port Washington. Contact Joe K2KYQ at jreekie@wawnc.org for more information. Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, March 14 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Long Island QRP Club meets on Saturday, March 15, at Nicky's of Centerport, 6 Little Neck Road, Centerport, Long Island, NY (telephone: 631-757-7277). The gathering will start at 12 noon and last until at least 2:30 pm. For more info, contact Jeff WB5GWB at wb5gwb@arrl.net or http://www.erols.com/tjmc/LIQRP Queens County Ares Meeting is on Sunday March 16th, at 2:00pm 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 Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, March. 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, March 18 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. See http://www.kcra.org KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, March 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, March 26 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, March 20, at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John KE2UN at ke2un@arrl.net for info. The Long Island DX Association will meet at Briarcliffe College on Friday, March 21, at 8:00 PM in room 10. Contact Marty Miller NN2C, president of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net See the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ for more information. The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, March 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, March 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, March 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, March 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 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) |