Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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| July 2003 | 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. Please submit any information for the August issue prior to the end of July. 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 Field Day: Many Amateur Radio clubs throughout the section participated in Field Day on the weekend of June 28 and 29. Congratulations to each of you and the many clubs in the section which held field day this year! Your efforts to showcase the emergency preparedness aspect of Amateur Radio are appreciated. I was able to visit 8 different field day sites this year. Joining me this year was ASM & SEC Tom Carrubba KA2D and ACC Phil Lewis N2MUN. I was able to also visit with ASM Len Battista W2FX, PIC Diane Ortiz K2DO and OOC Daniel Reisman NY2L. I thank each club who welcomed us for their hospitality. You showcased the best of Amateur Radio with your superb planning, logistics and operations. Again, congratulations on a great Field Day! Dianne Sherwood KB2PZR, sk Dianne Sherwood KB2PZR became a silent key on June 16. She and her OM Dick Sherwood N2NGF were very active in the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club. A few years ago they bought a huge RV and toured the country - always coming back to LI for special events like Lighthouse weekend and Field Day. They were on their way up from Florida when Dianne had a stroke. A funeral mass was held in Babylon in June. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Sherwood family at this difficult time. From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: New York City: Public Service Events Data for May 2003: Five Boro Bike Tour - Citywide (May 4th) 45 operators x 12 hours = 540 man/hours Buckley Heroes Run - Brooklyn (May 18th) 10 operators x 5 hours = 50 man/hours Memorial Day Run - Staten Island (May 26th)<BR> 6 operators x 3 hours = 18 man/hours Staff Assignments (List Below a/o 4/30/2003)<BR> DEC & EC SI Charles Hargrove N2NOV EC Mn/Bx John Kiernan KE2UN EC Bklyn Adam Fine AB2IZ EC Qns Charles Gallo KC2IXE AEC Mn Ryan Jairam AB2MH AEC Bx Joseph Carpentieri KA2BRH AEC Bklyn Mike Lunetta W2MPL AEC Bklyn Ken Shaw N2KEN AEC Qns Charles Alfano WA2GUG OES Bx Arte Booten N2ZRC OES Bklyn Ivan Rodriguez KC2CHE OES Bklyn Joseph Prego N2ECR OES SI Allan Hobron KC2DPP OES SI Joseph Nieves N2TEE OES SI Ron Faup WA2RF Skywarn Basic Spotter class for NYC held on Friday May 30th at 7PM. 45 attended class at St Vincent's Hospital on Staten Island. Kings County (from EC Adam Fine AB2IZ): Kings County ARES Participated in the 5-Boro Bike Tour. Operators included: AB2IZ, KA2KDQ, KB2GEK,KB2SUR, KB2TWY, KB2VDV, KC2BGT, KC2CBL, KC2EDR, KC2JXM, KD2AU, N2ECR, N2KEN, N2YBB, W2/8R1B, W2MPL. Also, Kings County ARES Participated in the Buckley's to Kennedy's Hero's Run with operators: AB2IZ, KB2GEK, KB2SUR, KB2TWY, KC2CBL, KC2CHE, KC2HZQ, KC2JXM, W2/8R1B, W2MPL. Kings County ARES met on 05/28/03 - Topics discussed: Critiques concerning comms heard during 2 events in May, teamwork and group/individual responsibility issues. In attendance: AB2IZ, KA2FXR, KA2KDQ, KB2SUR, KB2TWY, KB2VDV, KC2CBL, KC2EDR, KC2JXM, N2ECR, N2QXB, N2RGA, N2YBB, W2MPL, and WA2JNF. After the meeting Kings County ARES gave a 10 minute presentation at the 70th Pct. Community Council meeting. The Presentation consisted of handouts put together by OES Joseph Prego, N2ECR and talk by myself, AB2IZ. It was well received. Hope to continue to reach out to other Community Councils. Nassau County: Nassau ARES supported the Long Island Marathon on May 4th, with 40 operators. For the MAY meeting, ARES hosted the Advanced Skywarn Training on May 13th. Good participation in weekly county wide net. Suffolk County; Good participation in weekly county wide net. The Town of Huntington in Suffolk County. John Allocca WB2LUA replaces Chuck Hartley N2JIY. Chuck had to step down due to business and family obligations STM Claire WA2VZK reports the following: 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 . 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). "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) 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 May 2003 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 488, WB2GTG 100, KB2KLH 100, N2AKZ 100, KE2SX 90, WA2YOW 83. NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 29 140 54/39 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 264 166/157 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 31 219 200/160 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 176 262/262 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 31 384 132/128 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 404 0/70 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI 20 47 13/11 WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 514 94/94 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF (*) N2WGF Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 8 26 4/4 WA2VZK (*) report not received in time for this list 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. Congratulations to the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club for their official renewal as a 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. Kings County ARES has changed it's meeting nights from the 4th Tuesday of the month to the 4th Wednesday of the month. The time (7pm) and the location (UCP, 121 Lawrence Avenue) remain the same. 73, Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County Nassau ARC meets every Monday night @ 7:30 pm. The General meeting is the last Monday of the month at 8 pm. Contact is Lance Aue, KA2EJD, President @ vze3db97@verizon.net or see http://www.nassauarc.org 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 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 NOTE! Please CHECK with the clubs listed below to verify that the events listed will take place. Many clubs do NOT hold meetings during the summer months. For your convenience, please double check all meetings prior to going to avoid an unnecessary trip! Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, July 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 The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, July 1, 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 American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club meeting on Thursday, July 3, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com. Nassau County Police ARC will have a meeting on Thursday, Thursday, July 3, 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, July 4, 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. Nassau County ARES meeting will be held at the Red Cross Chapter at 195 Willis Avenue Mineola, at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, July 8. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, July 8, 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. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/hosarc or call 718-760-2022. LIMARC does not hold monthly meetings during the summer. Their next regular monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, September 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 Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold its regular monthly "Non-meeting Meeting" (social night) on Thursday, July 10, 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, July 10, 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, July 10, in Port Washington. Contact Joe K2KYQ at jreekie@wawnc.org for more information. Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, July 11 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, July 12, 2003 at 9 am at the Huntington Town Hall, 100 Main Street, Room 114 (Entrance on Jackson Ave), Huntington, NY. Contact: Stanley Mehlman (631) 423-7132. The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, July 14 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, July 15 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, July 15 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. See http://www.kcra.org KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, July 16, 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 not be meeting until September. They are taking their July/August summer hiatus (the first meeting of the new season will be on September 19). Contact Marty Miller NN2C, President of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net. See the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ for more information. Manhattan & Bronx ARES meeting will be on Thursday, July 17 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, July 20 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 Kings County ARES meeting is on the Wednesday, July 23 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, July 23 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, July 28 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 GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, July 31 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) |