Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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October 2006 |
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 2006 is the 66th 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: * From George Tranos N2GA, Section Manager * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager * From Diane Ortiz K2DO, Public Information Coordinator * Rich Rosner N2STU appointed new NLI Technical Coordinator * Marty Miller NN2C, sk * BARA to host Hudson Division Awards Dinner on November 11 * UPCOMING Club Events * Other "stuff" * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS * From George Tranos N2GA, Section Manager Fall is upon us and with it comes change. Change is a good thing as it signals the end of one phase and the start of another. So it is with the seasons of the year, radio propagation and life. There will also be a change in section leadership as I have decided not to seek reelection as your section manager. I've been section manager since April 1998 and this is my ninth year in that capacity so it's time for me to try some other things and let someone else try their hand at it. Petitions for section manager were solicited and as of September 12, only one petition was received at ARRL HQ for NLI. That petition came from Tom Carrubba KA2D, and as his was the only petition, Tom was declared elected as the new NLI Section Manager! His term begins on January 1, 2007. As you probably know, Tom is not new to our section - he currently serves as Assistant Section Manager for NLI, Section Emergency Coordinator and NLI webmaster. So it's a natural process for Tom to step forward and become section manager. Tom served as a club president, has been involved in Ham Radio University, been active in numerous emergency communications and public service events including coordinating Amateur Radio support for the World Trade Center disaster, has organized special event stations, is an active DX'er and contester and is respected nationally as well as locally. I can think of no better person to be the new section manager! Please join me in congratulating Tom on his election and I urge each of you to lend Tom your support for his upcoming term! Ham Radio University 2007 will be held on Sunday, January 7, 2007, at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage. Neil Heft KC2KY, the new HRU 2007 chairman, is planning some interesting new things this year. The HRU committee continues to welcome input from hams throughout New York City and Long Island. An initial HRU planning meeting was held on Wednesday, September 20th. The next planning meeting will be held on Monday, October 16 at Babylon Town Hall starting at 7 pm. All are welcome to attend. For more information, see the HRU website at http://www.HamRadioUniversity.org or contact HRU chairman Neil Heft KC2KY at kc2ky@arrl.net So, enjoy the fall season! Get to those antenna projects you've been putting off all summer before it gets too cold! Participate in the upcoming contest season, with the CQ WW DX SSB contest starting the season going the weekend of October 28 and 29. I'll be down in Grenada participating in a multi-multi operation signing J3A for the sideband contest and QRV before and after the contest as J3/N2GA, mostly on CW. Please work me if you hear me! And please send Tom KA2D along a note of congratulations and support. Remember, change is good! 73, George * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator Tom thanks all ARES volunteers for their involvement. New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County Joe Nieves N2TEE; EC Richmond County: Russ Logar, KC2LSB, EC Queens County Gabriel Cuebas, N2PQT, EC Bronx Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County Nassau County - Jim Mezey W2KFV, DEC Nassau County Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC Suffolk County Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon Joe Werner, KC2BPS, EC Town of Brookhaven John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold Stan Bryer W2SCB, EC in training, Town of Smithtown Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From Jim Minor W2DSX, Section Traffic Manager THE ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of AUGUST 2006 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 AB2IZ 40 8 20 225 0 0 293 KB2KLH 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 W2DSX 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 All stations are encouraged to report even if activity is less than qualifying total! NO LATE PSHR FOR AUGUST 2006 ******************************************************************** STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS: The following stations have submitted activity reports for the Month of AUGUST 2006 CALL ORIGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTAL KB2KLH 0 35 13 6 54 W2DSX 0 47 2 4 53 AB2IZ 0 3 5 0 8 Brass Pounder's League: Month of AUGUST 2006 No one qualified for the BPL this month. ******************************************************************** Section Traffic Manager Monthly Report MONTH OF AUGUST 2006 Section and Local Nets: Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY STATE/MORN. NYS/M 27 90 24/20 KA2GJV NY STATE/EARLY NYS/E 31 238 98/89 KA2GJV NY STATE/LATE NYS/L 31 180 120/95 W2YGW NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON 30 221 118/113 N2YJZ NY PHONE NYP 28 127 116/100 K2MPE BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 31 541 48/48 KB2KLH NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 30 121 97/88 W2DSX SUFFOLK CO VHF SCVHF * ** EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 31 000 000/* WI2G * = report not received in time for posting. ** = position open, please contact w2dsx if interested in position ******************************************************************** 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 alternate of 1825 kHz depending if propagation on 80 goes long... 2)NTS SECTION LEVEL HF/phone nets: New York Phone (NYP) 1pm daily Try 3925 kHz first during the winter months, but may also be on 7237 kHz. 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 - Not meeting at this time, however if you're interested in participating, please let me know w2dsx@arrl.net 4)The NTS "local nets" are: Big Apple VHF 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 Not meeting at this time, however if you're interested in participating, please let me know w2dsx@arrl.net *** SET is coming soon! Please report any NTS activity, even if it's only a few messages. Passing Formal traffic on Winlink/Telpac nodes count!! Any questions regarding this, feel free to contact me - w2dsx@arrl.net Good luck with SET 2006 *** ******************************************************************** End of report, respectfully submitted by Jim Minor W2DSX, NLI STM Any corrections, comments and questions to w2dsx@arrl.net * From Diane Ortiz K2DO, Public Information Coordinator It's October, and time to think about JOTA, the annual "Jamboree on the Air". It's officially the largest event in the scouting movement, drawing close to half a million participants worldwide. It's also one of the few officially sanctioned events that involves the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts. JOTA is the third full weekend in October - which this year is October 20-22. There are many local scout leaders and councils in New York City and Long Island. Chances are you will find adult leaders who will be hosting JOTA stations locally. You can also look at the "Scout Radio" reflector within Yahoo Groups. Many times JOTA stations are located at local and regional Camporees and jamborees where hundreds or thousands of scouts are in attendance. The PIO (Public Information Officer) at the council office should be very willing to work with you to promote JOTA. This link is for the Greater New York Council of Boy Scouts http://www.bsa-gnyc.org/, and the Greater NY Council of Girl Scouts http://www.girlscoutsnyc.com. The "Hello" brochure is an ideal handout, especially to adult leaders who are always looking for new opportunities for their scouts. Make sure to have plenty of them (see www.arrl.org\pio). It's the perfect "ice-breaker" to explain ham radio. Work with the Scout PR people to produce a joint media release and PR campaign. The Boy Scouts offer a radio merit badge which has "ham radio" as one of its 7 elements. To learn more about JOTA go to http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/jota.html and http://www.scouting.org/international/22-218.html . 73/33 Diane K2DO Diane Ortiz, ARRL NYC/LI Public Information Coordinator K2DO@arrl.net * Rich Rosner N2STU appointed new NLI Technical Coordinator Rich Rosner N2STU of West Sayville as been appointed the new Technical Coordinator for the NLI section. Rich replaces outgoing TC Sid Wolin K2LJH, who has moved out of the section to upstate New York. Rich is a professional engineer, a master electrician, has given talks on grounding and lightning protection and computers and ham radio and has been the key ARRL Hudson Division technical person on BPL issues. Rich also serves as a Hudson Division Assistant Director. Please join me in welcoming Rich to the NLI section staff! If you have any technical problems or questions, please contact Rich at n2stu@arrl.net and he will attempt to help you or direct you to one of the section's other technical specialists. * Marty Miller NN2C, sk As Secretary of the Long Island DX Association (LIDXA) it is with much regret that I must report that our LIDXA President, Marty Miller, NN2C, passed away yesterday Sept. 30. Marty was very active in the LIDXA--being a member for over 25 years and President for 7 years. He was a licensed ham for over 30 years (first call was WB2VEX), and got into the hobby by his older brother. Besides his activities in the LIDXA, Marty was President of the QCWA (Long Island-Chapter 81); an honorary member of the Mid-Florida DX Assn (MFDXA), and very active in the Grumman Amateur Radio Club. He would regularly bring his new DXpedition videos down to LIDXA meetings and was always trying out new software and hardware in his station. He loved the hobby with a fervor and would relate to us, with gleeful excitement, his stories about chasing down a new IOTA. Marty was very active in working DXCC (Honor Roll Member), IOTA, and Lighthouses. He was regular attendee at the Dayton Hamvention and the IOTA Conference in England. Marty was over 82 years young, and in 1999 was awarded an honorary medal by the French Consul for his participation in the D-Day invasion of Normandy. 73 to a great ham, compassionate person, and a good friend. "November, November, Two, Charlie" will surely be missed by his stateside and DX buddies. Ed Whitman, K2MFY LIDXA Secretary MILLER-Martin P., 84, of Melville, on September 30, 2006. Beloved husband of the late Jeanette. Devoted and loving father of Martin and Mary Miller, Emily McDonald, Victoria and James Farrell, and Warren. Cherished grandfather to Kimberly, Pamela, Kathryn, Steven, Michael, Lauren, Patrick, and Ryan. Former Assistant District Commissioner of Boy Scouts of America. Proud Normandy World War II and Korean War veteran. Current President of Long Island DX Association and former President of Grumman Amateur Radio Club. Visitation, M.A. Connell Funeral Home, 934 New York Ave., Huntington Station, Tuesday, 2-5 and 7-9 PM. Private cremation. Published in Newsday on 10/2/2006. * BARA to host Hudson Division Awards Dinner on November 11 The Bergen Amateur Radio Association will host the 2006 Hudson Division Awards Dinner at the Holiday Inn in Saddle Brook, New Jersey on a Saturday night, November 11th , at 7 PM. We will have a very good view from the 12 floor. Some attendees may want to work a little HT DX. The location is at the junction of Route 80 and the Garden State Parkway. Ticket price will be the same as last year, $48 per person. Please join us to honor all those receiving a division award. Ticket and ad applications will soon be available on the division web site. BARA President Tony Izzo, K2AMI promises that tickets will be sold at the BARA Hamfest. No tickets will be sold the night of the event. Ticket sales will close October 27th. Please don't leave it to the last minute! This year's awardees are: Amateur of the Year - Barry Cohen, K2JV (from NNJ) nominated by: K2AL, WW2OLF, KC2KMK, N2VI, W2FMI and KC2ONP (New Providence ARC/Salt Brook School ARC) Grand Ole Ham - Bob Raffaele, W2XM (from ENY) nominated by: Saul Abrams K2XA Technical Achievement: Elmer Sharp, WA2YSM (from ENY) nominated by: Donald Hitt KB2ZE Special Recognition for Public Service Excellence: Jeff Schneller, N2HPO (NLI) nominated by: Mike Lisenco, N2YBB and Charles Gallo, KG2V The awards will be presented at the 2006 Hudson Division Awards Dinner hosted by the Bergen Amateur Radio Association at the Holiday Inn in Saddle Brook New Jersey just off Route 80 on Saturday night, November 11th at 7 PM. Please attend to help us honor these outstanding Amateur Radio operators who truly make us all proud to be part of the Amateur Radio Service. Tickets are $48 and an application form is available at http://www.bara.org/ Reprinted from Hudson Division Beacon - July 2006 e-mail edition # 64 * 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, Oct. 6, 2006 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. Huntington ARES/RACES meeting will be on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at the Senior Citizens Center in Huntington, Room 106. There will be an ARES/RACES meeting at 7:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month at the Senior Citizen's Center, Room 106, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY. The remaining dates for 2006 are as follows: October 4, November 1, and December 6. Further information can be found at www.WB2LUA.com John WB2LUA, ARES EC for the Town of Huntington. The Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex (LIARS) club will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 4 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). Info on LIARS Field Day can be found at http://www.wa2lir.com/page1.html Thanks, Frank WA2LIR, President of LIARS Club. Contact Frank at fpeppe@optonline.net Nassau County Police ARC will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Oct. 5, starting at 8:00 pm at the Long Beach Auxiliary Police Headquarters, 859 East Park Ave Long Beach, NY (Maple Blvd and E Park Ave). Please use the westernmost driveway for parking, (thats the second driveway) and if the first car pulls in all the way to the back we will have room for a good number of cars.. Hope to see a good turnout! Look forward to seeing you there! 73, George WB2GTC Contact George at GeorgegeeG@aol.com The Columbia University ARC VE Team will hold a VE exam on Monday, Oct. 9 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 ARC Emergency Communications Service club meeting will be on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd,1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny SmithN2LDV at N2LDV@arrl.net Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at Briarcliffe College, Room: Long Beach #5, Bethpage , NY. We intend to continue our usual VE sessions on the second Tuesday of each month, 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. 10, 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, Oct. 10. For more info, contact Nassau DEC Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. The Club will have guest speakers toward the coordination of a Boy Scout Camporee at Floyd Bennett Field. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ LIMARC will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Hicksville at 7:30 pm. The topic for the October meeting is "Scout Night". The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org The East Village Amateur Radio Club will hold a VE exam session in Manhattan on Wednesday, Oct. 11 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 NYCRA Club meeting is on Thursday, Oct. 12 (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 The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, Oct. 13 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. 13 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. The next Long Island DX Association regular meeting will be at 8PM on Friday, Oct. 20 at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). Usually present at the LIDXA meetings are the two ARRL DXCC checkers: Tom, AG2A and John, W2GW. Bring your new DXCC cards and paperwork to these meetings for official verification and credit. See the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ or contact Ed Whitman, K2MFY, LIDXA Secretary at edwhit@optonline.net for further information. http://www.qsl.net/lidxa The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, Oct. 15 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 Russ Logar, KC2LSB, EC Queens County at kc2lsb@arrl.net HRU 2007 planning committee meeting will be held on Monday, Oct. 16, starting at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held at Babylon Town Hall, ARES/RACES room (enter around back and down the stairs), Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst. This meeting is open to anyone interested in the organization and planning for Ham Radio University 2007. For more information, contact HRU 2007 chairman Neil Heft KC2KY at kc2ky@arrl.net Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) normally holds monthly meetings on the third Tuesday of the month. The next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. Call Steve KC2KRX at (917) 468 7080 or at bklynplumber909@aim.com or see http://www.kc2ra.com/ for more information. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 17 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. 18 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. 19, 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. 19. 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. Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services will hold an Indoor Hamfest on Sunday, October 22, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 400 South Broadway, Lindenhurst, NY. General admission is $6.00 Spouses and children are free. Doors open for Vendors at 7:00 AM. Buyers at 9:00 AM. For Vendor Information contact: Walter Wenzel, KA2RGI, via email at tobares@optonline.net or see the WebSite at http://www.tobares.org GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, Oct. 22, 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, Walter Wenzel KA2RGI at ka2rgi@optonline.net Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Oct. 30 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 * Other "stuff" - 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] - 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 the 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 - John Reiser, W2GW is the section DXCC card checker John Reiser, W2GW is the section DXCC card checker and is available for field checking of QSL cards for your DXCC Award. John will be available for card checking at all LIDXA meetings, and otherwise by appointment at his home in West Hempstead. 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 - Section VE Sessions Section VE Sessions - available on the web at: http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm 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) |