August 2002 |
Welcome! This is the August 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 September issue prior
to the end of August.
QST Section News
The QST Section News column for October 2002 is due on August
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 August 12.
As stated in my previous bulletin, the Section News column in QST
will be discontinued in January 2003. The ARRL Board of Directors
voted at their July 2002 meeting to discontinue the printed version
of section news. Each section now has a site on the world-wide-web
to replicate section news. See the NLI site at:
http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI
HAPPENINGS
Field Day in June a success. Field Day information was distributed
as a special bulletin in June. The NLI Section staff was able to
visit quite a few Field Day sites. I'd like to express my thanks
to each staff member who took time to visit a Field Day site.
I had the opportunity to visit with LIMARC, Wantagh ARC,
Great South Bay ARC, Nassau ARC, Larkfield ARC, American
Red Cross Emergency Communications Service, and the Order
of Boiled Owls Contest club. Thank you all for your great
hospitality! Many clubs had a "Get On The Air" station and
there seemed to be much enthusiasm for it. It was nice to see
so many youngsters, newcomers and old-timers alike helping
out. Congratulations to each of you who participated in Field
Day 2002.
Your help still needed on NY State PRB-1 bill. The NY State
legislature will adjourn soon. The bill has passed the Senate.
We still need your help to write Assembly Speaker Silver to ask
his support of A1565, the NY State PRB-1 bill. Please write
Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, LOB 932, Albany, NY 12248.
Telephone 518-455-3791 and fax 518-455-5459. E-mail him
at speaker@assembly.state.ny.us
See the Hudson Division
web-site http://www.hudson.arrl.org/ for more
information
August 17 and 18 is International Lighthouse / Lightship weekend.
Amateurs from two clubs on Long Island will be supporting this
event. Peconic Amateur Radio Club will operate W2AMC from
Horton's Point Lighthouse. They will operate from the front porch
of the Horton's Point Lighthouse from 8:00 AM until 6:00 PM each
day. Hams and the general public are welcome. Contact Warren
Melhado, WM2Z 631-734-6929. Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club
will operate W2GSB from Fire Island Lighthouse.
Members of the
GSBARC and other ARC's, will operate from the Fire Island Lighthouse,
ref #670 , ARLS # USA-256 (IOTA NA-026, USIA NY-013-S). All
amateurs and their families welcomed. Contact Tom KA2D at
631-422-9594 or email info@gsbarc.org
From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator:
KA2D reports that NYC hams continue to support local A-Thons
including the following events: 6/02 - Governors Island Event,
6/22 - St. George (S.I.) Fair, 6/23 - Swimming Marathon Around
Manhattan, 6/29 - Liberty Challenge Outrigger Race. He reports
that Nassau County hams continue to support local A-Thons. He
did not receive a report from Suffolk County. Tom further states:
"For FD2002, I stayed with my local club, Great South Bay ARC,
as part of the FD committee. I continue to reply to questions
received from students who are participating in the ARRL CCE
program. I also continue to solicit reports for the NLI ARES
Staff".
STM Charlie WA2YOW reports the following:
The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL
Month of June 2002
New York City/Long Island Section
Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points
N2AKZ 130, AB2IZ 115, KB2KLH 100, WA2YOW 100,
WB2GTG 90, KE2SX 83.
NTS Section or Local nets
Net Name
Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager
NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 29
180 54/41 KA2GJV
NY State/early/cw NYS/E
(*)
WB2QIX
NY State/late/cw NYS/L
30 251
228/201 W2YGW
NY Phone
NYP 30
189 314/313 N2LTC
NY Public Opr. Net NYPON
(*)
N2YJZ
Empire Slow Speed net ESS
30
311 0/54
WI2G
NYC-LI/cw
NLI 20
71 44/44
**
Big Apple VHF
BAVHF 30 557
98/98 KB2KLH
Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF
(*)
N2WGF
Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF
16 102
9/9 WA2VZK
(**)--stats kept and reported by WA2YOW
(*) report not received in time for this list
LIMARC plans a one day Technician Class license study course on
Saturday, September 28, 2002 in Levittown. For more information,
please contact George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org
MetroCor is the new coordinating body for the New York
City metropolitan area. See their website at
http://www.qsl.net/metrocor/
Kings County ARES will be hosting Red Cross courses on
August 20th, 22nd, 27th and 29th. Classes will be held at the
UCP center, 121 Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn starting at 7PM.
If you would like to enroll, please e-mail AB2IZ@arrl.net
or call
917-804-3390. From Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County.
The Kings County Repeater Association ARC will commemorate
its 30th Anniversary with the KCRA 30th Anniversary Special Event
Station, using the special call "N2Y". Operating time will be 1300Z
to 1900Z on Aug. 4, 2002. at Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, NY.
The planned operating frequencies are 28.340, 21.340, and 14.250
+/- QRM. QSL: Kings County Repeater Association ARC,
WA2ZWP/N2Y, PO Box 280285, Brooklyn, NY11228-0285. See
http://www.kcra.org or call (718) 833-7120 for further
information.
Congratulations to the Knickerbocker ARC and to the Nassau
Amateur Radio Club for renewing as a Special Service Club.
We are in the middle of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. As we all
know, hurricanes, tropical storms, and the flood waters that often
accompany them can affect a very large portion of the country and
beyond. Be alert for Hurricane watches and warnings, have plenty
of spare batteries available and be prepared to operate on emergency
power. Tune in to your local ARES or SKYWARN nets.
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: check with the clubs to confirm
any summer-time events)
American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club
meeting on Thursday, August 1, 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, August 1, 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, August 2, at the
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.
Peconic Amateur Radio Club plans operation during North
American Lighthouse - Lightship Weekend on Saturday and
Sunday, August 3 and 4. Chairman, Warren, WM2Z is working
toward securing permission to operate from the Plum Island
Lighthouse for this years event. Contact Warren Melhado, WM2Z
or 631-734-6929 for information. Usually, operations are under
way from 8:00 AM through 6:00 PM each day.
NY City ARES is supporting Manhattan Half Marathon on Sunday,
August 4. To volunteer to help out for this event, contact
ARRL District Emergency Coordinator for NYC Charles Hargrove at
n2nov@arrl.net
Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, August 8,
in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see
http://www.larkfield.org
Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, August 9 at 8 pm at
Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at
vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information.
Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting
is Tuesday, August 13, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in
Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc
HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, August 13, 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
Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, August 13, 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
LIMARC does not hold summer meetings. Their next regular monthly
meeting is Wednesday, September 11, in Hicksville at 8 pm.
See http://www.limarc.org
Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, August 20 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
KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, August 21, at the Ryan's Visitor
Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm
See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/
Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Thursday, August 22, in
Shoreham at 7:30 pm at the Shoreham Recreation Center
just east of William Floyd Parkway on Route 25A.
See http://www.rcarc.org
Manhattan / Bronx ARES meeting on Thursday, August 22 at
7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan.
Contact John KE2UN at JOHNKE2@nyc-ares.org for
more info.
Long Island DX Association will meet on Friday, August 23.
Contact NN2C, Marty Miller, president of the LIDXA,
at nn2c@arrl.net
Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, August 26, in Eisenhower
Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center at 8 pm. See
http://www.nassauarc.org
The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE
exam on Monday, August 26 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
GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, August 29 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.
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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)
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Section Manager: George A. Tranos, N2GA
n2ga@arrl.org
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