Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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December 2006 |
ARRL NYC/LI December E-happenings Newsletter Written and Edited by George Tranos N2GA, ARRL Section Manager NYC/LI -- Welcome! This is the December 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 January issue prior to the end of December. December 2006 is the 68th 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 * Ham Radio University 2007 is Sunday, January 7 in Bethpage * Hudson Division Awards Dinner a success * New band plan goes into effect December 15. * UPCOMING Club Events * Other "stuff" * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS * From George Tranos N2GA, Section Manager I sit here on Saturday, December 2, writing my final ehappenings newsletter as Section Manager! Wow, it's hard to believe that 9 whole years have passed since I first became NLI Section Manager in April 1998! So much has happened in that time and I am thankful for all of the support, encouragement and good old hard work provided by so many wonderful people. First, let me say thank you to each of you for your efforts on behalf of ham radio. Each of us represents ham radio when we press the push-to-talk button, hit the morse code key or transmit a digital signal. Thank you for setting a good example every time you're on the air! If you are reading this, you see the wisdom of belonging to our national organization - the ARRL - and are smart enough to know that it is in numbers that we remain strong. Regardless of our differences, we have to talk in one voice to the FCC and US government so that Amateur Radio will be around long after we are all gone. It seems appropriate now to recognize some special people for their efforts over the years. First, a big thanks goes to the NLI staff without whom our field organization would not function. To some of you, their names and calls are familiar but I want to mention them here and commend them for their contributions. My assistant section managers Tom Carrubba KA2D, Len Battista W2FX, John Blowsky KB2SCS and Norm Wesler K2YEW, have been a constant guiding force for me. Affiliated Club Coordinator Phil Lewis N2MUN, Section Emergency Coordinator Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Traffic Manager Jim Minor W2DSX, Public Information Coordinator Diane Ortiz K2DO, and Technical Coordinator Rich Rosner N2STU, have all contributed their time, advice and efforts. Thank you to all of you! Past appointees have also contributed much. While they are no longer in their previous positions, their efforts during their tenure made a difference. They include past TC Sid Wolin K2LJH, ASM Rob Todaro N1XL, OOC Dan Reisman NY2L, STM Claire Heil WA2VZK, STM Charlie Ferrando WA2YOW, PIC Roberta Keis N2RBU, TC Mike Kozma WY2U, SEC Mario Maltese WF2T, BM Mike Christoper W2IW, ACC Steve Fook K2EJ, ASM Addison Levi KD2YA. Amateur Radio clubs and their members are the heart and soul of ham radio. Thank you to the many clubs who welcomed me over the years and continue to do great work, elmer newcomers into the hobby and spread the word on the good ham radio does. Congratulations and thanks to those of you who have served as officers, directors, committee chairpersons, net controls or in other leadership positions. Also, to members of the ARRL Field Organization, including ARES members, NTS traffic handlers, public information officers, official observers, government liaisons and technical specialists. Your efforts drive the field organization and without you, it would not function! As of January 1, 2007, Tom Carrubba KA2D will be the new Section Manager for NY City and Long Island. Tom is already working hard during the transition period to prepare for his new job. He is well suited to the task and will do a great job! Tom will be running an ARRL forum at Ham Radio University 2007 - please come down to meet him and the rest of the NLI section staff. Taking over as Section Emergency Coordinator will be Mike Lisenco N2YBB. Mike has helped reinvigorate NY City ARES and will bring his energy and enthusiasm to the section level as SEC. 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 preliminary HRU schedule is out and up on the web. Take a look at http://www.hamradiouniversity.org/HRU2007.ForumSched.htm 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, December 11 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 Finally, I'd like to extend my best wishes to you and your family for a wonderful holiday season! I may be stepping down as section manager but I will still be around and I look forward to seeing and talking to you soon! 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 OCTOBER 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 20 2 20 325 0 0 367 W2DSX 38 40 20 60 0 0 158 KB2KLH 40 40 20 0 0 0 100 K2TV 40 40 10 5 0 0 95 All stations are encouraged to report even if activity is less than qualifying total! NO LATE PSHR FOR SEPTEMBER 2006 ******************************************************************** STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS: The following stations have submitted activity reports for the Month of OCTOBER 2006 CALL ORIGINATED RECEIVED SENT DELIVERED TOTAL W2DSX 1 47 4 21 73 KB2KLH 0 35 13 6 54 K2TV 0 18 21 2 43 AB2IZ 0 0 2 0 2 Brass Pounder's League: Month of OCTOBER 2006 No one qualified for the BPL this month. ******************************************************************** Section Traffic Manager Monthly Report MONTH OF OCTOBER 2006 Section and Local Nets: Net Name Abbreviation Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY STATE/MORN. NYS/M 28 121 52/44 KA2GJV NY STATE/EARLY NYS/E 31 227 131/123 KA2GJV NY STATE/LATE NYS/L 30 146 84/66 W2YGW NY PUBLIC OPER. NYPON 31 282 107/101 N2YJZ NY PHONE NYP 31 172 147/142 K2MPE BIG APPLE VHF BAVHF 31 602 36/36 KB2KLH NASSAU CO VHF NCVHF 29 103 78/61 W2DSX SUFFOLK CO VHF SCVHF * ** EMPIRE SLOW SP. ESS 31 478 144/* WI2G * = report not received in time for posting. ** = position open, please contact w2dsx if interested in position ******************************************************************** *** Newsflash - My earlier report of the demise of NYS/M is premature, and thanks to Nick N2QZ and Bruce KA2GJV for their efforts in keeping this net going. Now, as many of you are aware sweeping changes are coming to HF NTS traffic handling so the information regarding HF CW NTS Nets are subject to change for the next few months while everyone adapts to the new rule changes. I will post what I have in these reports, but for the latest information contact me w2dsx@arrl.net. This may be an "interesting" time as things shoehorn into the lower 100 kHz of 80 meters, but please be patient as things will be worked out *** 1)NTS SECTION LEVEL CW nets : NYS/M 10am local time daily NYS/E 7pm local time daily NYS/L 10pm local time daily As of now, NYS M and E are meeting on 3577. The Late session is meeting elsewhere (try 3677 first, or up and down from 3577 while avoiding the Buckeye Net. Check on NYPON or NYP also for the latest... Remember also the alternate frequencies: 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 (Subject to change, I'm trying to contact Sis WD8DIN for the future frequency. Alternate freq. 7114 kHz). New York City -Long Island CW net (NLI) - 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 October 2006: W2DSX-4 VHF REC/8 SENT/5 HF-Pactor REC/3 SENT/3 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... ******************************************************************** As you are all aware of the New Year will bring some changes to the Section Leadership - I wish to thank George N2GA for his many years of serving as NLI's SM and for his support of NTS within the section. I also wish to welcome Tom KA2D as our new NLI Section Manager and I look forward to working with Tom in sustaining NTS within NLI. Tom has been very helpful in the past as SEC with NTS and has accounted for some of the packet traffic we have, especially around SET time. I hope everyone had a safe and successful SET last month. It was a pleasure for me to participate in Nassau's exercise and I appreciate the effort that many people did behind the scenes to prepare it, such as Mario WF2T, Lorrie KC2CHA, Jim W2KFV and everyone else who made it happen. Please check out your local RACES and ARES groups, they will love to have you no matter what experience you have! Anyone who wants to do Section-wide NTS activity for next year's SET, or for any training exercise whatsoever, please feel free to contact me w2dsx@arrl.net and I'll be glad to set something up. I know that there are other busy ARES/RACES programs throughout the section, such as NYC District, Town of Babylon, TOBARES, among others. Please consider submitting SAR/PSHR reports for first time experiences with generating formal NTS messages, I'll be glad to meet on the air, landline, packet, etc. to assist! ******************************************************************** 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 Don't forget about the operating event climaxing Hello on Dec 29-30. Full details are at www.hello-radio.org/event Join in the fun! Happy Holidays to all. 73, Diane K2DO * Ham Radio University 2007 is Sunday, January 7 in Bethpage HRU 2007 will be held at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave, Bethpage, NY. It is also the ARRL New York City / Long Island Section Convention. Spreading Ham Radio Knowledge and Know How Ham Radio University is "A day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and fellowship among Amateur Radio operators" HRU 2007 features a keynote speaker, 25 forums about all aspects of Amateur Radio, a club room where clubs and organizations are invited to set up and distribute information to prospective members, a special event station W2V with Amateur Radio demonstrations on-the-air. Food and refreshments will be available in the Briarcliffe College cafeteria. Preliminary Forum Schedule as of December 2, 2006 9:00am - 9:50am Operating using Amateur Radio Satellites Community Emergency Response Teams Young Ham Forum QRP low power fun Award Chasing 10:00am - 10:50am What now? Your first station ARRL Forum featuring new NLI leadership team Transmitter Hunting Antenna Forum DX Forum - HF Propagation 11:00am - 11:50am Wireless History ARES Forum VHF Propagation Evolution of Frequency Synthesis DX Forum - DX'ing techniques 12 noon - 1:00pm Keynote Speaker 1:30pm - 2:20pm Fun with CW Echolink Forum Computers and Ham Radio Contesting Forum 2:30pm - 3:20pm SATERN and Go-boxes MagLoop Portable Antennas Grounding for the Amateur Radio Station Contest DXpeditioning 3:30pm - 4:20pm VE Session for more information, see http://www.HamRadioUniversity.org or email us at info@HamRadioUniversity.org * Hudson Division Awards Dinner a success The Bergen Amateur Radio Association hosted the 2006 Hudson Division Awards Dinner at the Holiday Inn in Saddle Brook, New Jersey on Saturday night, November 11th. Over 130 people were on hand to honor all those receiving a division award. This year's award winners were: Amateur of the Year - Barry Cohen, K2JV (from NNJ) Grand Ole Ham - Bob Raffaele, W2XM (from ENY) Technical Achievement: Elmer Sharp, WA2YSM (from ENY) Special Recognition for Public Service Excellence: Jeff Schneller, N2HPO (NLI) * New band plan goes into effect December 15. See http://www.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/wt04-140/Hambands3_color.pdf for more information and a color band plan chart. * 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, Dec. 1, 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, Dec. 6 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: 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, Dec. 6 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 holiday part this month. Check with George WB2GTC for more details Look forward to seeing you there! 73, George WB2GTC Contact George at GeorgegeeG@aol.com The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, Dec. 8 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, Dec. 8 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, Dec. 11 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, Dec. 11, 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,Dec. 12 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, Dec. 12 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, Dec. 12, 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, Dec. 12 For more info, contact Nassau DEC Jim Mezey W2KFV at w2kfv@arrl.net KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Dec. 13, 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 annual Holiday Part and elections on Wednesday, Dec. 13, in Hicksville at 7:30 pm. 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, Dec. 13 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, Dec. 14, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. 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, Dec. 14 (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 next Long Island DX Association regular meeting will be at 8PM on Friday, Dec. 15 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, Dec. 17 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 GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, Dec. 17, 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 Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) normally holds monthly meetings on the third Tuesday of the month. The next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, Dec. 19 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, Dec. 19 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, Dec. 20 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, Dec 21. 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. Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Dec.25 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 Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Dec. 27, at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Dec. 28 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) |