Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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August 2006 |
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 2006 is the 64th 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: * From George Tranos N2GA, Section Manager * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager * From Diane Ortiz K2DO, Public Information Coordinator * World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC-2006) * BARA to host Hudson Division Awards Dinner on November 11 * Peconic ARC outing to ARRL HQ in Newington, CT * KCRA annual September 11th Memorial Special Event * UPCOMING Club Events * Other "stuff" * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS * From George Tranos N2GA, Section Manager Now that August is here, my prediction from last month about the hot weather has surely hit home. Parts of Queens were without power for more than a week when lightning hit and disrupted ConEd's power grid. Regardless of the source of power disruption, Amateur Radio is ready to step in when needed and called upon. Make sure you and your family are ready. Join your local ARES group, keep your batteries charged and have an evacuation and communications plan. In July, I was privileged to participate in the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC 2006) held in Florianopolis, Brazil. Amateurs from around the world gathered on Santa Catarina Island in southern Brazil at the hotel Costao do Santinho. Forty six teams of two competed for the title of world's best operating team. Operators utilized similar stations with identical antennas and amplifiers spread out over roughly 150 miles in southern Brazil. A random drawing for sites, referees and callsigns was performed the Friday prior to the IARU contest and then teams, hosts and referees traveled to the respective sites to set up for the contest. After the 24 hour contest period, the teams returned to WRTC Headquarters to turn in their logs and get some needed rest. I was lucky enough to be selected to be one of the 46 referees who listened and observed the contest, collected the logs and insured that the competitors played fairly by the rules. By the luck of the draw, I was assigned as referee for the Brazilian national team of Vitor PY2NY and Eric PY2EMC. We traveled about 120 miles north in Vitor's car to near San Francisco do Sul, where their station was set up at an old Navy fort dug into the side of a mountain. Ten minutes before the start of the contest, we opened the sealed envelope with their callsign - PT5X and they set up their computer logging software with the call and were on the air! I heard a few callsigns I knew from NY including NLI Affiliated Club Coordinator Phil N2MUN call in during the contest. It was great fun listening to Vitor and Eric make contacts. While they didn't win (they placed 19th out of 46), they were fabulous operators and great gentlemen and it was a real honor to participate in this truly international event. One of the basic purposes of ham radio is the ability of the radio amateur to enhance international goodwill. This truly did occur at WRTC 2006! There were hams from over 38 countries in attendance and they all mingled, socialized, conversed and competed in a civilized way. Many old friendships were rekindled and new ones made. It was a fabulous event and I'm glad I got the chance to participate. If only our government representatives acted as courteously, our world would be in much better shape than it is today! If you ever get the chance to go, please take advantage of the opportunity as you'll probably see another part of the world you wouldn't otherwise see and have ham radio friends who live there as your personal guides. WRTC is the Olympics of ham radio and just like the real "sports" Olympics, it is international in flavor and broad in scope. It was a great way to spend part of my summer. 73, George * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator Tom was unable to file a report this month but did want me to indicate that he has received reports from the districts. Tom thanks all ARES volunteers for their involvement and promises a recap of activity in the next ehappenings. New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County Joe Nieves N2TEE; EC Richmond County: Russ Logar, KC2LSB, EC Queens County Gabriel Cuebas, N2PQT, EC Bronx Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County Nassau County - Jim Mezey W2KFV, DEC Nassau County Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC Suffolk County Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon Joe Werner, KC2BPS, EC Town of Brookhaven John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold Stan Bryer W2SCB, EC in training, Town of Smithtown Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager THE ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of JUNE 2006 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points [STATION] [PSHR CATEGORY/POINTS] [TOTAL] 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAL AB2IZ 32 2 20 350 0 0 404 W2DSX 40 40 20 30 0 0 140 KB2KLH 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 K2TV 40 40 0 5 0 0 85 All stations are encouraged to report even if activity is less than qualifying total! NO LATE PSHR FOR JUNE 2006 ******************************************************************** STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS: The following stations have submitted activity reports for the Month of JUNE 2006 CALL ORIGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTAL W2DSX 3 79 8 21 111 K2TV 3 35 24 6 78 KB2KLH 0 33 10 5 48 AB2IZ 0 0 2 0 2 Brass Pounder's League: Month of JUNE 2006 No one qualified for the BPL this month. ******************************************************************** Section Traffic Manager Monthly Report MONTH OF JUNE 2006 Section and Local Nets: Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY STATE/MORN. NYS/M 30 74 34/26 KA2GJV NY STATE/EARLY NYS/E 30 217 165/144 KA2GJV NY STATE/LATE NYS/L 30 186 128/123 W2YGW NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON * N2YJZ NY PHONE NYP 28 120 126/126 K2MPE BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 30 504 35/35 KB2KLH NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 30 149 117/109 W2DSX SUFFOLK CO VHF SCVHF * ** EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 30 412 92/* WI2G * = report not received in time for posting. ** = position open, please contact w2dsx if interested in position ******************************************************************** 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 alternate of 1825 kHz depending if propagation on 80 goes long... 2)NTS SECTION LEVEL HF/phone nets: New York Phone (NYP) 1pm daily Try 3925 kHz first during the winter months, but may also be on 7237 kHz. 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 - Not meeting at this time, however if you're interested in participating, please let me know w2dsx@arrl.net 4)The NTS "local nets" are: Big Apple VHF 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 - Not meeting at this time, however if you're interested in participating, please let me know w2dsx@arrl.net ******************************************************************** Digital Stations: Month of JUNE 2006 STATION MODE TX RX W2DSX HF/PACTOR 4 2 W2DSX VHF/PACKET 5 11 A caveat: This is NOT indicative of the total digital NTS activity within the Section, as I'm still not successful in capturing total activity. Congratulations to Lew N2RQ and to Nassau ARES for getting a new Packet node started in Nassau County, and many thanks to Lew and all who made this possible, and to all who keep an outstanding Packet network going in NLI. We're still grateful for Nick N2QZ/STM for ENY and Dave WB2FTX/STM for NNJ who are assisting in taking Tom N2LTC's digital NTS traffic while he recovers from an illness. Typically I'm liaison for NLI's HF Pactor, but don't have a good path to Dave's station, so thanks to Nick for taking this and Alec N2XOJ for bringing that down as well from SDN. We wish Tom the best for a speedy recovery! If there are other stations in the Section using digital means to send messages, let me know or if you questions about this, please contact me: w2dsx@arrl.net or w2dsx@kc2coj-4.#qns.ny ******************************************************************** End of report, respectfully submitted by Jim Minor W2DSX, NLI STM Any corrections, comments and questions to w2dsx@arrl.net * From Diane Ortiz K2DO, Public Information Coordinator Do you know that the ARRL puts out a monthly publication just for PIOs? It's called "Contact" and you can find it at http://www.arrl.org/pio/contact/2006/08/ There are great tips, including information about how you can publicize your club or organization in conjunction with National Emergency Preparedness month which is September. You'll find a link to the The U.S. Department of Homeland Security list of 30 "tips" for use in communicating the importance of emergency preparedness to your members, employees or customers. These tips will provide individuals with practical, actionable information on emergency preparedness and can be used in a variety of communications including newsletters or websites. Also look for some familiar faces at the ARRL New England Division Convention and Hamfest in Boxboro, MA August 25-27. I'll be helping out Rich Moseson W2VU (of CQ Magazine) and K1SFA of the ARRL at the PR forum for clubs on Saturday afternoon. Hope to CU there! 73/33 Diane K2DO Diane Ortiz, ARRL NYC/LI Public Information Coordinator K2DO@arrl.net * BARA to host Hudson Division Awards Dinner on November 11 The Bergen Amateur Radio Association will host the 2006 Hudson Division Awards Dinner at the Holiday Inn in Saddle Brook, New Jersey on a Saturday night, November 11th , at 7 PM. We will have a very good view from the 12 floor. Some attendees may want to work a little HT DX. The location is at the junction of Route 80 and the Garden State Parkway. Ticket price will be the same as last year, $48 per person. Please join us to honor all those receiving a division award. Ticket and ad applications will soon be available on the division web site. BARA President Tony Izzo, K2AMI promises that tickets will be sold at the BARA Hamfest. No tickets will be sold the night of the event. Ticket sales will close October 27th. Please don't leave it to the last minute! This year's awardees are: Amateur of the Year - Barry Cohen, K2JV (from NNJ) nominated by: K2AL, WW2OLF, KC2KMK, N2VI, W2FMI and KC2ONP (New Providence ARC/Salt Brook School ARC) Grand Ole Ham - Bob Raffaele, W2XM (from ENY) nominated by: Saul Abrams K2XA Technical Achievement: Elmer Sharp, WA2YSM (from ENY) nominated by: Donald Hitt KB2ZE Special Recognition for Public Service Excellence: Jeff Schneller, N2HPO (NLI) nominated by: Mike Lisenco, N2YBB and Charles Gallo, KG2V The awards will be presented at the 2006 Hudson Division Awards Dinner hosted by the Bergen Amateur Radio Association at the Holiday Inn in Saddle Brook New Jersey just off Route 80 on Saturday night, November 11th at 7 PM. Please attend to help us honor these outstanding Amateur Radio operators who truly make us all proud to be part of the Amateur Radio Service. Tickets are $48 and an application form is available at http://www.bara.org/ Reprinted from Hudson Division Beacon - July 2006 e-mail edition # 64 * Peconic ARC outing to ARRL HQ in Newington, CT The Peconic Amateur Radio Club has planned an all day outing to ARRL Headquarters at Newington CT. on Tuesday, August 15, 2006. You are welcomed to join the trip. Please pass the word to any other Hams that might be interested. Meet early at the Cross Sound Ferry Terminal at Orient Point NY for an 8:00 AM departure on the SEA-JET fast ferry. Round trip passenger tickets, payable at the terminal, are $26.00. We arrive in New London CT at approximately 8:45 AM and board our air- conditioned coach, (with facilities), for the road trip to Newington. A seat on the bus is $20.00 payable to PARC. From past experience, we should be at ARRL Headquarters around 10:00 AM. Bring a copy of your ham ticket to qualify to operate W1AW. We will tour headquarters and visit. Following our time at headquarters we will depart and go downtown for lunch. After lunch a visit to Lentini Communications for some shopping will be in order. Bring spending money and or plastic to cover this opportunity to stock up on needed supplies, radios, antennas or whatever! This is always a highlight of any ARRL Field Trip I have been on! We will motor back to New London in time for a return trip on the SEA-JET at 5:00 PM. Arrival at Orient Point is approximately 5:45 PM. To express your interest, please contact PARC Treasurer, Jim Baker, W2NSF at w2nsf@optonline.net or call him at 631-734-5121. To secure your seat on the bus please send him a check, payable to the Peconic Amateur Radio Club, for $20.00 to: Jim Baker, W2NSF, P.O. Box 9, New Suffolk NY 11956-0009. Hope to see you on the trip! de Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold n2qhv@arrl.net * KCRA annual September 11th Memorial Special Event The Kings County Repeater Association invites you to It's annual September 11th Memorial Event. It will be held on September 10th, 2006 from 9:00am to 3:00pm at Owl's Head Park Shore Road and 68th Street, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The Kings County Repeater Association is a club, which is involved in the very important hobby known as Amateur Radio. The Members of the KCRA pay tribute to those who lost their lives on that fateful morning each year. Members will have several radio stations set up for contacts with other Amateur Radio Operators around the world. Members of the public interested in this hobby are welcome to stop by and speak to the members about Amateur Radio, as well as operate stations where you may talk with someone thousands of miles away! Also learn about how Amateur Radio is so important in a post 9-11 world. A special QSL card will be sent out to any Amateur Operator making contact with this Special Event Station. The Bands will be posted on the KCRA website. Also anyone attending this event will receive a limited edition QSL card. For additional information visit the club's website at: www.kc2ra.com - Submitted by Chris Stafford KC2OLS, who may be contacted at KC2OLS@AOL.COM * UPCOMING Club Events NOTE - As usual, please check with the club to verify the date and time of all events. CHECK with the CLUB! Huntington ARES/RACES meeting will be on Wednesday, August 2 at the Senior Citizens Center in Huntington, Room 106. There will be an ARES/RACES meeting at 7:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month at the Senior Citizen's Center, Room 106, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY. The main topic for discussion will be "Packet". I plan to setup a working system so you can get some hands-on experience with. The remaining dates for 2006 are as follows: August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, and December 6. Further information can be found at www.WB2LUA.com John WB2LUA, ARES EC for the Town of Huntington. The Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex (LIARS) club will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, August 2 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). Info on LIARS Field Day can be found at http://www.wa2lir.com/page1.html Thanks, Frank WA2LIR, President of LIARS Club. Contact Frank at fpeppe@optonline.net Nassau County Police ARC will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, August 3, starting at 7:30 pm at the Long Beach Auxiliary Police Headquarters. Hope to see a good turnout! Look forward to seeing you there! 73, George WB2GTC Contact George at GeorgegeeG@aol.com Peconic ARC normally has its monthly general meeting on the first Friday of the month. The next regular meeting is Friday, August 4, 2006 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. The Columbia University ARC VE Team will hold a VE exam on Monday, August 7 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 ARC Emergency Communications Service club meeting will be on Tuesday, August 8 at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd,1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny SmithN2LDV at N2LDV@arrl.net Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, August 8 at Briarcliffe College, Room: Long Beach #5, Bethpage , NY. We intend to continue our usual VE sessions on the second Tuesday of each month, Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP for more information or to pre-register at (631) 499-2214 or via e-mail w2ilp@optonline.net HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, August 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. 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, August 8. For more info, contact Nassau DEC Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, August 9, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. The Club will have guest speakers toward the coordination of a Boy Scout Camporee at Floyd Bennett Field. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ LIMARC will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sep. 13, in Hicksville at 7:30 pm. LIMARC does not hold meetings in the summer during July or August. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org The East Village Amateur Radio Club will hold a VE exam session in Manhattan on Wednesday, August 9 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, August 10 (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 The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, August 11 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. 11 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) normally holds monthly meetings on the third Tuesday of the month. The Kings County Repeater Association does not hold meetings during July & August. The next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, September 19 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. Call Steve KC2KRX at (917) 468 7080 or at bklynplumber909@aim.com or see http://www.kc2ra.com/ for more information. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Aug. 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 Grumman Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at 5:30 PM, at Underwriters Lab, 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP at w2ilp@optonline.net (631) 499-2214 or Pat Masterson KE2LJ at bat@grumman.com for more info. Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Aug. 17, 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. 17. 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 regular meeting will be at 8PM on Friday, Sept. 15 at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). Usually present at the LIDXA meetings are the two ARRL DXCC checkers: Tom, AG2A and John, W2GW. Bring your new DXCC cards and paperwork to these meetings for official verifcation and credit. There will be no scheduled meeting until after our summer hiatus. On September 15 we go back to our regular scheduled meetings (the third Friday of each month). 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. http://www.qsl.net/lidxa The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, August 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 Russ Logar, KC2LSB, EC Queens County at kc2lsb@arrl.net GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, August 27, 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, Walter Wenzel KA2RGI at ka2rgi@optonline.net Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Aug. 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 Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Aug. 31 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org * Other "stuff" - Finding ham radio classes a mouse click away! A new user-friendly feature on the ARRL Web site--the ARRL Amateur Licensing Class Search Page--lets prospective hams search for a licensing class in their area. It also allows ARRL-registered instructors to list their classes on the Web. Visitors can search for classes by ZIP code, ARRL Section or state. http://www.arrl.org/FandES/courses/ Registered ARRL instructors can list their classes by visiting the Volunteer Instructor Support page and completing a simple form. http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/instructor/ Listings will automatically drop from the list when the class is completed. The new page also links beginners and those planning to upgrade to various resources, including ARRL's Now You're Talking! study manual and the ARRL Exam Session Search page. http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examsearch.phtml Newcomers may also want to visit the "Welcome to Amateur Radio" page on the ARRL Web site. http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html "We're very excited about this new feature that makes it easier for prospective hams to find a class so that they can earn their Amateur Radio license," said ARRL Affiliated Club and Mentor Program Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ. "ARRL also continues to support all of the instructors who give so much time and energy to teaching classes for new hams and upgraders." To become a registered ARRL Volunteer Instructor, contact Fusaro; 860-594-0230. [w3iz@arrl.org] - ARES E-Letter debuts, sign up now! The ARES E-Letter to debut (Aug 11, 2005) -- Licensed League members with ARRL Field Organization appointments involving emergency communication or public service will be the first to receive the debut issue of The ARES E-Letter! The premier edition of the monthly national newsletter is set for release Wednesday, August 17, and will publish on the third Wednesday of each month after that. Since 9/11, interest within the Amateur Radio community in emergency communication and public service has greatly increased. More than ever, hams are volunteering to help meet the communication needs of our nation, states and communities. The ARES E-Letter is a response to this expanding awareness. Anyone with an interest in emergency communication or public service activities can sign up online to receive The ARES E-Letter. Each issue will contain a wealth of after-action reports, editorials, technical tips, news and views--information you'd otherwise have to wait for in QST. Timeliness, utility and inspiration are the goals of this informative publication that's devoted entirely to Amateur Radio emergency communication and public service. Editing the first issue is former long-time ARRL Headquarters staff member Rick Palm, K1CE, who oversaw activities involving ARRL Section Managers, the ARRL Field Organization and the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES). We invite subscribers to share a copy with club newsletter editors or with friends who may not be ARRL members but still might be interested in receiving it. Those receiving the premier edition also may opt out of getting further copies if they wish. [from ARRL 08/11/05] - 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 the 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 Larry WA2SUH at wa2suh@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. - 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 - John Reiser, W2GW is the section DXCC card checker John Reiser, W2GW is the section DXCC card checker and is available for field checking of QSL cards for your DXCC Award. John will be available for card checking at all LIDXA meetings, and otherwise by appointment at his home in West Hempstead. If some lives far from him, John is willing to meet them half way at a diner or someplace. Contact John at w2gw@arrl.net - Section VE Sessions Section VE Sessions - available on the web at: http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm 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) |