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ARRL Southern New Jersey Section (SNJ)

Section Manager
George S. Strayline, W2GSS
10 E Pacific Ave
Villas, NJ 08251-2630
609-536-0582
w2gss@arrl.org
Section Links
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  • Atlantic Division
  • Assistant Section Manager
    Bill Cole, N2CSA
    107 Charles St
    Cape May, NJ 08204-3733
    (609) 886-9203
    n2csa@arrl.net

    Timothy J Cwik, N2LTQ
    Po Box 157
    Stone Harbor, NJ 08247-0157
    (609) 368-2482
    n2ltq@stnhbr.com

    Arnold Oberson, W2OB
    1110 Lakeside Dr
    Egg Hbr Twp, NJ 08234-7419
    (609) 485-6429, (609) 927-2609
    w2ob@arrl.net

    Bob Schenk, N2OO
    PO Box 345
    Tuckerton, NJ 08087-0345
    n2oo@arrl.net

    Affiliated Club Coordinator
    TJ "Skip" Arey, N2EI
    PO Box 236
    Beverly, NJ 08010-0236
    (609) 280-0006
    tjarey@gmail.com

    Official Observer Coordinator
    Mark J O'Brien, K2AX
    324 White Horse Pike
    Hammonton, NJ 08037-9611
    (856) 753-0533
    k2ax@comcast.net

    Public Information Coordinator
    Cory GB Sickles, WA3UVV
    1200 Cedar Ave
    Glassboro, NJ 08028-1210
    (856) 582-9146
    wa3uvv@arrl.net

    Section Emergency Coordinator
    Gary C Wilson, K2GW
    587 Flock Rd
    Hamilton Sq, NJ 08690-1345
    (609) 903-2292, (609) 890-3370
    k2gw@arrl.net

    Section Traffic Manager
    Daniel A Ostroy, K2UL
    8 Golden Crest Ct
    Hamilton, NJ 08691-3313
    (609) 890-9266
    k2ul@arrl.net

    Technical Coordinator
    Ricky D Stoneking, W2RDS
    43 Westminster Dr
    Lumberton, NJ 08048-5041
    (609) 760-1603, (609) 265-0885
    w2rds@arrl.net

    Section News

    Monthly Summaries

    News last updated: Wed, July 1, 2009 at 3:58 PM ET

    New Section Group ~ July, 1 2009

    Southern New Jersey Section now has a live group! The group is new and will grow rapidly Join us at http://snjsec.groups.live.com/



    News ~ Updated July 1, 2009

    Field Day 2009 is a great success for SNJ Section. I had such a wonderful time meeting everybody and making my rounds for field day. Thank you to everyone for the great hospitality. I will have more on SNJ Field Day 2009 shortly.

    Individual club Photos from Field Day will be posted at the bottom of this page as they are received.

    Please send your SK reports to w2gss@arrl.org

    New Amateur Reports, SK Reports, and Club Newsletters Updated ~ June 5, 2009

    Field Day is June 27 ~ 28, SM George Strayline, W2GSS to visit FD sites. Details will be available shortly.

    SNJ Section is seeking a Ham to fill the Public Information Coordinator position. For Details click here

    Cape May County Skywarn class is a big hit with NBC Story amd Video

    ARRL Seeks Member Support for HR 2160 Click here

    SNJ Section is seeking an individual to fill the State Government Liaison position. For details about the SGL job click here

    ARRL Comments on Broadband Provisions in Recovery Act Full Story

    New Photos are available at page bottom. Soon, SNJ will have a Photo slide show page!

    FCC Denies New York Ham's Request for PRB-1 Ruling ~ Read the Full Story



    Newsletters for June 2009

    Southern Counties Amateur Radio Association (SCARA) ~ Delayed

    Holiday City Amateur Radio Club (HCARC) http://www.hcarc.us/newsletter/hcarc0609.pdf

    Old Barney Amateur Radio Club (OBARC) http://www.obarc.org/pdf/current-nl.pdf

    Burlington County Radio Club (BCRC) http://www.k2td-bcrc.org/k2td_newsletter.html



    VE Testing 2009

    South Jersey Radio Association (SJRA) - VE sessions are held on the forth Tuesday of each Month Contact Call/Email Mark, K2AX, for directions: (609) 820-1523 or JTRA at comcast dot net

    Jersey Shore Amateur Radio Society (JSARS) full testing schedule is available online at http://www.jsars.org/?q=node/5

    Holiday City Amateur Radio Club (HCARC) has a full testing schedule online at http://www.hcarc.us/veexams.html



    SNJ Hamfest information 2009

    August 16, 2009 JSARS Hamfest by the Shore http://www.jsars.org



    Congratulations to these new Hams as of June 2, 2009

    Steven Kutoroff, KC2VDQ Robert E Luzhak, KC2VEI Ann M White, KC2VEO

    Patricia K Vogel, KC2VDJ Tommy A Williams, KC2VGB Mark R Harris, KC2VEF

    Debra C Garbrecht, KC2VFJ Henry A Wise, KC2VEZ Tom M Bailey, KC2VFN

    John C Bodin, KC2VEY Goerge W Branca, KC2VEA Rob A Cozen, KC2VFM

    James M Jones, KC2VFG Claire T Galiano, KC2VED Aaron S Spigelmoyer, KC2VEN

    Lisa Money, KC2VEJ Rachel M Johnson, KC2VEG Paul J Halley, KC2VEP

    Maria E Green, KC2VEE Maurice E Cobb, KC2VEB Brett Kimmelman, KC2VEH

    Harry G Moore, KC2VEL David R Smith, KC2VEM Elizabeth A Montanti, KC2VEK

    Lorraine B Dutta, KC2VEC Barry R Ballurio, KC2VDZ Stephen A Costanzo, KC2VDL

    Alex J Costanzo, KC2VDM John P Komendat, KC2VFF Robert S Jedrusiak, KC2VGM

    Jason C Delcampe, KC2VFL Joe E Jesson, KC2VGL Russell J Hendrickson, KC2VFH

    Edward F Angster, KC2VFO Daniel J Miles, KC2VFD



    SK Reports - SNJ Section Mourns the loss of our Friends and Elmers

     Lawrence William Winward, N2IFP / SK ~ (HCARC) June 2009

    Malcolm Bruce Macnaul, KC2VAZ / SK ~ (GCARC) May 2009

    Maryan H Bouchard K2MB / SK ~ April 2009

    Jack Castree K3IHA / SK ~  (SCARA) April 2009

    Lenny Ortman WA2GYF / SK ~ (CMCARC) March 2009

    Harry Walton Robinson, W2AZ / SK



    SNJ Affiliated Clubs - (only clubs with home page links are listed - for all others click the ARRL Big Club link)

    Delaware Valley Radio Assoc

    South Jersey Radio Association

    Shore Points ARC

    Cape May County ARC

    Victor Amateur Radio Assoc.

    Southern Counties ARA

    Jersey Shore ARS

    835 Radio Group

    Battleship New Jersey ARS

    Old Barney ARC

    Holiday City ARS

    East Coast Long Wire Assoc

    Delaware Valley Ragchew Club

    Burlington County Radio Club

    South Jersey DX Association

    Atlantic County ARES

    The Atlantic Radio Club

    Gloucester County ARC

    Ocean County ARES



    Official Observer Coordinator Report for April ~ No Report Submitted for May

    SNJ Section is seeking Amateurs to fill appointments in the Official Observer program.

    Interested Amateurs should contact SNJ OOC: Mark O'Brien  k2ax@comcast.net



    Section Emergency Coordinator Monthly Report

    Section: SNJ

    Month: May

    Year: 2009

    Total Number of ARES Members: 328

    Change Since Last Month: 5

    Number of Active Nets: 9

    Total Sessions: 30

    Number of EC's/DEC's Reporting This Month: 4

    Number of Nets, Drills, Tests and Training Sessions This Month: 54

    Person-hours: 363

    Number of Public Service Events This Month: 2

    Person-hours: 292

    Number of Emergency Operations This Month: 0

    Person-hours: 0

    Total Number of ARES/RACES Events This Month: 56

    Total Person-hours: 655

    Stations Reporting: N2JVM KB2BAA N2ZSO N2RO KB2EGI WX2NJ KB2EAH K2GW

    Gary Wilson, K2GW SNJ SEC

    k2gw@arrl.net



    ARRL Southern New Jersey Section (SNJ)

    Section Traffic Manager (STM) Report for March 2009

    Submitted by Dan Ostroy K2UL May 2009

    MAY SNJ/NNJ SECTION NET REPORTS

    NJM: QNI 92 QTC 20/20 in 154 mins. 15 sessions. N2GJ mgr.

    NJPN: QNI 225 QTC 72/55 in 261 mins. 36 sessions. W2CC mgr.

    NJSN: QNI 174 QTC 15/14 in 426 mins. 30 sessions. K2PB mgr.

    NJN(E): QNI 185 QTC 31/28 in 329 mins. 31 sessions. AG2R mgr.

    NJN(L): QNI 159 QTC 43/40 in 280 mins. 31 sessions. AG2R mgr.

    (above nets are dual section nets of both SNJ and NNJ. Liaisons with 2RN)

    MAY SNJ LOCAL NET REPORTS

    JSARS: QNI 411 QTC 39/39 in 332 mins. 31 sessions. WA2NDA mgr.

    SJTN(E):QNI 72 QTC 27/27 in 137 mins. 18 sessions. KB2RTZ mgr.

    TN(L):QNI 35 QTC 13/13 in 95 mins. 13 sessions. KB2RTZ mgr.

    MAY STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS (SAR):

    orig/rcvd/sent/dlvd/ total

    KB2RTZ 0/37/0/37 74

    KB2BAA 0/30/14/21/ 65

    K2UL 1/19/36/4/ 60

    WA2CUW 2/13/36/4/ 55

    K2GW 0/19/20/3/ 51

    WA2NDA 0/36/3/5/ 44

    AA2SV 1/16/20/2/ 39

    KC2EMW 1/0/8/0/ 9

    KC2IYC 0/3/0/2/ 5

    WJ3P 0/0/1/0/ 1

    K2RET 0/0/0/0 0

    MAY BPL: None

    MAY Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) Reports:

    KB2RTZ 40/40/20/235/0/10/ 345

    KB2BAA 40/40/30/150/0/0/ 260

    K2GW 24/40/30/40/0/10/ 144

    K2UL 40/40/20/0/0/20/ 120

    WA2NDA 40/40/0/20/0/0/ 100

    WA2CUW 40/40/10/0/0/0/ 90

    ----------------------------------- 70 point threshold

    KC2IYC 9/5/10/20/ 44

    WJ3P 12/1/20/5/0/0/ 38

    KC2EMW 16/9/0/0/0/0/ 25

    MARCH NEWS: none.

    Section Traffic Manager reports can also be found online at http://k2ul.home.att.net/stm_monthly.htm


    George Strayline, W2GSS - SNJ Section Manager narrating a Power Point Presentation to members of the Cape May County RACES/ARES at the Cape May County office of emergency management January 25, 2009

    Members of the Cape May County RACES/ARES team in attendance for thier annual meeting January 25, 2009

    (L-R) Assistant Section Manager Arnold Oberson, W2OB and Section Manager George Strayline, W2GSS having fun at the Boy Scouts Radio Merit Badge Day, February 7 2009 with participating affiliated clubs Cape May County Amateur Radio Club (CMCARC) and Southern Counties Amateur Radio Association (SCARA)

    John Kafka, KB2BAA with the 2008 W2UEZ Newcomer Award plaque, presented by SNJ Section STM Dan Ostroy, K2UL on January 30, 2009

    SNJ's John Kafka, KB2BAA holding the 2008 W2UEZ Newcomer Award - John is from Jackson Township in Ocean County.

    ARRL SNJ Section Affiliated Club Coordinator Skip Arey, N2EI in attendance at a Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club meeting - March 4, 2009

    JSARS Hamfest by the Shore April 5, 2009

    In good Sprits - VE Team (JSARS Hamfest). April 5, 2009

    A very good turnout and a great time at the JSARS Hamfest by the Shore. April 5, 2009

    Open House at Cumberland County OEM - April 4, 2009

    SNJ Section's very own Assistant Section Manager, Bob Schenck, N2OO overlooking Ned's Beach on Lord Howe Island From the VK9LA DXpedition.

    Cape May County Amateur Radio Club member and Elmer Robert D'Imperio, N4XAT operates the CW station onboard the Battleship New Jersey BB-62. June 2009

    Operating on the Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station May 30, 2009 L-R Bill Schwoer, KC2AAY (SCARA) Len Wolanski, WA2BTK (CMCARC) Bob Dimperio, N4XAT (CMCARC) Art Cushman, KG2OG (CMCARC)

    Many Thanks to our wonderful host and Elmer Ed Clark, W2KP of the Battelship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station.

    Southern New Jersey Section Manager George Strayline, W2GSS - Operating the PSK-31 station onboard the Battleship New Jersey Amateur Radio Station. Thanks to Margaret, KB2BRR of (BNJARS) June 13, 2009

    Red Cross Trailer of Delaware Valley Radio Association(DVRA) - Field Day 2009

    SNJ Section Manager George Strayline, W2GSS with members of the Jersey Shore Amateur Radio Society, JSARS, Field Day 2009

    Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club, GCARC, W2MMD, Field Day 2009

    Thanks to members of SCARA and CMCARC for allowing ARRL SNJ section to set up at their 2009 Field Day site. Special Thanks to BIll Aber, N2JAI


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