Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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| September 2001 | ARRL NYC/LI September E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI -- Welcome! This is the September 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. QST Section News The QST Section News column for November 2001 is due on September 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 September 12. HAPPENINGS Now that summer is over, most Amateur Radio clubs are getting back in the swing, with meetings and events happening almost every week. Now is the time to get back involved with your local club. Not a member of a club? Check out the club listings on the NLI website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli for more info. NLI Club Presidents met on Sunday, August 12, to discuss issues of interest to the clubs. The primary focus of this meeting was hamfests and new laws in NY State with respect to sales tax. Another meeting of this group will take place on Sunday, September 16, at 10 AM at Babylon Town Hall EOC, on Sunrise Highway in North Lindenhurst. Club Presidents or their representatives are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Phil Lewis N2MUN at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@optonline.net. Ham Radio University 2002 - The first planning meeting for this third annual event will be on Monday, September 24 at 7 pm at Babylon Town EOC. Come down and help make this the best HRU ever! Contact Phil Lewis N2MUN at 631-226- 0698 or n2mun@optonline.net. National Traffic System News: NLI-CW Net (NLI/cw), 3630 KHz, 7:30 pm local, Monday through Friday accepts all stations regardless of speed, and our NCS's always answer calling stations at their own speed (the usual speed of the net call up on NLI is never faster than 17 wpm so even 10 wpm guys and gals can usually catch enough to figure out). Contact Section Traffic Manager Charlie Ferrando WA2YOW at wa2yow@arrl.net. Suffolk County VHF Traffic Net is on 145.210 repeater on Mondays thru Thursdays at 8:00 PM. Net control is Claire WA2VZK. Contact Claire at caheil@aol.com. Nassau County VHF Traffic Net is daily at 7:30 PM on 146.805 repeater. NY City VHF Traffic Net is daily at 8 PM on 146.43. Emil Tillona KD1F is the section DXCC card checker and is avaiable 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 Nassau County Police ARC club meeting on Tuesday, September 4 at 8 pm at Long Beach Police Auxiliary Building, 859 East Park Ave, Long Beach. Contact George WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com for more info. Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, September 4, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc The Suffolk County Radio Club is starting an Amateur Radio Operator Licensing Class starting on Tuesday, September 4. These classes will be for the entry level licenses, no Code is required! Classes will be held on the FIRST and THIRD Tuesdays of each month at the Bohemia Recreation Center located on Ruzicka Way in Bohemia! Classes will run from 8 until 9pm. Contact Kathy Pearsall, KC2ACJ at 516-984-6941 or kc2acj@juno.com Peconic ARC Monthly Meeting is Friday, Sept. 7, at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. See http://www.peconic-arc.org Great South Bay ARC is holding a DXCC card checking paper- work session on Saturday, September 8, at Babylon Town Hall EOC, Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst at 11 am. Contact Phil Lewis N2MUN at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@optonline.net Long Island Mobile ARC Hamfest is Sunday, September 9, 2001, from 8 am until 1 pm at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave, Bethpage. Contact Diane Ortiz K2DO at 631-286-7562 or k2do@limarc.org or see http://www.limarc.org for information. Town of Babylon ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio Operators on Sunday, September 9, 2001, for the Babylon Village Beautification Society Country Fair at Argyle Lake in Babylon. Contact Walter Wenzel KA2RGI at 631-957-0218 or via e-mail to ka2rgi@arrl.net Islip ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio Operators on Sunday, September 9, 2001, for the MS Bike-athon starting at Dowling College in Oakdale. Contact Joe Lipton N2IOZ at 631-273-3365 or zedmail@mindspring.com Great South Bay ARC is starting a Technician License class on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 pm at the Babylon Town Hall EOC. Contact Walter Wenzel KA2RGI at 631-957-0218 or via e-mail to ka2rgi@arrl.net for more information. HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 11, in Queens at 8 pm. See http://www.qsl.net/hosarc. Guest speaker is Norm Wesler K2YEW and his topic is low power QRP operation. Great South Bay ARC is starting a General Class License course on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 7:30 pm at the Babylon Town Hall EOC. Contact Walter Wenzel KA2RGI at 631-957-0218 or via e-mail to ka2rgi@arrl.net for more information. KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ LIMARC regular monthly meeting is Wednesday, September 12, in Hicksville at 8 pm. Guest Speaker is John Blowsky KB2SCS and he will be speaking on digital modes. See http://www.limarc.org Yankee Clipper Contest Club Meeting on Thursday, September 13, at the Seaport Buffet, 2027 Emmons Ave, Brooklyn NY 11235 at 8 pm. This meeting is sponsored by the Empire Contest Club. Meeting agenda is Technical talk on logging programs. Formation of Regional/Affinity Teams. Discussion on Local area recognition programs. Contact Rich AA2MF at 718-980-1104 or aa2mf@arrl.net Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, September 13, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, September 14 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. If you are interested, please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net for more information. Huntington ARES and Larkfield ARC requests the help of Amateur Radio Operators for the Great Cow Harbor 10K Run in Northport on Saturday, September 15. Contact Chuck Hartley N2JIY at 631-768-5242 or chucksnd@optonline.net. Great South Bay ARC is hosting Emil Tilona KD1F for a DXCC card checking session. The session will be held at Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst at 10 am. Preregistration is required. Contact Phil Lewis N2MUN at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@optonline.net The previously announced Garden State ARC Hamfest in Titon Falls, New Jersey for Sunday, September 16, has been CANCELLED. NYC / Long Island Section Club Presidents meeting is on Sunday, September 16, at 10 am at Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst. All area club presidents are invited. Contact Phil Lewis N2MUN at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@optonline.net The United States Postal Service is having a Postal Family Day gathering on Sunday, Sept. 16, from 11 am to 4 pm. The event will be held at the Melville Post Office, 718 Walt Whitman Rd, Melville, NY 11747. This is just off Route 110 across from the Huntington Hilton. They are inviting Amateur Radio to set up a display and information booth. If you are interested in helping out, contact Tom Carrubba KA2D at 631-422-9494 or ka2d@arrl.net Long Island DX Association will meet on Friday, September 21 at the Polytechnic Institute- Route 110 in East Farmingdale at 8pm. Come in the rear door of the main building adjacent to the East side of Rte. 110. Anyone interested in DX is welcome and refreshments are served. Contact NN2C, Marty Miller, president of the LIDXA, at nn2c@arrl.net Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 18, in Bohemia at 8 pm. See http://members.tripod.com/~parasca/index/scrc.html Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 18, at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn. See http://www.kcra.org Nassau County ARES requests the help of all Amateur Radio Operators for the Ocean to Sound Relay on Sunday, September 23 starting at Jones Beach in Wantagh. Contact George Gluck WA2WKV at 516-822-2659 or georgegluck@juno.com. Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Thursday, Sept. 20, in Rocky Point at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Ham Radio University 2002 Planning meeting is Monday, Sept. 24, at 7 pm at Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. This is the first planning meeting for the 2002 event. Anyone interested in helping out with the planning process for this third annual event is invited. Contact HRU Chairman Phil Lewis N2MUN at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@optonline.net for more information. Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Sept. 24, in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center at 8 pm. See http://www.nassauarc.org GSBARC Monthly Meeting is Thursday, Sept. 27, in N. Lindenhurst at 8 pm. See http://www.gsbarc.org The Long Island QRP Club will hold a club meeting on Saturday, September 29, at Sunken Meadow State Park, area 4, at 11 AM. Bring rigs, batteries, antennas, etc., and we'll put some gear on the air. There are lots of trees in the picnic area where we'll be meeting. For more info, contact Jeff WB5GWB at wb5gwb@arrl.net or see their website: http://users.erols.com/tjmc/liqrp.htm ARRL NY City / Long Island Section staff meeting is Sunday, September 30, 2001, starting at 9:30 am at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst. All section staff and other ARRL appointees are invited to attend. Contact George Tranos N2GA at 631-286-7562 or n2ga@arrl.org for more information. 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. 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 (rtodaro@myexcel.com) Nassau County - Norm Wesler K2YEW (k2yew@aol.com) Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX (w2fx@arrl.net) APRS - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net) |