Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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November 2006 |
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. Please submit any information for the December issue prior to the end of November. November 2006 is the 67th 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 * Rich Rosner N2STU appointed new NLI Technical Coordinator * 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 I can't believe it's November already! Summer is but a distant memory now and will be fast upon us. Fall is a beautiful season here in the northeast and I hope you can enjoy the last rays of warm sunshine before the cold comes and the snow begins to fall. With the cooler weather comes the heart of the contest season. The CQ Worldwide DX sideband contest was last weekend and I hope you had a chance to participate. I was on the air from Grenada as part of the J3A team. We had six operators and worked over 9400 QSO's during the contest! Sunspots or not, contests sure bring out activity on the bands! For those of you who thought ten meters was surely dead at this point of the cycle, there was a resounding "yes" when asked if it was still alive! Down at J3A, we worked 84 different countries on 10 meters and 1228 contacts! It was great fun being part of successful contest DX-pedition and I would encourage each of you with aspirations to be DX to go ahead and do it - you won't be sorry! November continues contest season with the CW Sweepstakes contest this weekend starting at 4 pm on Saturday. It continues through the month with Sweepstakes phone and then CQ WW DX CW on the weekend after Thanksgiving. Get on, give outs some points, work some new states or countries and have fun! There's been a lot of controversy surrounding the American Red Cross requiring its volunteers to submit to background checks. While ARRL headquarters has said it is up to each individual ham to decide whether they want to voluntarily participate in this process, NLI ARES leaders are suggesting otherwise. Mike Lisenco N2YBB, DEC for NY City, says "I am asking that NO ONE comply with the Red Cross at this time." Mike goes on to say that the Red Cross has hired a private vendor to conduct these checks and that the vendor, through their website, asks that the volunteer provide personal information that allows the vendor to check their criminal history, check their credit history and check their "mode of living." Mike continues "please understand that while you are free to do so if you wish, I would much prefer that we present a united front." Stay tuned for on this topic in the future. Don't forget that the NLI Section Convention is coming up in January! 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. The next planning meeting will be held on Monday, November 13 at Briarcliffe College Cafeteria in Bethpage starting at 7:30 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 I will be the guest speaker at the Larkfield ARC November meeting on Thursday, November 9. The meeting is held at the John J. Flanagan Memorial Activity Center (The old Village Green School) which is located at 423 Park Ave, in Huntington. I will be talking about my recent J3A Contest DX-pedition and the upcoming Ham Radio University 2007. I hope you can come down to the meeting. 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 November Sweepstakes CW this weekend. Please work me if you hear me! Lastly, since both Veteran's day and Thanksgiving are this month, please take some time to be thankful for all you have. Here in America, we are blessed with a wealth of resources and the freedom to enjoy them. Let us never forget the blood and sweat that our forefathers shed to achieve this. Let us give thanks for all we have and remember the sacrifices of our veterans. 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 SEPTEMBER 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 16 2 20 275 0 0 313 KB2KLH 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 W2DSX 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 K2TV 40 40 10 10 0 0 100 All stations are encouraged to report even if activity is less than qualifying total! LATE PSHR FOR AUGUST 2006 K2TV 1/40 2/10 3/10 4/10 5/0 6/0 TOTAL/70 ******************************************************************** STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS: The following stations have submitted activity reports for the Month of SEPTEMBER 2006 CALL ORIGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTAL W2DSX 3 55 7 11 77 KB2KLH 0 35 13 6 54 AB2IZ 0 0 2 0 2 K2TV 0 24 22 0 46 K2TV(AUG) 0 6 3 1 10 Brass Pounder's League: Month of SEPTEMBER 2006 No one qualified for the BPL this month. ******************************************************************** Section Traffic Manager Monthly Report MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2006 Section and Local Nets: Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY STATE/MORN. NYS/M 28 99 */25 KA2GJV NY STATE/EARLY NYS/E 30 218 94/89 KA2GJV NY STATE/LATE NYS/L 30 180 120/95 W2YGW NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON 30 267 114/113 N2YJZ NY PHONE NYP 29 122 85/81 K2MPE BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 30 541 48/48 KB2KLH NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 28 101 89/77 W2DSX SUFFOLK CO VHF SCVHF * ** EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 30 422 73/* 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 *** Newsflash - Last session of NYS/M will be on 9 November 2006, on it's 25th Anniversary. Many thanks to Bruce and all the others who have kept this net alive *** 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 ******************************************************************** Digital Activity for September 2006: W2DSX-4 VHF REC/5 SENT/3 HF-Pactor REC/7 SENT/2 All stations are encouraged to send in any digital NTS/EMCOM activity, including those that use New soundcard modes and the various forms of packet being used now... ******************************************************************** End of report, respectfully submitted by Jim Minor W2DSX, NLI STM Any corrections, comments and questions to w2dsx@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. * 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! Huntington ARES/RACES meeting will be on Wednesday, Nov. 1 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: 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, Nov. 1 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, Nov. 2, 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 Peconic ARC normally has its monthly general meeting on the first Friday of the month. The next regular meeting is Friday, Nov. 3, 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. KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 8, 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, Nov. 8, in Hicksville at 7:30 pm. Nominations for officers and directors will be taken. 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, Nov. 8 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 Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Nov. 9, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. The guest speaker this month is George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager. George will be speaking about his recent J3A contest DX-pedition and the upcoming Ham Radio University 2007. For more information about the meeting, E-mail Ed at kc2e@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org NYCRA Club meeting is on Thursday, Nov. 9 (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, Nov. 10 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, Nov. 10 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. The Columbia University ARC VE Team 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 HRU 2007 planning committee meeting will be held on Monday, Nov. 13, starting at 7:30 pm. The meeting will be held at Briarcliffe College, Cafeteria, 1055 Stewart Ave, Bethpage. 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 ARC Emergency Communications Service club meeting will be on Tuesday, Nov. 14 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, Nov. 14 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, Nov. 14, 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, Nov. 14 For more info, contact Nassau DEC Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net Grumman Amateur Radio Club monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, Nov. 15 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. 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. 16. 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 next Long Island DX Association regular meeting will be at 8PM on Friday, Nov. 17 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 Long Island QRP Club will have a meetin' and eatin' Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, 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 2:00 p.m. or later. Nicky's is a moderately priced restaurant. You can have a complete meal for under $10. Bring family, friends, and stuff for show-and-tell, or just bring yourself. Nicky's provides us with plenty of space for people and gear. Note that we don't conduct any formal business at our meetings (since we have no formal business!), so you will not be bored. If you arrive late, look for us in the little park across the street from Nicky's. We may string up an antenna and try out a rig or two. If the weather is prohibitive, we have been known to get on the air and make contacts from inside the restaurant using an indoor antenna. For more information, contact Jeff WB5GWB at WB5GWB@optonline.net or visit the LIQRP Club web site at http://www.qsl.net/liqrp/ The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, Nov. 19 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 Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) normally holds monthly meetings on the third Tuesday of the month. The next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, Nov. 21 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, Nov. 21 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 GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, Nov. 26, 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 Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Nov. 27 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 Kristen Haring, author of the book "Ham Radio's Technical Culture", will discuss her research and answer questions on the The New York City Metro Area 6 meter Millennnium Net, Wednesday, November 29. Dr. Haring's research focuses on ham culture: why so many adopted this technical hobby, how the pastime helped them form identity and community, and how hams developed distinct values and practices with regard to radio, creating what Haring calls a technical culture. The New York City Metro Area 6 meter Millennnium Net meets at 9:00 pm Eastern time on 50.135 Mhz Wed. nights. You can also connect via Echolink. Connect to Gateway Host W2RJJ-L Node 288213. For more information, contact Dave White KC2ICA at dwhite@macconnect.com Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Nov. 30 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.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) |