Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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April 2002 |
ARRL NYC/LI April E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI -- Welcome! This is the April 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 May issue prior to the end of April. QST Section News The QST Section News column for June 2002 is due on April 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 April 12. Please send me your club's Field Day plans! HAPPENINGS NLI Amateurs in the forefront in the push for a nation-wide PRB-1 bill in Congress: ARRL Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon N2FF will be meeting with a Long Island Congressman in the hopes he will sponsor a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to apply PRB-1 to CC&R's. The FCC has repeatedly denied ARRL petitions for rule making to extend the provisions of PRB-1 to private deed restrictions and covenants. Recently, they suggested that the ARRL should ask Congress to direct the FCC to do this. Mr. Fallon and a contingent of radio amateurs from Long Island, including NLI Section Manager George Tranos N2GA, Assistant Section Manager and Section Emergency Coordinator Tom Carrubba KA2D and NLI Public Information Coordinator Diane Ortiz K2DO will be meeting with the Congressman shortly. Details will follow. Tom Carrubba KA2D was the Keynote Speaker at Communications Academy 2002 in Seattle. Tom spoke on Emergency Communications and the World Trade Center Disaster. This fourth annual conference was held March 23 and 24 in Seattle, Washington. Tom is the ARRL Section Emergency Coordinator for NYC/LI and was involved with Emergency Coordination during the WTC Disaster in September 2001. Tom reports: "The best part of the conference was the long chats with WWA SEC Ed Bruette. While classes/forums were in progress, we were able to exchange a lot of information and to compare notes and ideas. I also spent a few hours with WWA SM Harry Lewis. Most of my time was spent answering questions from the students and interfacing with ECs and AECs from the WWA and EWA". Tom also said: "The conference was very well attended, in fact in was a full house, just about 300, plus staff, instructors and speakers. My speech went very well and was received by a standing room auditorium with a standing ovation. I had many requests for interviews and autographs. The conference was covered by the local TV station, again I did an interview and it aired that evening on TV. It made the evening and late evening spots". Tom said "I am very pleased I went, it gave me a good opportunity to advance the ARES program, share information and ideas and pass through my pent-up grieving over 9/11. Amateur Radio is alive and well in WA". Communications Academy 2002 is a two-day training conference for volunteer communicators. See more information at http://www.kc7iay.com/2002 or the WWA Section Website at http://www.arrl.org/sections/WWA.html From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: KA2D reports the following DEC's reporting activity in February: Charles N2NOV for NYC reports event planning and training are in progress; George WA2WKV for Nassau reports that Nassau ARES solicits amateurs for the Long Island Marathon on Sunday May 5 in Eisenhower Park, East Meadow; Bill N2NFI for Suffolk reports that Suffolk ARES will be meeting in March and that some folks are still unaware of the survey on gear identifying Amateur Radio Communicators. 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 LIMARC plans one day Technician Class Theory course. The Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club plans a one day Technician Class Theory course on Saturday, April 27. It will be held at Levittown Library, Levittown from 8:30 am to 5 pm. If you are interested in attending contact George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org LIMARC one day Extra Class Theory course a success. The Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club Held a one day Extra Class Theory course on Sunday, March 24 at Levittown Hall in Hicksville. 20 of 24 students got their Extra Class ticket. There may be another class sometimes late Spring. If you are interested in attending contact George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org Larry Lutzak WA2CNV, the MetroCor President, said to look for an announcement soon regarding MetroCor membership fees. MetroCor is the new coordinating body for the New York City metropolitan area. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/metrocor/ A reminder for all ARRL Special Service Clubs that it is time to check their renewal dates. Could you please check your local club listings to see if you are due for renewal. You may renew by going to http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/forms/fsd7/renewal.html Beginning in July, reminder letters will be sent out by HQ automatically to the SSCs at their renewal time. If you have any questions, please contact NLI Affiliated Club Coordinator Phil Lewis N2MUN at n2mun@arrl.net 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 The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, April 2nd, 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. Or see http://www.kcra.org American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club meeting on Thursday, April 4, 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, April 4, 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. Peconic ARC monthly meeting is Friday, Apr. 5, at the at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. See http://www.peconic-arc.org or contact oberta Keis N2RBU at 631-722-4060 for directions. Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, April 9, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, April 9, in Queens at 8 pm. The guest speaker with be ARRL Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon N2FF. 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. Meeting begins at 8:00 PM. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/hosarc or call 718-760-2022 LIMARC regular monthly meeting is Wednesday, April 10, in Hicksville at 8 pm. A blind auction run by Mark Nadel W2UFO is planned. See http://www.limarc.org Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, April 11, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, April 12 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. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, April 16 in Bohemia at 8 pm. The guest speaker will be Van Field W2OQI. Van will talk about the history of the Suffolk County Radio Club. Everyone is invited to join us and learn from one of our founding members. The meeting site is the Bohemia Recreation Centeron Ruzicka Way, in Bohemia. For Suffolk County Radio Club information 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, April 16, at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn. See http://www.kcra.org KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, April 17, 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, April 18, 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, April 18 at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan. Contact John KE2UN at JOHNKE2@nyc-ares.org for more info. Long Island DX Association will meet on Friday, April 19 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 The New York City Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society will be hosting its 14th annual MS Walk in Manhattan on Sunday, April 21, 2002 at its new location, the South Street Seaport, and its 5th annual MS Walk on Staten Island on Saturday, April 20, 2002 at Historic Richmond Town. To volunteer to help out for either of these events, contact ARRL District Emergency Coordinator for NYC Charles Hargrove at n2nov@arrl.net GSBARC Monthly Meeting is Thursday, April 25, in N. Lindenhurst at 8 pm. See http://www.gsbarc.org The Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club plans a one day Technician Class Theory course on Saturday, April 27. It will be held at Levittown Library, in Levittown 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, April 29, 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, April 29 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 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) |