Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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ARRL NYC/LI March 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. April 2006 is the 60th 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 George Tranos N2GA, Section Manager * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager * Earth Day Celebration - 2006. W2LSC, on-the-air! * KD1F to step down as DXCC card checker, W2GW appointed * UPCOMING Club Events * Other "stuff" * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS * From George Tranos N2GA, Section Manager There are quite a few events and a lot of news that happens every month in the NY City / Long Island section. Many of them are routine and recur monthly such as club meetings, hamfests, nets and VE sessions. Others are not so routine and require news distribution, brainstorming and teamwork. One such thing is the upcoming BPL test by the Long Island Power Authority. Last month both this newsletter and the Hudson Division Beacon printed requests to write to LIPA to ask them to deploy a "ham-friendly" BPL system that doesn't pollute the RF environment. I am hopeful that many of you have done this. If you have not, it is not too late to do so. Please ask yourself, is ham radio important to you? Can you spare just a few minutes to write a letter and help out? It is easy to think that "someone else" will do it - but we need help from as many hams as possible to show that hams are out there, that we care and that we will be vocal if BPL goes forward and there is interference. Please see: http://www.hudson.arrl.org/BPL_on_LI.htm for more information. Please see: http://www.hudson.arrl.org/ for sample BPL letters to LIPA Also, while we need the help of every ham in the section, it is important that we work as a team to get this accomplished! We need to coordinate our actions and speak as one voice if possible. Our ARRL Hudson Division Director, Frank Fallon N2FF, has been coordinating this effort. Please copy Frank on your correspondence to LIPA about BPL. Thanks in advance for your efforts! 73, George * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: We participated in the first event of the year when Brooklyn provided the communications for the annual Cherry Tree Run in Prospect Park (see Adam's report). Manhattan ARES members participated in some VE sessions, and plans to participate in an upcoming Boy Scout Camporee in April proceeded under the watchful eyes of Russ, KC2LSB (Queens EC). The in-house EC-01 class continues with a certified test session set for March 18, 2006. The borough EC reports are attached. As always, please read their comments as well. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County report by Richard Grover - W2RAG Assistant Emergency Coordinator New York County ARES meeting No meeting this month. - The next scheduled meeting is Thursday, March 16th at the San Remo, 75th & CPW. 6:30 PM 02/06 - 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. 02/12/06 - VE testing Session at the U.S. Coast Guard station - 1 Battery Park CAN ANYONE SAY BLIZZARD !! New York City Ham population will increase and benefit from this activity. Three Manhattan ARES Members were VE testing participants this month. KE2UN-John, KB2KAB-David and W2RAG-Rich. It was the Presidents Day weekend blizzard in the North East. Public transportation was running - this made the subways look good !! Many participants were there to take the exam, hats off to them for showing up in spite of the weather. 02/27/06 - Columbia University VE Testing Session New York City Ham population will again increase and benefit from this activity. Three Manhattan ARES Members were VE testing participants this month. N2ZLQ-Jeremy, KE2UN-John and W2RAG-Rich. They are regular volunteers at the (usually) 3rd Monday of each month Columbia Session. Check ARRL VE Exams for further information. 02/06 - 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. 02//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 February Queens County ARES meeting was held on Sunday the 19th at our normal meeting place at Elmhurst General Hospital. The major topic was the USE of vhf/uhf packet. We also touched on the event season schedule, training and call-up procedures. Boy Scout Demonstration On the morning of Feb. 19th, Charlie, KG2V received a phone call from a scout troop in Bayside asking if he could help put on an Amateur Radio demonstration THAT NIGHT at their scout meeting. As part of the monthly meeting (which happened to be on that same day) we discussed coverage and ultimately 3 members were able to spend about an hour talking to the scouts. The following members participated: KG2V, K2ZIR and KC2LSB. Thanks to all that participated. We received an email note thanking us for covering this event. Sad News Bill, KC2GSK, AEC&OES, again suffered a loss; his father-in-law passed this month. We wish Bill and his family well. New Member This month we officially welcomed Jim, KC2LMH to the Queens roster. Jim is a member of HOSARC and came down to our monthly meeting with Bernie, K2ZIR. Thanks Bernie for introducing us to Jim and Jim, Welcome! 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 March monthly meeting is currently scheduled for March 19th . Meetings begin at 2:00PM at Elmhurst Hospital. The primary topic will be the planning and details of the April 8th Camporee event at Floyd Bennet field. 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 I am doing a mass mailing at .39 cents to all the 186 "KC" calls in the Bronx. Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County It is with sadness that I announce the passing of Rich Grimila, K2RDG, ex-Kings County ARES member. Rich passed away early Sunday morning, March 5th, 2006, after a long battle with cancer. Rich was opinionated and could be a little rough around the edges, but he was always kind and considerate of his fellow amateurs. He attended numerous monthly meetings and participated in many Public Service Events. If anybody was in need of assistance, Rich always made himself available. He will be missed by his family, friends and all that knew him. We extend our condolences to the entire Grimila family. 02/15/06 - Kings County ARES meeting Six members of Kings County ARES braved the elements to attend February's meeting and they included: AB2IZ, KA2KDQ, KC2JXM, N2BMU, N2RGA and W2DEA. Topics discussed included: Upcoming events for 2006; Event protocol; Net protocol. Our next meetings are scheduled for March 15th, 2006 and April 26th, 2006. 02/18/06 - Cherry Tree 10-Mile Run Eight members of Kings County ARES braved the cold and a snow squall to provide communications for the Prospect Park Track Club in this annual event. Over 150 runners ran over three loops in Prospect Park and all completed successfully!! Thanx to those that participated including: KC2JXM, KC2MBV, KC2NBE, N2BMU, N2ULX, W2/8R1B, WA2JNF and WB2AAP. 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 At the February ARES meeting, we had nice presentation by Mario,WF2T on American Red Cross Operations and how ARES fits in when they are called. ARES also made a 45 minute presentation to LIMARC at their regular monthly meeting. This presentation showed how ARES has progressed over the years to where it is now and also where it is going in the future. The program was very well received by the LIMARC Membership. There was a SKYWARN Activation on February 11th lasting 4 hours Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC Suffolk County: In an oral report via telephone N2NFI reports he has attended the county Hurricane Planning Meetings. Plants reconstruct the County EOC are now a go, as funding has been OK'd. Work parties will be organized as details and schedule are set. The EOC target date is Late May -June 1.. N2NFI had a meeting with County Chapter ARC. ARES will provide radio communications for ARC as requested. A candidate was interviewed for Riverhead EC/RO. More to follow. Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon: We have been having NTS training through the month with sending and receiving formal messages the last two weeks. Bob K2TV, Don W2EUL and Walter KA2RGI have been regular checkins into the NYS RACES Net on Sunday Mornings at 9 AM on 3.993.5 MHz. Bob K2TV has also been checking into local traffic nets to handle some local traffic. W2EUL, K2TV,KC2OOZ, KC2OYH, and KA2RGI have also sent messages to STM about his request for information about stations wanting to know more about packet traffic handling Joe Werner, KC2BPS, EC Town of Brookhaven No additional comment John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington: No additional comment John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip On March 5 we will be providing communications for the West Islip run for fun. Which will be reported in March's report. 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: KA2D was guest speaker for Grumman ARC; "What ARES is Today and why every ham should be a active member of ARES.' Phil Lewis N2MUN, NLI ACC was also there. Phil, thanks for the ride. I am honored to be selected by ARRL President Joel Harrison W5ZN to the ARRL National Emergency Response Planning Committee. I am looking forward to working with this distinguished committee. I will be asking my NLI staff for input as we progress. BPL coming to NLI! By now you should received a bulletin via ARRL from Hudson Director Frank Fallon N2FF concerning LIPA's planned testing of BPL on Long Island. All hams must write letters to convince LIPA of our point of view. This is must do task. See details on Hudson Division and NLI web pages. ARRL Field Day is coming soon. We encourage all ARES groups to take an active part in FD. Support the local clubs. Support the local NTS traffic Nets. This is a good opportunity to demonstrate ARES capabilities in emergencies. * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager Section Traffic Manager's Report for FEBRUARY 2006: THE ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of February 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 10 20 280 0 0 350 KB2KLH 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 W2DSX 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 NO LATE PSHR FOR February 2006 ******************************************************************** STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS: The following stations have submitted activity reports for the Month of February 2006 CALL ORIGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTAL W2DSX 0 53 5 17 75 KB2KLH 0 37 17 8 62 AB2IZ 0 4 6 0 10 K2TV 0 1 3 0 4 All stations are encouraged to report in even if it's less than the qualifying total. NO LATE PSHR FOR FEBRUARY 2006 Brass Pounder's League: Month of February 2006 No one qualified for the BPL this month. ******************************************************************** Section Traffic Manager Monthly Report MONTH OF February 2006 Section and Local Nets: Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY STATE/MORN. NYS/M 27 98 73/63 KA2GJV NY STATE/EARLY NYS/E 28 198 144/133 KA2GJV NY STATE/LATE NYS/L 28 144 110/71 W2YGW NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON 28 337 121/117 N2YJZ NY PHONE NYP 28 252 381/347 K2MPE BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 28 476 40/40 KB2KLH NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 28 206 101/83 W2DSX SUFFOLK CO VHF SCVHF * ** EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 28 43 187/* 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 (currently meeting on 7237 kHz but usually meets on 3925 kHz during the winter months.) 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). (all times listed are local eastern times) 4)The NTS "local nets" are: Big Apple 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 Not meeting at this time, please contact w2dsx@arrl.net if you are interested. ******************************************************************** End of report, respectfully submitted by Jim Minor W2DSX, NLI STM Any corrections, comments and questions to w2dsx@arrl.net * Earth Day Celebration - 2006. W2LSC, on-the-air! On Saturday, April 22, 2006, The Liberty Science Center, along with Liberty State Park and others, will be participating in an Earth Day Celebration at the Liberty State Park. This also marks the Parks 30th Anniversary. As part of this Celebration, there will be a "5km Fun Run". We are planning to be on the air with the callsign, W2LSC and would like to know if there is a School Club or an Amateur Radio Club that would like to assist W2LCS in supporting the Fun Run. Although not as big as the NY Marathon, this would be a great chance to 'practice' those skills necessary to support larger Marathons that we have in the area. If your club is interested, please contact Ben Chamberlain, KG8SX, at Liberty Science Center by email: bchamberlain@lsc.org or by phone: 201-451-0006 x266 * KD1F to step down as DXCC card checker, W2GW appointed Emil Tillona KD1F will be moving off Long Island in May. Emil has done a terrific job as the section's appointed DXCC card checker! Emil will continue to be available during the month of April as card check and will resign from his position on April 30. As of May 1, 2006, John Reiser, W2GW, of West Hempstead has been appointed as the new NLI DXCC card checker. John has been very active in chasing DX. He gets on the radio almost every day. He has been a member of LIDXA since 1980, serving two terms as VP. He is currently its Treasurer. He especially enjoys operating CW, but also operate SSB and occasionally PSK31 and RTTY. John is on the DXCC honor roll, credited with 333 current entities confirmed in mixed modes, 331 phone and 317 CW. John will be available for card checking at all LIDXA meetings, and otherwise by appointment at his home in West Hempstead. If some lives far from him, John is willing to meet them half way at a diner or someplace. Contact John at w2gw@arrl.net Thank you to Emil for a job well done and to John for stepping forward to volunteer! * UPCOMING Club Events NOTE - As usual, please check with the club to verify the date and time of all events. CHECK with the CLUB! ARC Emergency Communications Service club meeting will be on Tuesday, Apr. 4 at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd,1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny SmithN2LDV at N2LDV@arrl.net KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Apr. 5, 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, Apr. 5, in Hicksville at 7:30 pm. Guest speaker is Jeff Schneller N2HPO from the Salvation Army's SATERN Team. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org The Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex (LIARS) club will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Apr. 5 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, Apr. 7, 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. The Columbia University ARC VE Team will hold a VE exam on Monday, Apr. 10 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, Apr. 11 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, Apr. 11, 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, Apr. 11. For more info, contact Nassau DEC Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net The East Village Amateur Radio Club will hold a VE exam session in Manhattan on Wednesday, Apr. 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, Apr. 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 The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, Apr. 14 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, Apr. 14 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, Apr. 16 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, Apr. 18 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, Apr. 18 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, Apr. 19 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, Apr. 20 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. Nassau County ARES will hold a one day Technician license class in Nassau County on Saturday, April 22. Contact Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net for more information or to register. The Long Island DX Association will hold its regularly meeting on Friday, Apr. 21 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 Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Apr. 24 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, Apr. 26, at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Apr. 27, 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 Monthly meeting is Thursday, Apr. 27 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, Apr. 30, 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 * 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) |