Section Happenings Newsletter
Edited by Mike Lisenco N2YBB
NLI Section Manager
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September 2009 |
Hello! This is the September 2009 edition of the New York City-Long Island Section "e-Happenings" newsletter. This newsletter is here to serve the Amateur Radio community in our area. We welcome and encourage all submissions. Help make this your newsletter. We especially encourage NLI Radio clubs and Organizations to submit their meeting announcements, guest speakers and any special events. Please submit any information for the October issue prior to the end of the last week of September. Section News Section News is available ONLY on the world-wide-web. See the NLI site at: http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE: * From Mike Lisenco N2YBB, Section Manager * From Jim Mezey W2FKV, ARES SEC * From Jim Minor W2DSX, NTS STM ************************************************************************ HAPPENINGS * From Mike Lisenco N2YBB, Section Manager It’s hard to believe that summer is already over. Time is running out for those antenna projects (myself included…. I still have a couple to do). I’d like to wish all who celebrate a very happy holiday as both Rosh Hashanah and Eid ul-Fitr have just passed and Yom Kippur is coming up shortly. ------ NLI HAS TWO HUDSON DIVISION AWARD WINNERS!!!! The Hudson Division has announced their annual awards winners. We are proud to announce that Diane Ortiz, K2DO has won the 2009 Grand Ole’ Ham Award and Jim Mezey, W2KFV, has won the 2009 Amateur of the Year Award. Diane is the former Section Public Information Coordinator and a Past President of LIMARC. Jim is the current ARES Section Emergency Coordinator for NLI and the past District Emergency Coordinator for Nassau County. Congratulations to both! The annual event will take place this year on Sunday Afternoon, November 8, 2009 at Biagio's Restaurant, 299 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652 from 12:30pm – 4:30pm. The dinner is always a great event with participation from all Sections within the Division. The cost of a ticket is $50 (clubs can buy a table of 10 at the reduced price of $450) with profits from the dinner and advertising sales in the Awards Dinner Journal going to our Division Scholarship Fund and also to the ARRL Spectrum Defense Fund to preserve and protect our hobby/service. For more information, please contact Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, ARRL Vice Director, Hudson Division at ka2anf@arrl.org. ----- Congratulations to our Division Director, Frank Fallon , N2FF and our Vice-Director Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, on their re-election to another 3 year term in those positions. It was a tough and drawn out campaign, with a lot of mud-slinging and some awful negative press (they ran unopposed). ----- I had the pleasure of attending a meeting called by Jim Mezey, W2KFV on August 30th at Suffolk Community College. The purpose of the meeting was to gather all the individuals in the Section who are responsible for running and maintaining the digital network in NLI. Discussions were held in which it was decided that the packet network needs some upgrading and redundancy so that it may continue to be a vital part of the emergency communications network (as well as for everyday use). The meeting was well attended and much was covered. More to follow as things move along. ----- A reminder – The New York State QSO Party is going to be held on October 17th starting at 1800 UTC. It will be a 12 hour all mode contest. For more information and the rules please go to: http://www.rdxa.com/NewsLetters/NYQP_-_Rules_040109.pdf ----- Fall Hamfest season is almost upon us. There will be 2 hamfests in the Section in October. The Hall of Science ARC (HOSARC) will be holding their hamfest on October 11, 2009 at the Hall of Science in Queens from 0900 to 1400 local time. For more information contact Steve at wb2kdg@arrl.net The Long Island Mobile ARC (LIMARC) will be holding their annual indoor hamfest on October 25, 2009 at Levittown Hall starting at 0900 local time. For more information contact Richie at hamfest@limarc.org ----- If you have a club event that you would like to publicize, please be sure to email me with all the particulars and I’ll place it in the eNewsletter. If it is short term, I can easily send out an email to the Section. Contact me at n2ybb@arrl.org with the particulars. ----- As of the moment, my dance card is relatively empty. If you would like me to attend an upcoming meeting of your club, please email me at n2ybb@arrl.org and I'll be more than happy to set it up. ------ That's it for me this month. I hope all of you are enjoying the summer. Hpe CU on the bands and in the NYS QSO Party! 73, Mike N2YBB n2ybb@arrl.org ******************************************************************** From Jim Mezey W2FKV, ARES Section Emergency Coordinator August 2009 Monthly Section Emergency Coordinator Report NLI Section Total Number of ARES members: 116 # of DEC's /EC's Reporting This Month: 3 # of ARES Nets Active: 3 # with NTS Liaison: 3 Calls of DEC's/EC's Reporting: WB2LUA, KB2SCS, K2RRM Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 19 Person Hours: 337 Number of Public Service Events this month: 0 Person Hours: 0 Number of Emergency Operations this month: 0 Person Hours: 0 Total number of ARES operations this month: 19 Total Person Hours: 1337 Comments: Reports from Nassau DEC, Suffolk Town of Huntington and Town of Islip EC's. No other reports from the other EC's or DEC. I will add that I had conducted a Section wide Digital meeting where by we are trying to reorganize our digital operations. 73...de...Jim, W2KFV ARRL- ARES Section Emergency Coordinator New York City/Long Island ********************************************************************* From Jim Minor W2DSX, NTS Section Traffic Manager THE ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of AUGUST 2009 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 K2BRG * = 138 W2KFV * = 119 K2TV 40/40/10/10/0/10 = 110 N2VGA * = 100 KB2KLH 40/40/20/0/0/0 = 100 W2DSX 40/40/20/0/0/0 = 100 W2LIE * = 96 K2RRM * = 86 N2RDB * = 85 NY3H * = 82 WB2WAK * = 72 * = Info not received in time All stations are encouraged to report even if activity is less than qualifying total! NO LATE PSHR FOR JULY 2009 ******************************************************************** STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS: The following stations have submitted activity reports for the Month of AUGUST 2009 CALL ORIGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTAL W2DSX O/0 R/42 S/0 D/27 = 69 K2TV O/1 R/28 S/28 D/3 = 59 KB2KLH O/0 R/23 S/4 D/11 = 38 Brass Pounder's League: Month of AUGUST 2009 No one qualified for the BPL this month. ******************************************************************** Section Traffic Manager Monthly Report MONTH OF AUGUST 2009 Section and Local Nets: Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON 31 264 133/139 WB3CUF NY PHONE NYP 10 64 35/35 AK2Z BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 29 301 11/11 KB2KLH NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 30 333 39/34 W2DSX SUFFOLK CO VHF SCVHF * ** EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 31 359 77/* WI2G * = report not received in time for posting. ** = position open, please contact w2dsx if interested in position ******************************************************************** NTS SECTION LEVEL and INDEPENDENT CW nets : *//* STATEWIDE CW NETS: /*NYS/M*/ 10am local time daily /*NYS/E*/ 7pm local time daily /*NYS/L*/ 10pm local time daily - As of now the frequency for all things NTS in NY is 3576. Also, there is the daytime alternate freq. of 7042 kHz ± and a alternate of 1807 kHz if 80 Meters goes long. INDEPENDENT CW NETS which maintain close association with the NTS. */Empire Slow Speed Net/* (ESS) 6pm daily on 3576 kHz . Alt. 7044 ± */Hit and Bounce Net/* (HBN) 8:30am daily on 3576 kHz . */Hit and Bounce Slow Net/* (HBSN) 7:30am daily on 3576 kHz, alt. may be 7114 NTS SECTION LEVEL HF/phone nets: /*New York Phone*/ (NYP) 1pm *Now WEEKENDS ONLY*, but try to give them a check-in if able so as to keep the net running. Alt. ± 7237 kHz. /*New York Public Operations Net*/ (NYPON) 5pm daily on 3925 kHz ± QRM, alternate freq. 3913 kHz 4)The NTS "local nets" are: */Big Apple VHF Net/* 8:00pm daily on 146.430 MHz (1 MHz split) /*Nassau Co. VHF Net*/ 7:30pm on 146.805 MHz (136.5pl) Alternate freq. of 147.135 (136.5) /*Suffolk Co. VHF Net*/ Not meeting at this time, however if you're interested in participating, */please/* let me know w2dsx@arrl.net Curious as to what all this means? See http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec2-ch1.html, and one of my favorites, Dan K2UL's (STM SNJ) page: http://home.att.net/~k2ul/resource.htm End of report, respectfully submitted by Jim Minor W2DSX, NLI STM Any corrections, comments and questions to w2dsx@arrl.net ******************************************************************** UPCOMING Club Events/Meetings Club events are being kept up to date on the "Event Calendar". These events, with contact information, can be found using the "NLI Events" link at the top of the homepage. If you would like your club event publicized and listed on the calendar, please send me an email with the pertinent information. Be sure to include the date(s) and contact information for the club/responsible party. Also be certain to include a link to the information on your website. I will not cull the information from your club newsletters as I will not assume that you want the event publicized. You must email me with a specific request to include the event on the Section calendar. The Club listing is always being updated. Please submit your meeting information to n2ybb@arrl.org NOTE - Always check with the club to verify the date, time and location of the events/meetings listed here. 575 Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex Club The LIARS Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month at Newfield High School in Selden, NY at 7:30PM. All are welcome. Our web site is: www.lisimplex.org Contact: Tim MoDavis, KA2VZX at ka2vzx@arrl.net --- ARC - ECS Meets at the American Red Cross Queens Area Office, 138-02 Queens Blvd., 1st Floor Briarwood, NY 11435 Meeting Time: 1st Tuesday Monthly 7:30 PM Home page URL: http://www.arcecs.org Please contact Leonard Smith (PIO) at: n2ldv@arrl.net for information. --- Grumman ARC (GARC) http://www.qsl.net/wa2lqo/ Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Allen Ellsworth Park in Farmingdale, starting at 5:30 PM GARC VE sessions are held on the second Tuesday of each month at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage, Room: Long Beach #5, starting at 5:00 PM. Contact: Robert Wexelbaum w2ilp@optonline.net --- Great South Bay ARC GSBARC Monthly meetings are the last Thursday of the month, 8PM. Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. GSBARC Monthly VE are the 4th Sunday starting 12:00 NOON For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org/ --- HOSARC The NY Hall of Science ARC has general membership meetings on the second Tuesday of each month, with the exception of July and August. The meetings are a time to take care of club business, listen to a great speaker regarding an interesting topic related to ham radio, and to make new friends and catch up with old friends. The club has its meetings at the NY Hall of Science in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, NY. Please check the club's website at www.hosarc.org for more detailed information. --- Town of Huntington ARES/RACES Meetings Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM at the Senior Citizens Center, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY. The primary agenda for the meetings will be scheduling special events, training, and technical discussions. NY. For more information, see: http://www.wb2lua.com or contact John A. Allocca, WB2LUA at 631-261-3726 or via e-mail at: drjohn@allocca.com --- Long Island DX Association (LIDXA) http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ Regular meetings are at 8pm on the third Friday of the month at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). For club details, see our Web site, or contact Ed Whitman, K2MFY, LIDXA Secretary at edwhit@optonline.net for further information. LIDXA President, John, W2GW, is an ARRL DXCC card checker. Bring your new DXCC cards and paperwork to these meetings for official verification and credit. --- Long Island Mobile ARC LIMARC meets the second Wednesday each month, 8PM at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY. All are welcome. Bring a friend! Webpage is: http://www.limarc.org Club Contact: President, Rich Cetron, K2KNB k2knb@limarc.org Club PIO: Rich Levow, WA2NLL wa2nll@arrl.net --- Long Island Transmitter Hunters (LITHARC) Seeking new participants A group of Long Island transmitter hunting enthusiasts has been conducting hunts on Friday nights with an occasional Sunday event and we are seeking new participants to join in the fun. Anyone interested in learning more about the activity of radio direction finding and radio "fox hunting" is invited to come out as a hunter or rider. A LITHARC discussion group (Long Island Transmitter Hunters ARC) has been established on Yahoo Groups as a central information and communications site. You are welcome to sign up to keep informed about upcoming events. If you would like our group to conduct a hunt in your area that would include members of your radio club, please let us know. For more information, contact Larry, WA2SUH at wa2suh@aol.com --- Nassau ARC (NARC) http://www.nassauarc.org Meetings every Monday night at 8 PM in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center. 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 --- Radio Central ARC Radio Central Amateur Radio Club holds it regular meetings on the last Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach. All are welcome. For directions and other club information, please check out the club web page - http://www.rcarc.org. --- Suffolk County Radio Club (SCRC) Monthly meeting is the third Tuesday of the month - 8 PM at the Grace Lutheran Church in Mastic. Contact: Tim Clark KC2LIN, 631-418-5057 http://www.suffolkcountyradioclub.org --- BONAC Amateur Radio Club (BARC) BARC meets the 4th Thursday of the month at 6:00 PM at the Amagansett Library. For more information please go to the club website at http://www.bonacarc.org --- The Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services (TOBARES) meetings are on the third Thursday each month at 8:00 PM. 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 tobares@optonline.net ---- Wantagh Amateur Radio Club Meetings are held on the second Friday of each month at 8:00PM at the Wantagh Public Library, 3285 Park Ave, Wantagh, NY 11793. Entrance to the meeting room is at the rear of the library, adjacent to the parking lot. For more information, see the club's website at http://www.qsl.net/w2va , or contact Frank Porcaro, N2RSO, President, via e-mail at: n2rso@arrl.net ----- Symbol Technologies Amateur Radio Club The Symbol Technologies Amateur Radio Club is dedicated to serving the amateur radio community and the general public on Long Island, New York. The club operates under the vanity call sign of W2SBL. (Formerly K2TKE) STARC holds its regular business meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at the Motorola building in Holtsville NY. Meetings are restricted to Motorola Associates. For more information, please go to the club website: http://www.jsconsulting.com/starc --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Section Emergency Coordinator – Jim Mezey, W2KFV w2kfv@arrl.net New York City: District Emergency Coordinator Russ Logar, KC2LSB kc2lsb@arrl.net Manhattan: Emergency Coordinator Mike Nunez, KC2NCV kc2ncv@arrl.net No meeting listed at this time Bronx: Emergency Coordinator Gabe Cuebas, N2PQT n2pqt@arrl.net No meetings during the summer. Fall tba. Brooklyn: Assistant Emergency Coordinator Alan Nyysola , K2ARN k2arn@arrl.net 2nd Saturday of the month, 7:00pm at Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn Queens: Emergency Coordinator Charlie Alfano, WA2GUG wa2gug@arrl.net 3rd Sunday of month, 2pm, Elmhurst Hospital, Queens, Rm. A1-15 Staten Island: Emergency Coordinator Joe Nieves, N2TEE n2tee@arrl.net No meetings during the summer. Fall tba. Nassau County: District Emergency Coordinator Rob Martens, K2RRN k2rrn@arrl.net Nassau County ARES meets monthly on the 4th Thursday at 7:30pm. Meetings are held at the Nassau County Senior Citizens Activities Center in Eisenhower Park. Contact Rob for directions. There are no individual city or township meetings in Nassau County. For more information about local ARES groups, contact Rob K2RRN or the following Emergency Coordinators: City of Glen Cove: Bob Batchelor ,W2OSR w2osr@arrl.net Town of Oyster Bay: Bruce Gronich K2BRG k2brg@arrl.net Town of North Hempstead: Dave Kass WA2LKJ Davet36526@aol.com Town of Hempstead: Frank Porcaro N2RSO n2rso@arrl.net City of Long Beach: George Geller WB2GTC georgegeeg@aol.com Suffolk County: District Emergency Coordinator Bill Scheibel, N2NFI n2nfi@yahoo.com Emergency Coordinators: Babylon: Walter Wenzel, KA2RGI ka2rgi@arrl.net 3rd Thursday of the month at 8:00 pm. Babylon Town Hall EOC (basement). Huntington: John Allocca, WB2LUA john@allocca.com 1st Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm Huntington Senior Citizens Center. Islip: John Blowsky, KB2SCS kb2scs@arrl.net VE session 3rd Thursday of the month at 8:00 pm. American Legion Hall in East Islip Smithtown: Joe Albertus, KB2JOE kb2joe@optonline.net No monthly meeting. Brookhaven: Joe Werner, KC2BPS kc2bps@arrl.net 2nd Monday of the month at 8:00 pm Brookhaven Town Hall, Farmingdale. Riverhead: Don Rollock, W2EUL w2eul@yahoo.com No monthly meeting. Southampton: Dennis O’Rourke, KB2ZWW dennis1153@hotmail.com No monthly meeting. Southold: Don Fisher, N2QHV n2qhv@arrl.net ARES announcements and business conducted during the Peconic ARC meetings. 1st Friday of the month at 6:30 pm. Southold Free Library, Southold. East Hampton: Nat Raynor, N2NEI n2nei@arrl.net 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm during the BONAC ARC meeting. Amagansett Library, Amagansett Shelter Island: Neal Raymond, N2QZA panda80@optonline.net No monthly meeting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Other “stuff” [DX] John Reiser, W2GW is the section DXCC card checker and is available for field checking of QSL cards for your DXCC Award. John is available by appointment at his home in West Hempstead for card checking, and at all LIDXA meetings. 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 *NLI DX Spotting Clusters AA2MF Staten Island-NY, dxc.aa2mf.net W2GSB West Babylon-NY, 24.185.125.244, RF 145.670 K2LS Greensboro- NC. dxc.k2ls.com *K2LS is still a popular spot for many NLI DXers. --- [From ARRL] 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/ 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, 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. --- ARES E-Letter, sign up now! The ARES E-Letter is an e-mail digest of news and information of interest to active members of the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and to hams concerned with public service and emergency communications ARRL members may subscribe to The ARES E-Letter by going to the Member Data Page at: http://www.arrl.org/members-only/memdata.html?modify=1 Check the box for "ARES E-Letter (monthly public service and emergency communications news)" and you're all set. Past issues of The ARES E-Letter are available at http://www.arrl.org/ares-el/ . Issues are posted to this page after publication. --- [Repeaters] 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 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 --- Section VE Sessions Section VE Sessions -available on the web at: http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm --- NLI Webpage: The Section Webpage is in the process of being upgraded. The site contains LOTS of great information on section happenings, VE session, Education, Clubs, section staff, and much more! See http://hudson.arrl.org/nli NLI Section News is available at: http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI Please continue to help make this newsletter even more interesting and informative by sending me news about YOUR club and events. --- NLI Staff NLI ARES: SEC NLI - Jim Mezey W2KFV w2kfv@arrl.net DEC New York City - Russ Logar KC2LSB kc2lsb@arrl.net DEC Nassau County - Harris Stein NY3H ny3h@arrl.net DEC Suffolk County - Bill Scheibel N2NFI n2nfi@arrl.net Affiliated Club Coordinator – Phil Lewis N2MUN n2mun@optonline.net Technical Coordinator – Steve Barreres K2CX k2cx@arrl.net Public Information Coordinator – Ed Muro K2EPM k2epm@arrl.net State Government Liason – George Tranos N2GA n2ga@arrl.net Section Traffic Manager – Jim Minor W2DSX w2dsx@optonline.net Official Observer Coordinator - VACANT Webmaster - Mitch Cohen N2RGA n2rga@arrl.net Assistant Section Managers: Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX w2fx@arrl.net Digital Communications - John Blowsky KB2SCS kb2scs@arrl.net |