Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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March 2004 |
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 IN THIS ISSUE: * Ham Radio University 2004 Wrap-Up Meeting Held * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Claire Heil WA2VZK, Section Traffic Manager * W & R Enterprises opens new ham store, offers Morse Code classes * ARRL C-CE course advance registration opportunities via e-mail * New ARES apparel available with "Amateur Radio Communications" * MetroCor is coordinating body for the New York metro area * Emil Tillona KD1F is the section DXCC card checker * Section VE Sessions * UPCOMING Club Events * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS * Ham Radio University 2004 Wrap-Up Meeting Held The Wrap-up meeting for Ham Radio University 2004 was held on Monday, March 16, at 7 PM in the ARES/RACES room (downstairs) in Babylon Town Hall, Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst. Much was discussed at the meeting and planning for HRU 2005 was begun. The preliminary date for HRU 2005 is Sunday, January 16, 2005. The first planning meeting for HRU 2005 will be held in September on Monday, September 20, 2004. 73, George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI, Chairman, Ham Radio University 2004, n2ga@arrl.org . Please see the HRU 2004 website at http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2004.htm * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: Mike Bartmon, KF2EO, has decided not to accept the Staten Island EC appointment. He stated there are personal issues that are keeping him from effectively carrying out the duties of EC. I have asked Joe Nieves, N2TEE, to take I have asked Joe Nieves, N2TEE, to take the position EC Staten Island and he has accepted. Things should now really move forward in Staten Island. Jan 13 - 15 New York City District ARES has been placed on stand-by by Mr. Sidney Ko, Director of Disaster Services of the American Red Cross of Greater New York. This comes as a result of a conference call between ARC/GNY and NYC OEM. Warming shelters were projected to be opened due to the extremely cold conditions. Jan 16 - 17 NYC ARES was activated by ARC Greater NY and NYC OEM. 22 NYC ARES members participated in this incident "Operation Deep Freeze". Total 152 man hours. Warming shelters were opened in all of the five NYC boroughs. Next month Mike Lisenco N2YBB will meet with a group of NYC CERT team leaders. From John Kienan KE2UN EC Manhattan. 1 emergency net for winter storm Shelter coverage by Manhattan ARES 4 operators total hours 36 Nets 1 each Monday ARES NET and ! RACES NET each Monday1 VE session Columbia Manhattan ARES meeting canceled due to storm call up Next meeting February 19 at 7:30 PM location to be announced. From Chris Sierra KC2KFW EC Bronx. At the behest of my DEC, Mike Lisenco (N2YBB), I'm attempting to secure a meeting place in the Bronx for our Bronx ARES group to meet once a month. Also, our newest member in the Bronx ARES group is Lionel White (KC2LLL). He's very anxious to begin developing his EmComm tactics. Thank you. From Adam Fine AB2IZ EC Brooklyn. Several operators deployed for Operation Deep Freeze with the Red Cross on 16 & 17 of January. Among them: KB3IEN, N2ECR, N2ULX, W2MPL and WA2JNF. A special thanks to all stations that committed to the operation if it had gone longer and those include: KA2FXR, N2RGA, N2KEN, N2ZS, W2/8R1B and W2DEA. The Kings County ARES meeting was held on Wednesday, January 14, 2004. Topics discussed: New applications; KA2D's press release; Discussion of Part 97 rules pertaining to RACES; Startup of weekly Kings County ARES net on Sundays at 8PM; Check-in procedure for the NYC District ARES net; Carpool to HRU; Meeting dates for 2004. In attendance: AB2IZ, K2RMX, KA2KDQ, KB2SUR, KB2VDV, KC2EDR, KC2JOX, KC2JXM, KC2LJC, KC2LWV, KC2MGY, N2GOT, N2ECR, N2KEN, N2LRX, N2RGA, N2UJG, N2YBB, N2ZS, W2/8R1B, W2MPL, and WA2JNF. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, February 18th, 2004 at 7:30 pm. Nassau County - EC Mario Maltese WF2T reporting for DEC George Gluck WA2WKV: Former Fire Chief Jim Mezey W2KFV gave an excellent Power Point presentation on the Incident Command System at the monthly meeting on January 13th, along with suggested EMCOMM deployments that could take place. An active question and answer period followed. On January 18th, Nassau ARES hosted a table at HRU, showing looped video of prior activations. Suffolk County - Ed Heidelberger, N2IHR has stepped down as EC for Smithtown. Ed will remain as AEC. A reorganization will occur in the near future. SC ARES renewals in progress. John Allocca WA2LUA EC Huntington gave a presentation at HRU2004 "Operating under Emergency Conditions". SC ARES/RACES net meets each Monday night at 9:00 PM local time. Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: January was busy with the DEC change in NYC. I worked with Mike Lisenco N2YBB on a number of issues relating to NYC ARES and the served agencies. Mike has personally met with representatives of all served agencies. Mike's dedication to NYC ARES is evident by the increase in net participation and received reports. He is off to a great start. It has been a long time since NYC ARES had EC in all boroughs. On Jan 2, I attended the Peconic ARC meeting and spoke about ARES and handed out new EC and AEC Certificates to the group. I was accompanied by Phil Lewis N2MUN, NLI ACC who spoke about HRU 2004. I attended and participated in HRU 2004 which is also the NLI Section Convention. There was a scheduled meeting with SECs from ENY, NLI and NNJ which was canceled due to weather. NLI ARES had a section-wide ARES meeting with DEC's from NYC and Nassau Counties along with EC's from all three districts. Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon N2FF and NLI Section Manager George Tranos N2GA were also in attendance. Each DEC gave a brief report of activities from last year and their goals for 2004. I spoke about our rededication to preparedness and announced that all NLI ARES members are to complete EC-001 by the end of 2004. I continue to solicit reports and monitor nets, e-mails and newsletters. NLI ARES DEC's and EC's will use the FSD-212 (1/04) form to report starting March 2004. * From Claire Heil WA2VZK, Section Traffic Manager STM Claire Heil WA2VZK 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 Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz. The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of January 2004 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 422, N2YBB 371, N2ECR 158, N2AKZ 100, KC2GOW 100, KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 87, KE2SX 36. 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 31 319 192/176 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L * W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 345 438/423 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 31 468 160/158 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 504 0/77 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 749 78/75 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 31 184 52/43 W2DSX Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 15 54 7/7 WA2VZK (*) report not received in time for this list 73, Claire Heil WA2VZK, Section Traffic Manager. Contact Claire at CAHEIL@aol.com * W & R Enterprises opens new ham store, offers Morse Code classes W & R enterprises has moved their ham store to 421 Broadway in West Babylon. They will be offering Morse Code 5 WPM classes at their store on Saturdays at 3:30 PM. Contact Walter KA2RGI for more information at 631-669-3714 or ka2rgi@arrl.net * 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. * New ARES apparel available with "Amateur Radio Communications" 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 coordinating body for the New York metro area MetroCor is the new coordinating body for the New York City metropolitan area. See their website at http://www.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://hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm * UPCOMING Club Events NOTE - As usual, please check with the club to verify the date and time of all events, especially during inclement weather! The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, Mar. 2, 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.kc2ra.org/ American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 2, 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 Amateur Radio Club will hold their March monthly meeting at Billy's Beach Café in Long Beach on Thursday, March 4th at8 PM. For more information or directions, contact George WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com Peconic ARC monthly meeting is Friday, March 5, 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. Larkfield ARC will hold a VE Session on Saturday, Mar. 6, at 9 am at the Huntington Town Hall, 100 Main Street, Room 114 (Entrance on Jackson Ave), Huntington, NY. Contact: Stanley Mehlman N2YKT (631) 423-7132 The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, Mar. 8 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 HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Mar. 9, 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. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/hosarc or call 718-760-2022. Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Mar. 9 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, Mar. 9. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Mar. 10, 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 their next regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 10, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The program will be their ever popular brown bag auction where members bring down a wrapped unmarked item for auction and others bid for the unknown bag with many humorous surprises! The auctioneers will be Norm K2YEW and Sid K2LJH. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday, Mar. 11, in Port Washington. Contact Joe K2KYQ at jreekie@wawnc.org for more information. Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Mar. 11, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org The Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold its regular monthly "Non-meeting Meeting" (social night) on Thursday, Mar. 11, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 6:30 P.M. See http://www.kc2ra.org/ Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, Mar. 12 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please be prepared to suggest club goals including projects, subjects for speakers, etc. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Mar. 16 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, Mar. 16 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. http://www.kc2ra.org/ 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, Mar. 18. 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 regular meeting will be at 8PM on Friday, March 19, 2004 at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). The meetings are held on the third Friday of each month. See the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ or contact Marty Miller NN2C, President of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net for further information. The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, March 19th starting at 8 PM. The meeting will be held at Seaview Home Rehabilitation Center and Hospital, Fireside Room, 460 Brielle Avenue, Staten Island. Contact SIARA President Walter Persans WA2ZBE at 718-981-5638 for more information. The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, Mar. 21 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 Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Mar. 24 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. The speaker will be ARRL NYC/LI Section Manager George Tranos N2GA and he will speak on the ARRL. See http://www.rcarc.org Manhattan ARES meeting will be on Thursday, Mar. 25, at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John KE2UN at ke2un@arrl.net for info. GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Mar. 25 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Mar. 29 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 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) |