Section Happenings Newsletter
Edited by Mike Lisenco N2YBB
NLI Section Manager
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October 2009 |
Hello! This is the October 2009 edition of the New York City-Long Island Section "e-Happenings" newsletter. This newsletter is here to serve the Amateur Radio community in our area. We welcome and encourage all submissions. Help make this your newsletter. We especially encourage NLI Radio clubs and Organizations to submit their meeting announcements, guest speakers and any special events. Please submit any information for the 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 INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE: * From Mike Lisenco N2YBB, Section Manager * From Jim Mezey W2FKV, ARES SEC * From Jim Minor W2DSX, NTS STM ************************************************************************ HAPPENINGS * From Mike Lisenco N2YBB, Section Manager It’s October, time for Fall Hamfest season and Yankee baseball! Along with the ALCS, this weekend provides us with the annual LIMARC Indoor Hamfest. Sunday, October 25, 2009 at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway in Hicksville. Doors open at 7:00 am for vendors and 9 am for buyers. A VE session is scheduled for 12 noon. For more information, directions and talk-in frequency go to the LIMARC website at www.limarc.org. I will be at the ARRL table, so please stop by and say hi. ------ NLI HAS TWO HUDSON DIVISION AWARD WINNERS!!!! As I wrote in the previous newsletter, NLI has two winners this year: Diane Ortiz, K2DO has won the 2009 Grand Ole’ Ham Award and Jim Mezey, W2KFV, has won the 2009 Amateur of the Year Award. The awards will be presented at the annual Hudson Division Awards Dinner, which will take place this year on Sunday Afternoon, November 8, 2009 at Biagio's Restaurant, 299 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652 from 12:30pm – 4:30pm. The dinner is always a great event with participation from all Sections within the Division. The cost of a ticket is $50 (clubs can buy a table of 10 at the reduced price of $450) with profits from the dinner and advertising sales in the Awards Dinner Journal going to our Division Scholarship Fund and also to the ARRL Spectrum Defense Fund to preserve and protect our hobby/service. IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO ATTEND THIS GREAT EVENT! For more information, please contact Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, ARRL Vice Director, Hudson Division at ka2anf@arrl.org. ----- Once summer is over the planning for the annual NLI Section Convention goes into full gear. Ham Radio University 2011 will celebrate its eleventh year this coming January 10, 2010. HRU 2010 is "a day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and fellowship among Amateur Radio operators.” Forums covering virtually every aspect of ham radio led by experts in the field will be available to anyone who attends. Last year, 30 clubs and organizations were represented and nearly 40 forums were attended by hundreds of hams from all over the region. The day culminates with a VE session for anyone wishing to take an exam. For more information, please go to the HRU website: www.hamradiouniversity.org ----- As a “new” Section Manager, I was invited to ARRL HQ for the weekend of September 24-27 for the annual orientation program for new SMs. 12 of us from all over the country participated in forums which were conducted by all of the HQ department heads covering many aspects of League management and what we are expected to do as Section Manager. It was a busy and tiring, but very enjoyable, 3 days at the League. ----- For those who missed it, the New York State QSO Party was held on October 17th. It was a 12 hour all mode contest. Unfortunately, I had family commitments for that day, so I was only able to participate for the first and last 2 hours. In that time I worked 30 counties and a number of states. It was fun being on the receiving end of a pile-up for a change. This was the first NY qso party in at least 25 years. Hats off to the Rochester DX Association for coordinating and running the event, and thanks to those clubs who sponsored it. Next year, ALL 12 HOURS!!! For more info on the event, go to: http://www.rdxa.com or www.nyqp.org ----- Congratulations to the Great South Bay ARC on their participation in the Babylon Beautification Society’s Country Fair on September 13th. The club provided communications support for the event and ran a special event station, generating both goodwill for and interest in amateur radio in the community. ----- Congratulations to Jack Hayne, WB2BED, for being recognized for his military service during the cold war in an hour-long ceremony at Farmingdale’s American Airpower Museum on October 3rd. An article appeared with some very nice photos in Newsday on October 4th. ----- AGAIN, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ AND FOLLOW-UP WITH A LETTER!!! ARRL Seeks Member Support for HR 2160 To support HR 2160 -- The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2009 -- the ARRL is asking its membership to contact their members of the US House of Representatives with a request to become co-sponsors of this significant piece of legislation. Three new sponsors of the House bill have joined and a Senate version was introduced recently by Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), along with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), introduced Senate Bill 1755, The Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Enhancement Act of 2009, which is similar to HR 2160. "Getting a bill successfully through Congress is a formidable task -- one that is going to require the involvement of every ARRL member," said ARRL Regulatory Information Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND. "Working with our Washington consulting firm Chwat & Co, we are laying a dynamic approach that will allow us to make our case most effectively. We have developed a strategy to maximize our impact when dealing with each member of Congress." Since the anthrax scare that followed the 9-11 attacks, all incoming mail to Congress is delayed anywhere from four to six weeks while it is screened. This means using normal US Mail is no longer an effective method of letting Congress hear your voice. While e-mail is convenient, it is not effective, due to the large volume of e-mail that each Congressional office receives. "To ensure that ARRL members' letters are quickly and expediently received by Congress, our strategy is to ask ARRL members send their letters directly to Chwat & Co," said Henderson. "Chwat's staff will sort the letters by Congressional district and hand-deliver them to the appropriate House offices, providing a direct point of contact with the Congressman and their staff. This personal contact gives us the chance to provide not only letters from constituents, but information from the ARRL on why this legislation is important." The ARRL has provided a sample letter for League members to personalize and send to their Congressional representative. For more information on the Act and the sample letter, go to: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/05/12/10818/?nc=1 ----- I will be a guest operator during the week of October 19-23 at the club station of the United Nations, 4U1UN. I will be operating RTTY and Phone as a participant in the 4U1UN Activity Week, designed primarily to give a new DXCC contact to all those who need it. The operator list is international in flavor, including: OH2BH, OH0XX, OH2NB, OH6LI, G3SXW, F5CWU, F4EGD, PY5EG, JK3GAD, UA9AB, LA5IIA LA4OFA, NN1N, K2QI, KA2RTD, K2LE, N2UN, N2GA, K2DO, N2YBB, KA2D, WQ2N and W2VQ. Activity will be from 8am until midnight local time (1200-0400 UTC) each day. All-night activity is planned for Friday the 23rd and Saturday the 24th of October. Some of the operators will form an international team for CQ World-Wide SSB Contest participation in the 'Two Transmitter' (M2) category. QSL via HB9BOU. LoTW upload will be done after the operation. ----- If you have a club event that you would like to publicize, please be sure to email me with all the particulars and I’ll place it in the eNewsletter. If it is short term, I can easily send out an email to the Section. Contact me at n2ybb@arrl.org with the particulars. ----- If you would like me to attend an upcoming meeting of your club, please email me at n2ybb@arrl.org and I'll be more than happy to set it up. ------ That's it for me this month. Hpe CU on the bands! 73, Mike N2YBB n2ybb@arrl.org ******************************************************************** From Jim Mezey W2FKV, ARES Section Emergency Coordinator September 2009 Monthly Section Emergency Coordinator Report NLI Section Total Number of ARES members: 11 # of DEC's /EC's Reporting This Month: 3 # of ARES Nets Active: 3 # with NTS Liaison: 3 Calls of DEC's/EC's Reporting: WB2LUA, KB2SCS, K2RRM Number of drills, tests and training sessions this month: 26 Person Hours: 826 Number of Public Service Events this month: 2 Person Hours: 212 Number of Emergency Operations this month: 0 Person Hours: 0 Total number of ARES operations this month: 28 Total Person Hours: 1038 Comments: Reports from Nassau DEC, Suffolk Town of Huntington and Town of Islip EC's. No other reports from the other EC's or DEC. Nassau County participated in their SET Drill September 13th. Jim Mezey, W2KFV ARRL- ARES Section Emergency Coordinator New York City/Long Island ********************************************************************* From Jim Minor W2DSX, NTS Section Traffic Manager THE ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of SEPTEMBER 2009 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points [STATION] [PSHR CATEGORY/POINTS] [TOTAL] 1/2/3/4/5/6/ TOTAL K2BRG * = 155 W2LIE * = 147 N2RDB * = 146 WF2T * = 125 W2KFV * = 120 KC2CHA * = 105 KA2EJD * = 103 K2YYD * = 102 K2TV 40/40/10/0/0/10 = 100 KB2KLH 40/40/20/0/0/0 = 100 N2VGA * = 99 W2DSX 36/40/20/0/0/0 = 96 K2UPS * = 94 K2RRM * = 87 NY3H * = 86 W2NYJ * = 86 WA2WKV * = 85 WB2HPI * = 81 WB2WAK * = 77 WB2ZEX * = 71 K2JAN * = 70 N2RLD * = 70 * = Info not received in time All stations are encouraged to report even if activity is less than qualifying total! NO LATE PSHR FOR AUGUST 2009 ******************************************************************** STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS: The following stations have submitted activity reports for the Month of SEPTEMBER 2009 CALL ORIGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTAL W2DSX O/0 R/37 S/3 D/22 = 62 KB2KLH O/0 R/33 S/2 D/12 = 47 Brass Pounder's League: Month of AUGUST 2009 No one qualified for the BPL this month. ******************************************************************** Section Traffic Manager Monthly Report MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2009 Section and Local Nets: Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON 30 229 166/146 WB3CUF NYS/E NYS/E 30 158 38/37 KT2D NY PHONE NYP 10 64 35/35 AK2Z BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 29 299 13/13 KB2KLH NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 30 334 44/39 W2DSX SUFFOLK CO VHF SCVHF * ** EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 30 387 69/* WI2G * = report not received in time for posting. ** = position open, please contact w2dsx if interested in position ******************************************************************** NTS SECTION LEVEL and INDEPENDENT CW nets : *//* STATEWIDE CW NETS: /*NYS/M*/ 10am local time daily /*NYS/E*/ 7pm local time daily /*NYS/L*/ 10pm local time daily - As of now the frequency for all things NTS in NY is 3576. The alternate freq. is usually 7042 kHz ± but 80 is starting to go long again, so if you can get on topband, the alternate of 1807 kHz. INDEPENDENT CW NETS which maintain close association with the NTS. */Empire Slow Speed Net/* (ESS) 6pm daily on 3576 kHz . Alt. 7044 ± */Hit and Bounce Net/* (HBN) 8:30am daily on 3576 kHz . */Hit and Bounce Slow Net/* (HBSN) 7:30am daily on 3576 kHz, alt. may be 7114 NTS SECTION LEVEL HF/phone nets: /*New York Phone*/ (NYP) 1pm *Now WEEKENDS ONLY*, but try to give them a check-in if able so as to keep the net running. Alt. ± 7237 kHz. /*New York Public Operations Net*/ (NYPON) 5pm daily on 3925 kHz ± QRM, alternate freq. 3913 kHz 4)The NTS "local nets" are: */Big Apple VHF Net/* 8:00pm daily on 146.430 MHz (1 MHz split) /*Nassau Co. VHF Net*/ 7:30pm on 146.805 MHz (136.5pl) Alternate freq. of 147.135 (136.5) /*Suffolk Co. VHF Net*/ Not meeting at this time, however if you're interested in participating, */please/* let me know w2dsx@arrl.net Curious as to what all this means? See http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/pscm/sec2-ch1.html, and one of my favorites, Dan K2UL's (STM SNJ) page: http://home.att.net/~k2ul/resource.htm End of report, respectfully submitted by Jim Minor W2DSX, NLI STM Any corrections, comments and questions to w2dsx@arrl.net ******************************************************************** UPCOMING Club Events/Meetings Club events are being kept up to date on the "Event Calendar". These events, with contact information, can be found using the "NLI Events" link at the top of the homepage. If you would like your club event publicized and listed on the calendar, please send me an email with the pertinent information. Be sure to include the date(s) and contact information for the club/responsible party. Also be certain to include a link to the information on your website. I will not cull the information from your club newsletters as I will not assume that you want the event publicized. You must email me with a specific request to include the event on the Section calendar. The Club listing is always being updated. Please submit your meeting information to n2ybb@arrl.org NOTE - Always check with the club to verify the date, time and location of the events/meetings listed here. 575 Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex Club The LIARS Club meets on the first Tuesday of the month at Newfield High School in Selden, NY at 7:30PM. All are welcome. Our web site is: www.lisimplex.org Contact: Tim MoDavis, KA2VZX at ka2vzx@arrl.net --- ARC - ECS Meets at the American Red Cross Queens Area Office, 138-02 Queens Blvd., 1st Floor Briarwood, NY 11435 Meeting Time: 1st Tuesday Monthly 7:30 PM Home page URL: http://www.arcecs.org Please contact Leonard Smith (PIO) at: n2ldv@arrl.net for information. --- Grumman ARC (GARC) http://www.qsl.net/wa2lqo/ Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at the Allen Ellsworth Park in Farmingdale, starting at 5:30 PM GARC VE sessions are held on the second Tuesday of each month at Briarcliffe College in Bethpage, Room: Long Beach #5, starting at 5:00 PM. Contact: Robert Wexelbaum w2ilp@optonline.net --- Great South Bay ARC GSBARC Monthly meetings are the last Thursday of the month, 8PM. Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. GSBARC Monthly VE are the 4th Sunday starting 12:00 NOON For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org/ --- HOSARC The NY Hall of Science ARC has general membership meetings on the second Tuesday of each month, with the exception of July and August. The meetings are a time to take care of club business, listen to a great speaker regarding an interesting topic related to ham radio, and to make new friends and catch up with old friends. The club has its meetings at the NY Hall of Science in Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, NY. Please check the club's website at www.hosarc.org for more detailed information. --- Town of Huntington ARES/RACES Meetings Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM at the Senior Citizens Center, 423 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY. The primary agenda for the meetings will be scheduling special events, training, and technical discussions. NY. For more information, see: http://www.wb2lua.com or contact John A. Allocca, WB2LUA at 631-261-3726 or via e-mail at: john@allocca.com --- Long Island DX Association (LIDXA) http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ Regular meetings are at 8pm on the third Thursday of the month at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). For club details, see our Web site, or contact Ed Whitman, K2MFY, LIDXA Secretary at edwhit@optonline.net for further information. LIDXA President, John, W2GW, is an ARRL DXCC card checker. Bring your new DXCC cards and paperwork to these meetings for official verification and credit. --- Long Island Mobile ARC LIMARC meets the second Wednesday each month, 8PM at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY. All are welcome. Bring a friend! Webpage is: http://www.limarc.org Club Contact: President, Rich Cetron, K2KNB k2knb@limarc.org Club PIO: Rich Levow, WA2NLL wa2nll@arrl.net --- Long Island Transmitter Hunters (LITHARC) Seeking new participants A group of Long Island transmitter hunting enthusiasts has been conducting hunts on Friday nights with an occasional Sunday event and we are seeking new participants to join in the fun. Anyone interested in learning more about the activity of radio direction finding and radio "fox hunting" is invited to come out as a hunter or rider. A LITHARC discussion group (Long Island Transmitter Hunters ARC) has been established on Yahoo Groups as a central information and communications site. You are welcome to sign up to keep informed about upcoming events. If you would like our group to conduct a hunt in your area that would include members of your radio club, please let us know. For more information, contact Larry, WA2SUH at wa2suh@aol.com --- Nassau ARC (NARC) http://www.nassauarc.org Meetings every Monday night at 8 PM in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center. The General meeting is the last Monday of the month at 8 PM. All are welcome. Contact Lance Aue, KA2EJD, President at vze3db97@verizon.net --- Radio Central ARC Radio Central Amateur Radio Club holds it regular meetings on the last Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach. All are welcome. For directions and other club information, please check out the club web page - http://www.rcarc.org. --- Suffolk County Radio Club (SCRC) Monthly meeting is the third Tuesday of the month - 8 PM at the Grace Lutheran Church in Mastic. Contact: Tim Clark KC2LIN, 631-418-5057 http://www.suffolkcountyradioclub.org --- BONAC Amateur Radio Club (BARC) BARC meets the 4th Thursday of the month at 6:00 PM at the Amagansett Library. For more information please go to the club website at http://www.bonacarc.org --- The Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services (TOBARES) meetings are on the third Thursday each month at 8:00 PM. Location is the basement of Babylon Town Hall in the Emergency Operations Center, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst, NY. For more information, see their Website: http://www.tobares.org or contact Babylon town EC Walter Wenzel, KA2RGI at 631-957-0218 or via e-mail at tobares@optonline.net ---- Wantagh Amateur Radio Club Meetings are held on the second Friday of each month at 8:00PM at the Wantagh Public Library, 3285 Park Ave, Wantagh, NY 11793. Entrance to the meeting room is at the rear of the library, adjacent to the parking lot. For more information, see the club's website at http://www.qsl.net/w2va , or contact Frank Porcaro, N2RSO, President, via e-mail at: n2rso@arrl.net ----- Symbol Technologies Amateur Radio Club The Symbol Technologies Amateur Radio Club is dedicated to serving the amateur radio community and the general public on Long Island, New York. The club operates under the vanity call sign of W2SBL. (Formerly K2TKE) STARC holds its regular business meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at the Motorola building in Holtsville NY. Meetings are restricted to Motorola Associates. For more information, please go to the club website: http://www.jsconsulting.com/starc --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Section Emergency Coordinator – Jim Mezey, W2KFV w2kfv@arrl.net New York City: District Emergency Coordinator Russ Logar, KC2LSB kc2lsb@arrl.net Manhattan: Emergency Coordinator Mike Nunez, KC2NCV kc2ncv@arrl.net No meeting listed at this time Bronx: Emergency Coordinator Gabe Cuebas, N2PQT n2pqt@arrl.net No meetings during the summer. Fall tba. Brooklyn: Assistant Emergency Coordinator Alan Nyysola , K2ARN k2arn@arrl.net 2nd Saturday of the month, 7:00pm at Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn Queens: Emergency Coordinator Charlie Alfano, WA2GUG wa2gug@arrl.net 3rd Sunday of month, 2pm, Elmhurst Hospital, Queens, Rm. A1-15 Staten Island: Emergency Coordinator Joe Nieves, N2TEE n2tee@arrl.net No meetings during the summer. Fall tba. Nassau County: District Emergency Coordinator Rob Martens, K2RRM k2rrn@arrl.net Nassau County ARES meets monthly on the 4th Thursday at 7:30pm. Meetings are held at the Nassau County Senior Citizens Activities Center in Eisenhower Park. Contact Rob for directions. There are no individual city or township meetings in Nassau County. For more information about local ARES groups, contact Rob K2RRN or the following Emergency Coordinators: City of Glen Cove: Bob Batchelor ,W2OSR w2osr@arrl.net Town of Oyster Bay: Bruce Gronich K2BRG k2brg@arrl.net Town of North Hempstead: Dave Kass WA2LKJ Davet36526@aol.com Town of Hempstead: Frank Porcaro N2RSO n2rso@arrl.net City of Long Beach: George Geller WB2GTC georgegeeg@aol.com Suffolk County: District Emergency Coordinator Bill Scheibel, N2NFI n2nfi@yahoo.com Emergency Coordinators: Babylon: Walter Wenzel, KA2RGI ka2rgi@arrl.net 3rd Thursday of the month at 8:00 pm. Babylon Town Hall EOC (basement). Huntington: John Allocca, WB2LUA john@allocca.com 1st Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm Huntington Senior Citizens Center. Islip: John Blowsky, KB2SCS kb2scs@arrl.net VE session 3rd Thursday of the month at 8:00 pm. American Legion Hall in East Islip Smithtown: Joe Albertus, KB2JOE kb2joe@optonline.net No monthly meeting. Brookhaven: Joe Werner, KC2BPS kc2bps@arrl.net 2nd Monday of the month at 8:00 pm Brookhaven Town Hall, Farmingdale. Riverhead: Don Rollock, W2EUL w2eul@yahoo.com No monthly meeting. Southampton: Dennis O’Rourke, KB2ZWW dennis1153@hotmail.com No monthly meeting. Southold: Don Fisher, N2QHV n2qhv@arrl.net ARES announcements and business conducted during the Peconic ARC meetings. 1st Friday of the month at 6:30 pm. Southold Free Library, Southold. East Hampton: Nat Raynor, N2NEI n2nei@arrl.net 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm during the BONAC ARC meeting. Amagansett Library, Amagansett Shelter Island: Neal Raymond, N2QZA panda80@optonline.net No monthly meeting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Other “stuff” [DX] John Reiser, W2GW is the section DXCC card checker and is available for field checking of QSL cards for your DXCC Award. John is available by appointment at his home in West Hempstead for card checking, and at all LIDXA meetings. If some lives far from him, John is willing to meet them half way at a diner or someplace. Contact John at w2gw@arrl.net *NLI DX Spotting Clusters AA2MF Staten Island-NY, dxc.aa2mf.net W2GSB West Babylon-NY, 24.185.125.244, RF 145.670 K2LS Greensboro- NC. dxc.k2ls.com *K2LS is still a popular spot for many NLI DXers. --- [From ARRL] Finding ham radio classes a mouse click away! A new user-friendly feature on the ARRL Web site--the ARRL Amateur Licensing Class Search Page--lets prospective hams search for a licensing class in their area. It also allows ARRL registered instructors to list their classes on the Web. Visitors can search for classes by ZIP code, ARRL Section or state. http://www.arrl.org/FandES/courses/ ARRL C-CE course advance registration opportunities via e-mail. A service now allows those interested in taking an ARRL Certification and Continuing Education (C-CE) course in the future to receive advance word of registration opportunities via e-mail. To take advantage, send an e-mail to prereg@arrl.org. On the subject line, include the course name or number (eg, 00#). In the message body, include your name, call sign, e-mail address, and the month you want to start the course. To learn more, visit the ARRL Certification and Continuing Education Web page <http://www.arrl.org/cce/> and the C-CE Links found there. For more information, contact Emergency Communications Course Manager Dan Miller, K3UFG, dmiller@arrl.org 860-594-0340. --- ARES E-Letter, sign up now! The ARES E-Letter is an e-mail digest of news and information of interest to active members of the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and to hams concerned with public service and emergency communications ARRL members may subscribe to The ARES E-Letter by going to the Member Data Page at: http://www.arrl.org/members-only/memdata.html?modify=1 Check the box for "ARES E-Letter (monthly public service and emergency communications news)" and you're all set. Past issues of The ARES E-Letter are available at http://www.arrl.org/ares-el/ . Issues are posted to this page after publication. --- [Repeaters] MetroCor is coordinating body for the New York metro area. MetroCor is the established coordinating body for the New York Metro area, inclusive of New York City - Long Island, Westchester County and the majority of Northern New Jersey. You must apply for coordination through MetroCor if you wish to establish a new system on Amateur Radio Spectrum above 29.5 MHz. These and any other matters related to repeater systems' coordination are welcomed by MetroCor. They invite you to visit their website at: http://www.metrocor.net You can also direct questions to their e-mail at metrocor@metrocor.net --- Section VE Sessions Section VE Sessions -available on the web at: http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm --- NLI Webpage: The Section Webpage is in the process of being upgraded. The site contains LOTS of great information on section happenings, VE session, Education, Clubs, section staff, and much more! See http://hudson.arrl.org/nli NLI Section News is available at: http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=NLI Please continue to help make this newsletter even more interesting and informative by sending me news about YOUR club and events. --- NLI Staff NLI ARES: SEC NLI - Jim Mezey W2KFV w2kfv@arrl.net DEC New York City - Russ Logar KC2LSB kc2lsb@arrl.net DEC Nassau County – Rob Martens K2RRM k2rrm@arrl.net DEC Suffolk County - Bill Scheibel N2NFI n2nfi@arrl.net Affiliated Club Coordinator – Phil Lewis N2MUN n2mun@optonline.net Technical Coordinator – Steve Barreres K2CX k2cx@arrl.net Public Information Coordinator – Ed Muro K2EPM k2epm@arrl.net State Government Liason – George Tranos N2GA n2ga@arrl.net Section Traffic Manager – Jim Minor W2DSX w2dsx@optonline.net Official Observer Coordinator - VACANT Webmaster - Mitch Cohen N2RGA n2rga@arrl.net Assistant Section Managers: Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX w2fx@arrl.net Digital Communications - John Blowsky KB2SCS kb2scs@arrl.net |