Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by Tom Carrubba KA2D
NLI Section Manager
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June 2007 |
Welcome! This is the May edition of the New York City-Long Island Section "e-Happenings" newsletter. This newsletter is here to serve the Amateur Radio community in our area. We welcome and encourage all submissions. Help make this your newsletter. We especially encourage NLI Radio clubs and Organizations to submit their meeting announcements, guest speakers and any special events. Please submit any information for the July issue prior to the end of June. 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 Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Manager * from Mike Lisenco N2YBB, Section Emergency Coordinator * UPCOMING Club Events * Other "stuff" [ARES] [DX] * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Manager Field Day Time! NLI will continue the tradition of NLI Staff touring FD sites for that 100 bonus point visit from ARRL. Contact me, KA2D so we can schedule a visit on FD. Don't forget the bonus points for sending the SM NTS traffic via one of the NLI NTS nets. Stay ssfe and have fun. The NLI staff is looking forward to visiting you and sharing some of the fine FD BBQ. NLI Hamfests LIMARC, Bethpage, NY Sunday June 3 HOSARC, Queens, NY Sunday June 10 Tom KA2D + NYC/LI ARES Supports Storm Relief Effort New York City, April 18 -- In what many have called the worst rainstorm in a hundred years, NYC/Long Island ARES responded. SEC Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, reported "ARES members were placed on stand-by on Saturday in expectation of the Nor'Easter that was due." In New York City, the Red Cross of Greater New York called DEC John Healy, KA2ABV, to staff an expected nine shelters. Salvation Army SATERN also asked that NYC District ARES place themselves on stand-by. Shelter operations began at 8 AM Sunday morning at the request of the New York City Office of Emergency Management. By the time the shelters opened, Healy said "my five Borough ECs were able to fully staff the shelters, as well as the EOC at the Red Cross. We put together a staff of 30 ARES volunteers for the first 24 hour period, with more to come if needed." More than eight inches of rain fell on New York City. In Nassau County, DEC Jim Mezey, W2KFV, explained that "Nassau ARES ramped up on Saturday with a check of our communication systems at the Nassau Red Cross Chapter." "We were lucky as this storm did not wreak the havoc that was expected." Rain totals were three to five inches, with winds and coastal flooding, and power outages. The Red Cross set up three shelters staffed with ARES personnel. Some Fire Battalion EOCs were also staffed. Nassau OEM was staffed, and all ARES frequencies were monitored. OEM was briefed with updated conditions throughout the day and night. In Suffolk County, DEC Bill Scheibel, N2NFI, said that although ARES was placed on stand-by, they were allowed to stand down quickly as there was no communications mission. His 10 township ECs were alerted, however. ARES communicators are to be commended. -- Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, New York City/Long Island ARES Section Emergency Coordinator <n2ybb@arrl.net> ------------------------ Section and Local Nets: Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY STATE/MORN. NYS/M * KA2GJV NY STATE/EARLY NYS/E 30 238 119/108 N2QZ NY STATE/LATE NYS/L * W2YGW NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON 29 386 152/143 N2YJZ NY PHONE NYP 30 199 110/98 K2MPE BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 30 458 35/35 KB2KLH NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 30 131 121/110 W2DSX SUFFOLK CO VHF SCVHF * ** EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 30 451 104/* WI2G * = report not received in time for posting. ** = position open, please contact w2dsx if interested in position ******************************************************************** NTS SECTION LEVEL and INDEPENDENT CW nets : PLEASE READ!!! The FCC R&O is mandating drastic changes to 80 meter CW NTS, and the NET Frequencies are changing weekly as everyone tries to find room in the first 100 kHz of 80 meters. I will post them as I get them, but by the time you read this, it probably will have changed. Through foresight and good planning of Bud W2RU and Jack W0UCE (among others), there is a frequency matrix which has all of the major nets and their meeting times/frequencies. (thanks to the folks at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NTS-EAN for this info.) The matrix is http://4rnc4.homestead.com/80mCWNETMATRIX.html NYS/M 10am local time daily NYS/E 7pm local time daily NYS/L 10pm local time daily Consult the above mentioned matrix for the net QRG's. Also, there is the daytime alternate freq. of 7042 kHz +/- and a alternate of 1812 or 1825 kHz depending if propagation on 80 goes long... INDEPENDENT CW NETS which maintain close association with the NTS. Empire Slow Speed Net (ESS) 6pm daily on 3576 kHz . (Freq subject to change!! Tnx Anne!) Bob K2TV is posting to the net some of Anne's (NM ESS) Newsletters, which I have found to be both educational and entertaining - see: www.qsl.net/k2tv/ess.html ) Hit and Bounce Net (HBN) 8:30am daily on 3576 kHz. (Tnx Bob K2TV for the change) Hit and Bounce Slow Net (HBSN) 7:30am daily on 3576 kHz, alt. may be 7114 NTS SECTION LEVEL HF/phone nets: New York Phone (NYP) 1pm daily Try 3925 kHz first during the winter months, but may also be on 7237 kHz. New York Public Operations Net (NYPON) 5pm daily on 3925 kHz +/- QRM, alternate freq. 3913 kHz 4)The NTS "local nets" are: Big Apple VHF 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) Alternate freq. of 145.290 pl 94.8 -Tnx Bernie NY4Z Suffolk Co. VHF Net Not meeting at this time, however if you're interested in participating, please let me know w2dsx@arrl.net Curious as to what all this means? See http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec2-ch1.html, and some of the neighboring STM's have excellent pages as well: Nick N2QZ (STM ENY) http://www.hudson.arrl.org/eny/ and click on the NTS tab, also Dan K2UL's (STM SNJ) page: http://home.att.net/~k2ul/resource.htm ******************************************************************** * UPCOMING Club Events/Meetings The previous listing needs updating. Please submit your meeting information to ka2d@arrl.org NOTE - Always check with the club to verify the date, time and location of the events/meetings listed here. 575 Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex Club The LIARS Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month at Newfield High School in Selden, NY at 7:30PM. All are welcome. Our web site is www.lisimplex.org. Contact: Frank Peppe fpeppe@optonline.net The Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex Club (LIARS) will be holding Field Day on June 22nd and 23rd 2007 at the RCA Site on Rocky Point Road in Rocky Point. Details and map to the site are available on our website, www.lisimplex.org. We will be operating 2A on HF and VHF, and will have a GOTA Station in operation. ECS-ARC Meets at Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd. Room 213, Kew Gardens, NY 11424 Meeting Time: 1st Tuesday Monthly 7:30 PM Home page URL: http://www.arcecs.org Please contact Leonard Smith (Director) at: n2ldv@arrl.net for information. Grumman ARC GARC) http://www.qsl.net/wa2lqo/ Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Allen Ellsworth Park in Farmingdale, starting at 5:30 PM GARC VE sessions are held on the second Tuesday of each month at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage, Room: Long Beach #5, starting at 5:00 PM. Contact: Robert Wexelbaum w2ilp@optonline.net Great South Bay ARC GSBARC Monthly meetings are the last Thursday of the month, 8PM. Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. GSBARC Monthly VE are the 4th Sunday starting 12:00 NOON For more information, see http://www.qsl.net/gsbarc/ The NY Hall of Science ARC has general membership meetings on the second Tuesday of each month, with the exception of July and August. The meetings are a time to take care of club business, listen to a great speaker regarding an interesting topic related to ham radio, and to make new friends and catch up with old friends. The club has its meetings at the NY Hall of Science in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, NY. Please check the club's website at WWW.HOSARC.ORG for more detailed information. The following is the schedule of meetings for 2007: June 12th - Topic - Introducing the Public to Ham Radio Town of Huntington ARES/RACES Meetings Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM at the Senior Citizens Center, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY. The primary agenda for the meetings will be scheduling special events, training, and technical discussions. NY. For more information, see: <http://www.wb2lua.com/> http://www.wb2lua.com or contact John A. Allocca, WB2LUA at 631-261-3726 or via e-mail at <mailto:drjohn@allocca.com> drjohn@allocca.com Long Island DX Association (LIDXA) http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ Regular meetings are at 8PM on the third Friday of the month at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). For club details, see our Web site, or contact Ed Whitman, K2MFY, LIDXA Secretary at edwhit@optonline.net for further information. NO MEETINGS IN JULY OR AUGUST. There are usually two ARRL DXCC card checkers present: Tom AG2A and John W2GW. Bring your new DXCC cards and paperwork to these meetings for official verification and credit. Long Island Mobile ARC LIMARC meets the second Wednesday each month, 8PM at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY. All are welcome. Bring a friend! Future meetings are May 9, June 13. Webpage is: http://www.limarc.org Club Contact: President, Rick Bressler, K2RB K2RB@limarc.org Club PIO: Eddie Muro, K2EPM K2EPM@limarc.org Long Island Transmitter Hunters (LITHARC) seeking new participants A group of Long Island transmitter hunting enthusiasts has been conducting hunts on Friday nights with an occasional Sunday event and we are seeking new participants to join in the fun. Anyone interested in learning more about the activity of radio direction finding and radio "fox hunting" is invited to come out as a hunter or rider. A LITHARC discussion group (Long Island Transmitter Hunters ARC) has been established on Yahoo Groups as a central information and communications site. You are welcome to sign up to keep informed about upcoming events. If you would like our group to conduct a hunt in your area that would include members of your radio club, please let us know. For more information, contact Larry, WA2SUH at wa2suh@aol.com Nassau ARC (NARC) http://www.nassauarc.org Meetings every Monday night at 8 PM in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center. 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 Suffolk County Radio Club (SCRC) Monthly Meeting is third Tuesday of the month at 8 PM Bohemia Recreation Center on Ruzicka Way, in Bohemia. Contact: Tim Clark KC2LIN, 631-418-5057 http://members.tripod.com/~parasca/index/scrcreve.htm The Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services (TOBARES) meetings are on the third Thursday each month at 8:00 PM. 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 tobares@optonline.net. * Other "stuff" [DX] NLI DXCC card checker John Reiser, W2GW is the section DXCC card checker and is available for field checking of QSL cards for your DXCC Award. John is available by appointment at his home in West Hempstead for card checking , and at all LIDXA meetings. 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 NLI DX Spotting Clusters AA2MF Staten Island-NY, dxc.aa2mf.net W2GSB West Babylon-NY, 24.185.125.244, RF 145.670 K2LS Greensboro- NC. dxc.k2ls.com *K2LS is still a popular spot for many NLI DXers. 2007 EASTERN VHF/UHF CONFERENCE W2 QSL Bureau Rate Increase The W2 QSL Bureau, run by the North Jersey DX Association, will be increasing its subscriber rates. Effective April 1st the minimum credit purchase will be ten postage credits for $6.00. The bureau has kept rates flat for several years absorbing four postage rate increases by cutting expenses and streamlining its operations as much as possible. Based upon news of more postage increases due this spring the Bureau felt it could no longer absorb rate increases without a change. In spite of the increase using the bureau option is still the best dollar value around as evidenced by the amount of QSL cards still handled. More information can be found on the NJDXA webpage: www.njdxa.org. It also lists meeting and program dates as well as other DX news and links. Thanks W2UDT for the info..... [From ARRL] 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! studymanual 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 Norm Fusaro; 860-594-0230.[w3iz@arrl.org] League Rolls out Emergency Radio Public Relations Campaign, Web Site (Jan 30, 2007) -- "Ham Radio . . . Getting the message through for your family and community" is the theme of the League's 2007 public relations campaign. The "Emergency Radio" Web site debuted this week. ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, says the 2007 emergency communications initiative pick up the momentum ARRL public information officers started during the just-ended "Hello" campaign. For the full story,goto http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/01/30/100/?nc=1 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. - ARES E-Letter, sign up now! The ARES E-Letter is an e-mail digest of news and information of interest to active members of the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and to hams concerned with public service and emergency communications ARRL members may subscribe to The ARES E-Letter by going to the Member Data Page at: http://www.arrl.org/members-only/memdata.html?modify=1 Check the box for "ARES E-Letter (monthly public service and emergency communications news)" and you're all set. Past issues of The ARES E-Letter are available at http://www.arrl.org/ares-el/. Issues are posted to this page after publication. [BPL] - 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 [Repeaters] - 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 - Section VE Sessions Section VE Sessions - available on the web at: http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm *New general question pool starts July 1, 2007 http://www.ncvec.org/page.php?id=333 NLI Webpage: The Section Webpage will be redone and will contain LOTS of great information on section happenings, VE session, Education, Clubs, section staff, and much more! See http://hudson.arrl.org/nli A new webmaster is under consideration to replace the former webmaster, Tom Carrubba KA2D. NLI Section News is available at http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI Please continue to help make this newsletter even more interesting and informative by sending me news about YOUR club and events. Assistant Section Managers NLI - Mike Lisenco N2YBB (n2ybb@arrl.net) Nassau County - ******* OPEN ******** Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX (w2fx@arrl.net) Digital Communications - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net) NLI ARES SEC NLI - Mike Lisenco N2YBB (n2ybb@arrl.net) DEC New York City - John Healy KA2ABV (ka2abv@arrl.net) DEC Nassau County - Jim Mezey W2KFV (w2kfv@arrl.net) DEC Suffolk County - Bill Scheibel N2NFI (n2nfi@arrl.net) |