Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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March 2006 |
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. March 2006 is the 59th 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: * LIPA to test BPL on Long Island * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager * Great South Bay ARC renews as ARRL special service club * UPCOMING Club Events * Other "stuff" * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS * LIPA to test BPL on Long Island The following has been reprinted from the ARRL Hudson Division Beacon: LIPA to test high-speed Internet service On LONG ISLAND Warning Danger !!!!! BPL may be coming to a community near you. There is still time to write a letter? See http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzlipa0215,0,51795,print.story?coll=ny-top-headlines for the full article. On February 15, Newsday printed an article about LIPA's plans for a BPL test announcing that on Feb. 21 it will ask companies to bid on a broadband-over-power lines and wireless Internet "demonstration" project to 105 homes and businesses in the Hauppauge/Commack area later this year. LIPA plans to test the Broadband Power Line system, which will allow Internet access via electrical lines and outlets, as well as wirelessly, over the next two years. Companies in the Hauppauge Industrial area will be a focus of the test, LIPA said Tuesday. LIPA chairman Richard Kessel urged patience. He said LIPA doesn't want to proceed with a wider rollout until it has fully tested the technology and makes certain it can offer it without interruption to its power services, or tax-exempt status. Kessel also said the project, if rolled out profitably, has the potential to help offset soaring electric rates. ARRL Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon N2FF Comment: I hope this causes ARRL members to take action and write a letter to Kessel and LIPA Board members to warn them of the interference potential of some of the systems hams have run afoul of across the US. We will shortly begin a letter writing campaign in NLI. * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: 2005 SET report, 2005 Annual EC report and roster update HRU Participant, Forum Presenter. January is typically a quiet month. NYC District ARES participated in the annual HRU 2006. Borough meetings continue to be well attended, along with consistently good turnout for the weekly nets. A training session was held for NYC District ARES members at the Red Cross Queens Chapter. Sidney, K0SID, taught the basics of what we need to know for a Shelter operation. Ten new ARC ID cards will be issued as a result of this session. The borough EC reports are attached. As always, please read their comments as well. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County HRU Participate report by Richard Grover - W2RAG Assistant Emergency Coordinator New York County ARES meeting One meeting this month - January 19, 2006 - Held at the San Remo on CPW, 7 Members participated. Some of the topics discussed were: Activities lined up for 2006, Discussion of an Elmer System for new hams and new ARES members, Responsibility and duties of membership, HoSARC placing a repeater on a San Remo tower, Membership drive efforts, Renewal of 2005 members (who is interested/active), Training lectures and drills. Further input is always welcome via email, the Tuesday night net or the Manhattan Yahoo Group. The next bi-monthly meeting will be held at the San Remo on March 16th. 01/06 - General Class License Course The greater New York City Ham population will benefit from this activity. A General Class license course has been organized and is being conducted by W3BW- Brian and KA2ABV- John. The classes are usually held every Wednesday night at the WE Collegiate Church (W77&WE). They are scheduled to continue through March. 01/23/06 - Columbia University VE Testing Session New York City Ham population will increase and benefit from this activity. Two Manhattan ARES Members were VE testing participants this month. N2ZLQ-Jeremy and W2RAG-Rich. They are regular volunteers at the (usually) 3rd Monday of each month Columbia Session. Check ARRL VE Exams for further information. 01/06 - New York City Red Cross New York City Red Cross was the beneficiary of these events. From time to time W2RAG physically visits the 150 Amsterdam location to check the operating conditions of the Ham Gear at that location. 01/08/06 - Ham Radio University The Ham Community of Greater New York was the beneficiary of this event. Several members attended this New York City/Long Island Section event at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage, NY. They attended various forums pertaining to ham radio, public service, emergency operations and preparedness. 01//06 - Manhattan ARES Tuesday Night Net New York County (Manhattan) ARES has a weekly net, every Tuesday at 7:30 PM. We meet on the W2ABC repeater at the frequencies listed above. Topics for discussions are: Manhattan ARES activities, emergency communications, Ham Radio in general. All radio amateurs are welcome to participate. Joe Nieves N2TEE; EC Richmond County: No Additional Comments Russ Logar, KC2LSB, EC Queens County Queens County ARES meeting The January Queens County ARES meeting was held on Sunday the 15th at our normal meeting place at Elmhurst General Hospital. The major topic was the USE of vhf/uhf packet. The focus was not on how to assemble a station but rather what to do with it once it is up and running. The topic generated some lively discussion that will no doubt continue if future meetings. 2006 HRU Twelve Queens County ARES members manned the ARES table at HRU. We had examples of GO-Kits, emergency power, and a video loop showing past events from the NY District. Thanks to all that participated. Sad News Unfortunately, Queens Ares lost one of its members in January. Ed,WA2EQH, passed on Thursday January 12. He will be missed. Bill, KC2GSK, AEC&OES, also suffered the loss of his father this month. We wish Bill and his family well. New Member This month we officially welcomed Annita, KC2OYY to the Queens roster. Annita, along with her husband Ryan, AB2MH, form the first couple on the team. Annita had participated in a meeting prior to getting her license and had checked into several nets over the last 2 months. But with the official completion of the paperwork, she is now a full-fledged Queens member. Welcome. ARC Training Four members of Queens ARES attended the ARC training on January 28th at the ARC Queens headquarters. They were, KC2OVT, KC2OYY, AB2MH and KC2LSB. Thank you all. The Queens County Weekly nets are on Thursday nights at 8:00 PM on the K2CJP repeater (145.410MHz/-600KHz/114.8PL). Thanks to our net control station KC2GSK. The February monthly meeting will be held on February 19th . Meetings begin at 2:00PM at Elmhurst Hospital. Topics include the continuation of the discussion from the January meeting and preparation for the upcoming event season. If anyone would like to put something else on the agenda, please email KC2LSB at KC2LSB@arrl.net. For information on meetings please visit the Queens ARES website, www.queensares.org . Thanks to Joe, KB2JOE for his website management. Gabriel Cuebas, N2PQT, EC Bronx HRU Participate Roster update, I would like to thank everyone that helped put the spreadsheets together for all the EC and the members to use. We had a meeting with 4 nursing homes in the Bronx to help them with incase of an emergency. We are also in process of getting winlink configured with the help of WA2GUG Charles and N2NSA John. Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County HRU Participate 01/18/06 - Kings County ARES meeting Last year it was a lack of location, for the last two meetings it's been the weather. A virtual monsoon followed by some chilly temperatures, kept attendance down but not the positive atmosphere. Five members of Kings County ARES managed to make it to the first meeting of the year and they included AB2IZ, KA2KDQ, KB2SUR, KC2NBE and WA2JNF. Topics discussed included: Applications for 2006; ID cards; ongoing EC-01 course; Tabletop exercise; and Go-Bags. Our next meetings are scheduled for February 15th, 2006 and March 15th, 2006. Kings County ARES meetings are held at Methodist Hospital in the Executive Dining Room - East Pavilion. The hospital is located on 6th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues and is accessible via the "F' train (7th Avenue), B67, B69 and B75 buses. All meetings will start at 7pm. All information regarding this new location and Kings County ARES can be found at www.kingscountyares.org. Thanks to Mitch, N2RGA, for all the upkeep and for the newest upgrade of the website. Kings County ARES has a weekly net, every Sunday at 8PM. Nets are held 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. Thanks to Tony, KC2JXM, for managing this net. Nassau County - Jim Mezey W2KFV, DEC Nassau County HRU Participate, Forum Presenter Nassau ARES had a quiet month as we entered the new year. Nassau ARES attended and participated in HRU 2006.We also had a ARES table where we distributed flyers and applications. At our January meeting, we had nice presentation by Lorrie, KC2CHA on Introduction to Disaster Services for Red Cross. There was a question and answer session. We have added the Village of Lynbrook to our list of served agencies as we have completed and tested an antenna drop at that location. We have equipment yet to be installed in the 1st and 9th Fire Battalions. Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC Suffolk County: HRU Participate, Forum Presenter Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon: HRU Participate, Forum Presenter 2005 SET and EC Annual reports Joe Werner, KC2BPS, EC Town of Brookhaven No additional comment John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington: 2005 SET and EC Annual reports John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip HRU Participate, Forum Presenter 2005 SET and EC Annual reports Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold: No additional comment Stan Bryer W2SCB, EC in training, Town of Smithtown No additional comment Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: Ham Radio University (HRU) / New York City Section Convention had a very large ARES participation. ARES groups had tables in the club area with very nice displays. The ARES forum was well attended. NLI SEC KA2D moderated the ARES forum, which is also our NLI ARES annual meeting. Each NLI DEC, N2YBB, W2KFV and N2NFI gave a presentation/report about their program followed by a very lively Q&A. Allen Pitts W1AGP of ARRL did a great job in the "Katrina Response" forum. ARRL Staff appointees also attend the ARRL forum moderated by NLI SM George Tranos N2GA. Many questions were fielded concerning Emergency Communications, by the NLI ARES staff. The NLI 2005 SET and Annual EC reports were sent to ARRL. Not all Suffolk ECs reporting, we need to improve on that. * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager Section Traffic Manager's Report for JANUARY 2006: THE ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of JANUARY 2006 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points [STATION] [PSHR CATEGORY/POINTS] [TOTAL] 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL AB2IZ 40 14 20 230 0 0 304 KB2KLH 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 W2DSX 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 KE2SX 33 36 10 0 0 0 79 All stations are encouraged to report in even if it's less than the qualifying total. NO LATE PSHR FOR JANUARY 2006 ******************************************************************** STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS: The following stations have submitted activity reports for the Month of JANUARY 2006 CALL ORIGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTAL W2DSX 3 61 3 14 81 KB2KLH 0 47 19 9 75 KE2SX 0 17 18 1 36 AB2IZ 0 6 8 0 14 Brass Pounder's League: Month of JANUARY 2006 No one qualified for the BPL this month. ******************************************************************** Section Traffic Manager Monthly Report MONTH OF JANUARY 2006 Section and Local Nets: Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY STATE/MORN. NYS/M 31 138 123/102 KA2GJV NY STATE/EARLY NYS/E 31 264 188/182 KA2GJV NY STATE/LATE NYS/L 31 151 116/84 W2YGW NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON 31 387 175/168 N2YJZ NY PHONE NYP 31 313 410/407 K2MPE NYC/LI (CW) NLI * WA2YOW BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 31 637 50/50 KB2KLH NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 31 201 81/73 W2DSX SUFFOLK CO VHF SCVHF * ** EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 31 474 156/* WI2G * = report not received in time for posting. ** = position open, please contact w2dsx if interested in position ******************************************************************** 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 , with a daytime alternate freq. of 7042 kHz +/- and a alternate of 1825 kHz depending if propagation on 80 goes long... 2)NTS SECTION LEVEL HF/phone nets: New York Phone (NYP) 1pm daily Try 3925 kHz first during the winter months, but may also be on 7237 kHz. New York Public Operations Net (NYPON) 5pm daily on 3925 kHz +/- QRM, alternate freq. 3913 kHz 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 - Not meeting at this time, however if you're interested in participating, please let me know w2dsx@arrl.net 4)The NTS "local nets" are: Big Apple VHF Net 8pm daily on 146.430 MHz (1 MHz split) Nassau Co. VHF Net 7:30pm on 146.805 MHz (136.5/114.8 dual input) Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz - Not meeting at this time, however if you're interested in participating, please let me know w2dsx@arrl.net ******************************************************************** Digital Stations: Month of JANUARY 2006 STATION MODE TX RX W2DSX HF/PACTOR 3 11 W2DSX VHF/PACKET 0 9 A caveat: This is NOT indicative of the total digital NTS activity within the Section, as I'm still not successful in capturing total activity. I'm working with several operators throughout the Section to introduce them to message handling with the Northeast Flexnet packet network, in the hopes they can take this back to their ARES/RACES group. If you're new to packet and are interested, I'll be glad to try to show you, work and harmonic permitting. Please contact me w2dsx@arrl.net or w2dsx@kc2coj-4.#qns.ny ******************************************************************** End of report, respectfully submitted by Jim Minor W2DSX, NLI STM Any corrections, comments and questions to w2dsx@arrl.net * Great South Bay ARC renews as ARRL special service club Congratulations to the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club for renewing as an ARRL special service club. There application was approved in February! See the GSBARC website at http://www.gsbarc.org * UPCOMING Club Events NOTE - As usual, please check with the club to verify the date and time of all events. CHECK with the CLUB! The Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex (LIARS) club will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Mar. 1 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, Mar. 3, 2006 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. ARC Emergency Communications Service club meeting will be on Tuesday, Mar. 7 at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Mar. 8, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. The Club will have guest speakers toward the coordination of a Boy Scout Camporee at Floyd Bennett Field. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ LIMARC will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednesday, Mar. 8, in Hicksville at 7:30 pm. General Meeting, Pizza Party + Membership Drive Please note earler start time: 7:30 PM - Come join present & future friends for a night of fellowship, good pizza and soda, and while you're there, you can pay your dues or join for the first time. It'll be a good night with gifts for new members and ya never know what else. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org The East Village Amateur Radio Club will hold a VE exam session in Manhattan on Wednesday, Mar. 8 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. 9 (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 The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, Mar. 10 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. Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, Mar. 10 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. The Columbia University ARC VE Team will hold a VE exam on Monday, Mar. 13 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 Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Mar. 14 at the Underwriters Lab in Melville, NY, We intend to continue our usual VE sessions on the second Tuesday of each month, Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP for more information or to pre-register at (631) 499-2214 or via e-mail w2ilp@optonline.net HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Mar. 14, 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 by the guard shack in the rear, through the loading dock and walk down the corridor to the cafeteria. See their website at http://www.hosarc.org 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 14. For more info, contact Nassau DEC Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net Grumman Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, Mar. 15 at 5:30 PM, at Underwriters Lab, 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP at w2ilp@optonline.net (631) 499-2214 or Pat Masterson KE2LJ at bat@grumman.com for more info. 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. 16 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 will hold its regularly meeting on Friday, Mar. 17 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. 19 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 Russ Logar, KC2LSB, EC Queens County at kc2lsb@arrl.net Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 21 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. 21 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 Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Mar. 22, at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Mar. 23, 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 GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, Mar. 26, at Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. The session will start at 12:00 noon in the ARES/RACES room in the basement. For more information contact VE liaison, Walter Wenzel KA2RGI at ka2rgi@optonline.net Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Mar. 27 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. 30 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org * Other "stuff" - Finding ham radio classes a mouse click away! A new user-friendly feature on the ARRL Web site--the ARRL Amateur Licensing Class Search Page--lets prospective hams search for a licensing class in their area. It also allows ARRL-registered instructors to list their classes on the Web. Visitors can search for classes by ZIP code, ARRL Section or state. http://www.arrl.org/FandES/courses/ Registered ARRL instructors can list their classes by visiting the Volunteer Instructor Support page and completing a simple form. http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/instructor/ Listings will automatically drop from the list when the class is completed. The new page also links beginners and those planning to upgrade to various resources, including ARRL's Now You're Talking! study manual and the ARRL Exam Session Search page. http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml Newcomers may also want to visit the "Welcome to Amateur Radio" page on the ARRL Web site. http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html "We're very excited about this new feature that makes it easier for prospective hams to find a class so that they can earn their Amateur Radio license," said ARRL Affiliated Club and Mentor Program Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ. "ARRL also continues to support all of the instructors who give so much time and energy to teaching classes for new hams and upgraders." To become a registered ARRL Volunteer Instructor, contact Fusaro; 860-594-0230. [w3iz@arrl.org] - ARES E-Letter debuts, sign up now! The ARES E-Letter to debut (Aug 11, 2005) -- Licensed League members with ARRL Field Organization appointments involving emergency communication or public service will be the first to receive the debut issue of The ARES E-Letter! The premier edition of the monthly national newsletter is set for release Wednesday, August 17, and will publish on the third Wednesday of each month after that. Since 9/11, interest within the Amateur Radio community in emergency communication and public service has greatly increased. More than ever, hams are volunteering to help meet the communication needs of our nation, states and communities. The ARES E-Letter is a response to this expanding awareness. Anyone with an interest in emergency communication or public service activities can sign up online to receive The ARES E-Letter. Each issue will contain a wealth of after-action reports, editorials, technical tips, news and views--information you'd otherwise have to wait for in QST. Timeliness, utility and inspiration are the goals of this informative publication that's devoted entirely to Amateur Radio emergency communication and public service. Editing the first issue is former long-time ARRL Headquarters staff member Rick Palm, K1CE, who oversaw activities involving ARRL Section Managers, the ARRL Field Organization and the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). We invite subscribers to share a copy with club newsletter editors or with friends who may not be ARRL members but still might be interested in receiving it. Those receiving the premier edition also may opt out of getting further copies if they wish. [from ARRL 08/11/05] - 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 Larry WA2SUH at wa2suh@aol.com - 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 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) |