Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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October 2003 |
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. Section News Section News is available ONLY on the world-wide-web. See the NLI site at: http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI HAPPENINGS Sole ARRL Director Race is in Hudson Division! The only contested seat in the current election cycle for ARRL directors and vice directors is in the Hudson Division. Incumbent Director Frank Fallon, N2FF, of East Williston, New York, will face a challenge from current Vice Director and former Director Stephen A. Mendelsohn, W2ML, of Dumont, New Jersey. Ballots will go out no later than October 1 to all full League members in the division who are in good standing as of September 10. The current election cycle includes the Central, Hudson, New England, Northwestern and Roanoke divisions. See full story at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/09/03/1/?nc=1 Make sure to cast your vote to make your opinion count! Skywarn Classes in Nassau County The National Weather Service will be offering fall SKYWARN Training in October at the Freeport Fire Department Headquarters (15 Broadway, Freeport) on the following dates: Wednesday October 15th ... BASIC level class, from 7-10 pm. This class is open to everyone. Wednesday October 22nd ... ADVANCED level class, from 7-10 pm. This class is only open to emergency responders (fire, police, etc.), emergency management officials, AND Amateur Radio Operators. (You must also be a current spotter to attend.) Full details including registration information are available on our spotter training web page... http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/spottertraining.html Any questions about the SKYWARN program can be directed to me via email at scott.reynolds@noaa.gov or via at the SKYWARN Info and Registration voice mail box at (631) 924-0517 x412. This includes questions regarding eligibility for the Advanced class, in case you haven't been an active spotter in a few years. I will also make every attempt to be on the Suffolk County ARES/RACES Net each of the next couple of Monday nights as well. Thanks for your assistance and hope to see some of you at one of our fall classes. 73, Scott KC2JCB HOSARC Hamfest on Sunday, October 5 The Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club Hamfest will be on Sunday, October 5, from 9 AM to 2 PM. Sellers set up at 7:30 AM. Location at the New York Hall of Science Museum Parking Lot, 47-01 111th Street, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Queens NY. Free Parking, ARRL info, Tune up clinic, door prizes, Food and refreshments will be available. A grand prize of a RIGBlaster Nomic and 2 Meter Bandpass Filter has been donated by KJI Electronics and DCI with the drawing at 12 Noon. You must be present to win. Buyers $5.00, Sellers $10.00 per space. Talk in 444.200 PL136.5 or Simplex 146.520. For additional info call evenings only Steve Greenbaum WB2KDG 718-898-5599 or WB2KDG@arrl.net For further information www.qsl.net/hosarc American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service meeting night change - Please note that our club has changed its meeting day from the first Thursday of each month to the first Tuesday of each month. Please make a note to reflect this change. For the month of October, the meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 7. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 73, Leonard Smith N2LDV, ARCECS. n2ldv@yahoo.com Electchester VHF Club Inc. reactivates as an affiliated club. The Electchester VHF Club Inc has recently reactivated as an ARRL affiliated club. Congratulations and welcome back! For more information about Electchester, contact Jack Burton WB2CJS at jburton@optonline.net Manhattan ARES requests the help of Amateurs for The American Diabetes Walk on October 19 The American Diabetes Walk will be on October 19th in Riverside Park. This walk is getting bigger so we are going to need more help. Let John KE2UN know if your are available. Time will be 6 am to about 2 PM. Contact John Kiernan KE2UN at JOHNKE2@cs.com HUDSON DIVISION AWARDS ANNOUNCED Just before July 4th the ARRL Hudson Division Awards Committee met to select the annual division award winners for 2003. Each year, the Committee selects the Technical Achievement and Ham of the Year winner as well as the Grand Ole Ham. 2003's Technical Achievement Award winner is Len Signoretti Jr, N2LEN, of Brooklyn, New York. The 2003 Grand Ole Ham is Jim Joyce, K2ZO, of Washington Township, New Jersey. The 2003 Hudson Division Amateur of the Year is Bruce Lordi, N2XP, of Flanders, New Jersey. The Hudson Division Awards Dinner will be held on November 8th in Northern New Jersey at Biaggio's. Congratulations to all the award winners! More information can be found at http://www.hudson.arrl.org From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: New York City: No report. Kings County; from Adam Fine AB2IZ: Kings County ARES members provided 100 hours of emergency communications for the Red Cross and NYC OEM. My thanks go out to WA2JNF for instituting a net on TAC 9 immediately after the power went out Thursday and was NCS until the net was secured Friday night, N2KEN for giving Stu a break, N2ECR for pulling a 16 hour stint at NYC OEM, W2MPL for pulling a 12 hour stint at NYC OEM, N2RGA, N2YBB and W2/8R1B for pulling mini-marathons at various cooling centers throughout the city, KC2CHE for working with the Red Cross ERV at Grand Central for half-a-dozen hours. There were many other Kings County ARES members waiting to deploy in the event they were needed. Each and every single one of these radio amateurs, took time away from their personal worries and their families to serve their community in its time of need. My hat goes off to each and every single one of them. Thank you from the staff of Kings County ARES. Additional kudos to Joe, N2ECR for press release that was picked up and printed in the September 1st issues of Courier-Life Papers. Public Service Events: General Class Upgrade Course - 08/18/03 & 08/19/03: AB2IZ, N2KEN, W2MPL. NYC Triathlon - 08/10/03 - (Manhattan) KB2SUR, KC2JXM, N2ECR. A Kings County ARES meeting was held on 08/27/03 - Topics discussed were: Commitments to planned classes; upcoming events; future meeting topics. In attendance: AB2IZ, KA2FXR, KA2KDQ, KB2VDV, KC2CBL, KC2CHE, KC2JXM, N2ECR, N2RGA, N2YBB,W2MPL, WA2JNF, WB2AAP and WW2W. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, September 24th, 2003 at 7pm. The location is UCP 121 Lawrence Street, between Ocean Parkway and Seton Place Brooklyn, NY. All are welcome. Nassau County: George Gluck WA2WKV is recovering from a medical problem. Mario Maltese WF2T has assumed DRC duties in NC until George is well. NC ARES held a training session on NVIS antennas and their application in emergency communications. A subgroup was formed to further develop this mode within ARES. After several year's delay, an antenna cluster was finally installed on the roof of the American Red Cross HQ in Mineola, giving the chapter 2m, 70 cm, 220 MHz, and ARC low band capabilities. August 14th Blackout: Communications established at 1st,6th, 9th battalion EOC's, Freeport and Hempstead EOC's, ARC HQ, two cooling shelters and the NC OEM. 15 operators active from 1600 hrs until 0500 the next morning. Suffolk County: No report SEC; NLI ARES had an excellent response to the Blackout 2003. All districts were on the air passing traffic immediately. Many repeaters were down or went down. During the blackout, I was able to establish communications with NLI SM George Tranos . I also was able to communicate with Suffolk County DEC and most of the Suffolk County EC's. Both the Big Apple VHF and Suffolk County NTS traffic nets were on the air at their scheduled time. This response is a credit to all the training done by the RC's and their staff. Amateur Radio received good remarks from the served agencies and did get an article published in a number of newspapers as reported by AP. NLI ARES has much to do in the way of getting backup power to some of the main repeaters. I have received and replied to a number of e-mail's and phone calls from other SM and SEC concerning NLI response to the blackout. I continue to reply to questions from the ARRL CCE EC courses and encourage them to join their local ARES EMCOMM group. I did and interview with AP about the Blackout and had an interview with ARRL HQ concerning the ARRL CCE EC program. 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 (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 2003 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 596, N2ECR 215, N2AKZ 110, KE2SX 107, KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 98, WB2GTG 90, KC2GOW 90. Update for Month of April 2003 - N2ECR 85 Update for Month of May 2003 - N2ECR 110 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 31 134 58/52 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 254 165/147 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 31 212 183/147 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 30 135 341/333 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 31 254 224/190 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 330 0/60 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI 13 24 11/10 WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 664 146/146 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 29 129 20/20 WA2VZK Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 16 85 25/21 WA2VZK (*) report not received in time for this list Transmitter hunting used to be a very popular activity on Long Island, but lately interest has declined. We want to let you know that 2 meter hunts have been sponsored and conducted by the Plaza Repeater Group (146.640/Mineola) for at least the past 25 years. The hunts are normally held in Nassau County, but we are willing to travel into Queens or Suffolk if there is interest. It's an exciting activity and we think you'll have a great time. For further information, contact Larry Berger, WA2SUH at 516-223-4611, or e-mail at wa2suh@aol.com. 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". 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 Nassau County Police ARC will have a meeting on Thursday, Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 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 3, 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. Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 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 The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 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 Tuesday, Oct. 7, 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 ARES meeting will be held at the Red Cross Chapter at 195 Willis Avenue Mineola, at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, Oct. 14. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net LIMARC will hold their next regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 8, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The program will be by the Friends of Long Island Wireless. It is also a special membership drive meeting with free pizza and soda at 7:30 PM. Bring down a new member and get a special LIMARC T-shirt for each of you! The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org The Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold its regular monthly "Non-meeting Meeting" (social night) on Thursday, Oct. 9, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 6:30 P.M. See http://www.kcra.org Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Oct. 9, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday, Oct. 9, in Port Washington. Contact Joe K2KYQ at jreekie@wawnc.org for more information. Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, Oct. 10 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Larkfield ARC will hold a VE Session on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003 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 Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, Oct. 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 HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 14, 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. Manhattan & Bronx ARES meeting will be on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John KE2UN at ke2un@arrl.net for info. 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, Oct. 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. The Long Island DX Association will be meeting on Friday, October 17. Contact Marty Miller NN2C, President of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net. See the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ for more information. The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, Oct. 19 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 Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 21 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. 21 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. See http://www.kcra.org KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ Kings County ARES meeting is on the Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7 PM at UCP, 121 Lawrence Avenue, between Ocean Parkway and Seton Place in Kensington, Brooklyn. For info, call Adam Fine AB2IZ at 917-804-3380. Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 22 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Oct. 27 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 GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Oct. 30 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) |