Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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October 2002 |
Welcome! This is the October 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 November issue prior to the end of October. QST Section News The QST Section News column for December 2002 is due on Oct. 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 Oct. 12. As stated in my previous bulletin, the Section News column in QST will be discontinued in January 2003, so December is the last issue in which printed section news will be included. Each section now has a site on the world-wide-web to replicate section news. See the NLI site at: http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI HAPPENINGS Hudson Division Awards Dinner set. The ARRL Hudson Division will hold its awards dinner on Saturday, Nov. 9. This year the event will be hosted by the 10-70 Repeater Association and will be held at Biagio's Ristorante in Paramus, New Jersey. Awards will be given for the Hudson Division Amateur of the Year, Grand Ole Ham, and Technical Achievement. Dinner includes an appetizer, a house salad, a choice of five entries, coffee and tea, dessert and unlimited soda. Dinner is $38 per person including gratuities and tax with unlimited soda. A cash bar will be available. The dinner will be from 7 to 11 PM. For tickets, mail check for $38 per person made payable to 10-70 Repeater Association, to 10-70 Repeater Association, 235 Van Emburgh Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 Ham Radio University 2003 planning meeting set for October 14. The initial meeting for planning of the upcoming Ham Radio University 2003 will be held on Monday, October 14, in the Emergency Operations Center, Babylon Town Hall, North Lindenhurst, NY, starting at 7 PM. At this meeting we will discuss the date, location, forum schedule, logistics and other aspects of HRU 2003. All are invited to attend. Please RSVP to n2ga@arrl.org if you will be attending. Please forward this meeting notice to anyone who you might think would be interested. HRU 2003 is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, January 19, 2003, with the location to be announced. From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: KA2D reports a relatively slow month in September. Nassau County ARES held a simulated emergency test. NYC and Suffolk County were busy with A-thons and other events. STM Charlie WA2YOW 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 (meeting irregularly at present). Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz. The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of August 2002 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 240, N2AKZ 110, WB2GTG 100, KB2KLH 100, KB2GEK 80,WA2YOW 75, KE2SX 70 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 31 154 21/19 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 306 174/159 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 31 242 217/195 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 167 258/255 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 30 306 92/84 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 30 316 0/60 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI "On Vacation" ** Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 623 119/119 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF (*) N2WGF Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 12 64 5/5 WA2VZK (**)--stats kept and reported by WA2YOW (*) report not received in time for this list Hall of Science Hamfest is October 20. VE Exams will be given and there will be a discounted price to the museum of $5.00. The Suffolk Police Amateur Radio Club, SPARC is now listed on the NLI website thanks to club president Jeff Savasta KB4JKL. You can contact Jeff at jeff@pb.net. See http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/nliclub.htm 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 the new coordinating body for the New York City metropolitan area. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/metrocor/ 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 - available on the web at: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm UPCOMING Club Events The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 7 P.M. Preregister with Harvey (KB2EA) at 718-948-2290 or Ed (W2SN) at 718-833-7120. See http://www.kcra.org American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club meeting on Thursday, October 3, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com. Nassau County Police ARC will have a meeting on Thursday, October 3 at 7 pm at Long Beach Auxiliary Police Headquarters. Contact George WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com or http://www.qsl.net/kb2uyp/ for more info. Peconic ARC monthly meeting is Friday, October 4, 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. Islip ARES invites all radio amateurs to participate in the Great South Bay Run, Bayshore Marina, Bayshore, NY, on Saturday, October 5, 2002. Contact N2IOZ at n2ioz@optonline.net to help out. Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, October 8, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, October 8, in Queens at 8 pm. Guest speaker is Rich Moseson W2VU, Editor of CQ Magazine. His talk will be on "Ham Radio Today", all are welcome to attend. 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 Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 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 LIMARC will hold their next regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 9, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The topic will be "your first 2 meter QSO". See http://www.limarc.org Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, October 10, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, October 11 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. NY City ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio operators on October 13th for the Staten Island Half Marathon. The SI Half will start near the Ferry terminal, go down Bay Street to Cappadano, down to Miller Field and back up Cappadanno to Ft. Wadsworth. Start time is 7AM and should end by 1 PM. Most positions are along the route for split times and safety. Contact Charles N2NOV at n2nov@arrl.net to help out. Ham Radio University 2003 planning meeting set for October 14. The initial meeting for planning of the upcoming Ham Radio University 2003 will be held on Monday, October 14, in the Emergency Operations Center, Babylon Town Hall, North Lindenhurst, NY, starting at 7 PM. At this meeting we will discuss the date, location, forum schedule, logistics and other aspects of HRU 2003. All are invited to attend. Please RSVP to n2ga@arrl.org if you will be attending. Please forward this meeting notice to anyone who you might think would be interested. HRU 2003 is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, January 19, 2003, with the location to be announced. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 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 Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn. Len (N2LEN) will give a presentation on repeaters and iLink. See http://www.kcra.org KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ Manhattan & Bronx ARES meeting will be on Thursday, October 17, at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). We will discusses Jump Kits a show and tell of what to bring with you to an event or shelter. We will also have a computer problem solving session. So if you have a computer problem we have the people who may be able to help you. Bring your laptop or PDA and we will go over your problems. Contact John KE2UN at ke2un@arrl.net for info. The Long Island DX Association will meet at Briarcliffe College on Friday, October 18, at 8:00 PM in room 10. Contact NN2C, Marty Miller, president of the LIDXA, at nn2c@arrl.net NY City ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio operators on October 19th for the Staten Island Waterfront Festival (OktoberFest) The final Waterfront Festival for 2002 will be an OktoberFest sponsored by Killmyers Restaurant. We will start at 7AM and end in the mid afternoon. We will need 6-10 operators. This is a great event to bring the family along with you. Contact Charles N2NOV at n2nov@arrl.net to help out. The KCRA will participate with the Boy Scouts of America at the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA), during the weekend of October 19 and 20th, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. Call Ed (W2SN) at 718-833-7120 for further information. NY City ARES requests the help of Amateur Radio operators on Sunay, October 20, for the MS Bike Tour. Contact Charles N2NOV at n2nov@arrl.net to help out. Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Thursday, Oct 24, in Shoreham at 7:30 pm at the Shoreham Recreation Center just east of William Floyd Parkway on Route 25A. See http://www.rcarc.org Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services is bringing back the Fall Hamfest to the Knights of Columbus Hall at 400 South Broadway, Lindenhurst, NY. It will be held on Sunday, October 27. General admission is $6.00 Spouses and children are free. Doors open for Vendors at 7:00 AM. Buyers at 9:00 AM. Contact: Walter Wenzel, KA2RGI, 631-957-0218 or ka2rgi@vdot.net See the WebSite at: http://www.tobares.org The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, October 28 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 Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, October 28 in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center at 8 pm. Sue Gaeta, KB2IRH, will give a demonstration of her amazing homemade Tesla coil. All are welcome. Contact Phil Spampinato, N2LVG, President, NARC at phil2lvg@optonline.net or see http://www.nassauarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Oct. 31 at 8:00 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) New York City - Rob Todaro N1XL Nassau County - Norm Wesler K2YEW (k2yew@arrl.net) Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX (w2fx@arrl.net) Digital Communications - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net) |