Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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| May | Welcome! This is the May 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 June issue prior to the end of May. Section News Section News is available ONLY on the world-wide-web. See the NLI site at: http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI HAPPENINGS From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: New York City: From AB2IZ; Kings County ARES meeting was held 03/26/03 - Topics: Station simplex test results, licensee capabilities/upgrading, upcoming events, APRS discussion, J-Pole demo by WW2W. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, April 30th, 2003 at 7pm. The location is UCP, 121 Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, between Ocean Parkway and Seton Place. Kings County ARES held a VE Session on Saturday, April 26th 2003 at 3pm at 9201 4th Avenue, Brooklyn. Nassau County: Mario WF2T reports DEC George Gluck WA2WKV recently underwent bypass surgery. The NLI staff wishes George a speedy recovery. Weekly on-air nets were conducted successfully on the new primary ARES frequency at 443.525 on Monday nights at 8 p.m. local time, with a substantial increase in the number of check-ins (last one with 29). On March 11th, twenty-seven members and guests attended the monthly ARES meeting, where a presentation by Dave KA2YRY on go kits took place, followed by a planning session Suffolk County: DEC Bill Scheibel, N2NFI reports some towns still not reporting. Very successful drill with Suffolk County EMS. Assessing the value of Amateur radio communications in the event of a bio terrorist event and legacy systems are either failing or inadequate. Communications vs established between area hospitals, inoculation centers and EOM facilities. Suffolk County 1/2 marathon was held but once again without ARES/RACES support, since it was not asked for. Several other A-thons supported county wide. New repeater on east end available for ARES/RACES: 442.300 up 5.0 with PL 114.8. STM Claire WA2VZK reports the following: 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 (meeting irregularly at present). Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz. The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of March 2003 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 205, N2AKZ 105, WB2GTG 100, KB2KLH 100, KE2SX 90, WA2YOW 88. WB2GTG qualified for the Brass Pounder's League this month. NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 31 175 37/32 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 344 221/210 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 31 283 194/173 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 237 455/455 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 31 355 116/108 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 459 0/148 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI 20 57 43/41 WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 598 125/125 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF (*) N2WGF Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 16 66 8/8 WA2VZK (*) report not received in time for this list Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club to hold General Theory Classes. GSBARC General Theory classes will begin May 6, 2003 - 7:30- 9:30 PM, Tuesday evening for 6 weeks. The classes are FREE. All students are required to have the ARRL General Class License Manual, 4th edition, c2000 .The class instructor will be Phil Lewis N2MUN. Phil offers his help to anyone who might need any special help with the electronic theory or math.Stop by at a scheduled class. If you are planning on attending, would like more information or want to take a class for a higher class of license, contact Phil Lewis N2MUN at (631) 226-0698. Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club to hold an ARRL approved hamfest in Massapequa, NY on May 25, 2003. See http://www.gsbarc.org for more information. AIDS bicycle ride requests ham radio support. Hundreds of bicyclists will be pedaling from Niagara Falls to New York City for charity from August 18-23, 2003. It's called the Empire State AIDS Ride. It's a 500-mile trek. Some days they will be riding over 100 miles. You can read more about the ride and the beneficiaries (as well as donate, volunteer, ride or get your friends to donate/volunteer/ride) at: http://www.empirestateaidsride.org/ If you would like to join the discussion group specifically for Amateur Radio operators that will be helping out then send an email to: EmpireHam03-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Submitted by Mark Wintle, W1NTL, http://www.wintle.com/w1ntl/empire03/ or MEW@gtsystems.com LIMARC Bowling Party scheduled for Saturday, May 10. A friendly reminder that on May 10, Satuday, at 9:45 PM, we will be holding the FAMOUS LIMARC bowling party at Wantagh Lanes in Wantagh. This has been a great event in the past and we expect It to be even better this year. It Is open to all LIMARC members, family, friends and non-members. Two lines of bowling including shoes, a hot Italian buffet, salad, rolls, cake, and coffee or tea all for $18 per person. A cash bar for other drinks will be available. The special price for those not bowling is $12 for dinner. Trophies, door prizes and a special gift to all the ladies will be given out. Time Is running short. We need your payment now. Checks made out to LIMARC are to go to: N2FP, Jay Rosenzweig, 898 Viceroy Rd., Wantagh, NY 11793. 516-735-5802 or 0557. We are going to have a wonderful time. Please come. We look forward to seeing you. Submitted by Jay N2FP. Help Save Our Frequencies! The Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003 has been introduced in the US House of Representatives. The measure is an ARRL legislative initiative. Florida Rep Michael Bilirakis filed the latest version of the bill, HR 713, on February 12. It has been referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. HR 713 is aimed at ensuring the availability of spectrum to Amateur Radio operators. It would protect existing Amateur Radio spectrum against reallocations to or sharing with other services unless the FCC provides ''equivalent replacement spectrum'' elsewhere. The previous version of the Spectrum Protection Act attracted more than 50 cosponsors. An effort will be made to encourage additional House members to sign onto HR 713 as cosponsors. Additional details are on the ARRL Web site. You can locate your Congressional Representative at www.house.gov Send a QSL card or letter that identifies you as a ham and that you support HR 713. New ARES apparel available with "Amateur Radio Communications". The items are: 1. Orange reflective vest with "Amateur Radio Communications" on the back, $9.95; 2. Blue windbreaker with ARES logo on the front and "Amateur Radio Communications" on the back, $30.95 (can be personalized with name/call); and 3. Black equipment bag with ARES logo, $24.95. To see these products, please visit http://www.barkerspecialty.com/arrl/ and click on "ARES Products". MetroCor is the new coordinating body for the New York City metropolitan area. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/metrocor/ 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 American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club meeting on Thursday, May 1, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com. Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, May 1, at 5 PM, at Underwriters Lab in Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP for more information or to pre-register at (631) 499-2214 or via e-mail w2ilp@juno.com Nassau County Police ARC will have a meeting on Thursday, Thursday, May 1, 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, May 2, 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 Canon Long Island Marathon will be held on Sunday, May 4, and again the Nassau County ARES & The Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club will be supporting the event with communications. There are still tent and course positions open and your help is needed. If you would like to participate in the event this year (whether for the entire day or just part) there is still time to contact Lorrie Morrow KC2CHA at kc2cha@arrl.net or Harris Stein KG2HO at kg2homan@optonline.net. Please consider volunteering for this special event and help ARES and LIMARC assure that 2003 will be another successful operation. Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, May 6, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, May 6, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 7 P.M. Preregister with Harvey (KB2EA) at 718-948-2290 or Ed (W2SN) at 718-833-7120. See http://www.kcra.org The Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold its regular monthly "Non-meeting Meeting" (social night) on Thursday, May 8, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 6:30 P.M. See http://www.kcra.org Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, May 8, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday, May 8, in Port Washington. Contact Joe K2KYQ at jreekie@wawnc.org for more information. Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, May 9 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Larkfield ARC will hold a VE Session on Saturday, May 10 at 9 am at the Huntington Town Hall, 100 Main Street, Huntington, NY. Contact: Ed, KC2E at 631-271-8637 or at kc2e@arrl.net. Nassau County ARES meeting will be held at the Red Cross Chapter at 195 Willis Avenue Mineola, at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, May 13. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, May 13, 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. Please enter the cafeteria through the back science playground behind the museum. The guest speaker is Stephen Mendelsohn W2ML and Steve will be speaking about how ABC TV sets up for a major broadcast event. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/hosarc or call 718-760-2022. LIMARC will hold their next regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 14, in Hicksville at 8 pm. Don't miss the annual LIMARC pseudo-celebrity brown bag auction to be held at the May general membership meeting on May 14th at Levittown Hall. The auction is a lot of fun, always well attended, and hopefully will raise a few dollars for the club. The entertainment provided by the auctioneer team of The Maven, K2YEW and Mark, W2UFO.... well, it would be worth paying for....but you can see the show for free if you come on down to the meeting. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org Manhattan & Bronx ARES meeting will be on Thursday, May 15 at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John KE2UN at ke2un@arrl.net for info. The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, May 18 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 Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, May 19 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 Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, May 20 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 Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 20 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. See http://www.kcra.org KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, May 21, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ The Long Island DX Association will meet at Briarcliffe College on Friday, May 23, at 8:00 PM in room Huntington 10. The May meeting will be on the fourth Friday (May 23) due to the fact that a number of LIDXA members will be attending the Dayton HamVention over the third Friday weekend in May. We should be back to our scheduled third Friday for the month for June (June 20)---but then we will break for our July/August summer hiatus. Contact Marty Miller NN2C, president of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net or see LIDXA on the web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ for more information. Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, May 26 in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center at 8 pm. All are welcome. Contact Phil Spampinato, N2LVG, President, NARC at phil2lvg@optonline.net or see http://www.nassauarc.org Kings County ARES meeting is on the Tuesday, May 27 at 7 PM at UCP, 121 Lawrence Avenue, between Ocean Parkway and Seton Place in Kensington, Brooklyn. For info, call Adam Fine AB2IZ at 917-804-3380. Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, May 28 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. The meeting program will be given by Friends of Long Island Wireless History. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, May 29 at 8:00 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) 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) |