Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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ARRL NYC/LI August E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI -- 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 2005 is the 52nd 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: * Field Day a sucess * HRU 2006 initial planning meeting on Tuesday, August 2 * Jim Mezey W2KFV is new Nassau County District Emergency Coordinator * Hudson Division awards announced, dinner on Nov. 12 * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager * Mike Lisenco N2YBB appointed NY City RACES Radio Officer * List of Frequently Asked Questions on BPL available * K2LS DX-Packetcluster node available for DX spots * Long Island Transmitter Hunters seeking new participants * ARRL C-CE course advance registration opportunities via e-mail * 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 * Field Day a success ARRL Field Day weekend was Friday, June 24, through Sunday, June 26, 2005. This year, many clubs and individuals throughout the section operated. The NLI staff had the occasion to visit a number of Field Day sites this year and we thank all of those who welcomed us. Tom Carrubba KA2D and I visited 11 sites in Nassau and Suffolk counties. While time prevented us from visiting all the sites, we saw a lot of ham radio innovation on display! It was also rewarding to see the ham radio tradition of elmering newcomers into the hobby by showing them and helping them get on the air during Field Day. The spirit of comraderie was certainly apparent for Field Day! Congratulations to each of you for a job well done and another terrific Field Day! Submitted by George Tranos, N2GA. * HRU 2006 initial planning meeting on Tuesday, August 2 The initial HRU 2006 meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 2, starting at 7 PM. The meeting will be held at Babylon Town Hall on Sunrise Highway in North Lindenhurst. It will be held in the ARES/RACES room in the basement (enter around back and down the outside staircase). This is the first of the monthly operational meetings of the planning committee for Ham Radio University 2006. HRU is a day of education for and about Amateur Radio. This will be the 7th annual event! This year, HRU is again being held at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, NY, on Sunday, January 8, 2006. The HRU planning committee jointly decides the format and structure of the event including what forums are held, what moderators to invite, the setup, takedown, talkin, publicity, special event operation and all other aspects of HRU. As always, your help is solicited. Please feel free to spead the word of this announcement to the Amateur Radio population in general. The first meeting is generally an organizational one, with decisions made about who the chairman of the event will be, when meetings will take place and an overview of what needs to be done for this year. The meeting site will be announced shortly. I hope you can make the meeting and we can again make this year's HRU a success. 73, George Tranos N2GA Chairman, Ham Radio University 2003 thru 2005 ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI * Jim Mezey W2KFV is new Nassau County District Emergency Coordinator NLI SM George Tranos N2GA and NLI ASM/SEC Tom Carrubba KA2D are happy to announce following... Effective August 1, 2005, Jim Mezey W2KFV accepted the Nassau County ARES District Emergency Coordinator appointment. Jim will succeed George Gluck WA2WKV, who is retiring. Jim is an active amateur, an ARRL member, officer in Nassau Amateur Radio Club and Nassau County Police Amateur Radio Club, and an ARRL VE. He is an ARES EC in Nassau County and a NC RACES member. He has completed all three ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Communications courses along with his standard ARES, NTS, RACES and SKYWARN training. Jim's non-amateur background includes 24 plus years in Police Service and 42 years in the Fire Service which included Chief of Department. Let's welcome Jim and give him our support. * Hudson Division 2005 awards announced, dinner on Nov. 12 Be there with us on Saturday night, November 12th, at the Elk's Lodge in Park Ridge, New Jersey to honor our recipients. It promises to again be a fun event with loads of door prizes. The Awards Committee met via "ARRL Conference Bridge" on Friday, June 17, 2005. Those asked to serve on the committee: Diane Ortiz, K2DO; Jerry Agliata, W2GLA; Dennis McAlpine, K2SX; Kathy Thee, KT2F; Doug Rue, W2EN, and Jim Jackson- NS2K selected the following: Amateur of the Year, Tom Raffaelli - WB2NHC (nominated by Lyle Anderson, KC2LCA and Rich Sandell, WK6R) Technical Achievement, Ulrich Rohde - N1UL (nominated by Mario Karcich, K2ZD (2004) Grand Ole' Ham, Frank Fix - K2AW (Nominated by Bill Hellman - NA2M) Lew Malchick, N2RQ (Nominated by Martin Smith - KA2NRR) The committee decided to grant two Grande Ole 'Ham awards this year. The Committee was unanimous about awarding both Frank Fix and Lou Malchick the Grand Ole' Ham award. 73, Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, Nominations Chair for the Hudson Division Awards Committee, 2005 ARRL Hudson Division Vice Director ka2anf@arrl.org (Reprinted from the Hudson Division Beacon) * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: "This is what ARES is all about:.." On June 10th, the north shore of Staten Island was hit with a major blackout. Hard hit with the power outage was St. Vincent's Hospital and it's affiliate, Bayley Seton Hospital. David Lefkowitz (KB2KAB), Staten Island OES received an on-air call from N2KB, a staffer at St. Vincent's with a request for assistance from ARES. They needed to establish communications throughout the facility which had limited power from their backup generators. David picked up the ball and ran with it. He started to initialize the activation while Joe, N2TEE (Staten Island EC) was stuck at work, and Jan, W2KMA (Staten Island AEC) was out in Long Island for the day. With the assistance of Carl, WA2IAF, the two were able to bring relief to the hams who are employees at the hospital and they were able to maintain the station at St. Vincent's EOC. A net was maintained on the NYCRA repeater. Staten Island ARES has an excellent working relationship with St. Vincent's. They recently ran a Technician level class which culminated in a VE session in which many hospital employees obtained their license. The group also recently participated in a drill with the facility, which only underscores why the hospital turned to Staten Island ARES immediately for assistance. June was also a very busy month with public service events in 4 of the 5 boroughs. We started the month with the National Cancer Day parade in Queens. This is the second year that ARES has participated in this event. The next day, Brooklyn had the Kenneth Dolan Memorial Run and we participated in the Israeli Day Parade in Manhattan for the first time. Staten Island, not to be outdone, followed the next two weekends with the Sgt. Doreen Scrimemti Scholarship Run and the Like M. Parlatore Run. Brooklyn finished the month with the Cosme's 5K Run. During the month I was also pleased to announce the appointment of Gabe Cuebas, N2PQT, as the new Emergency Coordinator for the Bronx. Gabe, who had served as Bronx EC many years ago, graciously consented to filling a long standing void in Bronx leadership. June also saw the reestablishment of RACES in New York City with the appointment of Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, as the new RACES City Radio Officer. This came after the completion of a Memorandum of Understanding with the New York City Office of Emergency Management. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County We are pleased to announce the appointment of three AEC's for Manhattan: Richard Grover (W2RAG), Michael Lavin, KC2FUZ, and Michael Nunez (KC2NCV). Please join us in congratulating them. I look forward to working with these individuals in our continuing efforts to improve training and participation within our borough. We are currently investigating the possibility of several events during the coming months and will keep you posted. Any members who know of events where ARES can be of service are asked to contact John Healy, EC for Manhattan, at 917-886-0825, or via email at KA2ABV@ARRL.NET . Our weekly Manhattan ARES Nets (on the BEARS repeater (147.27) each Tuesday evening beginning at 7:30 PM) are currently on hiatus. Next New York County ARES meeting - Thursday, September 15th, 2005 at 6:30pm Meeting location: San Remo, 146 Central Park West, at 75th Street. Please note that after a poll of our membership, Manhattan ARES is holding its meetings on a bi-monthly basis rather than each month from this point forward. Our schedule of meetings for the remainder of the year is as follows: September 15th, and November 17th Joe Nieves N2TEE; EC Richmond County: June 11th will find us participating in the Sgt. Doreen Scrimemti Scholarship Run. Looking for a good turn-out at this event. If you'd like to get involved, please contact me ASAP. Richmond County ARES holds its monthly meetings on the second Thursday of the month with the exception of July & August at Eger Nursing home on Staten Island. Meetings begin at 8:30PM. June 25th will find us participating in the Luke Parlatore Memorial Run. Again, we are looking for a good turn-out, so please contact me if you wish to participate. Charles Gallo KC2V; EC Queens County No additional comment. Gabriel Cuebas, N2PQT, EC Bronx No additional comment Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County Kings County ARES meeting - 06/15/05 Topics: Checking into County and District ARES nets; Jamming during nets; Event debriefings; Upcoming event schedule; RACES reestablished in NYC. In attendance: AB2IZ, KA2KDQ, KB2SUR, KB2VDV, KC2CBL, KC2JXM, KC2MGY, N2BMV, N2RGA, N2ULX, W2DEA and WB2AAP. Kenneth Dolan Memorial Run - 06/05/05 Seven ARES members participated in this annual event raising scholarship money for students. ARES members that participated included: KB2VDV, KC2JXM, KC2NBE, KG4FXJ, N2RGA, N2ULX, and WB2AAP. Cosme 5K Run - 06/26/05 Eleven Kings County ARES members contributed over 30 hours in this annual event in scenic Coney Island along the historic Boardwalk. Members were also invited to a post-race BBQ. The full bellies included: KB2SUR, KB2VDV, KC2EDR, KC2FKL, KC2JXM, KC2MGY, KC2NBE, KG4FXJ, N2RGA, W2DEA and WB2AAP. A hearty welcome to Mike Patino, N2BMV, on his joining the Kings County ARES family. Congratulations We are in the process of securing a new meeting location. All information regarding this new location and Kings County ARES can be found at www.kingscountyares.org. Kings County ARES has a weekly net, every Sunday at 8PM. We meet on the W2CMA repeater (446.675/-5MHz/114.8) in order to discuss issues of relevance to the ARES community at large and Kings County ARES specifically. We welcome, encourage and invite all amateur radio operators to participate. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, July 27th, 2005 at 7:30pm, the location TBA. Nassau County - Mario Maltese WF2T; EC Nassau County (for George Gluck, DEC, WA2WKV). On June 11th, Nassau ARES supported the American Red Cross in Nassau County for a damage assessment exercise, providing communications between 6 dispatched teams and the Director, located at the Communications ERV at the Mineola Community Center. During the exercise, Red Cross volunteers appreciated the need for clear, fast communications when a team was confronted by a hostile tenant, which later was identified as a drug house occupant. The Monthly Meeting on the 14th addressed the after action plan for the Long Island Marathon, which was later forwarded to the personnel that run the marathon in time for their after action review. There were several valuable observations made by operators, which will result in improvements in next year's operations. Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC SC: Towns not reporting: East Hampton, Southampton, Shelter Island. County Meeting held on second Wednesday of the month. No meeting last month. Some progress on refurbishing of county EOC. I am working with new management on a proposal to rebuild EOC amateur radio infrastructure including placement of new antennas. Lots of public service events in the works with summer now upon us. Attended hurricane drill at County EOC. Very informative. Received hands on training with the county's emergency management data system. Field day was fun. Many ARES/Races folks involved at many levels. Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon: TOBARES Participated with GSBARC during Field Day at Babylon Town Hall EOC on the east lawn at town hall operating 9F. Joe Werner, KC2BPS, EC Town of Brookhaven Participated with SCRC on FD We are are now in Hurricane season and as such we are going over our check lists to make sure all our radio equipment is working. That our batteries are all charged etc. John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington: Participated with LARC on FD. John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip No additional comments Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold: Participated with PARC on FD Stan Bryer W2SCB, EC in training, Town of Smithtown This information was not oncluded in last month's report. [KA2D] Ed N2IHR Ed and Stan W2SCB participated in the Walk America event on May 1 in Hauppauge. W2SCB participated in the Special Olympics on May 15 in East Setauket. Public Service, Smithtown ARES provided communication for the Blessing of the Bicycles on May 22 between Hauppauge and Wading River. We secured permission and used the Radio Central ARC Repeater 145.150 Mhz for this event. Participating volunteers: N2IHR Ed, W2SCB Stan, KB2NVH Fred, KC2BPS Joe, KD4EXN Bruce. Future, we have been asked by AA2PI through KC2BPS to participate in an event on September 18th. This is expected to be good on the job training . Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: First, congratulations to NYC and Mike Lisenco N2YBB for their dedication and hard work to officially re-establish NYC RACES. June starts Hurricane Season. Are you prepared? KA2D represented ARRL and NLI ARES at the LI/NYC Emergency Management Conference June 1-2 The scenario was a category 4 hurricane and how it would effect our area. Besides representatives from area utilities, PD, FD, EMT and EOMs, FEMA and SEMO, representative from two Florida counties presented parts of the after action scenarios. This was a good opportunity to meet with representatives from NYSEMO, NYC OEM, NC OEM and newly appointed SC Director of Emergency Preparedness, Belinda Pagdanganan who is looking forward to working with amateur radio. In a conversation with NWS' Gary Conte ARES reaffirmed it's commitment to NWS and SKYWARN. It is imperative that ALL ARES and RACES members take the FEMA online course IS-700. "National Incident Management System (NIMS). An Introduction. NIMS has been adopted by all Federal and State agencies by presidential order. More information at: http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS700.asp ARRL Field Day June 25-26: It was good to see some of you at your FD sites. Unfortunately George N2GA and I did not make all the scheduled stops. The NLI SM and SEC interviewed candidates for ARES DEC in Nassau County. Thanks to those who threw their hat into the ring. [NOTE] Jim Mezey, W2KFV has been selected by NLI SM George Tranos N2GA and NLI ASM/SEC Tom Carrubba KA2D. Jim has accepted this appointment and the official announcement will be July 8. Jim will assume his duties August 1, 2005. Let's give him our support and congratulations. * Section Traffic Manager position filled by Jim Minor W2DSX Jim Minor W2DSX has recently been appointed NLI's new Section Traffic Manager. Jim brings with him his time as Net Manager of the Nassau VHF Traffic Net and many years as an Amateur Radio operator. Thanks and best wishes to Jim for his commitment to Amateur Radio! You can contact him at w2dsx@arrl.net This is an important position and the NTS program in our section will greatly benefit from Jim's leadership. Please send all public service traffic and net reports to Jim. If you are at all interested in the National Traffic System and traffic handling, please contact Jim for more information. * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager Thanks to everyone for their help and good wishes. SET is in October and now is a good time to start planning a net with ARES during the SET. I'm looking for any digital NTS activity in NLI, any mode old or new, please contact me. I have the received the following reports: 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 , with a daytime alternate freq of 7042 kHz +/- and a nighttime alternate of 1825 kHz 2)NTS SECTION LEVEL HF/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 3925 kHz +/- QRM, alternate freq. 3913 kHz 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 (1 MHz split) Nassau Co. VHF Net 7:30pm on 146.805 MHz (136.5/114.8 dual input) Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz. The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of June 2005 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 414, KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 100 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M * KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E * WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 30 205 154/104 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 28 148 307/301 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 28 276 144/141 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 30 370 0/110 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 30 439 37/37 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 29 130 33/29 W2DSX Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF * KC2LEV (*) report not received in time for this list * Mike Lisenco N2YBB appointed NY City RACES Radio Officer June also saw the reestablishment of RACES in New York City with the appointment of Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, as the new RACES City Radio Officer. This came after the completion of a Memorandum of Understanding with the New York City Office of Emergency Management. Mike and his staff have done a terrific job with NY City ARES. I have no doubt that with Mike's enthusiasm, dedication and hard work, that New York City RACES will be reinvigorated and will provide the level of service that the city deserves. Congratulations Mike and good luck! * 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 * K2LS DX-Packetcluster node available for DX spots The K2LS DX-Packetcluster node, located in Merrick, NY, is available on both RF and the internet. RF input/output 144.970. Internet (Telnet) is DXC.K2LS.COM, either standard port 23, or port 7300. The K2LS node is filtered to pass only spots from zones 1 thru 8, but, I can allow any combination of spots/bands to be passed at the users request. Some users connect simultaneously with a different ssid, i.e. KA2D & KA2D-3, enabling them to see both filtered and unfiltered information. The node also filters all talk/chat from outside zones 1 thru 8. For more information, contact Larry Strasser K2LS at k2ls@optonline.net * Long Island Transmitter Hunters seeking new participants We have a newly reorganized Hidden Transmitter Hunters group active and seeking new participants. LITHARC (Long Island Transmitter Hunters ARC) info may be found in the Yahoo Groups list under LITHARC. All apps are approved for membership and we are using the yahoo group as a central information and communications site. Anyone interested in learning more about the activity of radio direction finding and radio "fox hunting" is invited to join the group. Of course the real fun is joining the group on an upcoming hunt. There is always room for more so grab your HT and come on down to a hunt! For more information, contact Briggs AB2NJ at bruggo@optonline.net * 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. * 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 * 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://www.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 months! Many clubs do not hold events over the summer. CHECK with the CLUB! The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 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, Aug. 2, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com The Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex (LIARS) club will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 3 in Selden starting at 7:30 PM. Meetings are held at Newfield High School, Marshall Drive, Selden, New York on the first Wednesday of the month. The board meeting starts at 7:30 PM and the general meeting starts at 8PM. All are invited to attend. Directions: Marshall Drive is 3 lights east of Nichols Road on route 25. Go north at the 7-11 into the parking lot. LIARS also has weekly on-the-air nets - Join us on the air for our General Information/Rag-Chew/Swap & Shop Net (Tuesday nights at 8 pm on 147.575 FM simplex). Thanks, Frank WA2LIR, President of LIARS Club. Contact Frank at fpeppe@optonline.net Peconic ARC normally has its monthly general meeting on the first Friday of the month. The next regular meeting is Friday, Aug. 5, 2005 at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. This month the progrm is Field Day assignments and preparations and the VP8THU Dxpedition video and DX discussion. See http://www.peconic-arc.org or contact Roberta Keis N2RBU at 631-722-4060 for directions. The Columbia University ARC VE Team will hold a VE exam on Monday, August 8 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, Aug. 9 at 5 PM, at Underwriters Lab, 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP for more information or to pre-register at (631) 499-2214 or via e-mail w2ilp@juno.com HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Aug. 9, 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. HOSARC meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month. Please enter by the guard shack in the rear, through the loading dock and walk down the corridor to the cafeteria.See their website at http://www.hosarc.org or call 718-760-2022. Nassau County ARES meeting will be held at the Red Cross Chapter at 195 Willis Avenue Mineola, at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, Aug. 9. For more info, contact Nassau DEC Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net LIMARC does not hold summer meetings. Their next monthly meeting is on Wednesday, September 14, 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 Radio Club will sponsor VE sessions the second Wednesday of the month in August 2005 at 6:15 p.m. (Aug. 10). The session will be held at the Ryan Center at Floyd Bennett Field, Gateway National Park, Brooklyn, NY. Pre-registration is required by the first of the month (Aug. 1st). To pre-register contact George, KD2AU, at 718-859-9381 or kd2au@arrl.net. The fee is $14.00. Please bring exact change or a check payable to the Kings County Radio Club. 2 Forms of identification is required including one form of photo id. All tests will be given including code. If you are upgrading, please bring your original license and CSCEs you are relying upon. We also need copies to retain for our records. KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Aug. 10, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ The East Village Amateur Radio Club will hold a VE exam session in Manhattan on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 7 PM. The exam session will be held at 1175 York Ave @ 63rd St., Apt 16K NYC. Contact: Robina Asti W2JYT, at 212-838-5995 for more information. Exams are normally held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Thank you! Robina Asti W2JYT. We are W5YI VE's NYCRA Club meeting is on Thursday, Aug. 11 (the second Thursday of every month) at 8pm at Eger Nursing Home, 120 Meisner Ave. Staten Island, NY 10306. For more info, contact Mike KC2CYE, NYCRA Vice-President at Rocky178@aol.com Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday, Aug. 11, in Port Washington. Knickerbocker ARC always hold its meeting on the second Thursday of the month. Contact Joe K2KYQ at k2kyq@arrl.net for more information. The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, Aug. 12 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 Mike Siegel at 718-684-8177 for more information. Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, Aug. 12 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. The Eastern Amateur Radio Service Club monthly meeting will be Tuesday, Aug. 16 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. Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. Call Ray W2DEA at 718-759-6657 or see http://www.kc2ra.org/ for more information. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Aug. 16 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 Grumman Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 5:30 PM, at Underwriters Lab, 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP at w2ilp@juno.com (631) 499-2214 or Pat Masterson KE2LJ at bat@grumman.com for more info. The annual NYC ARES meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 17th at 6:30pm at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact Mike Lisenco N2YBB at n2ybb@arrl.net or John Healy KA2ABV at nyec@aresnyc.org for info. Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Aug. 18, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. There is an ARES/RACES meeting at 7:00 pm before every club meeting. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org 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, Aug 18. 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. The Long Island DX Association will hold its regularly meeting on Friday, Aug. 19 at 8PM at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). Contact Marty Miller NN2C, President of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net for further information, or read details on the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa. The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, Aug. 21 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 GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, Aug. 28 at Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. The session will start at 12:00 noon in the ARES/RACES room in the basement. For more information contact VE liaison, Tom Odermatt K2ZDX at K2ZDX@ARRL.Net Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Aug. 29 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 Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Aug. 31 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Aug. 25 at 7:00 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) 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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