Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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May 2005 |
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. May 2005 is the 50th 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: * Field Day is NEXT month - June 24, 25 & 26 * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * Section Traffic Manager position open - volunteer needed! * From the Section Traffic Manager * HOSARC Hamfest is Sunday, June 5 in Queens * LIMARC Hamfest is Sunday, June 12 in Bethpage * NCPARC receives new club callsign * Nassau Amateur Radio Club renews as Special Service Club * Second annual Mid-Atlantic QSO Party on May 14 and 15. * 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 * Field Day is NEXT month - June 24, 25 & 26 ARRL Field Day weekend is Friday, June 24, through Sunday, June 26, 2005. Field Day is a contest-style operating event which simulates an emergency. Clubs and individuals around the country will set up portable stations and operate for 24 consecutive hours and attempt to make contact with as many other stations as possible. This simulates a real emergency. Field Day is a great opportunity to learn and practice important skills. You can learn how to set up and operate a temporary station using emergency power, either a generator, battery or other sources such as solar, wind or even bicycle powered! It's a fun time and many clubs make it their largest event of the year. Next month, I will publish a list of clubs holding Field Day. Clubs - please send me your Field Day plans! Please include: Name of club, Location of Field Day (site name and address), Planned operating class (1A, 2A, etc..), Club Contact Person, Contact e-mail and phone #, club website, talk-in frequency, day and time setup is to begin, any special modes or antenna plans, any other important information and directions to your site. For those of you who have never been to Field Day, try to visit at least one (and preferably more than one) Field Day site. As John KA2YMR (sk) used to say: Field Day is the most fun you can have in ham radio in one day! Please submit all Field Day plans to n2ga@arrl.org * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: Brooklyn ARES participated in the Brooklyn half-marathon this month. The Bronx is preparing for its first event of the season. We have been busy recruiting and training. The bulk of the a-thon season is nearly upon us. The Bronx continues to rebuild with the addition of a new member. Our first event of the year will occur in Van Cortlandt Park the first weekend in April. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County I wish to thank those Manhattan ARES Members who participated in the Central Park Biathlon, Rich W2RAG, and Mike KC2NCV. It would be nice to see more of our members come out to these events since they serve as invaluable training grounds in preparation for the next disaster. I would also like to thank Rich for showing solidarity by traveling out to Brooklyn to participate in one of the Brooklyn events last month. We are currently investigating the possibility of several events during the month of May and will keep you posted. Any members who know of events where ARES can be of service are asked to contact John Healy, EC for Manhattan, at KA2ABV@ARRL.NET . We wish to thank the Apple Repeater Club, KK2T, (444.050 MHz) for the use of their repeater Broadcast during the biathlon and their generosity in permitting Manhattan ARES to designate their UHF repeater as the backup Manhattan Tactical Frequency. We are holding our weekly Manhattan ARES Nets on the BEARS repeater (147.27) 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 over and we are pleased to report that we have five new hams! They are: Betty KC2NYE, Leon KC2NYF, Fran KC2NYG, Jeanne KC2NYH, Frank KC2NYI Congratulations to all of you on a job well done! 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 Charles Gallo KG2V; EC Queens County Began planning for Queens Half Marathon Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County Brooklyn Half Marathon - 03/19/05 This annual event administered by the NY Road Runners Club was well attended by over fourteen ARES members. In this, the second year in which we participated in this event, we were able to demonstrate to the event coordinators the advantages of the APRS system and the ability to track vehicles locations. Much thanks to all those that volunteered including: AB2IZ, KB2SUR, KB2VDV, KB3IEN, KC2CBL, KC2HMS, KC2JXM, KC2MBV, N2ECR, N2RGA, W2/8R1B and WA2JNF. Special thanks to W2JLH (ex K2MVR) and W2RAG for their making the trip out to Brooklyn from Manhattan to help out. Kings County ARES meeting - 03/16/05 Topics: Weekly Kings County ARES Net: NCS Rotation for the Net; Dress Code for Events; Proper Behavior and Appearance at Events; Kings County ARES Tactical Frequencies. In attendance: AB2IZ, K2MVR, K2RDG, KA2FXR, KA2KDQ, KB2SUR, KB3IEN, KC2CBL, KC2HMS, KC2JXM, KC2KGU, KC2KGV, KC2LYT, KC2MGY, KC2NGU, N2ECR, N2RGA, N2YBB, W2/8R1B, and W2DEA. We are in the process of securing a new meeting location. All information regarding this new 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, April 20th, 2005 at 7:30pm, the location TBA. Nassau County - Mario Maltese WF2T; EC Nassau County (for George Gluck, DEC, WA2WKV). ARES cadre participated in the American Red Cross in Nassau County Assessment Drill on March 10 and 11, as well as participated in the Long Island Marathon planning meeting on the 10th. The monthly ARES meeting was cancelled due to inclement weather Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC SC: Attended meeting with Suffolk County American Red Cross. Suffolk County EOC still a work in progress 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: The Suffolk NTS net is out of our range. Therefore, we make contact with the Nassau County NTS net. 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 Tepac Winlink 2000 operation and HF Pactor/Winklink 2000 operation. KC2E is equipped for VHF/UHF Tepac Winlink 2000 operation John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip March 6 Islip ARES and Babylon ARES provided communications for the West Islip Run for Fun. This is a 5k fun run. I would like to thank the following operators in the order of their sign in. N2KJV Vinny, KC2JGH John, KC2IWJ Jerry, KB2PWA Guy, KA2RGI Walter, N2UHR Dave, KC2JCB Scott, KB2WHY Peg, KB2WIA Sean, W2FX Lenny. On May 1 we will be supporting the March of Dimes Walk America. ON May 8 we will be supporting the Elizabeth T. McNamee Memorial 5k Run. Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold: No additional comments. Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: I received many emails and telephone calls concerning the recent Homeland Security Drill. This drill was conducted outside of NLI. NLI was not formally invited to participate. May I remind our group to stand down from any incidents outside of NLI. As CT and NNJ were involved NLI should be aware and be on a "soft" standby in case of a request for mutual aid. Met with Len Battista W2FX, NLI ASM Suffolk County to discuss past issues and goals for future. 2005 SKYWARN training schedule will be posted on OKX webpage; http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/spottertraining.html * Section Traffic Manager position open - volunteer needed! 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 This is an important position and if it is unfilled, the NTS program in our section will suffer. Please consider stepping forward to help! * From the Section Traffic Manager 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 March 2005 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 469, 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 * KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 267 177/161 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 31 206 119/109 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 289 459/457 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 31 429 143/143 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 569 0/123 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 454 55/55 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 29 166 93/85 W2DSX Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 13 49 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 * HOSARC Hamfest is Sunday, June 5 in Queens On Sunday, June 5, 2005, The Hall of Science ARC will hold its Spring Hamfest at the New York Hall of Science Museum Parking Lot. 47-01 111th Street, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Queens NY. Gates are open to the public from 9 AM to 2 PM. Setup for vendors begins at 7:30 AM. There will be electronic and computer equipment, tailgating. New drop and shop, Museum exhibit station WB2JSM, (Separate museum admission $6.00 with Ham ticket). Free Parking, ARRL info, Tune up clinic, door prizes, food and refreshments will be available. Buyers $5.00, Sellers $10.00 per space. Talk in 444.200 PL136.5 or Simplex 146.520 For additional info call evenings only Steve Green WB2KDG 718-898-5599 email: WB2KDG@arrl.net www.HOSARC.org VE Test Session at 10:00 AM, contact Lenny Menna at 718-835-1548. * LIMARC Hamfest is Sunday, June 12 in Bethpage On Sunday, June 12, 2005, the Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio club will hold its Spring outdoor hamfest at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave, Bethpage NY 11714. Gates are open to the public from 8:30 AM to 1 PM, setup for sellers begins at 7 AM. There will be Amateur Radio equipment, computers, ham equipment dealers, CB equipment, ARRL and LIMARC information, VHF tune-up clinic (get your rig checked), television equipment. General admission is $6, children 11 and under free with paying adult. Vendor spaces are $10 each plus $6 admission for each person including the main vendor. For further information, contact LIMARC hamfest chairman Rick Bressler K2RB at hamfest@limarc.org or 516-526-6975. Talk-in is on 146.850, PL 136.5. See http://www.limarc.org for more info. * NCPARC receives new club callsign, renews as special service club The Nassau County Police Amateur Radio Club has asked for and was granted a new club callsign. The new callsign is NC2PD.... this replaces KB2UYP. 73's...de....Jim, W2KFV, NCPARC Treasurer * Nassau Amateur Radio Club renews as Special Service Club Congratulations to the Nassau Amateur Radio Club for their renewal as an ARRL Special Service Club! Through the work of its members, this club is recognized for its continued efforts on behalf of Amateur Radio and services to its community. For more information on NARC, please see http://www.nassauarc.org/ * Second annual Mid-Atlantic QSO Party on May 14 and 15. The Second Annual Mid-Atlantic QSO Party comes up this month on May 14 & 15. A very fine website contains all the schedule items of dates and operating times, contest rules, lists of county abbreviations for the 7 states in the contest area, awards and plaques, and links for contesting software. The MAQP is a low-pressure and fun way to get in some good operating and work the many counties in these 7 states plus the District of Columbia. We hope that you will be there and work the bands on that second full weekend of May. Visit our website for full information: http://www.qsl.net/maqso/ * 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! The Suffolk County Radio Club will be holding a special 'MAYDAY/HOMELAND SECURITY/SPECIAL EVENT' on Sunday, May 1,2005 at the Bohemia Recreation Center in Bohemia, New York; starting around 9am and going to about 5 or 6pm. All are welcome. For more information, contact our club's Corresponding Secretary, Bruce KD4EXN at: kd4exn@juno.com Respectfully, Katherine Pearsall KC2ACJ, President SCRC The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, May 3, 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, May 3, 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, May 4 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 Nassau County Police Amateur Radio Club will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday May 5th at 7:30 at Long Beach Auxiliary Police Headquarters, 859 East Park Ave, Long Beach. Talk in on the club repeater - Someone will be there by 7 PM. Refreshments will be served. Pizza and assortment of doughnuts or similar (hmm 75th anniversary of the Twinkie today!) Agenda items will be the new club callsign and trustee plus Field Day. It should be an interesting meeting indeed!! Hope to see you there. 73 de George WB2GTC, NCPARC President Peconic ARC normally has its monthly general meeting on the first Friday of the month. The next regular meeting is Friday, May 6, 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. Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, May 10 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, May 10, 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. The May meeting is devoted to preparations for Field Day. 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, May 10. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net LIMARC monthly meeting is on Wednesday, May 10, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org The Kings County Radio Club will sponsor VE sessions the second Wednesday of the month in May and June 2005 at 6:15 p.m. (May 11 and June 8). The session will be held at the Ryan Center at Floyd Bennett Field, Gateway National Park, Brooklyn, NY. Pre-registration is required by the first of the month (May 1st or June 1st). 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 required including one form of photo id. All tests will be given including code. If you are upgrading, please bring your original license and CSCEs you are relying upon. We also need copies to retain for our records. KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, May 11, 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, May 11, 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, May 12 (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, May 12, 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, May 13 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, May 13 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, May 15 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, May 17 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, May 17 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, May 17 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, May 18 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, May 19, 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, May 19. 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, May 19, 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, May 20 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 Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, May 23 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 Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, May 25 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, May 26 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, May 29 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 Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, May 30 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 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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