Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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October 2005 |
ARRL NYC/LI October E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI 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. October 2005 is the 54th 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: * HRU 2006 planning meeting on Tuesday, October 18 * Hudson Division awards dinner on Nov. 12 * HOSARC hamfest on Sunday, October 2 in Queens * TOBARES Hamfest, Sunday October 23 in Lindenhurst * Congratulations on the new harmonic * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager * Mini Field Day on Saturday, October 1, in Huntington * 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 * HRU 2006 planning meeting on Tuesday, October 18 The next planning committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 18 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 the planning 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 2006 ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI * Hudson Division 2005 awards 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 selected the following: Amateur of the Year, Tom Raffaelli - WB2NHC Technical Achievement, Ulrich Rohde - N1UL Grand Ole' Ham, Frank Fix - K2AW Grand Ole' Ham, Lew Malchick, N2RQ 73, Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, Nominations Chair for the Hudson Division Awards Committee, 2005 ARRL Hudson Division Vice Director ka2anf@arrl.org (Excerpts reprinted from the Hudson Division Beacon) * HOSARC hamfest on Sunday, October 2 in Queens The Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club will hold its fall hamfest on Sunday, October 2 at the New York Hall of Science Museum Parking Lot, 47-01 111th Street, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Queens NY. Gates are open to the public from 9 AM to 2 PM. Vendor setup begins at 7:30 AM. Electronic and computer equipment, tailgating. New drop and shop, Museum exhibit station WB2JSM, (Separate museum admission $6.00 with Hamfest ticket) Free Parking, ARRL info, Tune up clinic, door prizes, food and refreshments will be available. There will be a VE Session at 10:00 am contact Lenny Menna W2LJM tel 718-835-1548 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 www.HOSARC.org * TOBARES Hamfest, Sunday October 23 in Lindenhurst The Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services will be holding a Hamfest on October 23 at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 400 South Broadway, Lindenhurst, NY. This will be an Indoor Hamfest. General admission is $6.00 Spouses and children are free. Doors open for Vendors at 7:00 AM. Buyers at 9:00 AM. For more information, see their Website: http://www.tobares.org or via e-mail at tobares@optonline.net. or contact Babylon town EC Walter Wenzel, KA2RGI at 631-957-0218 or via e-mail at ka2rgi@arrl.net * Congratulations on the new harmonic Congratulations to Rob KB2PSM and Phyllis KC2DKD on the birth of their second child, Noah! Hopefully by now, mother and child are resting comfortably at home! * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: August is typically a very quiet, which is why we hold the annual Citywide ARES meeting during this month. This year we had a great turnout, with 45 members in attendance. Guest speakers included: Scott Graham, the Chief Response Officer of the ARC in NYC; Jana Bockstein, Volunteer Coordinator for ARC/GNY; Travis Betz, Assistant Director for Logistics for ARC/GNY; Jeff Schneller, N2HPO, NYC liaison for Salvation Army SATERN; Scott Reynolds, NOAA Regional Skywarn Coordinator; and Tom Carrubba, KA2D, ARRL Section Emergency Coordinator for NYC/LI. Much was discussed and a good time was had a by all. As to public service, National Night Out was observed on August 2nd. Kings County ARES participated with 10 operators providing 30 hours of service. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County Our weekly Manhattan ARES Nets (on the BEARS repeater (147.27) each Tuesday evening beginning at 7:30 PM) have been on hiatus and will resume in the coming weeks. Next New York County ARES meeting - CHANGE OF DATE (one week later): Thursday, September 22nd, 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 22nd, and November 17th We have received several requests for health and welfare traffic into the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. To date, there is no HF network in place solely for health and welfare traffic; only Emergency traffic is being handled. We will keep you posted of any developments. As part of the New York State EMS Response, KA2ABV will be providing emergency medical assistance to the New Orleans area for one or two weeks (some time after September 15th) and will have HF/VHF/UHF capability. The following survivors lists have been created online: LIST OF HURRICANE KATRINA SURVIVORS POSTED AT CNN.COM http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/hurricanes/list/ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION RESOURCES: http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/resources_katrina.shtm I AM OK WEBSITE POSTING FOR DISASTER VICTIMS & RELATIVES: http://www.nola.com/forums/imok/ LOCATE MISSING RELATIVES & FRIENDS: http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/katrinamissing.shtm MISSING PERSONS WEBSITE POSTING: Use this forum to post information about people missing in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. http://www.nola.com/forums/searching/ MSNBC MISSING PERSONS WEBSITES: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9144525 We are investigating the possibility of several events and will keep you posted. Any members who know of events where Manhattan 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 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 08/02/05 - National Night Out Ten members of Kings County ARES participated in this community oriented event where we got to talk up ham radio and the Amateur Radio Emergency Service. We also got the opportunity to talk with local elected officials and law enforcement personnel. Among the participants were: AB2IZ, KA2KDQ, KB2VDV, KC2CBL, KC2MGY, KC2NBE, N2BMU, N2RGA, W2DEA and WA2JNF. 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. Thanks to Mitch, N2RGA, for all the work he does on the website. 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 The monthly ARES meeting had a hurricane preparedness presentation made by DEC Jim Mezey,W2KFV entitled "Are You Ready?" The presentation was received well by the 26 attending members. Nassau ARES participated in assisting the Town of Huntington ARES group on August 13. While we were not actually able to make contact or copy them on their HF frequencies, we found out that we had some new HF issues at Red Cross EMCOMM room. These issues were corrected. We were also unable to establish a packet connection between Red Cross and the Red Cross Regional Office in Worcester, Mass. The problem was recognized to be at their end will be looked into by the Western Mass.Section. ARES Members assisted Red Cross on August 31 at their Headquarters. They established additional phone connections at the chapter to take the overload of calls regarding Hurricane Katrina. I would like to thank Gary,W2MIT for securing our new domain name. Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC SC: Bill Scheibel N2NFI, DEC Suffolk County Plans continue to go forward for SC EOC. MS Bike Tour is Sept 18th, John KB2SCS and Joe KC2BPS are lead Ecs. All SC groups are requested to supply operators. Next scheduled SC meeting is Tuesday Sept 13 , 7:30PM. The newly appointed SC ARC director of communications will be present. 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: No additional comment John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip We are gearing up for the MS Bike Tour to be held on September 18. Islip ARES will provide a net control station and a shadow both located at Byron Lake. Islip ARES will be doing all of its communications on the Grumman ARC WA2LQO repeater 145.330. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims of the hurricane. 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: Attended the NYC ARES annual citywide meeting. Thank you to Scott Reynolds and NWS for providing transportation. Attended Mini-FD in Huntington. At the request of NY State VOAD, all ARES contact information for NLI is updated. ARRL HQ will be central point of contact for all amateur radio requests from NY State VOAD. * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager I wish to thank Claire WA2VZK, Paul KC2LEV and Les KB2ZHF for their efforts in keeping the Suffolk County VHF running recently, as well as the many operators I didn't mention here. However, I'm looking for operators to help get the net running again, perhaps on a different repeater. Anyone who is interested, anyone with any comments or suggestions please contact 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 August 2005 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points AB2IZ 441, KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 100 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 31 144 148/92 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 269 174/166 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 31 214 162/102 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 28 142 354/353 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 30 161 161/145 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 437 0/110 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 561 52/52 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 31 151 64/53 W2DSX Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF * (*) report not received in time for this list * Mini Field Day on Saturday, October 1, in Huntington The Larkfield Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (LARC) and the Town of Huntington ARES/RACES will set up and operate one or multiple radio stations and compete an exercise with other stations nationwide. This exercise is a test of the ability of local groups to provide communications facilities in time of need. Take a guided tour of our site and operating stations. Come and see what kind of communications can be set up when wide area power and telephones fail in an emergency or disaster! This Pubic Service Event is open to the public. Modalities used will be VHF/UHF voice, HF voice, VHF/UHF Packet, VHF/UHF Winkink 2000. The Huntington Fire Department has emergency power and outlets in the grassy area. The location will be the grassy area next to the Huntington Fire Department at 1 Leverich Place, Huntington. From 10 am to 4 pm. Bring your own folding chair and lunch and non-alcoholic drinks. For more information, contact Committee Chairperson John A. Allocca, WB2LUA, Town of Huntington RACES Radio Officer, ARES Emergency Coordinator at (631) 261-3726, or (631) 987-4348. * 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 Larry WA2SUH at wa2suh@aol.com * 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! The Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club will hold its fall hamfest on Sunday, October 2 at the New York Hall of Science Museum Parking Lot, 47-01 111th Street, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Queens NY. Gates are open to the public from 9 AM to 2 PM. See happenings above for more info. The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 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, Oct. 4, 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, Oct.5 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 Peconic ARC normally has its monthly general meeting on the first Friday of the month. The next regular meeting is Friday, Oct. 7, 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 Columbia University ARC VE Team will hold a VE exam on Monday, Oct. 11 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, Oct. 11 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@optonline.net HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 11, 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. Guest Speaker: John Blowsky KB2SCS on "Both Way Radio Internet Email System" (BWRIE). John Blowsky KB2SCS is the developer of "Both Way Radio Internet Email System," or BWRIE for short. John is a contributing member of TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio-a group committed to the advancement of the radio arts especially in the area of digital communications). He is also a lecturer at Ham Radio University held each January at Briarcliffe college. John created BWRIE to fill the perceived need of being able to receive and send Internet e-mails from inside a disaster area. He did not design BWRIE to be run on a daily basis. Rather, its strength lies in the fact that it is a dedicated system, i.e., a system designed to do one thing and to do that one thing very well. As a result, BWRIE is very easy to setup and has a very small learning curve. 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, Oct. 11. For more info, contact Nassau DEC Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net LIMARC will hold its next monthly meeting is on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 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, Oct. 12, 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, Oct. 12 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 The Nassau County Police ARC will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Oct. 13 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, Oct. 13 (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, Oct. 13, 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, Oct. 14 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, Oct. 14 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, Oct. 16 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, Oct. 18 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. HRU 2006 planning meeting on Tuesday, October 18 will be at Babylon Town Hall in North Lindenhurst 18 starting at 7 PM. See Happenings above for more info. Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 18 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, Oct. 18 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, Oct. 19 at 5:30 PM, at Underwriters Lab, 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP at w2ilp@optonline.net (631) 499-2214 or Pat Masterson KE2LJ at bat@grumman.com for more info. Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Oct. 20, 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, Oct. 20. 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, Oct. 21 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 Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services will be holding a Hamfest on October 23 at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 400 South Broadway, Lindenhurst, NY. This will be an Indoor Hamfest. See happenings above for more info. Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, Oct. 30 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, Oct. 31 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 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) |