Hello Friends,

We are writing to simply remind everyone of the upcoming New Jersey QSOParty this weekend starting Friday JULY 27th and running through Saturday July 28th 2013. Please visit the Burlington County Radio Club site for details at the following link..   

http://www.k2td-bcrc.org/njqp/  

73 de George, W2GSS

Anybody, Club or station having field day photos, Please upload them here and I'll pin those to the top of the page along with your photo credits, I would also like to post your photos the ARRL SNJ Section website. TNX es MNY 73 de George W2GSS

I'M HOME - And what a wonderful field day by everyone. Thank you so much to Gary Wilson, K2GW and our other ASM's for filling in the empty spots. What a long and arduous weekend for so many people. but it seemed by the looks of things Hams are ready to take on any communications scenario. I'm so proud of so many people. I shot well over 2000 photos which I will sort through and post in a few days. Next year I am going to change things up again, I plan to visit all the Northern counties and work my way South as I had done my very first year as Section Manager. I had so much fun and can't believe how much I missed everyone. Soon as things start to improve here at home, I plan to visit our clubs over the summer, sharing some good stories and news. A special thank you goes out to everyone for your generous hospitality too... SNJ Section Rocks! . . .Now it's time to lick my wounds (Hi Hi) 73 de George Strayline, W2GSS

 Southern New Jersey Section Field Day stations... Please send your messages to Section Manager via SNJ NTS, as we do every year. Good Luck to everyone and have fun.. 73

The Southern Counties Amateur Radio Association (SCARA) and Shore Points Amateur Radio Club (SPARC) will hold their annual "field day" events on June 22nd and 23rd sponsored by the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL). Southern Counties Amateur Radio Association (SCARA) will hold its event at the Tony Canale Training Center on English Creek Avenue in Egg Harbor Township. Shore Points Amateur Radio Club (SPARC) will hold its event at the 15th Street North Observation Tower on the north end of Brigantine Island. th Derecho, and Super Storm Sandy. Amateur radio operators provided back up communications to emergency management personnel through the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) and Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARRL-ARES) programs. Amateur radio has become an integral part of the emergency management system because of the devastation to the electrical and normal communications systems during those recent storms. nd or 23rd or both! 

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More than 35,000 Amateur Radio operators throughout the country are expected to participate. In just the past few years, local HAM RADIO operators have provided assistance in Hurricane Irene, the June 30

We are inviting everyone to come out and visit us during this event and see for him or herself that is not your grandfather’s radio anymore. They will be using some of the newest technology such as digital and satellite communications, the Internet, voice communications and even the traditional Morse code. Communications that Ham Radio operators provided have saved lives throughout the world and besides that – its fun.

Come out and join us in the festivities on Saturday or Sunday the 22

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MS COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE

Greetings once again Fellow Communicators, We wanted to update all of you on the MS Events, and the Communications Team. First, unfortunately due to time constraints, Carmen (KE3QB) has stepped down as the Communications Coordinator. Fortunately for us, he has not left us, but remains as part of the Communications Operations Team which is handling all facets of communications for the MS and other Special Events. We will always benefit from his years of experience and dedication. With this in mind, we ask that going forward, that you discontinue sending emails and snail mails to Carmen, and direct them as follow: All Snail Mail is being received at: MS EVENT COMMUNICATIONS C/O: KATHY STAFFORD (AB2LF) 128 STONEHAM DRIVE GLASSBORO, NJ 08028 All Emails are to be sent to: N3MSS@MAIL.com OR MS.EVENTCOMMUNICATIONS@YAHOO.COM Now, Event Business: 1) The need for communicators at Walk Sites has been updated by the Society. Attached to this email you will find an updated Walks Sign-Up form with new verbiage and the listing of the only 5 sites that will be using communicators. 2) Also attached to this email, you will find a new Society updated MS150 Sign-up form with new verbiage and the t-shirt form at the end. If you have already sent in your forms for this year’s events, you DO NOT need to fill out new forms. The forms that we received for this year will be used, but if you are forwarding forms to folks who may not be on our mailing lists, please use the new attached forms. The MS 150 paper form is also accessible from the MS society web site, or using this URL link: http://nationalmssociety.org/HAMS (There will be an On-Line MS150 Sign-up Form available soon) Those communicators that volunteered for deleted walk sites will be contacted about working a current site. Once again, we are desperately trying to bolster our ranks. If you know of anyone who might be interested in volunteering, please forward this information to them. Only our dedicated rank and file can help us reach our goals in helping to end the devastating effects of this horrible disease. With much Thanks and Respect as always, 73, MS EVENT COMMUNICATIONS TEAM

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The 13 Colonies Special Event will start on July 1, 2013 and run through July 6, 2013. This is a is probably the largest event in North America. This is my 4th year participating in the event. For more information go to http://www.13colonies.info/ .
>Hope to hear you on the air.
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>73
>Ed Champion - N2RO
>Gloucester County EC, RO

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ATTENTION TECHS!  If you want to upgrade to General, this is your opportunity to do it through a class.  Here are the details:

DATES:

Starting Wednesday, July 10^th through Friday, July 12^th at 6~9 PM – then Saturday, July 13^th at 8~10 AM for a recap.  Testing will follow immediately thereafter.

VENUE:

Camden County EOC

Charles J. DePalma Complex

2311 Egg Harbor Rd

Lindenwold NJ, 08021

IMPORTANT:

Because of room size, we have to limit this class to 30 students.  If you are CERTAIN you are going to come to the class and take the test, then you must send an email to that effect, with your complete contact information – including callsign and cell phone number, to wa3uvv@arrl.net.  PLEASE do not sign up if you aren’t going to be able to commit to the schedule.  Otherwise, you might be preventing someone else from upgrading.

Also, note that this is a General Class session – only.  The instructors will not be teaching the Technician Class information as part of this.  It is expected that students will already have their Tech license and some on-air experience.  When you pass your General test, you are welcome to stay and sit for the Extra exam.

This is an ARRL VE session.  ARRL License Study Guides are available locally through Ham Radio Outlet in New Castle, DE or from the League.  It is expected that you will have already studied the Guide before class starts.  If you have any special questions about the material covered, please write them down and bring them with you, as we will allow time to cover them.

This is not strictly a “ham-cram” setting.  During the evenings, we’ll be covering the questions and discussing some background, so you have a better understanding of “what it all means”.

Thank you.  I look forward to seeing you there!

Cory Sickles – WA3UVV

SNJ PIC, VE

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NJ Section Photos at bottom of page

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Current and past monthly SNJ Section Emergency Coordinators reports can be found at the following link http://www.snj-ares.org/monthly-sec-reports 

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 SNJ Section ARES web site   http://www.snj-ares.org/

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Southern New Jersey Section news and Information are also available on Facebook and Google+ - Connect with either and enjoy some fun camaraderie.

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/ARRL-Southern-New-Jersey-Section/208247835853331

Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106349651106367879338/106349651106367879338/posts

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SM Announcement

Any SNJ Clubs or members having announcements or news of special interest that you wish to have propagated to SNJ Section, please pass them along to SNJ Section PIO, Lynn Fogle, KC2ZJW. You can reach Lynn via email at kc2zjw@arrl.net.  Lynn will have your message posted to the Section Email Reflector and the ARRL SNJ Section web page ASAP.

You may also pass your news and announcements to any of your ARRL Section Leaders listed at the bottom of this page.

TNX es Best 73

George Strayline, W2GSS w2gss@arrl.org

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SCARA VE Sessions

Every first Thursday of the Month at the Tony Canale Center on English Creek Rd in Egg Harbor Township at 7 pm.

Please contact VEC Larry Schall, KB2MN, at 609-287-5340, email: KB2MN@verizon.net

Pre-registration is required.