Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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April 2005 |
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. April 2005 is the 49th 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: * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From the Section Traffic Manager * Tri-State Amateur Radio Club to host convention in 2006 * 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 * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: We held our first drill of the year in the beginning of the month by testing our Simplex capabilities within the 5 boroughs. February also saw the start of the 2005 event season with two events in Brooklyn. The rest of the month has been spent keeping warm and up to date in our training. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County I wish to thank those Manhattan ARES Members who participated in our Citywide Simplex Drill. We gleaned valuable information from this drill, which will enable us to better coordinate communications and more efficiently pass traffic in the event some disaster were to render our local repeaters inoperative. Our next Manhattan Event, our first for this year, will be the Central Park Biathlon on Sunday, March 20th. The race starts at 8:30 AM, one hour later than usual. The event organizers have asked us to gather at 8:00 AM at the Boathouse (74th Street and the East Drive, in Central Park) for assignment. We need ten operators to cover this event. All members who can make it are asked to contact John Healy, EC for Manhattan, at 917-886-0825, or via email at KA2ABV@ARRL.NET . We wish to thank the Broadcast Employees Amateur Radio Society, W2ABC, (147.27 MHz) for allowing us the use of their repeater for coordination purposes during the simplex drill 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. 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. 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 almost over! The final review session will be held this Wednesday, March 9th . 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 holding a VE session at the church so our students can sit for the FCC Examination. We still need one more Volunteer Examiner to administer the test. If you are a VE and are available to assist in testing, please contact KA2ABV@ARRL.NET . Next New York County ARES meeting - Thursday, April 21st , 2005 at 6:30pm Meeting location: San Remo, 146 Central Park West, at 75th Street. Please note that after a poll of our membership, Manhattan ARES will hold its meetings on a bi-monthly basis rather than each month from this point forward. Joe Nieves N2TEE; EC Richmond County: Richmond County ARES Phone Net Sundays evenings 8:30PM 445.825 -5 MHz 156.7 Main 447.375 -5 MHz 141.3 Link Richmond County ARES holds its monthly meetings on the second Thursday of the month with the exception of July & August at Eger Nursing home on Staten Island. Meetings begin at 8:30PM. The next club meeting will be held on March 10th. Talk-in frequency 447.375 shift (-) pl 141.3 For further information contact: Joe Nieves, N2TEE, Richmond County EC richmondec@aresnyc.org (212) 837-1666 Charles Gallo KG2V; EC Queens County No additional comments. Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County ARES Simplex Drill - 02/06/05 Nine stations participated in this simplex drill on the first Sunday in February. It's purpose was to ascertain, in the event of all repeaters going non-functional, a relay system for getting messages around the county. Participants included: AB2IZ, KA2KDQ, KC2CBL, KC2JXM, KC2MGY, KC2NBE, N2ECR, N2RGA and WA2JNF. Valentine's Day 5K Run - 02/13/05 This was a first time event for Kings County ARES that was held in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Twelve members participated in this event put on by the Brooklyn Road Runners Club. These included: AB2IZ, KB2VDV, KC2EDR, KC2FWD, KC2JXM, KC2LYT, KC2NBE, N2RGA, N2ULX, W2/8R1B, W2DEA, and WA2JNF. Nearly 40 hours of communications were provided for this event on a very nice winter's day. Cherry Tree 10 Mile Run - 02/19/05 Another first time event for Kings County ARES also held in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. This is one of our longer events and was held on a very cold winter's day with very high wind gusts. All operators were and should be commended for their participation in this event sponsored by the Prospect Park Track Club. ARES members included: AB2IZ, KB2VDV, KC2BGT, KC2JOX, KC2JXM, KC2NBE, N2ECR, N2RGA, N2ULX, W2DEA, W2KMA and WA2JNF. These members provided over 50 hours of service to their community. Kings County ARES meeting - 02/16/05 Topics: After action discussions of the simplex drill, Valentine's Day 5K and Cherry Tree 10 Mile Run; Discussions of how events are set up in Prospect Park and our staffing needs; Behavior at events and when wearing the ARES apparel; Upcoming events; Recruitment. In attendance: AB2IZ, KB2VDV, KA2KDQ, KC2CBL, KC2HMS, KC2JXM, KC2LYT, KC2MGY, N2ECR, N2RGA, N2YBB, W2DEA, and WA2JNF. This meeting was lightly attended due to a last minute meeting location change. At this time we are in the process of securing another location. All information regarding the new meeting location and Kings County ARES can be found at www.kingscountyares.org. Thanks to Mitch, N2RGA, for all the work he does maintaining the site. 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. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, March 16th, 2005 at 7:30pm, the location TBA. Nassau County - Mario Maltese WF2T; EC Nassau County (for George Gluck, DEC, WA2WKV). Nassau ARES hosted a table at the LIMARC hamfest on 2/27/05. ARES members held their monthly meeting at the Red Cross Chapter on 2/8/05. After a short PowerPoint presentation on some basic packet deployment plans and TNC commands by Mario Maltese WF2T, the group broke out for hands on exercises on the 5 packet stations that were set up around the room and Commo office at the chapter. By popular demand, the event will be continued at the next regularly scheduled meeting. On the 23rd, the American Red Cross had a call-down drill in which ARES participated. Responses were high by email and wide area repeater. On the 28th, ARES was placed on Alert status by the American Red Cross, under the direction of Nassau EMO, due to the threat of coastal flooding. No deployment took place. Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC SC: No additional comments Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon: No additional comments Joe Werner, KC2BPS, EC Town of Brookhaven No additional comments John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington: We hold an ARES/RACES meeting every month at 7 pm just before the Larkfield ARC meeting except in December. WB2LUA is equipped for VHF/UHF Telpac Winlink 2000 operation and HF Pactor/Winklink 2000 operation. KC2E is equipped for VHF/UHF Telpac Winlink 2000 operation 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: I am pleased to see the interest in packet radio and the addition of new TelPac nodes in the NLI section. The Interplex Team has made progress gathering resources in their effort to complete the section-wide repeater linking project. We do need more cooperation. EC and AEC participation in the ARRL CCE EC program continues to grow. There is still a long list of NLI ARES appointees who need to come aboard. * 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 February 2005 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 474, KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 77, KE2SX 74 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 26 159 83/73 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 28 241 210/197 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 28 178 106/91 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 28 257 587/574 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 28 375 144/139 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 28 486 0/138 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 28 490 92/92 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 28 151 89/84 W2DSX Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 14 55 0/0 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 * Tri-State Amateur Radio Club to host convention in 2006 The Tri-State Amateur Radio Club will be the hosting the 13th International Grandeyeball/Convention on July 21-23, 2006. This convention/QSO will be attended mostly by Filipino Hams all over the world (RF and Digital)including Philippines, Japan, Australia, Austria, Indonesia, Hawaii, Guam,Canada and USA mainland. The 12th IGE will be held on May 20-22, 2005 in Boracay, Philippines where we will be attending to take over the rights for 2006. This is the first time that the International Grandeyeball will be held in Northeast, specifically NYC. Submitted by Eli, N2YZ * 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! Peconic ARC normally has its monthly general meeting on the first Friday of the month. The next regular meeting is Friday, April 1, 2005 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, April 5, 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, April 5, 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, April 6 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 The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, April 8 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, April 8 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, April 12 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, April 12, 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, April 12. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net LIMARC monthly meeting is on Wednesday, April 12, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The annual brown bag auction will be the program. Please bring down items to be auctioned with a minimum price written on the front of the bag or box. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, April 12, 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, April 12, 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, April 13 (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 Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday, April 14, 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 Long Island DX Association will hold its regularly meeting on Friday, April 15 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, April 17 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 The Eastern Amateur Radio Service Club monthly meeting will be Tuesday, April 19 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, April 19 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, April 19 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, April 20 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, April 21, 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, April 21. 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, April 21, at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John Healy KA2ABV at nyec@aresnyc.org for info. There will be a BASIC SKYWARN Training Session at the Town of Babylon EOC on Thursday April 21, 2005. This class is free-of-charge and lasts approximately two (2) hours. Some of the topics covered in the class include: Definitions and Climatology of Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Thunderstorm Hazards and Safety Tips Conditions Needed for Thunderstorm Development Thunderstorm Life Cycle Visual Indication of Updraft Strength and Organization The Thunderstorm Spectrum Non-Tornadic Severe Weather Events Supercell Structure and Appearance Tornado Life Cycle Tornado Classifications and Variations Tornado, Funnel Cloud and Wall Cloud Look-alikes Reporting Criteria Please contact Scott Reynolds KC2JCB at kc2jcb@arrl.net for more information or to register. GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, April 24 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, Tom Odermatt K2ZDX at K2ZDX@ARRL.Net The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, April 25 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, April 25 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 Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, April 27 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, April 28 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) 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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