Section Happenings Newsletter
edited by George Tranos N2GA
NLI Section Manager
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February 2005 |
Welcome! This is the February 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 March issue prior to the end of February. February 2005 is the 47th 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: * Ham Radio University 2005 a BIG success! * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator * From the Section Traffic Manager * LIMARC Winter Hamfest on February 27 in Bethpage * KCRC renewed as special service club * Nassau Amateur Radio Club renewed as a special service club * List of Frequently Asked Questions on BPL available * K2LS DX-Packetcluster node available for DX spots * Long Island Transmitter Hunters seeking new participants * ARRL C-CE course advance registration opportunities via e-mail * MetroCor is coordinating body for the New York metro area * Emil Tillona KD1F is the section DXCC card checker * Section VE Sessions * UPCOMING Club Events * NLI Section Website: http://hudson.arrl.org/nli HAPPENINGS * Ham Radio University 2005 a BIG success! The sixth annual Ham Radio University was held this year at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, Long Island, NY 11714 on Sunday, January 9th. A record turnout of over 450 attendees came through the door. HRU is a day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and fellowship among Amateur Radio operators. HRU 2005 featured 25 different forums covering all areas of ham radio, Amateur Radio demonstrations, an area for clubs and organizations, a special event station (W2V) and a VE session. Some of the forum topics included emergency communications, grounding and lightning protection, contesting and station ergonomics, low power operating, Echolink, DX'ing from Albania, VHF propagation, Urban Ham Radio, radio go kits and logging programs. The HRU keynote speaker was Riley Hollingsworth K4ZDH, the Special Counsel for Amateur Radio Enforcement for the FCC. While focusing on enforcement issues, Riley also told the crowd of their obligation to "sell" Amateur Radio and to support their national organization, ARRL, in the efforts that they are doing on behalf of all hams. "Today all groups need a national organization [to protect their interest]." Riley said, "There's even a national organization for kite flyers." He reminded the audience that in the past Amateur Radio had powerful colleagues like Senator Barry Goldwater, K7UGA (SK) and others that were hams and they could help look after our interest. Riley emphasized that in today's world of powerful lobbies and special interest groups, the individual's letter doesn't carry much weight so we need to support our national organization for Amateur Radio, ARRL. Riley shared his vision for ham radio to last "a thousand years" and made it a point to remind all hams of their obligation to invite someone to join the world of Amateur Radio. He told the audience "If you are not the person to teach a class or work one on one then try something new. Try getting on PSK-31 or a mode that you don't normally operate." Riley was making a point for all hams to rejuvenate their enthusiasm for the hobby and this enthusiasm will become contagious. He suggested that we introduce youngsters to Amateur Radio and plant the seed for the future. However, if we are to get new hams into the hobby right now we should focus on the part of the population that has the time and resources to devote to a hobby. And that is the whole point of Ham Radio University - to spread Ham Radio knowledge and know-how. Thanks are extended to all the volunteers, forum moderators, committee staff, VE team, clubs and organizations for all their efforts that made HRU 2005 a success. A HRU 2005 committee wrap-up meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 8th at 7 PM at Briarcliffe College cafeteria. For more information about HRU, see the HRU 2005 website at http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2005.htm or e-mail HRU Chairman George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.net * From Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator New York City District - DEC Michael Lisenco N2YBB: Happy holidays to all. December saw New York City District ARES participating in the annual Operation Santa Claus event that is sponsored by the Community mayors of New York at JFK Airport. Over 5,000 handicapped children attended and were treated to a party, gifts and a visit by Santa himself who taxied into the hangar where the party was held on his jet. We also participated in the ARRL Operation White Dove toy drive. Locally coordinated by Joe Prego, N2ECR, NYC District ARES PIO, nearly 100 pounds of new toys were collected throughout the City and shipped to the United Way in Florida free of charge by FedEx. John Healy, KA2ABV, EC New York County Manhattan ARES Members contributed a huge container of toys sent to brighten the holidays for those children in Florida whose families lost everything they had during the recent hurricane season. Our thanks to Federal Express for their generous support in shipping the toys in time for Christmas, the United Way White Dove Project for coordinating the effort down in Florida, and to W3BW, W2RAG, and KA2ABV for their contributions. We are pleased to announce that Manhattan ARES and the Broadcast Employees Amateur Radio Society, W2ABC, have re-established their long standing working relationship. The trustees of the BEARS repeater system have generously permitted Manhattan ARES to designate their two meter repeater (147.27 +600Khz, PL 141.3) as the main Manhattan Tactical Frequency as well as an NYC-ARES Citywide Frequency. We are holding our weekly Manhattan ARES Net on the BEARS repeater each Tuesday evening beginning at 7:30 PM. All are invited to check in. During the New Year, Manhattan ARES will be assisting BEARS with its VE sessions at the ABC corporate campus on Manhattan's upper West Side. Further details will be posted on both the BEARS website http://www.w2abc.org/, the NYC-ARES website http://www.aresnyc.org/, and in QST. Next New York County ARES meeting - 1/27/04 at 6:30pm Meeting location: San Remo, 146 Central Park West, at 75th Street. Joe Nieves N2TEE; EC Richmond County: No Additional comments Charles Gallo KG2V; EC Queens County No additional comments. Adam Fine AB2IZ, EC Kings County Operation "Santa Claus" - 12/08/04 Seven members of Kings County ARES participated with the NYC District ARES in this annual event which throws a big old Christmas party for physically/mentally challenged children in a hangar at JFK International Airport. Santa even gets pulled in via a Boeing 737. Amateurs participating included: AB2IZ, KC2CBL, KC2JXM, N2ECR, W2/8R1B, W2DEA, and WA2JNF. Kings County ARES meeting - 11/17/04 Topics: Operation 'Santa Claus" wrap up; Operation 'White Dove" toy drive and boxing toys; Year end wrap up; Year upcoming preview; Recruitment; New NCS schedule for Kings County ARES weekly net. In attendance: AB2IZ, KA2FXR, KA2KDQ, KB2SUR, KB2VDV, KC2CBL, KC2HMS, KC2JXM, KC2LYT, KC2MGY, KC2NGU, N2ECR, N2KEN, N2RGA, N2YBB, W2/8R1B, W2DEA, and WA2JNF. Kings County ARES has a weekly net, every Sunday at 8PM. We meet on the W2CMA repeater (446.675/-5MHz/114.8) in order to discuss issues of relevance to the ARES community at large and Kings County ARES specifically. We welcome, encourage and invite all amateur radio operators to participate. Kings County ARES can be found on the web. Visit us at www.kingscountyares.org. Thanks to Mitch (N2RGA) for all the hard work he puts into the site. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, January 19th, 2005 at 7:30pm. The location is UCP 121 Lawrence Street, between Ocean Parkway and Seton Place Brooklyn, NY. Happy New Year to all!!! Nassau County - Mario Maltese WF2T; EC Nassau County (for George Gluck, DEC, WA2WKV). On December 14, Nassau ARES met at the American Red Cross to see a presentation by KC2CHA. Annual accomplishments and goals for next year were discussed. A multimedia presentation showing select photos from 2004 activities was also presented. Suffolk County - Bill Schiebel N2NFI, DEC SC: No additional comments Walter M. Wenzel, KA2RGI, EC Town of Babylon: No additional comments John A. Allocca, WB2LUA EC, Town of Huntington: The Suffolk NTS net is out of our range. Therefore, we make contact with the Nassau County NTS net. We hold an ARES/RACES meeting every month at 7 pm just before the Larkfield ARC meeting except in December. WB2LUA is equipped for VHF/UHF Tepac Winlink 2000 operation and HF Pactor/Winklink 2000 operation. John Blowsky KB2SCS, EC Town of Islip No additional comments Don Fisher, N2QHV, EC Town of Southold: No additional comments. Tom Carrubba KA2D, Section Emergency Coordinator: Happy Holidays. * From the Section Traffic Manager STM Claire Heil WA2VZK has resigned effective 12/31/04. Thank you Claire for all the hard work you have put in as Section Traffic Manager! As of this date, the STM position is open and I am actively looking for a new Section Traffic Manager. If you would like to be considered for this position, please contact George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org I have the received the following reports: 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 Suffolk Co. VHF Net 8pm (Mon. through Thurs.) on 145.210 MHz. The ARRL PUBLIC SERVICE HONOR ROLL Month of December 2004 New York City/Long Island Section Monthly qualifying total: 70 or more points N2YBB 513, AB2IZ 365, KB2KLH 100, W2DSX 77 NTS Section or Local nets Net Name Abbrev Sessions QNI QTC/QSP Net Manager NY State/morning/cw NYS/M 31 138 49/45 KA2GJV NY State/early/cw NYS/E 31 270 223/215 WB2QIX NY State/late/cw NYS/L 30 176 97/76 W2YGW NY Phone NYP 31 275 652/639 N2LTC NY Public Opr. Net NYPON 31 402 146/142 N2YJZ Empire Slow Speed net ESS 31 483 0/157 WI2G NYC-LI/cw NLI * WA2YOW Big Apple VHF BAVHF 31 444 117/117 KB2KLH Nassau Co. VHF NCVHF 31 176 97/82 W2DSX Suffolk Co. VHF SCVHF 17 66 9/9 KC2LEV (*) report not received in time for this list As of this date, the STM position is open and I am actively looking for a new Section Traffic Manager. If you would like to be considered for this position, please contact George Tranos N2GA at n2ga@arrl.org * LIMARC Winter Hamfest on February 27 in Bethpage Announcing the annual Long Island WINTER Hamfair & Electronics Show to be held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801 on Sunday, February 27, 2005. Sponsored by the Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club, it features a large indoor location. Doors open to vendors at 8 AM and to buyers at 9 AM. Pre-Registration is required for vendors at this indoor hamfest! See http://www.limarc.org/fest.htm for more information. * KCRC renewed as special service club. Congratulations to the Kings County Radio Club for renewing as an ARRL Special Service Club! The club president is Howard Brier N2GOT and the secretary is Robert Robinson KB2PSM. KCRC is a club which traces its roots over 50 years. Operating/meeting in the old radio control tower at Floyd Bennett Field links the Club with its history and the history of communications. KCRC, as a group, operates Field Day and several HF, VHF and UHF contests throughout the year. Club projects help to build our supply of equipment as well as maintain technical and operating skills. Picnics, field trips and collaboration with local clubs (some QRP) help to maintain continuity and frequency of operating opportunities. KCRC actively supports and engages in ARES and RACES events as well as local public service events (i.e. NYC Marathon) which are not directly supported by ARES. Contact KCRC via its secretary at kb2psm@arrl.net or via its website at http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ * Nassau Amateur Radio Club renewed as a special service club Congratulations to the Nassau Amateur Radio Club for renewing as an ARRL Special Service Club! The club president is Lance Aue KA2EJD and the secretary is Jim Mezey W2FKV. Many members are ARES/RACES members. One carries an Emergency Coordinator along with a RACES/ARES liaison with County Government. NARC has a continuing education program in amateur radio at its meetings and have the Section TC as a member of our club. They have their own club station K2VN with full HF and VHF activities including a UHF Repeater. They are heavily involved in Field Day, scoring first in the section this year. They also ran a special event station with the Boy Scouts of America and participate in Ham Radio University. They enjoy participating in Jamboree On The Air, Supporting the Long Island Marathon with communications. They meet at the Senior Citizen's Center in Eisenhower Park. 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 * 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 both RF and the internet. RF input/output 144.970. 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 Briggs AB2NJ at bruggo@optonline.net * 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 * Emil Tillona KD1F is the section DXCC card checker 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 Section VE Sessions - available on the web at: http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/nlive.htm * UPCOMING Club Events NOTE - As usual, please check with the club to verify the date and time of all events, especially during the winter months! Many clubs also cancel meetings if the weather is inclement. CHECK with the CLUB! The Kings County Repeater Association's (KCRA) monthly VE exam will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, NY at 7 P.M. Preregister with Ed (W2SN) at 718-833-7120. See http://www.kc2ra.org/ for more information. ARC Emergency Communications Service club meeting will be on Tuesday, February 1, at 7:30 PM at 138-02 Queens Blvd, 1st Floor, Briarwood, New York 11435. Contact Lenny Smith N2LDV at N2LDV@yahoo.com. The Long Island Amateur Radio Simplex (LIARS) club will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 2 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). Thanks, Frank WA2LIR, President of LIARS Club. Contact Frank at fpeppe@optonline.net Peconic ARC normally has its monthly general meeting on the first Friday of the month. The next regular meeting is Friday, February 4, 2005 at the Southold Public Library in Southold at 6:30 pm. The February meeting will feature hands-on classes on the techniques of operation in the HF ham bands conducted by Jim Baker, W2NSF, Jay Buscemi, W2OVS and Charlie Burnham, K2GLP See http://www.peconic-arc.org or contact Roberta Keis N2RBU at 631-722-4060 for directions. The wrap-up meeting for HRU 2005 will be held on Tuesday, February 8, 2005. The meeting will be held at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave, Bethpage, NY 11714, in the cafeteria. It will start at 7 PM. Anyone with feedback from HRU 2005 is invited to attend. HRU 2005 was our 6th annual day of education for and about ham radio. HRU 2006 is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, January 8, 2006. Ham Radio University is all about Spreading Ham Radio Knowledge and Know-How. It is billed as "A day of education to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and fellowship among Amateur Radio operators". Please join us in making this year even better! Please RSVP to n2ga@arrl.net if you are planning on attending the wrap-up meeting and thanks in advance! Submitted by George Tranos N2GA, Chairman, Ham Radio University 2005 Grumman ARC will hold a VE session on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 5 PM, at Underwriters Lab, 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP for more information or to pre-register at (631) 499-2214 or via e-mail w2ilp@juno.com HOSARC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, February 8, 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 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, Feb. 8. For more info, contact Nassau DEC George Gluck WA2WKV at wa2wkv@arrl.net LIMARC monthly meeting is on Wednesday, Feb. 9, in Hicksville at 8 pm. The guest speaker is Rich Gelber K2WR and Rich will speak about DX'ing in Albania and other topics. The meetings are held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801. See http://www.limarc.org KCRC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Ryan's Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett Field, Room A, in Brooklyn at 7:30 pm See http://www.qsl.net/kcrc/ NYCRA Club meeting is on Thursday, Feb. 10 (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 Wantagh ARC monthly meeting is Friday, February 10 at 8 pm at Wantagh Library. Please contact Vic Panzica K2IY at vpanzica@optonline.net or www.qsl.net/w2va for more information. Knickerbocker Amateur Radio Club meeting will be on Thursday, February 10, in Port Washington. Knickerbocker ARC always hold its meeting on the second Thursday of the month. Contact Joe K2KYQ at k2kyq@arrl.net for more information. The Staten Island Amateur Radio Association (SIARA) will hold its monthly general meeting on Friday, Feb. 11 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. The Eastern Amateur Radio Service Club monthly meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 15 in Southampton. The meeting will take place at Southampton Hospital in room A282. The hospital is located at 240 Meeting House Lane, Southampton. For additional information, contact Rocky, KA2JAK, at rkradio@optonline.net. Kings County Repeater Association (KCRA) will hold a regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at The Guild for Exceptional Children, 260 68th Street, Brooklyn, starting at 7 PM. Call Ray W2DEA at 718-759-6657 or see http://www.kc2ra.org/ for more information. Suffolk County RC Monthly Meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 15 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, Feb. 16 at 5:30 PM, at Underwriters Lab, 1285 Walt Whitman Road, Mellville, NY. Contact Bob Wexelbaum, W2ILP at w2ilp@juno.com (631) 499-2214 or Pat Masterson KE2LJ at bat@grumman.com for more info. Larkfield ARC regular monthly meeting is Thursday, Feb. 17, in Huntington at 7:30 pm. There is an ARES/RACES meeting at 7:00 pm before every club meeting. E-mail n2nki@arrl.net or see http://www.larkfield.org 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, Feb. 17. Our Guest Speaker will be Charles L. Alfano, WA2GUG and he will be presenting information on WinLink 2000. Charlie is an AEC for Queens County and part of Nassau RACES. He is also a member of TAPR, SKYWARN, and Life Member of the ARRL. He has a Wide Area Digi on 6 Meters and 2, APRS Weather Station, Telepack Node 145.05. 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. Manhattan ARES meeting will be on Thursday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 PM at Red Cross HQ, 150 Amsterdam Avenue (66th Street). Contact John Healy KA2ABV at nyec@aresnyc.org for info. The Long Island DX Association will hold its regularly meeting on Friday, February 18 at 8PM at Briarcliffe College, 1055 Stewart Ave., Bethpage (Room 10 in the Huntington Hallway). Contact Marty Miller NN2C, President of the LIDXA, at mmiller4@optonline.net for further information, or read details on the Web at http://www.qsl.net/lidxa. The monthly Queens County ARES meeting will be Sunday, Feb. 20 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 Radio Central ARC monthly meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the New Village Rec Center in Centereach at 7:30 pm. See http://www.rcarc.org GSBARC Monthly meeting is Thursday, Feb. 24 at 7:00 PM at the Babylon Town Hall EOC, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. For more information, see http://www.gsbarc.org GSBARC will hold a VE Session on Sunday, February 27 at Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Hwy, North Lindenhurst. The ession will start at 12:00 noon in the ARES/RACES room in the basement. For more information contact VE liaison, Tom Odermatt K2ZDX at K2ZDX@ARRL.Net LIMARC Winter Hamfest is Sunday, February 27 in Bethpage. Announcing the annual Long Island WINTER Hamfair & Electronics Show to be held at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway, Hicksville, NY 11801 on Sunday, February 27, 2005. Sponsored by the Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club, it features a large indoor location. Doors open to vendors at 8 AM and to buyers at 9 AM. Pre-Registration is required for vendors at this indoor hamfest! See http://www.limarc.org/fest.htm for more information. The Columbia University ARC VE Team 2002 will hold a VE exam on Monday, Feb. 28 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 Nassau ARC Monthly Meeting is Monday, Feb. 28 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 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)
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