November 2003 |
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. Please submit any information for the December issue prior
to the end of November.
Section News
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HAPPENINGS
Next Ham Radio University 2004 planning meeting November 10
The first planning meeting for Ham Radio University 2004 was held
on Monday, October 20, at 7 PM. The next meeting will be held
on Monday, November 10, at 7 PM in the ARES/RACES room
(downstairs) in Babylon Town Hall, Sunrise Highway, North
Lindenhurst. It is open to anyone interested in helping with the
logistics and planning of HRU 2004. Please let me know if you're
planning on attending. HRU 2004 will be held at East Woods
School in Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, on Sunday, January 18,
2004. 73, George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI,
Chairman, Ham Radio University 2004, n2ga@arrl.org .
Please see
the HRU 2004 website at http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2004.htm
Sole ARRL Director Race is in Hudson Division!
The only contested seat in the current election cycle for ARRL
directors and vice directors is in the Hudson Division.
Incumbent Director Frank Fallon, N2FF, of East Williston,
New York, will face a challenge from current Vice Director
and former Director Stephen A. Mendelsohn, W2ML, of
Dumont, New Jersey. Ballots will go out no later than
November 1 to all full League members in the division who
are in good standing as of September 10. The current
election cycle includes the Central, Hudson, New England,
Northwestern and Roanoke divisions. See full story at
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/09/03/1/?nc=1
Make sure to cast your vote to make your opinion count!
HUDSON DIVISION AWARDS DINNER on Nov. 8
Just before July 4th the ARRL Hudson Division Awards Committee
met to select the annual division award winners for 2003.
Each year, the Committee selects the Technical Achievement and
Ham of the Year winner as well as the Grand Ole Ham.
2003's Technical Achievement Award winner is Len Signoretti Jr,
N2LEN, of Brooklyn, New York. The 2003 Grand Ole Ham is
Jim Joyce, K2ZO, of Washington Township, New Jersey.
The 2003 Hudson Division Amateur of the Year is Bruce Lordi,
N2XP, of Flanders, New Jersey. The Hudson Division Awards
Dinner will be held on November 8th in Northern New Jersey at
Biaggio's. Congratulations to all the award winners! More
information can be found at http://www.hudson.arrl.org
From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator:
New York City: from N2NOV
World Trade Center Memorial Services (September 11th)
10 operators x 9 hours = 90 man/hours
Dan's 5K Fun Run - Brooklyn (September 13th)
10 operators x 3 hours = 30 man/hours
MS Bike Tour - Manhattan/NNJ/Rockland (September 14th)
16 operators x 11 hours = 176 man/hours
Juvenile Diabetes Walk - Queens (September 14th)
7 operators x 5 hours = 35 man/hours
Siller Tunnel to Towers Run - Brooklyn/Manhattan (September 28th)
9 operators x 7 hours = 63 man/hours
Kings County; from Adam Fine AB2IZ: Kings County ARES
Through the efforts of Mike, W2MPL and Vincent, WB2AAP,
Kings County ARES participated in it's first solo event in
September and has an activity planned for almost every
weekend in the month of October. Kudos gentlemen!
Public Service Events: 09/11/03 - World Trade Center
Commemoration Ceremony (NYC): AB2IZ and N2ECR
09/13/03 - Dan's 5K Fun Run/Walk - KC2CHE, KC2EDR,
KC2HQZ, KC2JXM, KC2LLN, N2ECR, N2RGA, N2YBB,
W2MPL and WA2JNF. 09/14/03 - MS Bike Tour (NYC-NJ):
AB2IZ, KC2JXM, N2ECR, N2YBB and W2/8R1B
09/28/03 - Tunnel to Towers Run (Bklyn-NYC) N2KEN and
WA2JNF. Kings County ARES meeting 09/24/03 - Topics:
Structure of the ARRL Field Organization, gaining more public
exposure for the group, uniforms, expanding number of events
and membership roster, and getting more participation at
meetings. In attendance: AB2IZ, KA2KDQ, KB2TWY,
KC2CBL, KC2EDR, KC2JXM, KC2LJC, KC2LLN, N2ECR,
N2RGA, N2YBB, N2ZS, W2/8R1B, W2MPL, WA2JNF and
WB2AAP. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, October
22nd, 2003 at 7pm. The location is UCP 121 Lawrence Street,
between Ocean Parkway and Seton Place Brooklyn, NY.
Topic: Backup and emergency power by Joe, N2ECR. All are
welcome. Signature: Adam Fine Title: EC Callsign: AB2IZ
Queens County; from Charles Gallo KC2IXE, Queens County EC
Here is the after action report (less timed log) for the
Queens JDRF Walkathon - We had 7 operators Charles
Gallo (KC2IXE) (Shadow 1), Charles Alfano (WA2GUG)
(Rest Area 1), Joe Albertus (KB2QLE) (Rest Area 2),
Harvey Fermaglich (N2EOI) (Floater 1), Steve Greenbaum
(WB2KDG) (Floater 2), Jacob Stockton (N2ZWV)
(Floater3/Bike1), Bernard Stein (K2ZIR) (Net Control).
We met at the Hall of Science at 8:30, and the net started
at 9:00am (give or take a few minutes), and the net shutdown
at about 1:30 - call it 35 hours of Public Service. The Net
was run on the Hall Of Science Repeater and was a
smooth net. No major problems with the ARES deployment
We handled 3 emergencies - The First was reported as a Young
Girl injured - variously reported as "fell out of Tree", "Walked
into Tree", but later turned out to be, stepped on a nail. We
reported the incident to JDRF, who had NYDP call EMS -
by the time any of our members got to the location, the
patient was taken care of and was on her way. Incident 2
was initially reported as a "Woman collapsed at the 5K mark".
As we had no initial reports as to condition, on my way to
talk to the JDRF rep, I informed the nearest NYPD rep to
dispatch the EMS cart. Jacob then arrived on scene, and it
turned out that the person was 1)Conscious, and 2)Responsive.
In fact, it was a case of a BAD charlie horse. Eventually, after
some wrangling, the EMS cart transported the individual back
to the start finish line. Incident 3 was when a woman got to
Rest Area 2, and could NOT complete the route due to
medical conditions. As the woman did not have a cell phone,
KB2QLE did not have his cell phone, and there were no working
pay phones in the area, we had net control call the woman's
son. There was no response. KB2QLE stayed with the woman until
JDRF was able to respond a vehicle to that location NOTE: JDRF
had NO sag vehicles, and it was only luck that we were able to get
a vehicle in to rest area 2. Rest Area was closed to security - we
had been told that we would NOT need a vehicle pass to
get to this area, but it turns out we did. Jacob did yeoman duty as
the only bike unit. Thank you! And yes, we all got wet.
Lessons: 1)Next Year, get vehicle permits for Rest 1. 2)Having Net
control away from the Start finish lead to a LOT more traffic on
the net (asking to go direct), but allowed him to keep his log in
the dry, and to make that call. 3)Bike units are GREAT - we
really could have used one or 2 more to patrol the course
Queens County ARES received a nice thank you letter from
JDRF.
Nassau County; from Mario Maltese WF2T: On September 9th,
ARES held a debriefing meeting regarding the August
14th Blackout, and preparation for the SET. On September
14th, the Ocean to Sound Relay Race supported by 12 operators.
On the 17th and 18th, an activation occurred in anticipation of
Hurricane Isabelle, and 13 amateurs were involved: one shelter
was opened at the Nassau Community College.
Suffolk County: from Tom KA2D: Members of Town of
Babylon ARES responded to a drill at Republic Airport,
Farmingdale NY on Sept 13. this drill was a joint drill with
Bradley Field, CT. The purpose of the drill was to
activate commercial helicopters to transport medical supplies
into the affected area (Bradley Field). This was not a planned
drill and the Long Island EMCOMM group had no prior
knowledge of the drill. Tom KA2D received a telephone call
from the CT EMCOMM group requesting participation in
this drill. Tom KA2D notified the local EC KA2RGI and
AEC N2UHR. In about 30 minutes members of Town of
Babylon ARES were was on the air with a Net, EOC active
with the EC responding to Republic Airport to meet with the
CT EMCOMM group leader at Republic Airport. They
checked in with the IC on site and set up the requested
communications. Amateur Radio task was to relay the helo's
ID numbers to the CT. They could not establish communications
of either BHF, UHF or HF. In site of this shortcomings, we
received a good report from OEM, Republic Airport Fire and
Police. Our response was quick and complete. The drill was
secured at 12:00 NOON.
SEC; Participated in the CT/Long Island drill on Sept 13.
This drill reinforced the need for a linked repeater system
to establish section wide or inter section communications.
We have had much resistance to block this system in our
area.
STM Claire Heil WA2VZK reports the following:
1)NTS "section level" CW nets :
NYS/M 10am local time daily
NYS/E 7pm local time daily
NYS/L 10pm local time daily
All our "section level" cw nets meet on 3677 KHz .
2)NTS "section level" phone nets:
New York Phone (NYP) 1pm daily
(currently meeting on 7237 KHz but usually meets on 3925 KHz
during the winter months.)
New York Public Operations Net (NYPON) 5pm daily on 3913 KHz
(alternate freq. 3925 KHz +/- QRM).
3)"Independent nets" which maintain close association with the NTS.
Empire Slow Speed Net (ESS) 6pm daily on 3590 KHz .
Hit and Bounce Net (HBN) 8:30am daily on 7042 KHz .
Hit and Bounce Slow Net (HBSN) 7:30am daily on 3714 KHz
(alternate freq. 7114 KHz).
New York City -Long Island cw net (NLI) 7:30pm Mon. through Fri.
on 3630 KHz .
(all times listed are local eastern times)
4)The NTS "local nets" are:
Big Apple Net 8pm daily on 146.430 MHz
Nassau Co. VHF Net 7:30pm on 146.805 MHz (meeting irregularly
at present).
Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz.
The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL
Month of September 2003
New York City/Long Island Section
Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points
AB2IZ 490, N2ECR 151, KC2GOW 100, KB2KLH 100
WB2GTG 90, KE2SX 88, W2DSX 86, N2AKZ 84, WB2AAP 19.
Update for Month of August 2003 - WB2AAP 54
NTS Section or Local nets
Net Name
Abbrev
Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager
NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 29
152 55/50 KA2GJV
NY State/early/cw NYS/E
30 294
153/142 WB2QIX
NY State/late/cw NYS/L
30 231
180/161 W2YGW
NY Phone
NYP
30
135 334/334 N2LTC
NY Public Opr. Net NYPON
30 316 161/158
N2YJZ
Empire Slow Speed net ESS
30
384 0/60
WI2G
NYC-LI/cw
NLI
22
58 24/24
WA2YOW
Big Apple VHF
BAVHF
30 590 121/121
KB2KLH
Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF
30 163 14/14
WA2VZK
Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF
17 85
18/16 WA2VZK
(*) report not received in time for this list
Congratulations and welcome back to the Long Island DX Association
for renewing as an ARRL affiliated club!
LI QRP club meeting on Saturday, November 8 in Centerport.
The Long Island QRP Club will meet on Saturday, November 8, 2003,
at Nicky's of Centerport, 6 Little Neck Road, Centerport, Long Island,
NY (telephone: 631-757-7277). We'll start gathering at 12:00 and some
of us will probably hang around until at least 2:30 p.m. Nicky's is a
moderately priced restaurant. You can have a complete meal for
under $10. Bring friends, family, and stuff for show-and-tell, or just
bring yourself. Nicky's provides us with plenty of space for people
and gear. Please forward this message to anyone who might be
interested in joining us. If you arrive late, look for us in the little
park across the street from Nicky's. If the weather is unusually
warm, we may string up an antenna and try out a rig or two. If the
weather is prohibitive, we have been known to make contacts from
inside the restaurant using an indoor antenna! If you plan to arrive
by train, let me know and we'll pick you up and get you back to
the station at the appropriate time. Hope to see you then! 73 and
72, Jeff WB5GWB. wb5gwb@arrl.net
Transmitter hunting used to be a very popular activity on Long Island,
but lately interest has declined. We want to let you know that 2 meter
hunts have been sponsored and conducted by the Plaza Repeater Group
(146.640/Mineola) for at least the past 25 years. The hunts are normally
held in Nassau County, but we are willing to travel into Queens or
Suffolk if there is interest. It's an exciting activity and we think you'll
have a great time. For further information, contact Larry Berger,
WA2SUH at 516-223-4611, or e-mail at wa2suh@aol.com.
A service now allows those interested in taking an ARRL Certification
and Continuing Education (C-CE) course in the future to receive
advance word of registration opportunities via e-mail. To take
advantage, send an e-mail to prereg@arrl.org. On the
subject line,
include the course name or number (eg, EC-00#). In the message
body, include your name, call sign, e-mail address, and the month
you want to start the course. To learn more, visit the ARRL
Certification and Continuing Education Web page
<http://www.arrl.org/cce/> and the C-CE Links
found there.
For more information, contact Emergency Communications Course
Manager Dan Miller, K3UFG, <dmiller@arrl.org>;
860-594-0340.
New ARES apparel available with "Amateur Radio Communications".
The items are: 1. Orange reflective vest with "Amateur Radio
Communications" on the back, $9.95; 2. Blue windbreaker with ARES
logo on the front and "Amateur Radio Communications" on the back,
$30.95 (can be personalized with name/call); and 3. Black equipment
bag with ARES logo, $24.95. To see these products, please visit
http://www.barkerspecialty.com/arrl/
and click on "ARES Products".
MetroCor is the new coordinating body for the New York
City metropolitan area. See their website at
http://www.qsl.net/metrocor/
Emil Tillona KD1F is the section DXCC card checker and is
available for field checking of QSL cards for your DXCC Award.
If interested, please contact Emil at etillona@interserv.com
Section VE Sessions - available on the web at:
http://hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm
UPCOMING Club Events
Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 5 PM,
at Underwriters Lab in Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP
for more information or to pre-register at (631) 499-2214 or via e-mail
w2ilp@juno.com
The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be
held on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260
68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 7 P.M. Preregister with Harvey (KB2EA) at
718-948-2290 or Ed (W2SN) at 718-833-7120. See http://www.kcra.org
American Red Cross Emergency Communications Service club
meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd,
1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith
N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com.
Nassau County Police ARC will have a meeting on
Thursday, Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 pm at Long Beach
Auxiliary Police Headquarters. Contact George WB2GTC at
GeorgegeeG@aol.com or http://www.qsl.net/kb2uyp/
for more info. It is their annual election meeting.
Peconic ARC monthly meeting is Friday, November 7, 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 Hudson Division Awards Dinner will be held on
Saturday, November 8th in Northern New Jersey at
Biaggio's. Congratulations to all the award winners! More
information can be found at http://www.hudson.arrl.org
Larkfield ARC will hold a VE Session on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003
at 9 am at the Huntington Town Hall, 100 Main Street,
Room 114 (Entrance on Jackson Ave), Huntington, NY.
Contact: Stanley Mehlman N2YKT (631) 423-7132
The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE
exam on Monday, Nov. 10 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
The first planning meeting for Ham Radio University 2004 was held
on Monday, October 20, at 7 PM. The next meeting will be held
on Monday, November 10, at 7 PM in the ARES/RACES room
(downstairs) in Babylon Town Hall, Sunrise Highway, North
Lindenhurst. It is open to anyone interested in helping with the
logistics and planning of HRU 2004. Please let me know if you're
planning on attending. HRU 2004 will be held at East Woods
School in Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY, on Sunday, January 18,
2004. 73, George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI,
Chairman, Ham Radio University 2004, n2ga@arrl.org .
Please see
the HRU 2004 website at http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2004.htm
HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 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.
Please enter the cafeteria through the back science playground behind
the museum. See their website at http://www.qsl.net/hosarc
or
call 718-760-2022.
Nassau County ARES meeting will be held at the Red Cross Chapter at
195 Willis Avenue Mineola, at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at
wa2wkv@arrl.net
LIMARC will hold their next regular monthly meeting on
Wednesday, November 12, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The program
will be the nomination of officers. The nominees will have a chance
to say a few words to the membership. The meetings are held at
Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801.
See http://www.limarc.org
The Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold its regular
monthly "Non-meeting Meeting" (social night) on Thursday, Nov. 13,
at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at
6:30 P.M. See http://www.kcra.org
Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Nov. 13,
in Huntington at 7:30 pm. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see
http://www.larkfield.org
Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday,
Nov.13, in Port Washington. Contact Joe K2KYQ at
jreekie@wawnc.org for more information.
Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, Nov. 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, Nov. 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
Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 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
Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a
regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at The
Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn,
starting at 7 PM. See http://www.kcra.org
KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Ryan's Visitor
Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm
See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/
Manhattan & Bronx ARES meeting will be on Thursday, Nov. 20
at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street).
Contact John KE2UN at ke2un@arrl.net for info.
The Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services
meetings are on the third Thursday each month @ 8:00 PM.
This month's meeting will be held on Thursday, Nov. 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 be meeting on Friday,
November 21. Contact Marty Miller NN2C, President of
the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net. See
the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa/ for more
information.
GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Nov. 20 at 8:00 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, Nov. 24 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
Kings County ARES meeting is on the Wednesday, Nov. 26
at 7 PM at UCP, 121 Lawrence Avenue, between Ocean Parkway
and Seton Place in Kensington, Brooklyn. For info, call Adam Fine
AB2IZ at 917-804-3380.
Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 26
at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm.
See http://www.rcarc.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.
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NLI Section e-happenings
Section Manager - George Tranos N2GA (n2ga@arrl.org)
Assistant Section Managers
NLI - Tom Carrubba KA2D (ka2d@arrl.net)
New York City - Rob Todaro N1XL
Nassau County - Norm Wesler K2YEW (k2yew@arrl.net)
Suffolk County - Len Battista W2FX (w2fx@arrl.net)
Digital Communications - John Blowsky KB2SCS (kb2scs@arrl.net)
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