Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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| November 2001
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ARRL NYC/LI November E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI -- Welcome! This is the November 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. QST Section News The QST Section News column for January 2002 is due on November 12. If you or your club has anything which you feel is of interest to the other members in the section, please contact me before November 12. HAPPENINGS Ham Radio University 2002 - The next planning meeting for this third annual event will be on Monday, November 12 at 7 pm at Babylon Town EOC. Come down and help make this the best HRU ever! HRU is also the ARRL New York City / Long Islnad Section Convention again this year. Contact Phil Lewis N2MUN at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@optonline.net. The LIMARC VE Session location has changed. After over 10 years at the NY Institute of Technology, the location has changed to Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville. The VE session for November will be held on Saturday, November 10, at a new time - 1 pm. Walk-in applicants bring photo ID and $10, original and copy of ham license and any CSCE's. For further information, contact Al Bender W2QZ at w2qz@juno.com. Grumman Amateur Radio Club VE Session location has changed. Due to heightened security measures, they presently are unable to continue running VE sessions at Northrop-Grumman. They have arranged to give sessions at the Underwriters Lab in Melville, NY. VE Sessions start at 5:00 PM and are held as usual on the second Tuesday of each month (Nov 13, Dec 11, etc.). This may be only temporary, but will definitely be the schedule for November and December 2001. For more information contact Bob W2ILP at w2ilp@juno.com or 631-499-2214. NEW "Kid's Net" on Saturdays at 7:30pm on the LARC repeater. The Larkfield Amateur Radio Club is sponsoring this net on its 147.21 repeater, for any hams or soon-to-be hams who are 21 or younger. Join them on Saturdays at 7:30 pm to discuss topics of interest to young amateur radio operators: Kid's Contests, test taking, morse code, exchanging QSL cards and any other topics. Please check in so this new net will be a success! Thank you! Beverly Holtz (KC2IKT). For more info contact Beverly at (631) 547-8454. New ARRL Affiliated Club: The Empire Contest Club has recently been approved for ARRL Affiliation. Welcome! Anyone in the New York City area interested in contesting is asked to contact them for more information. Contact Rich Cariello AA2MF at 718-980-1104 or aa2mf@arrl.net. LIMARC held its one day Technician Class licensing course on Saturday, October 13, 2001. The following new hams passed their Technician license exams and should be heard on the air shortly: Richard Frey KC2IPF, Kevin Kelley KC2IPA, Alex Malewski KC2IPC, Melanie Nesom KC2IPG, Alicia Nowinski KC2IPB, Nicole O'Shea KC2IOZ, Donald Passantino KC2IPE, Chris Prusik KC2IPD, Michelle Smith KC2IOW, Steve Trook KC2IOX, Gordon Williams KC2IPH and Steve Zambito KC2IOY. Congratulations to these new Amateurs! Please welcome them on the air if you hear them. Bob Lochner K2ROG, silent key. As reported by Adam Smook N2EWB: I am sorry to report that former LIMARC Member and longtime Wantagh resident K2ROG passed away (on or about Oct 5th) from complictions after surgery. Bob had been living near Greenville, SC for the last 5 or 6 yrs, with his wife Libby. Ever since I met him in the early 1970's, Bob was a wonderful friend, role model & mentor. I enjoyed many afternoons in my teenage years (up to & including adulthood) learning about Ham Radio, General Aviation and life. Bob inspired and encouraged me and then helped me earn both my General Class Ham Radio License and my Private Pilot License. I will never forget him, the lessons he taught me, and the fun that we had. The man was truly an inspiration and a wonderful friend. Sincerely, N2EWB-Adam Smook A message from the Section Emergency Coordinator: Concerning Training, Nets, Drills and Meetings: ARES members need to step up and raise their commitment. This commitment is vital for the ability to respond and fulfill the ARES communication mission. This includes Net activity, attending meetings, training and keeping your equipment operational. Also, part of the commitment is to recruit new members. Emergency preparedness is a 24/7 commitment. All ARES members should try to dress alike during events, meetings and callouts. I know there is no dress code at this time, For now, ARES members should at least wear the familiar orange hat, ARES ID, and a name tag. All the ARES leadership should have your official ARRL ID badge. This will go a long way to looking like a group. Banners and magnetic signs for command and mobile stations are also suggested. Yes, this requires a personal expense, but I my opinion it is a worthwhile expense. God Bless America. Tom Carrubba KA2D, ARRL ARES Section Emergency Coordinator National Traffic System News: NLI-CW Net (NLI/cw), 3630 KHz, 7:30 pm local, Monday through Friday accepts all stations regardless of speed, and our NCS's always answer calling stations at their own speed (the usual speed of the net call up on NLI is never faster than 17 wpm so even 10 wpm guys and gals can usually catch enough to figure out). Contact Section Traffic Manager Charlie Ferrando WA2YOW at wa2yow@arrl.net. Suffolk County VHF Traffic Net is on 145.210 repeater on Mondays thru Thursdays at 8:00 PM. Net control is Claire WA2VZK. Contact Claire at caheil@aol.com. Nassau County VHF Traffic Net is daily at 7:30 PM on 146.805 repeater. NY City VHF Traffic Net is daily at 8 PM on 146.43. November is Contest Season! The ARRL November Sweepstakes CW starts Saturday, November 3 at 4 pm and runs until 10 pm on Sunday, November 4. November Sweepstakes SSB starts Saturday, November 17 at 4 pm and runs until 10 pm on Sunday, November 18. CQ Worldwide DX Contest CW starts Friday, November 23 at 7 pm and runs until 7 pm on Sunday, November 25. 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 hold their November club meeting on Thursday, November 1 at 8 pm at Long Beach Police Auxiliary Building, 859 East Park Ave, Long Beach. Contact George WB2GTC at GeorgegeeG@aol.com or http://www.qsl.net/kb2uyp/ for more info. American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club meeting on Thursday, November 1, at 7 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com. Peconic ARC Monthly Meeting is Friday, Nov. 2, at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. See http://www.peconic-arc.org Mid Island Amateur Radio Repeater Association Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, November 6, at 7 PM at the Brookhaven Rec Center in Centereach. See http://www.qsl.net/mid-islandarc Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, November 8, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, November 9 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. If you are interested, please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Ham Radio University 2002 Planning meeting is Monday, Nov. 12, at 7 pm at Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. This is the next planning meeting for the 2002 event. Anyone interested in helping out with the planning process for this third annual event is invited. Contact HRU Chairman Phil Lewis N2MUN at 631-226-0698 or n2mun@optonline.net for more information. HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 13, in Queens at 8 pm. See http://www.qsl.net/hosarc. KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 14, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm. See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ LIMARC regular monthly meeting is Wednesday, November 14, in Hicksville at 8 pm. Nominations of officers and directions will be held. See http://www.limarc.org Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Thursday, Nov. 15, in Rocky Point at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org Long Island DX Association will meet on Friday, November 16 at the Polytechnic Institute- Route 110 in East Farmingdale at 8pm. Come in the rear door of the main building adjacent to the East side of Rte. 110. Anyone interested in DX is welcome and refreshments are served. Contact NN2C, Marty Miller, president of the LIDXA, at nn2c@arrl.net The Long Island QRP Club will have a monthly meeting on Saturday, November 17, at Nicky's of Centerport, 6 Little Neck Road, Centerport at 11:30 AM. Bring rigs, batteries, antennas, etc., and we'll put some gear on the air. They will get together after lunch at the park across the street. For more info, contact Jeff WB5GWB at wb5gwb@arrl.net or see their website: http://users.erols.com/tjmc/liqrp.htm Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, November 20, in Bohemia at 8 pm. See http://members.tripod.com/~parasca/index/scrc.html Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 20, at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn. See http://www.kcra.org Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Nov. 27, in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the Senior Citizen's Center at 8 pm. See http://www.nassauarc.org GSBARC Monthly Meeting is Thursday, Nov. 29, in N. Lindenhurst at 8 pm. 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. 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 (rtodaro@myexcel.com) Nassau County - Norm Wesler K2YEW (k2yew@aol.com) Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX (w2fx@arrl.net) Digital Communications - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net) |