Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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| July 2001 | ARRL NYC/LI July E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, Section Manager NYC/LI -- Welcome! This is the July 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 September 2001 is due on July 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 July 12. HAPPENINGS New York Antenna Bill now in Assembly and Senate Rules Committees - As of this writing, Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon, N2FF, reports the bill has made it to both the Assembly and Senate Rules Committees. This is the last step prior to being released 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. We now need your help in asking the Senate and Assembly leadership to move the bill for a vote. Please immediately telephone, and e-mail the following legislators asking them to please bring these bills - A.1565 and S.2893 - to the floor for a vote: Senator Joe Bruno - Senate Rules Committee Majority Leader Telephone - 518-455-3191 E-mail - bruno@senate.state.ny.us Assemblyman - Sheldon Silver Chairman Assembly Rules Committee Telephone - 518-455-3791 E-mail - speaker@assembly.state.ny.us Our message to them: "Please bring these bills - A.1565 and S.2893 - to the floor so New York State Amateur Radio operators can continue to serve their communities, at no cost to the state, in times of communication emergencies like those now taking place during the Texas and Louisiana floods." More information is available on the ARRL Hudson Division website: http://www.arrlhudson.org ARRL Field Day - Field Day was held the weekend of June 22, 23 and 24, 2001. Many clubs had Field Day sites and most were visited by one or more members of the NLI Section Staff. My schedule took me to the Kings County Radio Club in Brooklyn, Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club in Queens, Nassau Amateur Radio Club in East Meadow, Wantagh Amateur Radio Club in Wantagh, Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club in North Bellmore, Larkfield Amateur Radio Club in Huntington, American Red Cross Emergency Communications Communications Service in Eatons Neck, Order of Boiled Owls Contest Club in Lloyds Neck and Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club in North Lindenhurst. Thank you to each of these clubs, their officers and members for your hospitality. There were many displays of Amateur Radio ingenuity. Many clubs attempted satellite contacts. I was lucky enough to be present at Larkfield when the International Space Station passed overhead and was able to hear Astronaut Susan Helms, KC7NHZ, 40 DB over S9, working Field Day! I also saw displays of APRS, SSTV, PSK-31 and other exotic modes at many sites. Although each club did Field Day differently, everyone I saw appeared to be having a good time and accomplishing the emergency preparedness that exemplifies ham radio on Field Day. Congratulations to all for a great Field Day! I would like to also thank my Section Staff for visiting the different club sites. Rob Todaro N1XL (Assistant Section Manager & Official Observer Coordinator), George Gluck WA2WKV (District Emergency Coordinator Nassau County) and Sid Wolin K2LJH (Technical Coordinator) joined with me for all or part of my travels. Sad News - Andrew Borrok N2TZX became a silent key just after Field Day. "Andy" was a vibrant leader in the Amateur Radio community. He was an ARRL Hudson Division Assistant Director, Past President of the Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club, ARRL Emergency Coordinator for Queens County and an active ham. Andy always was a pleasant person to be around with a good sense of humor. He will be missed. More Sad News - John Fredericksen KA2YMR suffered a heart attack after Field Day and is in extremely grave condition. John was a former LIMARC President and ARRL Assistant Director. John was living in New Jersey at the time and had attended a Field Day there. John always said that "Field Day is the most fun you can have in Amateur Radio". Our thoughts and prayers go out to John and his family at this time. IARU HF Worldchampionship Contest - Members of the Order of Boiled Owls Contest Club will be operating NU1AW as the official headquarters station of the International Amateur Radio Union on July 14 and 15. Operation will be on 10 through 160 meters on both SSB and CW. Contact with NU1AW will be counted as a special HQ station multiplier. Operation will be from Readsboro, Vermont at the stations of K2LE and W2AX. Some of the NLI section staff and ARRL Hudson Division cabinet who are members of the Owls and participating in this operation include Public Information Coordinator Diane Ortiz K2DO, NLI Section Manager George Tranos N2GA, Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon N2FF and Assistant Director Mel Granick KS2G. QSL NU1AW via ARRL HQ in Newington, CT, with an SASE. Section VE Sessions - available on the web at: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm UPCOMING Club Events (NOTE: Many clubs do NOT meet during the summer but hold special events such as picnics and VE sessions. Even if listed here, please check with the club to verify that the event is being held before setting out.) NY City ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio Operators on Wednesday, July 4 for the Pepper Martin Run at Cloves Lake Park in Staten Island at 8 am. Contact Charles Hargrove N2NOV at 718-876-7929 or n2nov@lsa.net. Peconic ARC Monthly Meeting is Friday, July 6, at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. See http://www.peconic- arc.org Nassau County ARES request the help of Amateur Radio Operators for the "Gold Coast Bicycle Tour" event on Sunday, July 8. Contact George Gluck WA2WKV at georgegluck@juno.com or 516-822-2659. The event begins and ends in Greenlawn. Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, July 3, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc Larkfield ARC has no general meetings in the summer. Their next monthly meeting is Thursday, September 13, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, July 13 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. If you are interested, please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net for more information. HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, July 10, in Queens at 8 pm. See http://www.qsl.net/hosarc KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, July 11, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ NY City ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio Operators on Sunday, July 15 for the Bronx Half Marathon at 8 am. Contact Charles Hargrove N2NOV at 718-876-7929 or n2nov@lsa.net. LIMARC has no general meetings in the summer. The LIMARC picnic is Sunday, July 22, in Bethpage State Park Picnic area from 8 am until 2 pm. The next monthly Meeting is Wednesday, September 12, in Hicksville at 8 pm. See http://www.limarc.org Long Island DX Association monthly meeting is Friday, July 20 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 Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, July 19, in Bohemia at 8 pm. See http://members.tripod.com/~parasca/index/scrc.html Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) has no general meetings in the summer. Their next monthly meeting is Tuesday, September 18, at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn. See http://www.kcra.org Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Thursday, July 19, in Rocky Point at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, July 30, 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, July 26, 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) APRS - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net) |