Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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August 2004 |
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. August 2004 is the 41st regular edition since this newsletter was inaugurated in March, 2001. 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: * "Radio Communication" vests to be distributed * Hudson Division Awards dinner November 13th * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * NY City ARES Meeting on Tuesday, August 10 * From Claire Heil WA2VZK, Section Traffic Manager * ARRL C-CE course advance registration opportunities via e-mail * New ARES apparel available with "Amateur Radio Communications" * MetroCor is coordinating body for the New York metro area * Emil Tillona KD1F is the section DXCC card checker * Section VE Sessions * UPCOMING Club Events * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS * "Radio Communication" vests to be distributed The ARRL will be receiving a $3000 grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) via the New York State Citizen Corps to recognize Amateur Radio operators in the Empire State who have been involved in emergency-related activities. The funds will be used to provide ARRL emergency communications vests to 200 New York ham volunteers. The hams to be recognized will be selected by the four New York State ARRL Section Managers. In the grant application, Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH, wrote: "ARRL will restrict the grant to recognize NY radio amateurs who, as ARRL members, have completed training in emergency communications protocols, participated in drills and Simulated Emergency Test exercises, and supported NY state agencies during emergencies such as the events of 9/11/2001 and the August 2003 power failure. New York volunteers participated in the recent Flag Day 2004 events to highlight the role that Amateur Radio can play in emergency preparedness and mitigation.... ARRL eagerly awaits the opportunity to thank NY volunteers for outstanding dedication through training and service to protect homes, families and businesses as a fail-safe emergency communication system when other systems are compromised." In the NLI section, individuals who will receive the vests have been selected by their corresponding District Emergency Coordinators. Initial distribution will be in New York City on August 10th at the NY citywide ARES meeting. Distribution in Nassau and Suffolk will be announced shortly. * Hudson Division Awards dinner November 13th The 2004 Hudson Division Awards Nomination are closed. Selection is now underway for the three awards: Grand Ole' Ham, Amateur of the Year and Technical Achievement. The award winners will be announced later this year with the awards dinner being held in the fall. Thanks to anyone who submitted nominations. The Hudson Division Awards Dinner has been scheduled for Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 7pm.لل Contact Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, ARRL Vice Director, Hudson Division at ka2anf@aol.com for more information. * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: June was a very busy month. We saw the appointment of John Healy, KA2ABV as the EC for Manhattan. He replaced John Keirnan, KE2UN, who resigned after 11 years as EC. KE2UN explained that he felt that he no longer had the time necessary to devote to the demands of the position. We also saw the movement of Mark Elzey, K2CSX into the position of Acting EC for the Bronx. Mark takes over a budding organization and plans to build it into a real powerhouse. At the same time, Mark will be completing various courses as he trains to assume the full duties of Bronx EC. There were numerous events this month that saw ARES participation. We started the month in Queens with the National Cancer Day Paradeon June 5th and the Riverdale Ramble in the Bronx on June 6th. The Bronx event was the first time that ARES has participated in an event in that borough. June 6th also saw our participation in the Kenneth Dolan memorial Rune in Brooklyn. One weekend - three events. All were fully covered. The following weekend, June 12 to 14th, New York City District ARES participated in the Ellis Island Flag Day Event. NYC represented the ARRL and amateur radio by both setting up and operating a station on the Island and disseminating information about amateur radio to the public. The event, sponsored by FEMA and the Citizens Corps was designed to inform the public about emergency preparedness. Joe Nieves, N2TEE - Staten Island EC and Jan Wolf, W2KMA - Staten Island AEC coordinated the effort. Also participating in the event were KA2KAB, KC2LLL, N2TAW, KB2VDV, WA3YRE, WA2JNF, KC2KDG and N2YBB. Not to be outdone, Brooklyn participated in the Michael Hanly Memorial Run on June 13th. Another weekend with multiple events. On Saturday, June 19th, the District had its second citywide drill of the year. For three days prior to the event, which was a simulated hurricane, members received hurricane weather reports from WA2GUG via the reflector. As the "storm" moved away from the Carribbean and closer to the coastal United States. NYC District ARES was placed on "stand-by" by the Red Cross of Greater New York. At 0900 local time on Saturday morning, the storm began to hit New York City. Members were dispatched by their ECs to local shelters, where we operated in two shifts. During the course of the drill, everything but the kitchen sink was tossed into the mix. We "lost" our primary repeater during the later part of the morning. The secondary repeater went down later in the drill. We operated simplex, developed relays, had "emergency" traffic, one shelter had to be "evacuated" due to flooding, "service cats" entered a shelter, and so on. The group handled themselves admirably and showed us that all the training, course work, participation in drills and events are paying off. Everyone who participated in the drill should be proud of the work they did. The month closed out with two more events in Brooklyn. The Mermaid Parade on June 26th and the Cosme's 5K Run on June 27th. I won't rain on Adam's parade, so he'll go into detail about these events in his report. Joe Nieves N2TEE; EC Richmond County After a grueling week, NYC ARES was able to pull off one of their first highly visible events of the year. For those involved, it amounted to planning a field day event on roughly four days notice. Richmond County ARES could not have pulled this off without the cooperation and dedication of the other counties. On behalf of Richmond County, we thank you for your support. The National Park Service and Citizen Corps personnel were very happy with our participation. More than likely, we will be asked to do this type of event again in the near future. Given enough advanced notice, I foresee a grander display by our group of each niche of our hobby. While provisions for Packet were not available, we did had some presence on APRS, QRP CW, and QRP SSB. While our 100W station with 20M dipole was respectable on Saturday, this band was not kind to us on Sunday. Mike, N2YBB, was gracious enough to accept the task of QSL manager for this event. Once the dust has settled, I know we all lock forward to seeing Mike's new card design. For the record books, the following stations participated: KB2KAB, David OES N2TEE, Joe EC WA3YRE Bret KB2VDV, Laura N2YBB, Mike DEC WB2KDG, Steve KC2LLL, Lionel W2KMA, Jan AEC N2TAW, Jim WA2JNF, Stu OES A special thanks goes out to the following: Bret - for creating our 20M dipole on a few hours notice. Doreen - for putting up with my version of chaos theory for an entire week while caring for our three and half week old girl and five year old son single handedly. Jan and Dave - for their support and allowing me to focus on any ongoing issues. Lionel, KC2LLL - for performing any task I asked of him no matter how small; I speak for all when I say that everyone enjoyed his company and comradery. Mike, NY2BB - for his leadership and confidence in me. Everyone involved should pat themselves on the back for making this event come off smoothly. We did something good for the hobby as a whole, and that says a lot about our commitment to public service. Even with the elevated stress levels, we all walked away as friends and still speaking to each other. What more can one ask for? Charles Gallo KC2IXE; EC Queens County No additional comments Mark Elzey, K2CSX; EC Bronx No additional comments Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County No additional comments John Kiernan KE2UN EC Manhattan Final report Elis Island N2TAW 9 hours Nets ARES Monday 2000 each week 1 VE session at Columbia Manhattan ARES June 17 at 730 PM at San Marino 146 Central Park West (74th,75th street) Next meeting to be announced by New EC KA2ABV John Heally This is my final report as EC of Manhattan Nassau County - Mario Maltese WF2T; EC Nassau County (for George Gluck, DEC, WA2WKV). On June 8th, George Gluck conducted an after-action meeting on the Long Island Marathon event, which resulted in several improvements in our deployment processes for next year. Also on June 8th was a call-up drill from the American Red Cross for a joint event with Greater New York at JFK airport, and again on June 10th for a LIPA drill. Only the cadre were involved, but the communications paths were verified. ARES members also participated in several Field Day sites. Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC SC: Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services will have a new commissioner in July 2004. Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold The Peconic Amateur Radio Club (PARC) and Southold Town ARES, with assistance from East Hampton Town ARES and amateur radio operators from throughout Suffolk County NY, provided emergency communications for the 2004, Suffolk County Bicycle Riders Association (SCBRA) "Bike-Boat-Bike" Event on Sunday, 6 June 2004. Sixteen members of the Peconic Amateur Radio Club (PARC), the Shelter Island Amateur Radio Club (SHARC), the Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA), the Southold High School Amateur Radio Club and Southold Town ARES provided emergency communications for the 25th Annual Shelter Island 10K foot race on Saturday, 12 June 2004. Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: June 2 ands 3 , KA2D attended the 11th annual Long Island-NYC Emergency Management Conference 2004. The two day event brought together emergency management resourses from local and county government, public , private and volunteer services. The theme this year was a group exercise of a simulated Cat 4 hurricane. June 14 KA2D participated with the ENY SEC Ken KL7JCQ and ENY MARS in a MARES<>ARES drill. This drill was on 80 meters SSB and 60 meter MARS cross frequencies. The object was to pass simulated emergency between the two services. Despite the terrible conditions that evening, the traffic was successfully passed. An after net review was conducted and another drill will be done in the future. June 25 KA2D was among New York area amateurs interviewed for BBC 4 News program to be aired in September 2004. Field Day 2004, KA2D toured with NLI SM N2GA and other NLI staff of some of the FD sites in NLI.. Charlie WA2GUG has been accepted the task of investigating the ARRL WINLINK 2000 proposal. Charlie has assembled a team an initial Telpac will be setup at one of the NLI packet nodes. I want to congratulate the NYC ARES crew for getting the Ellis Island event completed on very short notice. I also want to recognize John Kiernan KE2UN for years of service in NYC ARES. * NY City ARES Meeting on Tuesday, August 10 There will be a citywide meeting of NY City ARES held at the American Red Cross HQ on Tuesday, August 10. The exact address is 150 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan in the Auditorium. There is limited on-street parking in the area that is easy to come by. There are a number of parking lots around the area (try West End Avenue around 66 St). For more information, contact NY City DEC Mike Lisenco N2YBB at n2ybb@arrl.net * From Claire Heil WA2VZK, Section Traffic Manager STM Claire Heil WA2VZK reports the following: 1)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 . 2)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). 3)"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) 4)The NTS "local nets" are: Big Apple Net 8pm daily on 146.430 MHz Nassau Co. VHF Net 7:30pm on 146.805 MHz Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz. The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of MAY 2004 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 680, N2YBB 191, N2ECR 135, N2AKZ 105, KC2GOW 100, KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 95, WB2AAP 67, KE2SX 27 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 31 146 52/49 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 30 254 174/154 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 31 206 172/130 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 225 474/468 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON * N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 408 0/76 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 517 78/78 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 30 75 60/68 W2DSX Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 15 55 0/0 KC2LEV (*) report not received in time for this list The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of June 2004 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 845, N2YBB 378, N2ECR 225, N2AKZ 120, KC2GOW 100, KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 85, WB2AAP 50 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 30 146 44/33 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 30 245 172/160 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 30 255 156/139 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 30 198 390/377 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 30 350 291/263 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 30 357 0/52 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 30 495 71/71 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 30 156 56/53 W2DSX Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 13 56 1/1 KC2LEV (*) report not received in time for this list 73, Claire Heil WA2VZK, Section Traffic Manager. Contact Claire at CAHEIL@aol.com * 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. * New ARES apparel available with "Amateur Radio Communications" 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 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 August also direct questions to their e-mail at metrocor@metrocor.net * Emil Tillona KD1F is the section DXCC card checker 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 Section VE Sessions - available on the web at: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm * UPCOMING Club Events NOTE - As usual, please check with the club to verify the date and time of all events, especially during the summer! The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, August 3, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 7 P.M. Preregister with Ed (W2SN) at 718-833-7120. See http://www.kc2ra.org/ for more information. ARC Emergency Communications Service club meeting will be on Tuesday, August 3, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com. HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, August 3, 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. Peconic ARC monthly general meeting is Friday, August 6, 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. Larkfield ARC will hold a VE Session on Saturday, August 7, at 9 am at the Huntington Town Hall, 100 Main Street, Room 114 (Entrance on Jackson Ave), Huntington, NY. Contact: Stanley Mehlman N2YKT (631) 423-7132 The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, August 9 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 Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, August 9 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 Nassau County ARES meeting will be held at the Red Cross Chapter at 195 Willis Avenue Mineola, at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, August 9. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, August 10, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ LIMARC does not hold meetings in the summer. Their next regular monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, September 8, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, August. 13 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, August 15 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 The Eastern Amateur Radio Service Club monthly meeting will be Tuesday, August 17th in Southampton. The meeting will take place at Southampton Hospital in room A282. The hospital is located at 240 Meeting House Lane, Southampton. For additional information, contact Rocky, KA2JAK, at rkradio@optonline.net. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, August 17 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, August 17 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. Call Ed (W2SN) at (718) 833-7120 or see http://www.kc2ra.org/ for more information. Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday, August 19, in Port Washington. Contact Joe K2KYQ at jreekie@wawnc.org for more information. Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, August 19, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org The Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold its regular monthly "Non-meeting Meeting" (social night) on Thursday, August 19, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 6:30 P.M. Call Ed (W2SN) at (718) 833-7120 or see http://www.kc2ra.org/ for more informatin. The Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services meetings are on the third Thursday each month @ 8:00 PM. This month's meeting will be held on Thursday, August 19. 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 ka2rgi@arrl.net. Manhattan ARES meeting will be on Thursday, August. 19, at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John Healy KA2ABV ka2abv@arrl.net for info. The Long Island DX Association regular meetings will not be held during the months of August and September. The next scheduled meeting (the third Friday of each month) will be at 8PM on Friday September 17, 2004 at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). See the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ or contact Marty Miller NN2C, President of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net for further information. The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, August 20 starting at 8 PM. The meeting will be held at a new location on Staten Island at the EGER Rehabilitation Center, 120 Meisner Ave. Contact SIARA President Walter Persans WA2ZBE at 718-981-5638 for more information. Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, August 25 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, August. 26 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, August. 30 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 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)
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