Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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| June 2001 | ARRL NYC/LI May E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI -- Welcome! This is the June 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. QST Section News The QST Section News column for August 2001 is due on June 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 June 12. HAPPENINGS New York Antenna Bill making progress in Albany - As of this writing, Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon, N2FF, reports the bill has made it out of both of the Assembly and Senate Local Government Committees. The Senage Bill (S.2893) is now in the Rules Committee, the last step prior to being released for a vote by the full Senate. The Assembly Bill (A.1565) is being held by the Ways and Means Committee. It must be released by this Committee before it is sent to the Assembly Rules Committee and ultimately to the floor for a vote. The purpose of the bill is to incorporate the essence of the limited federal preemption known as PRB-1 into NY state law. 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. More information is available on the ARRL Hudson Division website: http://www.arrlhudson.org NY City District Emergency Coordinator Charles Hargrove, N2NOV, reports that 30 Radio Amateurs participated in the Five Boro Bike Tour on May 6. On May 27, NY City ARES supported the 369th Veteran's Parade with 5 operators. On May 28, 5 operators provided communications for the Memorial Day Run on Staten Island. 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. ARRL Field Day - is this month! 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! Section Hamfests: HOSARC is Sunday, June 3, at Hall of Science, Queens. Contact Steve Greenbaum WB2KDG at WB2KDG@bigfoot.com or 718- 898-5599. See http://www.qsl.net/hosarc for more information. Talk-in is on 444.200 with 136.5 PL. A special VE Session will be held at 10:00 AM. Contact Lenny Menna W2LJM at 718-323-3464 for VE Session information. LIMARC is Sunday, June 10, at Briarcliffe College, Bethpage. Contact Ed Muro K2EPM at hamfest@limarc.org or 516-520- 9311. See http://www.limarc.org for more information. Talk-in is on 146.850 with 136.5 PL. Section VE Sessions - available on the web at: /nlive.htm UPCOMING Club Events Peconic ARC Monthly Meeting is Friday, June 1, at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. See http://www.peconic- arc.org Suffolk County ARES request the help of Amateur Radio Operators for the Suffolk Bicycle Riders Association "Bike-Boat- Bike" event on Sunday, June 3. Contact Don Fisher, N2QHV at dofisher@suffolk.lib.ny.us or 631-765-2757. Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, June 5, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc Larkfield ARC monthly meeting is Thursday, June 7, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@town.huntington.us Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, June 8 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. If you are interested, please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net for more information. Suffolk County ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio Operators on Saturday, June 9 for the Shelter Island 10k Run. Contact Don Fisher, N2QHV at dofisher@suffolk.lib.ny.us or 631- 765-2757. Suffolk County ARES request the help of Amateur Radio Operators for the American Diabetes Association - East End Tour- de-Cure Bike-a-thon on Sunday, June 10. Contact: Bill Scheibel, N2NFI at n2nfi@yahoo.com or 631-929-0126 Babylon and Islip ARES request the help of Amateur Radio Operators for the 24 Hr. Walk for Good Samaritan Hospital Hospice on Saturday, June 9 from 11 AM to Sunday, June 10 at 11 AM at West Islip High School, Higbie Lane West Islip, NY. Contact: Joe Lipton, N2IOZ at zedmail@mindspring.com or 631- 273-3365 or Walter Wenzel, KA2RGI at ka2rgi@arrl.net or 631- 957-0218 HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, June 12, in Queens at 8 pm. Field Day 2001 will be discussed. See http://www.qsl.net/hosarc KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, June 13, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. Field Day 2001 will be discussed. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ LIMARC Monthly Meeting is Wednesday, June 13, in Hicksville at 8 pm. Guest speaker is Ira Cheek WA2LZO who is a professional safecracker. He's going to show us some safes and other security devices for your home, car and equipment with some hands on demonstrations. See http://www.limarc.org Long Island DX Association monthly meeting is Friday, June 15 at Polytechnic Institute- Route 110 in East Farmingdale at 8pm. 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 NY City ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio Operators on Sunday June 17 for two events, the Al Ronaldson Memorial Run at Wagner HS in Staten Island from 8AM to 1PM; and the Riverbank Park Event on the West Side of Manhattan from 10AM to 7PM. Contact Charles Hargrove N2NOV at 718-876-7929 or n2nov@lsa.net. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, June 19, in Bohemia at 8 pm. See http://members.tripod.com/~parasca/index/scrc.html Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) monthly meeting is Tuesday, June 19, at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn. See http://www.kcra.org Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Thursday, June 21, in Rocky Point at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org NY City ARES will hold a Manhattan/Bronx Meeting at Red Cross HQ, 66th & Amsterdam, Manhattan on Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 PM. All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome. Contact Charles Hargrove N2NOV at 718-876-7929 or n2nov@lsa.net. NY City ARES will hold a Staten Island Meeting at St Vincents Hospital, 355 Bard Ave., Staten Island on Friday, June 22 at 8 PM. All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome. Contact Charles Hargrove N2NOV at 718-876-7929 or n2nov@lsa.net. NY City ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio Operators on Saturday, June 23 for the Swimming Marathon Around Manhattan from 8 AM to 6 PM. Contact Charles Hargrove N2NOV at 718- 876-7929 or n2nov@lsa.net. Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, June 25, 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, June 28, 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. ---- 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 (rtodaro@myexcel.com) Nassau County - Norm Wesler K2YEW (k2yew@aol.com) Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX (w2fx@arrl.net) DIGITAL - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net) |