Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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| May 2001 | ARRL May 2001 NYC/LI ehappenings Section Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI -- Welcome! This is the third monthly 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. This is the third of a regular monthly series of Section newsletters. QST Section News The QST Section News column for July 2001 is due on May 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 May 12. HAPPENINGS Hudson Division Delegation Promotes New York Antenna Bill in Capital - A delegation of four from the ARRL Hudson Division recently trekked to the state capital of Albany on April 17 to garner support for New York's Amateur Radio antenna bill. Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon, N2FF, reports the group met for nearly five hours with Assembly and Senate members and staffers as well as with a member of Gov George Pataki's staff. N2FF says measures to incorporate the essence of the limited federal preemption known as PRB-1 into state law have been filed in the Senate as S.2893, with four sponsors, and in the Assembly as A.1565. It is vitally important that every ham in New York State write your State Assemblyman and State Senator asking for their support of this important legislation. Full story available at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2001/04/26/1/?nc=1 New Public Information Officer - Neil Heft KC2KY has been appointed a PIO. Neil is Past President and a current Director of the Radio Central Amateur Radio Club. Congratulations and good luck, Neil! Ham Radio Article to be in the Newsday Fun Book 2001 - An article about Amateur Radio and Field Day will be in hobby section of this month's Newsday Fun Book. Look for club Field Day sites listed there also. Fort Hamilton 176th Anniversary Special Event - On June 10, the Kings County Repeater Association will operate club station WA2ZWP on 14.243, 21.343, 28.343 to celebrate the 176th Anniversary of Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn. For a Special Event QSL, Send a SASE to PO Box 180312, Brooklyn, NY 11218-0312. See www.kcra.org for more information or call the KCRA Hotline (718) 284-0752. The CQ WPX (worked all prefix) CW Contest starts Friday, May 25, at 8 pm and runs through Sunday, May 27, at 8 pm. This popular contest runs Memorial Day Weekend. Activity is on the 10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160 meter bands, CW only. Exchange is signal report and serial #. There are many active contesters in the NLI section. If you are interested in participating and want more information contact Section Public Information Coordinator Diane Ortiz K2DO at 631-286-7562 or k2do@arrl.org Diane will try and match you with a contesting elmer or provide you with information to help get you started. ARRL Field Day - is approaching rapidly. It is the weekend of June 22, 23 and 24, 2001. There will be a future listing on the NLI website and in a future edition of the e-happenings newsletter. Many clubs will have Field Day sites - send your info to me so you can be listed in both! Local Government Liaisons needed - I am looking for a few good men and women to serve in the LGL appointment. A Local Government Liaison serves in their local area as the "eyes and ears" for Amateur Radio. They are on the lookout for Amateur Radio zoning ordinances and other laws and regulations which may affect Amateur Radio. LGL's are needed in all areas and there should be one assigned for each Amateur Radio club! New LGL's will help will the NY State PRB-1 bill to encourage hams to write letters and keep the campaign rolling. Contact Section Manager George Tranos N2GA (n2ga@arrl.org) for more information or to apply. Section VE Sessions - available on the web at: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm UPCOMING Club Events Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, May 1, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc Peconic ARC Monthly Meeting is Friday, May 4, at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. See http://www.peconic-arc.org Nassau County ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio Operators for the Nassau County Marathon on Sunday, May 6, at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. Contact George Gluck WA2WKV at 516-822-2659 or georgegluck@juno.com HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, May 8, in Queens at 8 pm. Guest speaker is Phil Lewis N2MUN, ARRL Affiliated Club Coordinator NYC/LI Section speaking on a preview of Ham Radio University 2002 and how to buy your next HF radio and antenna system. See http://www.qsl.net/hosarc KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, May 9, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. Guest Speakers are George Tranos N2GA and Diane Ortiz K2DO who will be speaking about contest Dxpeditioning. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ Larkfield ARC monthly meeting is Thursday, May 10, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@town.huntington.us Wantagh ARC will be doing a tour of the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station on Saturday morning May 12 at 10AM. Some of their members were merchant seaman or radio operators and others are boat owners, so it should be an interesting tour. If you are interested, please contact Wantagh Pres. Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net. Meeting is on Friday, May 11 at 8 pm at the Wantagh Library. Skywarn Spotter Training will be held by the Nassau County ARES Group at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage on Tuesday, May 15 at 7:30 pm. Preregistration is required - contact George Gluck WA2WKV, DEC Nassau County, at 516-822-2659 or georgegluck@juno.com Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, May 15, in Bohemia at 8 pm. See http://members.tripod.com/~parasca/index/scrc.html LIMARC Monthly Meeting is Wednesday, May 16, in Hicksville at 8 pm. Guest speaker is Neil Heft KC2KY who will be speaking about kit building and giving a demonstration. See http://www.limarc.org Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) monthly meeting is Thursday, May 17, at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn. See http://www.kcra.org Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Thursday, May 17, in Rocky Point at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Long Island DX Association monthly meeting is Friday, May 18 at Polytechnic Institute- Route 110 in East Farmingdale at 8pm. The program for May will be about the Clipperton Island Dxpedition with a follow up discussion on the RigBlaster. 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 Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, May 21, in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center at 8 pm. See http://www.nassauarc.org GSBARC Monthly Meeting is Thursday, May 31, in N. Lindenhurst at 8 pm. 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. 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. REVISION ARRL NYC/LI May E-happenings Newsletter - Revision |