ARRL Hudson Division January 2002 Hudson Division Beacon – e-mail edition By Frank Fallon, N2FF, Director, Hudson Division, ARRL 30 East Williston Avenue, East Williston, NY 11596 (516) 746-7652 n2ff@arrl.org Hudson Division Home Page – http://www.hudson.arrl.org ARRL Members Please continue to spread the word to others who may want to receive this information that they will need to access the ARRL members only web site and after becoming a member they must edit their profile and elect to receive bulletins from the Section Manager and Director. HUDSON DIVISION WEB PAGE IS NOW AT – http://www.hudson.arrl.org We continue to have problems from time to time with access to Our Web page due to a corrupted DNS file at Newington. Sorry if you were unable to access the division page. We hope that shortly the addition of a new server at Newington will solve the problem. It is annoying to say the least! Ham Radio University 2002 is Sunday, January 20, in Babylon, Long Island. It's not a flea market but a whole series of interesting presentations. See information at the end of this letter. I hope everyone had a good holiday season and I again wish everyone a Happy New Year. May 2002 will be a better year for us all than 2001. My wife and I returned late January 3rd after a wonderful three weeks in Arundel, West Sussex, England visiting our daughter and her family. The weather was dry and sunny but a bit cold. Temperatures were around freezing most of the time, but when it's not raining in England and the sun is out, that's great weather no matter what the temperature. English winters are usually one gray day after another, but that was not our experience this time. We visited Yeovil, Brighton, London and many places in between. We spent a great deal of time walking around Arnudel and meeting my daughter's friends and their children. Arundel, about an hour and fifteen minutes south of London, with a population of close to five thousand, has a castle, a cathedral, a river and many pubs and friendly people. Only three miles from the sea, it's very picturesque. My wife and I also managed to see Dame Judy Dench in a "The Royal Family" in London. The play written by George S. Kaufmann and Edna Ferber is a comedy not about British royalty but rather about a 1920's family of actors much like the famous Barrymore family. I managed to work 36 stations in the ARRL Ten Meter Contest with an indoor dipole and my trusty Icom 706 and after the contest I worked a few more of the Hudson Division locals who had good ears and high antennas and heard my puny signal. They were N2NB, W2RE, N2PP, K2UG, NA2M, and AA2KD. I heard K2FW and NO2R but they did not hear me. AA2KD and N2NB were really loud. On two occasions we heard Yuval, AA2KD, when there were no other US station on the band. On both occasions he was the only station on the band as far as I was concerned. Art, N2NB, was loud in the contest and again when I worked him the following week. It was very rewarding to realize that I was part of the team that presented to the zoning board when Art was trying to get permission for his tower. Luckily he got permission and we were able to work each other. Thanks for hearing us guys. I also attended the holiday party of the Worthing and District ARC and met about sixty of the local hams and their wives including one ham I had met in an elevator at Dayton two years ago. But the high point of the trip was playing with my only granddaughter, Georgia, who is only three and a half and very cute. OFF TO DALLAS FOR THE ARRL BOARD MEETING On Wednesday I fly down to Dallas for the ARRL Board meeting. At 8:30 Thursday morning I will chair a meeting of the Membership Services Committee which will be looking at a number of issues including possible revision of some of the club contest rules, moving line by line contest scores to the web rather than QST, and the status of the Log Book of the World project slated to come on line by mid year. That meeting may go past noon with the long agenda we have. Vice Director Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML will be flying in later in the day and we will both attend a dinner that evening with the other ARRL Board members followed by an hour plus informal meeting of the Board where we get to talk about current ham radio issues. The regular Board meeting will begin at 8:30 Friday morning and go to about 5 PM. On Saturday we do it again until we have finished the agenda some time Saturday afternoon. Outside meeting time directors spend a great deal of time discussing issues and motions trying to gain support for motions they will be making at the end of the meeting. It's really pretty hectic and challenging; a bit like a full weekend contest session where your are out to win first place worldwide. One of the first orders of business will be the election of officers and I expect that Jim Haynie, W5JBP, will again be elected ARRL President. All of the directors, and we are the ones who vote, are very happy with his leadership. He has been very proactive and hands on leading us in the right direction. He has donated a tremendous amount of his personal time to ARRL matters and traveled all over the country on behalf of ARRL and Amateur Radio. Please remember Jim is an unpaid volunteer and he is NOT retired. I have a great deal of admiration for the job Jim is doing and I didn't vote for him last time around two years ago, but I will this time. Immediately after officer elections the Board votes for the four director members of the Executive Committee. I hope to again be elected to the EC for a fourth year. This committee makes a lot of important decisions and sets policy, if necessary, between normal Board meetings. I find working on it very interesting and rewarding. PROPOSED CHANGES FOR QST One of the more controversial items we will be dealing with at the January ARRL Board meeting is the impact of 2002 budget and cuts in QST. On November 17th I attended a meeting of the Administration and Finance Committee held in Newington to which I was invited in my capacity as chair of the Membership Services Committee. I do not have a vote on that committee but was invited along with the chair of the Volunteer Resources Committee because some of the proposed cuts in budget in 2002 would impact on our areas and services. The A&F committee unanimously voted to approve the 2002 proposed budget and present it to the full Board in Dallas. In order to continue to fund most of our programs the A&F committee decided to use a number of cost cutting devices including cutting sixteen pages per issue out of QST which would decrease our operating deficit by $100,000 in 2002. Despite our best effort ad placement continues to lag and you need not be an economist to realize that this is probably not going to improve a great deal in 2002. Only four issues of QST in 2002 would have 176 pages. The rest would have 160 pages. Some of you will be aware that CQ Magazine, which recently ceased publication of two of its other magazines, is currently publishing only 100 pages per month. It has been very difficult to get advertising in ham radio magazine the past few years. Plans are to achieve these QST page cuts by moving the Section Manager reports, which account for at least six full QST pages each month, to the ARRL Web where they will be given more space than they currently receive and where they can be instantly updated without the three month time lag QST printing causes. In addition SM's now have the ability to send an electronic newsletter in the same fashion as I am sending this newsletter. Contest results will be cut back but not eliminated. Field Day results will be printed in full as usual but other line by line contest scores will also be moved to the web late in 2002. Here again web contest coverage will be expanded with the addition of pictures and more analysis of contest operations. Directors are expected to keep financial information within the Board family until it is made public such as at Board meetings. As I knew that this information was going to be controversial I felt that that at the Hudson Division Cabinet meeting on December 1st, after asking all present to keep the information confidential, I briefed members of the cabinet on these proposed changes and we discussed them. While no one present was happy with the proposed change most understood the reason for it. A few, including one SM though it a bad idea. I want to thank those at that cabinet meeting for keeping the matter confidential as I wanted their input and understanding on this subject which is really a confidential matter – it's a corporation business plan. Everyone at the meeting, even those who opposed the cuts, keep that confidence. Thank you. Someone in another division leaked the information. At this point, after looking at the alternatives and continuing to discuss the few options available with other directors, I remain reluctant to oppose the proposal and increase the deficit by another $100,000, but we will probably put off the move for now. Implementation was slated for late in 2002. The bottom line is it is financial considerations forcing us to consider these changes. These are tough times requiring tough decisions and changes in how we get information. Another dues increase is not an option. While we may stall or postpone the decision, I feel the information will eventually be moved to the web. Here is what Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, has been sending in response to comments and inquiries about the proposed QST changes._____ Two major trends are changing how the ARRL can best convey information to its members. One is the growth in members' access to the Internet. As of December 2000, 92% of ARRL members had computers and 89% had access to the Internet. Both percentages no doubt are higher today. More than 94,000 members are registered to use the members-only portion of the ARRL Web site. Tens ofthousands do so on a regular basis. Every week, the ARRL Letter is sent electronically to more than 61,000 members and is passed along to countless others. Impressive as those numbers may be, the Internet is also effective in reaching smaller groups with specialized information. It is not an exaggeration to say that very nearly every active radio amateur uses the Internet in some way to enhance his or her Amateur Radio involvement. Every month, some portions of the print version of QST are made available in advance to members via the Web site. For example, February 2002 QST is just being printed but members who are interested have already been able to read the Product Reviews of the ICOM 756 PRO II and the Yaesu FTV-1000 6-metertransverter and the results of the August 2001 UHF Contest. We can say with pride that the ARRL is in the forefront among national membership associations in making effective use of the Internet. Our commitment of resources has kept pace with its growing importance. The other major trend is in the economics of print media, particularly as they apply to QST. Three things are working against us: postage and paper increases that far exceed the general rate of inflation and a softening of the advertising market, not only in Amateur Radio but industry-wide. The ARRL Board and management are keenly aware that most members regard QST as the principal tangible benefit of membership. In July 2000 the Board took two actions that underscored this. The first was to direct that QST be printed in full color. This was accomplished beginning with the December2000 issue. The second was to direct that QST be a minimum of 176 pages. The 176-page minimum was reasonable if one assumed that paid advertising would continue at then-existing levels. Unfortunately, that has not been the case and there is no reason to believe that the situation will improve any time soon. The decline in paid advertising means revenues are down, but we can't adjust printing costs accordingly by reducing the page count. Therefore, at its meeting January 18-19 the Board will be asked to remove the 176-page minimum. The ARRL budget plan for 2002 that is being considered for ratification by the Board at this meeting calls for a substantial deficit, but assumes that the minimum will be removed in order to avoid enlarging the deficit by approximately another $100,000. Because the economics of magazine production require that pages be printed in multiplies of 16, we anticipate that in 2002 there will be some issues with 176 pages but that most will contain 160 pages. But if QST is to be smaller, what will be reduced? From member surveys we know what in QST is popular and what isn't. We certainly don't want to reduce the content that's popular, such as feature and technical articles (according to the surveys we could never have enough antenna articles) and popular columns. We also realize that some QST content that is not very popular serves an important organizational purpose; its value cannot be measured by popularity alone. Finally, we also recognize that for some QST content there are better delivery alternatives than for some other content. An example is the Annual Index of QST articles in the December issue, which typically takes eight pages. Today there is an on-line QST index on the Web site that is much easier to use than the print version. So in this case we have a QST feature that takes a lot of pages and, while no doubt useful to many, is low in popularity and can be delivered in a more useful form to the vast majority of members. Accordingly, we are not planning to print the Annual Index in December 2002 QST. There are two QST features that require substantially more space and can be delivered more usefully to members electronically: Section News and contest line scores. Each month, between six and seven pages of QST is devoted to Section News. The space available to Section Managers to report activities in their sections has always been limited to a certain number of lines based on the number of members in each section. Communication between Section Managersand the volunteers within the section field organization is extremely important, but it is clearly not efficient to print 170,000 copies in order to communicate with members in sections having memberships ranging from a high of 6,600 to a low of 73. Today, thanks to the Internet and the Web Section Managers are able to reach their members with more information on a far more timely basis, and with photos, links to other Web sites, and other capabilities that have never been available to them via QST. Accordingly, the budget plan for 2002 calls for Section News to be moved from QST to the Web. Plans are in place to make the Web version of Section News a far more effective communications medium than the print version has ever been. Contest results are already available to members via the Web prior to their receipt of QST in the mail. From feedback we know that many of the members who are interested in the contest results take advantage of this. We also know from survey after survey that contest rules and results are the most disliked content in QST; when we ask what members would like more of, and what they would like less of, in QST the contest results and rules rank dead last. Even so, encouraging operating skills and station performance is animportant part of the ARRL's mission. In short, while the contest community is a significant constituency within the ARRL membership, the amount of QST space committed to reporting of line scores and detailed rules is out of proportion to the overall interests of the membership. At the same time, we can provide much more in-depth coverage of contest results via the Internet and the Web than we could possibly provide in QST. For example, we can provide band-by-band contact and multiplier information for each entrant,not just for the high scorers. We can let contesters download the data so they can perform their own analysis. With some of the space freed up by moving line scores to a more appropriate medium we plan to expand editorial coverage of contest activities in a way that we hope will be more favorably received by the members who are not themselves contest participants. As a more broadly based activity, Field Day results will not be affected. While we plan to implement these changes in ways that will enhance the affected programs, change is seldom easy. We realize that while there are fewer all the time, some members still do not have easy access to the Internet and the Web. The budget plan has been approved by the Administration and Finance Committee and is now before the Board for ratification at its January 18-19 meeting. There is a great deal of healthy discussion going on among Board members. Whatever the Board ultimately decides, it will be an informed decision. 73,David Sumner, K1ZZExecutive Vice President LICENSE PLATE UPDATE: The Good News in New Jersey continues…. NJ LICENSE PLATE BILL PASSED ASSEMBLY The NJ Amateur Radio License Plate Bill passed the New Jersey Assembly December 18th and signed on December 28 byt the acting governor. We are almost there! To refresh everyone, the Bill is an Amendment to an existing one that was enacted over 30 years ago and allows Amateur Radio Plates to be grouped with volunteer services at a one time fee of $10. The amendment now allows hams with leased vehicles to apply for plates, includes the words "AMATEUR RADIO" on the plates and increases the fee to $15 which brings it into alignment with Transportation Department costs. Many NJ hams have worked over the years to make this happen. ASM John Hults, K2WJ started the ball rolling some eight years ago. Help at the onset came from former Hudson Director W2ML, past NNJ SM K3JF, W2YGM (original sponsor), and NNJ SGL K1XV. Current Hudson Director, N2FF, has been cheering us on and attended some of the recent meetings. The bill was signed by outgoing acting Governor, Donald DiFrancesco, on December 28th and becomes effective 30 days later. Applications will eventually be available on the NNJ web site and at DMV sites. This was a true team effort! Compared to other plates we are a "bargain." This Bill was not just awarded, it comes with a recognition of the emergency communication services New Jersey hams have provided over the years. I'm sure we will continue to provide this invaluable service in the future. Stay tuned for our final announcement: the Governor's signature! 73, Bill Hudzik, W2UDT, NNJ SM 445.175 MACHINE BACK ON THE AIR My 445.175 pl 141.3 machine with open access is back on the air covering the NY metro area as well as LI.Thanks to Yaesu/Vertex for making this possible. No other manufactures stepped up to the plate like they did. Submitted by Tom Hogan, NB2A NEW YORK TOWER BILL STATUS…. Unfortunately the legislative news in New York State is not as good. We had been told to expect action on the bill when the Assembly went back into regular session. Well, they never did go back into regular session. The two bills, Assembly and Senate, are still alive and we are already pushing for action on them early in 2002. At the moment we believe it is a matter of getting our sponsors to push for action from leaders Silver and Bruno. Shortly we hope to meet with our sponsors, Tocci and Volker, to see what needs to be done. Meanwhile keep your fingers crossed and stay tuned. We will keep you posted and let you know if your e-mails, phone calls and letter are again necessary. Hopefully they will not be necessary. 10-70 RECORDS FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE YEAR The terse, five second pre-recorded announcement, on January 6, said it all: "SkyWarn Net at 5:00 PM, on the W2PQG Repeater!" And what would normally be a quiet Sunday evening for our repeater, nowpromised to be a busy 2-meter hub of activity, far into the night. The first measurable snow was falling throughout the northern New Jersey area and Bergen County SkyWarn, and its three coordinators: Mike Adams, WA2MWT; George Sabbi, KC2GLG; and DavidKozinn, K2DBK; were prepared to start the first of three nets that would record vital statistics, which would be forwarded to the National Weather Service. "David and George had spent all of Saturday, December 1, at the NWS Headquarters, in Upton, NY," Adams stated, "They had brought back snow sticks for measuring, and we were hoping for an enthusiasticturnout from our Bergen-Passaic SkyWarn Spotters." Trained spotters and interested hams from seven counties, in New Jersey and New York, reported their snowfall accumulations and temperatures, at the 5:00 PM net. Upton, NY, covers Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Union Counties, in New Jersey, and Orange and Rockland Counties, in New York. "The reports we received from Hunterdon, Morris, and Somerset Counties were sent to the National Weather Service, at Mt. Holly, New Jersey," Adams commented, "We don't refuse any readings, andwe encourage more members of the 10-70 Repeater Association to join the nets." "SkyWarn Net immediately following the 10:30 Traffic Net!" Paul Beshlian's succinct message announced. And now two Public Services that the 10-70 provides, SkyWarn and the National TrafficSystem, would follow back-to-back. At the conclusion of the third and final net, 51 reports and been received and forwarded to the appropriate NWS authority, the Bergen County Police Department/Office of Emergency Management and the New York City television stations. Those hams checking-in with reports, included: Missy Beshlian, K2MIS; Jim Dry, KB2VRO; Stew Tannahill, KB2VVB; Bill Stagg, KC2BLN; Paul Beshlian, KC2CJW; Mike Greenshields, KC2EOY; NickBertolina, KC2FQI; Bill Unger, KC2FYA; Justin Mattes, KC2GIK; and Sam Parson, KC2GMS. Also, Jon Burchfield, KJ2N; Brian Maglio, N2BVM; Bob Herman, N2LYY; Herb Van Den Houten, N2OPJ; Ernie Bruno, N2URU; Dave Rumpeltin, N2UTG; Ken Brown, W2KB; Paul Malarcher, W2PI; Pat Sawey, WA2PFS; Bob De Cesare, WB2KNS; Frank Ellsworth, WB2SFN. "We will be offering a SkyWarn Spotters course, in the spring, and Meteorologists Gary Conte and Scott Reynolds would like to offer an advanced SkyWarn course, also this spring," said Adams, "In the meantime, if you have the ability to measure snow amounts and a reliable temperature, you are encouraged to join the nets." Submitted by Michael Adams, WA2MWT MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IS OVER Monday night football is over for the season and I predict that the Chicago Bears will win the Super Bowl. However, now would be a good time to consider checking-in on the ARES (Amateur Radio EmergencyService) Net, which is held every Monday night at 10:00 PM, on the 10-70 Repeater. The net is held in conjunction with the weekly SkyWarn Drill. The NNJ Section of the Hudson Division encompasses the twelve counties in northern New Jersey. Steve Ostrove, K2SO, serves as the Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC). In Bergen County, Bob Javits, WB2AIU, serves as the District Emergency Coordinator (DEC) and Mike Adams, WA2MWT, is the Assistant Emergency Coordinator. Bob, a long-time former president of the Bergen Amateur Radio Association (BARA), conducts most of his activities, including Red Cross, on the 79 Repeater. Mike, who is also head of the Bergen Emergency Communication Association (BECA), relies on the 10-70 Repeater for public service and public safety activities. Scheduled public service events, such as the Ramsey Run and the MS-100 Bike-a-thon, are approved in advance by the 10-70's Board of Directors. Actual emergencies, such as the World Trade Center Attacks, necessitate the repeater operating under emergency arrangements. The NNJ Emergency Section meets four times a year, at the Union County Emergency Operations Center. At the meeting on December 9, GeorgeSabbi, KC2GLG, was appointed DEC for the SkyWarn counties that report to Upton, NY. The meetings serve as a good opportunity to observe how other counties and repeater groups conduct their operations. There are currently 35 members of ARES, including honorary member:Howie Holden, WB2AWQ. The others include: Lou, N2CYY, Justin, N2ZBH, Peter, KB2SBS, Bruce, KB2UJN, Mark, KB2VPS, Mike, WA2MWT, John, KB2VVO, Frank, KB2VVP, Herb, N2OPJ, Peter, K1VDH, Mark, KB2QZU, Kane, WA2DAX, Ernie, N2URU, Matty, N2UCA, Mike, KC2EOY, Orrie, N2OOJ. Also, Steve, K2BTP, Pat, WA2PFS, Doug, KC2FQG, Jeff, KC2FQH, Nick, KC2FQI, Steve, KC2GRW, Wayne, KC2GXD, Jim, KC2GZZ, David, K2DBK, Paul, KC2CJW, Missy, K2MIS, Bill, KC2BLN, Brian, N2BVM, Sam, KC2GMS, Matt, KC2GWR, Dan, N2ZNH, Steve, KC2GDQ, and George, KC2GLG. Next Monday night, at 10:00 PM, why not listen in, or better yet, join in the weekly net? The ARRL's website has a great deal of information on emergency communications, including courses which are now being taught on-line. The next ARES activity will by a search and rescue operation, being planned in conjunction with the Civil Air Patrol and the Ramsey Office of Emergency Management. Submitted by Michael Adams, WA2MWT SAD NEWS: BILL JAMES, WA2QHL, BARA PRESIDENT A SILENT KEY…… Bill James, WA2QHL, passed away in his sleep on Wednesday, January 9th. While Bill had a number of medical problems his death was sudden and unexpected. He had been at BARA kit night the evening before so news of his passing on area repeaters came as shock to many who had seen him only hours before. Many local hams attended the wake on Friday afternoon and evening at Beaugard Funeral Home, on Kinderkamack Road, in River Edge, NJ. Both Hudson Division Director, N2FF, and Vice Director, W2ML, attended the wake. There was a large display of pictures of Bill at BARA activities in years past. The funeral mass was held at 10:00 AM on Saturday at St. Peters RC Church, on 5th Avenue in River Edge and again many hams were present. Due to the family's financial situation, BARA, FLARC and the BCFMA clubs have asked that a monetary donation, small or large will help, be made in lieu of flowers. Dick Galbraith, K2ZB is collecting the donations. His address is Dick Galbraith, 815 Van Emburg Ave., Washington Township, NJ 07676. Bill will be greatly missed by his family and the many hams friends he has made over the years. BARA and we will deeply feel the loss of this kind leader. Submitted by George Schomberg, K2YLH HAMFESTS: HRU 2002 - January 20, 2002 This is not a fleamarket, but rather a series of classes, lectures and demonstrations. This is the third year this very successful event is being held and may well be the wave of the futures for ham gatherings as more and more clubs drop their flea markets. You will meet your ham friends there and it the ONLY event in the division held in January. It's at the Babylon Town Hall ANNEX. The ANNEX is on Phelps Lane.Reminder: It's at the ANNEX. Visit http://www.hudson.arrl.org/nli/hru2002.htm for a schedule of events and maps to the site. Ham Radio University 2002 ARRL New York City-Long Island Section Convention Ham Radio University 2002 for Long Island North Babylon, New York - On Sunday, January 20, 2002 at 8AM, the doors of the Babylon Town Hall Annex on Phelps Lane will open for the third annual Ham Radio University. Ham Radio University 2002is a day of education about Amateur Radio. This year the forums have been expanded and new forums have been added. There will be twenty, one-hour presentations with special forums geared to the non-ham as well as the experienced ham radio operator. The focus will be "hands on" with many demonstrations. Come join us at the Babylon Town Hall Annex, Phelps Lane, North Babylon, Long Island, and learn about everything from satellite communications, low power operating using radios as small as a tuna tin, how to put up an emergency antenna, the latest information on advanced digital communications, finding and fixing radio frequency interference problems to purchasing your first station equipment or handi-talkie and a special "Ask the Experts" forum. There will also be a Special Event Station W2V set up and operational on HF. HRU 2002 is sponsored by the Great South Bay ARC and is a cooperative effort between over twenty clubs and organizations in the New York City- Long Island area. It is also the American Radio Relay League, New York City-Long Island Section Convention. Besides the forums, there will be tables set up with information about the different groups, ham radio classes, exam session schedules, public service and other activities. Join us for a day of fun and education for the whole family! Admission is open to all - donation is $2 per person. (complimentary refreshments available) For more information contact:Phil Lewis N2MUN, Chairman, 631-226-0698 orGeorge Tranos N2GA, ARRL NLI Section Manager, 631-286-7562 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposed Forum Schedule Session# Time Room A Room B Room C Room D 1 9:00 - DXing Skywarn Ham Radio Antenna Myths 9:55 Intro 2 10:00 - Contesting APRN Purchasing Emergency 10:55 Equip Antennas 3 11:00 - Antennas HF Digital Handi Talkies QRP and Portable 11:55 modes antennas 4 12:00 - ARRL Lunch Lunch Lunch 12:55 5 1:00 - QSLing Satellite Practical tips Kit Building 1:55 on Antennas 6 2:00 - Get yourTower 6 Meters Ask the Emergency 2:55 Approved Experts Comms 7 3:00 - VE Session 3:55 Detailed Forum Information Session# Time Name Description Moderator 1A 9:00 - DXing The correct method to snag the rare DX Marty Miller NN2C 9:55 1B 9:00 - Skywarn Skywarn / Severe Weather Scott Reynolds 9:55 1C 9:00 - Ham Radio Intro to and discussion of Amateur Radio Len Battista W2FX 9:55 1D 9:00 - Antenna Myths Debunking Antenna Myths Howard Liebman W2QUV 9:55 2A 10:00 - Contesting Getting Started in Amateur Radio Contesting Mel Granick KS2G 10:55 2B 10:00 - APRN Combining APRS with SSTV John Blowsky KB2SCS 10:55 2C 10:00 - Purchasing Equip Guide to purchasing amateur radio gear Phil Lewis N2MUN 10:55 2D 10:00 - Emergency Antennas Emergency Antennas and Power Sid Wolin K2LJH 10:55 3A 11:00 - Antenna Antenna theory and practical uses Mike Kozma WY2U 11:55 3B 11:00 - HF Digital Modes Learn about HF Digital Modes Edmund "Ned" Bassick 11:55 including PSK 31 KA1CVV 3C 11:00 - Handi Talkies Handi Talkies, mobiles and repeater Walter Wenzel KA2RGI 11:55 3D 11:00 - QRP Low Power Communications fun Norm Wesler K2YEW 11:55 4A 12:00 - ARRL The League and its programs George Tranos N2GA 12:55 5A 1:00 - QSLing Learn the art of QSLing Rich Geiber K2WR 1:55 5B 1:00 - Satellite How to work amateur satellites Ken Ernandes N2WWD 1:55 5C 1:00 - Practical Antenna Tips Tips on antenna installations Phil Lewis N2MUN 1:55 5D 1:00 - Kit Building Tips and techniques on how to build your Neil Heft KC2KY 1:55 next radio 6A 2:00 - How to get your Help in your tower installation and Dave Nardo W2UO 2:55 tower approved and approval process 6B 2:00 - 6 Meters - Learn about the fascinating 50 MHz Ken Neubeck WB2AMU 2:55 "Magic" Band 6C 2:00 - Ask the Experts A team of experts will answer your technical K2DO and a 2:55 questions a team of experts 6D 2:00 - Disaster Communications - Disaster Communications Tom Carrubba KA2D 2:55 Communications The "Real" Thing 7A 3:00 - VE Session FCC Amateur Radio License Examinations VE Team 3:55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Participating Amateur Radio Organizations # Club Club Name Contact 1 ARRL American Radio Relay League George Tranos N2GA 2 ARCECS American Red Cross Emergency George Sau WB2ZTH Communications Service 3 FLIWH Friends of LI Wireless History Connie Curry 4 GARC Grumman Amateur Radio Club Pat Masterson KE2LJ 5 GSBARC Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club Phil Lewis N2MUN 6 HOSARC Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club Lenny Menna W2LJM 7 KCRC Kings County Radio Club Anthony Catalano WW2W 8 LARC Larkfield Amateur Radio Club Stan Coffield N2NKI 9 LIDXA Long Island DX Association Marty Miller NN2C 10 LIMARC Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club Diane Ortiz K2DO 11 LIQRP Long Island QRP Club Jeff Casey WB5GWB 12 MIARC Mid Island Amateur Radio Club Mike Christopher W2IW 13 NARC Nassau Amateur Radio Club Lance Aue KA2EJD 14 NCPARC Nassau County Police Amateur Radio George Geller WB2GTC Club 15 QCWA Quarter Century Wireless Association Marty Miller NN2C 16 RCARC Radio Central Amateur Radio Club Neil Heft KC2KY 17 SCRC Suffolk County Radio Club Les Quackenbush KB2ZHF 18 SSARC South Shore ARC Bob Vanson K2VUH 19 TOBARES Town of Babylon ARES/RACES Walter Wenzel KA2RGI 20 WARC Wantagh Amateur Radio Club Sid Wolin K2LJH 21 YCCC Yankee Clipper Contest Club Rich Cariello AA2MF