Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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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. March 2005 is the 48th regular edition since this newsletter was inaugurated in March, 2001. 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 2006 planning begins * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From the Section Traffic Manager * List of Frequently Asked Questions on BPL available * K2LS DX-Packetcluster node available for DX spots * Long Island Transmitter Hunters seeking new participants * ARRL C-CE course advance registration opportunities via e-mail * 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 2006 planning begins With Ham Radio University 2005 behind us, planning has begun for HRU 2006. This seventh annual event will be held on Sunday, January 8, 2006, at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Long Island, NY 11714. HRU 2005 will be a hard act to follow, where a record turnout of over 450 attendees came through the door. HRU is a day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and fellowship among Amateur Radio operators. HRU 2005 featured 25 different forums covering all areas of ham radio, Amateur Radio demonstrations, an area for clubs and organizations, a special event station (W2V) and a VE session. HRU has always had a dynamic keynote speaker. In 2005, the keynote speaker was Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH, the Special Counsel for Amateur Radio Enforcement for the FCC. For 2006, Gordon West WB6NOA has agreed to be the keynote speaker. Plans are in the works for an even larger room for him to speak in. Practically the only complaint about HRU 2005 was the lack of space to hear the keynote speaker. The HRU committee discussed this at its wrapup meeting on February 8th and agreed that finding a larger space was imperative. We discovered that the library area at Briarcliffe College will be a better location for the keynote speaker and can hold more people, so that's where it will be in 2006! The date for the initial planning meeting for HRU 2006 is Tuesday, August 2, at 7 PM. Please check the HRU website at http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2005.htm for more information. It will be updated continually as more information becomes available. Submitted by George Tranos N2GA. * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: Happy New Year. January was a quiet month. Most members are catching up with training. We were briefly placed on standby during the blizzard in the middle of January. No activation was required. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County I wish to thank those Manhattan ARES Members, especially those members of our Rapid Intervention Team, who volunteered their time to be on standby for the American Red Cross during the recent blizzard that hit NYC. When high tides threatened to flood low-lying areas in several boroughs, NYC-OEM advised the Red Cross that it may be necessary to open shelters for residents possibly requiring evacuation. Fortunately, although we received a significant amount of snowfall, flooding did not occur and the EOC was not activated. We wish to thank the Broadcast Employees Amateur Radio Society, W2ABC, (147.27 MHz) for placing their repeater into Emergency Operation for us during the stand-by operation and their generosity in permitting Manhattan ARES to designate their two meter repeater as the main Manhattan Tactical Frequency. We also thank the Apple Repeater Club, KK2T, (444.050 MHz) for the use of their repeater as our backup Tactical Frequency. At our January meeting, we discussed plans for the upcoming simplex drill on Sunday, February 6th, at 10 AM. We also discussed planning, coordination, and resource allocation to further develop Manhattan ARES' ability to rapidly deploy and maintain a communications backbone in the event of a complete failure of communications systems in our area. We are holding our weekly Manhattan ARES Net on the BEARS repeater each Tuesday evening beginning at 7:30 PM. All are invited to check in. During the New Year, Manhattan ARES will be assisting BEARS with its VE sessions at the ABC corporate campus on Manhattan's upper West Side. We are currently finalizing details for this program, and further details will be posted on both the BEARS website http://www.w2abc.org/, the NYC-ARES website http://www.aresnyc.org/, and in QST. Our entry-level amateur radio class taught by Brian Wruble (W3BW) and John Healy (KA2ABV) is about half way through the course material at this point. Classes are being held on Wednesday evenings at the Collegiate Church on West End Avenue between 77th and 78th Street in Manhattan. On Wednesday, March 16th, we are planning a VE session at the church so our students can sit for the FCC Examination. We still need several Volunteer Examiners to administer the test. If you are a VE and are available to assist in testing our potential new amateur operators, please contact KA2ABV@ARRL.NET . Next New York County ARES meeting - Thursday, February 24th, 2005 at 6:30 pm. Meeting location: San Remo, 146 Central Park West, at 75th Street. Joe Nieves N2TEE; EC Richmond County: No Additional comments Charles Gallo KC2V; EC Queens County No additional comments. Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County Kings County ARES meeting - 01/19/05 Topics: Emergency power and distribution of batteries donated to the group; Reissuing of ARES ID cards; Red Cross ID cards; Simplex drill on February 6th, 2005; Training via ARRL CCE courses, FEMA.gov and SEMO. In attendance: AB2IZ, K2RDG, K2RMX, KA2KDQ, KC2FWD, KC2HMS, KC2JXM, KC2LYT, KC2MGY, KC2NBE, KC2NGU, N2ECR, N2RGA, N2YBB, W2DEA, and WA2JNF. Also in attendance were two perspective amateurs; Tim and Alex. Thanks to Ralph, KC2NGU, for inviting them and hopefully we'll hear them on the air soon. Kings County ARES has a weekly net, every Sunday at 8PM. We meet on the W2CMA repeater (446.675/-5MHz/114.8) in order to discuss issues of relevance to the ARES community at large and Kings County ARES specifically. We welcome, encourage and invite all amateur radio operators to participate. Kings County ARES can be found on the web. Visit us at www.kingscountyares.org. Thanks to Mitch (N2RGA) for all the hard work he puts into the site. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, February 16th, 2005 at 7:30pm. The location is UCP 121 Lawrence Street, between Ocean Parkway and Seton Place Brooklyn, NY. Happy New Year to all!!! Nassau County - Mario Maltese WF2T; EC Nassau County (for George Gluck, DEC, WA2WKV). Nassau ARES hosted a table at HRU on January 9th. ARES members responded to a fire on Jackson St. in a Hempstead Apartment building on Thursday, January 20, 2005. A fire, which started in the furnace room, caused the evacuation of 100 units. ARES members supported the American Red Cross in Nassau County at the Reception Center that was set up down the block from the scene of the fire, at Chapter Headquarters in Mineola, and later in the day at the Shelter, which was established along with communications for the ERV that continued to support the scene with hot meals and soup. Red Cross acknowledged the contribution by ARES, given the Nextel cell phones gave out quickly as the event went on all day. On January 22, 2005, ARES members stood by for the Winter Storm that hit our area. Members could be heard checking into the Skywarn net that was established by Alex Smith, N2XOJ, and monitored the main ARES repeater for possible activation. A request was received from OEM when 'RACES' could not respond to provide communications for the CERT Team shelter that was set up in Bayville, for communications with the ARES op at the 9th Fire Battalion. Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC SC: SKYWARN active for Jan 21 winter storm. Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon: 1/22 Noon to 1/23 - EOC activation by Town Emergency Manager, Gil Hanse, 24 hr. standby WX net for Snow Storm. Joe Werner, KC2BPS, EC Town of Brookhaven No additional comments John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington: No additional comments John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip No additional comments Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold: No additional comments. Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: SKYWARN active for Jan 21 winter storm. I missed HRU 2005 due to illness. Reports Received Nassau County; EC annual report, 2004 SET; PSAR reports 2004 Town of Southold; EC Annual Report * From the Section Traffic Manager As of this date, the STM position is open and I am actively looking for a new Section Traffic Manager. If you would like to be considered for this position, please contact George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org I have the received the following reports: 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 2005 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 100, KE2SX 74 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 31 159 83/73 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E * WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L * W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 297 668/639 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 31 415 208/200 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS * WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 592 162/162 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 31 183 106/99 W2DSX Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 16 55 6/6 KC2LEV (*) report not received in time for this list As of this date, the STM position is open and I am actively looking for a new Section Traffic Manager. If you would like to be considered for this position, please contact George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org * List of Frequently Asked Questions on BPL available I received this via e-mail from Jim N2ZZ, the ARRL Section Manager from South Carolina. It is an informative list of frequently asked questions about Broadband over powerlines. Check it out at http://www.qrpis.org/~k3ng/bpl.html * K2LS DX-Packetcluster node available for DX spots The K2LS DX-Packetcluster node, located in Merrick, NY, is available on both RF and the internet. RF input/output 144.970. Internet (Telnet) is DXC.K2LS.COM, either standard port 23, or port 7300. The K2LS node is filtered to pass only spots from zones 1 thru 8, but, I can allow any combination of spots/bands to be passed at the users request. Some users connect simultaneously with a different ssid, i.e. KA2D & KA2D-3, enabling them to see both filtered and unfiltered information. The node also filters all talk/chat from outside zones 1 thru 8. For more information, contact Larry Strasser K2LS at k2ls@optonline.net * Long Island Transmitter Hunters seeking new participants We have a newly reorganized Hidden Transmitter Hunters group active and seeking new participants. LITHARC (Long Island Transmitter Hunters ARC) info may be found in the Yahoo Groups list under LITHARC. All apps are approved for membership and we are using the yahoo group as a central information and communications site. Anyone interested in learning more about the activity of radio direction finding and radio "fox hunting" is invited to join the group. Of course the real fun is joining the group on an upcoming hunt. There is always room for more so grab your HT and come on down to a hunt! For more information, contact Briggs AB2NJ at bruggo@optonline.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. * MetroCor is coordinating body for the New York metro area MetroCor is the established coordinating body for the New York Metro area, inclusive of New York City - Long Island, Westchester County and the majority of Northern New Jersey. You must apply for coordination through MetroCor if: you have a system that has an expired TSARC coordination not yet registered with MetroCor, or 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 * 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://www.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 the winter months! Many clubs also cancel meetings if the weather is inclement. CHECK with the CLUB! The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, Mar. 1, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 7 P.M. Preregister with Ed (W2SN) at 718-833-7120. See http://www.kc2ra.org/ for more information. ARC Emergency Communications Service club meeting will be on Tuesday, March 1, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com. The Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex (LIARS) club will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Mar. 2 in Selden starting at 7:30 PM. Meetings are held at Newfield High School, Marshall Drive, Selden, New York on the first Wednesday of the month. The board meeting starts at 7:30 PM and the general meeting starts at 8PM. All are invited to attend. Directions: Marshall Drive is 3 lights east of Nichols Road on route 25. Go north at the 7-11 into the parking lot. LIARS also has weekly on-the-air nets - Join us on the air for our General Information/Rag-Chew/Swap & Shop Net (Tuesday nights at 8 pm on 147.575 FM simplex). Thanks, Frank WA2LIR, President of LIARS Club. Contact Frank at fpeppe@optonline.net Peconic ARC normally has its monthly general meeting on the first Friday of the month. The next regular meeting is Friday, March 4, 2005 at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. The March meeting will feature live operation on the HF ham bands conducted by Jim Baker, W2NSF, Jay Buscemi, K2OVS, Warren Melhado, WM2Z and Charlie Burnham, K2GLP. See http://www.peconic-arc.org or contact Roberta Keis N2RBU at 631-722-4060 for directions. Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Mar. 8 at 5 PM, at Underwriters Lab, 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP for more information or to pre-register at (631) 499-2214 or via e-mail w2ilp@juno.com HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, March 8, 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. HOSARC meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month. 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. Nassau County ARES meeting will be held at the Red Cross Chapter at 195 Willis Avenue Mineola, at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, Mar. 8. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net LIMARC monthly meeting is on Wednesday, March 9, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The 2005 budget will be discussed. The main program will be members who will bring in their old "boat anchor" radio and talk about how and when they used it. If you have such a radio, you are encouraged to haul it down. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org The Kings County Radio Club will hold a VE session Wednesday, March 9th, 2005 at 6:15 p.m. The session will be held at the Ryan Center at Floyd Bennet Field, Gateway National Park, Brooklyn, NY. Pre-registration is required by March 1st, 2005. To pre-register contact George, KD2AU, at 718-859-9381 or kd2au@arrl.net. The fee is $14.00. Please bring exact change or a check payable to the Kings County Radio Club. 2 Forms of identification is requried including one form of photo id. All tests will be given including code. Thanks & 73s, George KD2AU KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Mar. 9, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ The East Village Amateur Radio Club will hold a VE exam session in Manhattan on Wednesday, March 9, at 7 PM. The exam session will be held at 1175 York Ave @ 63rd St., Apt 16K NYC. Contact: Robina Asti W2JYT, at 212-838-5995 for more information. Exams are normally held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Thank you! Robina Asti W2JYT. We are W5YI VE's NYCRA Club meeting is on Thursday, Mar. 10 (the second Thursday of every month) at 8pm at Eger Nursing Home, 120 Meisner Ave. Staten Island, NY 10306. For more info, contact Mike KC2CYE, NYCRA Vice-President at Rocky178@aol.com Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, March 10 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday, March 10, in Port Washington. Knickerbocker ARC always hold its meeting on the second Thursday of the month. Contact Joe K2KYQ at k2kyq@arrl.net for more information. The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, Mar. 11 starting at 8 PM. The meeting will be held at a new location on Staten Island at the EGER Rehabilitation Center, 120 Meisner Ave. Contact SIARA President Mike Siegel at 718-684-8177 for more information. The Eastern Amateur Radio Service Club monthly meeting will be Tuesday, Mar. 15 in Southampton. The meeting will take place at Southampton Hospital in room A282. The hospital is located at 240 Meeting House Lane, Southampton. For additional information, contact Rocky, KA2JAK, at rkradio@optonline.net. Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 15 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. Call Ray W2DEA at 718-759-6657 or see http://www.kc2ra.org/ for more information. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Mar. 15 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 Grumman Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, Mar. 16 at 5:30 PM, at Underwriters Lab, 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP at w2ilp@juno.com (631) 499-2214 or Pat Masterson KE2LJ at bat@grumman.com for more info. Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Mar. 17, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. There is an ARES/RACES meeting at 7:00 pm before every club meeting. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.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. 17. 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. Manhattan ARES meeting will be on Thursday, Mar. 17, at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John Healy KA2ABV at nyec@aresnyc.org for info. The Long Island DX Association will hold its regularly meeting on Friday, March 18 at 8PM at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). Contact Marty Miller NN2C, President of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net for further information, or read details on the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa. The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, Mar. 20 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. 23 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, March 27 at Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. The ession will start at 12:00 noon in the ARES/RACES room in the basement. For more information contact VE liaison, Tom Odermatt K2ZDX at K2ZDX@ARRL.Net The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, Mar. 28 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, Mar. 28 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 GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Mar. 31 at 7:00 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) Nassau County - Norm Wesler K2YEW (k2yew@arrl.net) Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX (w2fx@arrl.net) Digital Communications - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net)
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