Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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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. Please submit any information for the October issue prior to the end of September. September 2005 is the 53rd 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: * Hurricane Katrina - what to do and how to help * HRU 2006 planning meeting on Tuesday, September 13 * Hudson Division awards announced, dinner on Nov. 12 * LIMARC 40th anniversary dinner on Sunday, September 18 * LIMARC hamfest on Sunday, September 25 in Bethpage * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager * Finding ham radio classes a mouse click away! * Friends of Long Island Wireless History meeting on September 17 * 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 * ARES E-Letter debuts, sign up now! * 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 * Hurricane Katrina - what to do and how to help As you know, Hurricane Katrina has devastated parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. If you want to help out, please read and understand the following. Please note that most sections, states and divisions have mutual aid agreements. Please standby until aid is requested. A Hurricane Katrina disaster communications volunteer registration and message traffic database has been set up at http://katrina.ab2m.net/ Please register on this page if you want to help and then wait until called to assist. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Louisiana and Mississippi. They were there for us during the World Trade Center disaster. I'm sure all of Amateur Radio will step forward when the time arises to be there for them. Please note the following: Jerry Reimer, KK5CA, Section Emergency Coordinator from South Texas reports the following: "The on-the-ground situation in SE Louisiana and SW Mississippi is as bad as television is reporting. Neither state is permitting disaster relief agencies into the affected areas except on a very limited basis and only then where conditions are stable. Nearly everyone is still staging as close by as possible and waiting. The Louisiana SM (Mickey Cox K5MC) and SEC (Gary Stratton K5GLS) are in communications with state officials, who have directed them to NOT advertise for volunteers. Some volunteers have been requested, and these are being staged at the state EOC. The situation for the Mississippi SM and SEC, Malcolm Keown W5XX, in Vicksburg MS is very uncertain. His station is completely on the ground and EchoLink repeaters in the area are off-the-air. Attempts to contact Assistant SMs have been unsuccessful. An Amateur Radio operator registration web site has been setup and is ready to go public when approval is received. Some Amateur Radio operators are known to be traveling towards the affected areas with emergency services and disaster relief agencies as dedicated communications resources. Despite everyone's nearly overwhelming desire to help, about all we can do right now is to make preparations for a prompt response when the officials finally give their approval. None of us know when that will occur." * HRU 2006 planning meeting on Tuesday, September 13 The initial HRU 2006 meeting took place on Tuesday, August 2. The next planning committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 13 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 one of the monthly operational meetings of theplanning 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. 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 * 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) * LIMARC 40th anniversary dinner on Sunday, September 18 The Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a special dinner on Sunday, September 18, at the Maine Maid Inn in Jericho starting at 4 pm. There will be a full sit-down dinner and live music. Come join other members reminisce about club history and Amateur Radio. Tickets are $35 per person and must be purchased in advance. Contact Diane Ortiz K2DO at k2do@arrl.net or see http://www.limarc.org for more information. * LIMARC hamfest on Sunday, September 25 in Bethpage The Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club will hold its fall Outdoor Hamfair & Electronics Fleamarket on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave, Bethpage. The event will run from 8 AM to 2 PM. There will be a TALK-IN station on the W2VL 146.85 repeater (136.5 PL) repeater. There are over 500 outdoor spaces available, and there will be Door Prizes, refreshments are available. All levels of Amateur Radio license testing will be given at an accredited VE session that will start at 10 am. Admission fee: $6. Table fee: $15 per space. More information at: www.limarc.org or e-mail to hamfest chairman Rick Bressler K2RB at hamfest@limarc.org * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: July was a relatively quiet month. Training and house cleaning are going on throughout the boroughs. We participated in events in Staten Island and Brooklyn. We are preparing for the annual citywide meeting on Wednesday, August 17,2005 at 6:30pm. For those who wish to attend, the meeting will be held at: The American Red Cross of Greater New York 150 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City. Please contact n2ybb@arrl.net for further information. Guest speakers will include Scott Reynolds of the National Weather Service in Upton and Jana Bockstein of the Red Cross. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County Richard Grover (W2RAG), and John Healy (KA2ABV) have been working with the Greater New York Chapter of The American Red Cross to further develop our communications ability at Red Cross Headquarters and their planned move to new facilities next year. 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 is 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: Richmond County ARES Phone Net Sundays evenings 8:30PM 445.825 -5 MHz 156.7 Main 447.375 -5 MHz 141.3 Link For further information contact: Joe Nieves, N2TEE, Richmond County EC n2tee@arrl.net (212) 837-1666 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 - No meeting this month My apologies to Mike Patino, N2BMU for screwing up his callsign in last month's report. 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. Nassau County - Jim Mezey W2KFV, DEC Nassau County On July 10th 12 members of Nassau ARES supported the Gold Coast Bike Tour in Huntington, New York. We provided communications through out all the different tours from the 12 mile to 100 miler. We also had personnel with the SAG wagons where by we could provide communications with the Gold Coast Tour Directors. Members participating from Nassau ARES were; N2RLD, N2ZEP, K2JAN, N2TU, K2BRG, KC2IHB, K2KYQ, N2EB, K2LJH, KC2MWA, N2RQ and W2KFV. On July 12th, Nassau ARES Meeting conducted by WF2T & W2KFV included a discussion and PowerPoint presentation regarding goals, additional work groups, and activities to accomplish these goals including several alternatives to increase ARES participation Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC SC: Towns not reporting: East Hampton, Southampton, Shelter Island County Meeting held on second Wednesday of the month. SC ARES has been requested by National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Long Island Chapter to support the MS Bike Tour on September 18th. Planning is in progress. Information will be passed at county wide meetings and nets. County wide net Mondays 9 PM local on the Grumman Hauppauge repeater 145.330 136.5 pl. Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon: No additional comment Joe Werner, KC2BPS, EC Town of Brookhaven No additional comment John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington: Town of Huntington Officers: EC: John A. Allocca, WB2LUA AEC: Chuck Hartley, N2JIY AEC: Stan Coffield, N2NKI AEC: Ed Ebert, KC2E AEC: Paul Stillman, N2PVS The Suffolk NTS net is out of our range. Therefore, we make contact with the Nassau County NTS net.We hold an ARES/RACES meeting every month at 7 pm just before the Larkfield ARC meeting except in December. WB2LUA is equipped for VHF/UHF Tepac Winlink 2000 operation and HF Pactor/Winklink 2000 operation. KC2E is equipped for VHF/UHF Tepac Winlink 2000 operation John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip No additional comments Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold: No additional comment Stan Bryer W2SCB, EC in training, Town of Smithtown No additional comment Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: All ARRL ECs, DECs, SECs, NMs, STMs, and SMs should have received an email concerning the 2005 SET guidelines and forms from ARRL HQ. You can download a copy of the 2005 SET reporting forms and read the SET Guidelines on the ARRL Web Page. See http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/setguide.html The reporting forms (Forms A, B, and C) are found at this specific address in Adobe PDF and Rich Text RTF formats: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/#ec_set All Simulated Emergency Test (SET) participant/reporters should FIRST follow the directions and instructions of their Section Leaders as to how to report your SET activities. NLI SET participants report to the SEC, ka2d@arrl.net Section guidelines for the SET is will published next month. Congratulations to Scott Reynolds KC2JCB, of NWS. Scott has completed the three ARRL CCE EC courses. ARES EMCOMM groups should start preparing to attend the upcoming Ham Radio University 2006, January 8, 2006 in Bethpage. HRU is your opportunity to display your group and recruit new members. Monthly planning meetings are in progress. Forum input is requested. Information is available on the NLI web. http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/ * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager I wish to thank Cliff N2AKZ for his many years of working the Area and Regional CW nets, and wish the best at his new QTH. There are different nets using HF SSB, CW and digital modes and they are always looking for new operators. Please feel free to monitor any of the nets listed, several are training nets such as Empire Slow Speed and NYPON. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at w2dsx@arrl.net 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 July 2005 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 424, KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 100 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 29 112 72/46 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 238 143/136 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L * W2YGW NY Phone NYP 30 146 258/255 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 30 247 128/117 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 384 0/68 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 30 439 37/37 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 31 146 51/47 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! * 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] * Friends of Long Island Wireless History meeting on September 17 The Friends of Long Island Wireless History is holding their fall meeting at the Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville on Saturday, September 17. The General Meeting starts at 11am in the museum's library. Member George Flanagan has worked on a program of Ludwig Battermann's photographs of Telefunken in West Sayville - 1911-13 - construction period. He discusses the equipment and methods - it should be great for Hams. Anyone interested please come down to the meeting. Directions are Montauk Highway to West Avenue and then down almost to the end of West Avenue and a right onto the LIMM property. For more information, see: http://www.geocities.com/g3zfj/ Interesting related web site: http://www.sayville.com/wireless.html * 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. CHECK with the CLUB! Peconic ARC normally has its monthly general meeting on the first Friday of the month. The next regular meeting is Friday, Sept. 2, 2005 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 Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 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, Sep. 6, 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, Sept. 7 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 The Nassau County Police ARC will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, September 8th at 7:30 pm in Long Beach. One of our topics will be meeting day and time. For more information, contact George WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com NYCRA Club meeting is on Thursday, Sept. 8 (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, Sept. 8, 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, Sept. 9 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, Sept. 9 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. The Columbia University ARC VE Team will hold a VE exam on Monday, Sept. 12 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. 13 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, Sept. 13, 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, Sept. 13. For more info, contact Nassau DEC Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net LIMARC will hold its 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 KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 14, 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, Sept. 14, 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 Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Sept. 15, 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, Sept 15. 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, Sept. 16 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, Sept. 18 at 2:00 pm at Elmhurst General Hospital, 79-01 Broadway, Queens in conference room A1-15. The meeting topic is to be determined. New Members welcome. Please Contact Queens Emergency Coordinator Charles Gallo at Charlie@TheGallos.com The Eastern Amateur Radio Service Club monthly meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 20 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, Sept. 20 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, Sept. 20 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, Sept. 21 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. GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, Sept. 25 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, Sept. 26 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, Sept. 28 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Sept. 29 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) |