Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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September 2004 |
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. Please submit any information for the October issue prior to the end of September. September 2004 is the 42nd 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: * Hudson Division Awards dinner November 13th * HRU 2005 initial planning meeting on Thursday, Sept. 14 * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Claire Heil WA2VZK, Section Traffic Manager * Grumman Amateur Radio Club celebrates its 60th anniversary * N2HH celebrates his 50th year of ARRL membership * NLI Section Staff meeting to be held on Sunday, October 3 * 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 * 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 shortly 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. Contact Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, ARRL Vice Director, Hudson Division at ka2anf@aol.com for more information. * HRU 2005 initial planning meeting on Thursday, Sept. 14 It's been a while since we last spoke about Ham Radio University. The initial meeting for HRU 2005 will take place on Tuesday, September 14, 2004. The meeting will be held in the ARES/RACES room at Babylon Town Hall on Sunrise Highway in North Lindenhurst. The meeting will start at 7 PM. Anyone interested in helping with the planning and set up for HRU 2005 is invited. This will be our 6th annual day of education for and about ham radio. Ham Radio University is all about Spreading Ham Radio Knowledge and Know-How. It is billed as "A day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and fellowship among Amateur Radio operators". Please join us in making this year even better! Please RSVP to n2ga@arrl.net if you are planning on attending and thanks in advance! Submitted by George Tranos N2GA, Chairman, Ham Radio University 2005 * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: July was a very quiet month. New York City ARES continues to grow. Summertime is usually a quiet time in terms of public events, but Staten Island started the month with its first event of the year; the Staten Island Flat as a Pancake Triathlon. This was a world class event with athletes from all over competing. The event was a great success and ARES has been invited back for next year. At present we are getting ready for the possibility of activation during the Republican National Convention in August. We will also be holding the first summertime Citywide meeting on August 10, 2004 at the Red Cross of Greater New York. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC Manhattan: New York County ARES meeting - 07/22/04 Topics discussed: Management changes within the borough; Taking ARRL Courses CCE-001/002/003; New York City District ARES Meeting on Tuesday, August 10, 2004; Upcoming Red Cross Courses; Availability for upcoming Republican National Convention. In attendance: KA2ABV, N2NVU, KC2HZH, WB1AAY, KC2NCU, WB2MNR, K2MVR, N2YBB The next meeting will be on Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 6:30pm. The location is the American Red Cross of Greater New York, 150 Amsterdam Avenue. Joe Nieves N2TEE; EC Richmond County Flat As a Pancake Triathlon, July 11th: This event was new for Richmond county ARES in 2004. It was only the second time around for the event planners. All involved were extremely pleased with our performance. The layout of the courses and different disciplines (bike, run, swim) made for an exciting event to work. For some of us, our day began at 5:30am helping to manage the parking and staging areas. We were able to set up a net control station and shelter nearby the registration and committee tent. Our group was able to provide a shady area on this rather warm day courtesy of Joe, NECR. Joe's portable canopy tent went up rather quickly and without too much fuss. Nothing could be done about the mosquitoes, yet Joe hung in their as net control throughout the morning. The race organizers were new to the idea of ham radio operators. Jan, W2KMA, and I came up with a plan to help utilize our resources in as many visible areas as possible. Our efforts paid off with all the pre-planning. As the event progressed, the race director I was shadowing commented many times about our effectiveness. He liked the fact that we were relaying real time information to him on the status of participants. We also played a role with reopening the major thoroughfares by tracking participants. The NYPD Community Affairs personnel began to rely on our net control tent for progress updates. Richmond County ARES will definitely be invited to participate in the coming years. I foresee our group providing more sophisticated information to the race organizers. I would like to thank the New York City Repeater Association (NYCRA) for the use of their newly upgraded repeater. As a matter of record, the repeater in use had only been put on the air a day or two prior to this event. NYCRA put in the extra effort to ensure that we had adequate coverage for the event. We could not have had such a successful event without the help of the following stations: KC2JXM, KC2LLL, N2ECR, N2TEE, N2YBB, W2DEA, W2KMA,WA2IAF Thanks to all who supported our efforts. Charles Gallo KC2IXE; EC Queens County No additional comments Mark Elzey, K2CSX; EC Bronx No additional comments Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County Flat-as-a-Pancake Triathlon (SI) - 07/11/04 KC2JXM and N2ECR represented Kings County ARES well at this inaugural Staten Island event. Kings County ARES meeting - 07/21/04 Topics discussed: Synopsis of first six months of the year; Submitting PSHR to STM; Plans for National Night Out - Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004; Taking ARRL Courses CCE-001/002/003; New York City District ARES Meeting on Tuesday, August 10th, 2004; Upcoming Red Cross Courses; Availability for upcoming Republican National Convention. In attendance: AB2IZ, K2RDG, KA2FXR, KA2KDQ, KB2SUR, KB2VDV, KC2BYH, KC2CBL, KC2EDR, KC2EKE , KC2HMS, KC2JXM, KC2KGU, KC2KGV, KC2LYT, KC2MGY, KC2MHY, KD2VQ, N2ECR, N2RGA, N2YBB, W2/8R1B, W2DEA, and WA2JNF. 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. Kings County ARES can be found on the web. Visit us at www.kingscountyares.org. Thanks to Mitch (N2RGA) for all the hard work he puts into the site on an almost daily basis. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, August 18th, 2004 at 7:30pm. The location is UCP 121 Lawrence Street, between Ocean Parkway and Seton Place Brooklyn, NY. Nassau County - Mario Maltese WF2T; EC Nassau County (for George Gluck, DEC, WA2WKV). On July 11th, Nassau ARES again provided communications in support of the Gold Coast Bike Tour. On July 13th, Jim Mezey W2KFV, former fire chief, presented a PowerPoint training session for operators at Emergency Operations Centers. Jim gave an overview of the EOC's in the county, and reviewed what would be expected of the ham operator assigned to an EOC during an event. 20 members attended. Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC SC: Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon, John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: July was a quiet month. I made a request through the DEC's to have members in their districts to send a message to the SEC via packet radio. Only six messages were received, all from Suffolk County. We must improve our packet radio readiness in NLI. I also asked for roster update and received only a few. Requests need to be fulfilled. * 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 July 2004 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 400, N2YBB 240, N2AKZ 115, KC2GOW 100, KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 90, WB2AAP 50 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 30 136 41/40 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 223 135/116 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L * W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 194 358/348 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 31 341 201/181 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 30 336 0/436 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 544 63/63 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 31 138 31/29 W2DSX Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 14 46 0/0 KC2LEV (*) report not received in time for this list 73, Claire Heil WA2VZK, Section Traffic Manager. Contact Claire at CAHEIL@aol.com * Grumman Amateur Radio Club celebrates its 60th anniversary Congratulations to the Grumman Amateur Radio Club on its 60th anniversary! Grumman will celebrate its anniversary with an Anniversary lunch on Saturday September 11, 2004 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at BK Sweeney's Parkside Tavern, 356 Broadway, Bethpage, NY. Cost is $25. For more info, contact Pat Masterson KE2LJ at bat@grumman.com * N2HH celebrates his 50th year of ARRL membership Richard A Freedman, N2HH of Woodbury celebrates his 50th year of ARRL membership this year. Rich has been a continuous member since 1954. Congratulations and thanks, Rich! * NLI Section Staff meeting to be held on Sunday, October 3 A meeting of section staff of the NYC/LI section will be held on Sunday, October 3 starting at 9:30 AM. The meeting location will be announced shortly as soon as the site is obtained. This meeting is open only to members of the section staff and invited guests. For information, contact SM George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org * 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 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://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! Most club activities are back in full swing for September Nassau County Police ARC to hold monthly meeting on Thursday, Sept. 2, in Long Beach. The meeting is held at the Long Beach Auxiliary Police HQ and starts at 7 PM. For more information, contact George WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com Peconic ARC monthly general meeting is Friday, September 3, at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. PARC's September meeting, will feature Jay Buscemi, K2OVS, talking about Contesting, Awards and QSL cards 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, Sept. 4, 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 Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, September 7, 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, September 7, 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, September 7, 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. KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 8, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ LIMARC 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, September 10 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Grumman Amateur Radio Club celebrates its 60th anniversary with an Anniversary lunch on Saturday September 11, 2004 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at BK Sweeney's Parkside Tavern, 356 Broadway, Bethpage, NY. Cost is $25. For more info, contact Pat Masterson KE2LJ at bat@grumman.com The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, Sept. 13 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, Sept. 14 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, Sept. 14. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net Ham Radio University 2005 planning meeting in North Lindenhurst on Tuesday, September 14. The initial planning meeting for HRU 2005 will take place at Babylon Town Hall, Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst in the ARES/RACES room in the basement - enter around back and down the stairs. The meeting will start at 7 PM. Anyone interested in helping with the organization and planning of HRU 2005 is invited to attend. For more info, contact HRU chairman George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.net Grumman ARC will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 5:30 PM, at Underwriters Lab in Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP for more information at (631) 499-2214 or via e-mail w2ilp@juno.com Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday, Sept. 16, in Port Washington. Contact Joe K2KYQ at jreekie@wawnc.org for more information. Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Sept. 16, 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, Sept. 16, 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, Sept. 16. 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, Sept 16, at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John Healy KA2ABV nyec@aresnyc.org The Long
Island DX Association meeting will be on Friday, |