News last updated: Wed, June 24, 2009 at 12:55 PM ET
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Joint RVHFG & RDXA Dinner pictures
Two new hamfests have been added to the list. KLARA Hamfest Aug 8th and CNYARA Hamfest Aug 22nd.
Don't forget to add your club Field Day plans to the Field Day Locator. FD will be here soon!
Added a link to the NY State QSO Party under hamfests & events.
Western New York Section News
RVHFG and RDXA Joint Club Dinner
Congratulations to the Rochester VHF Group who celebrated it's 60th year in Amateur Radio at the recent RVHFG and RDXA joint dinner in April. A picture of the festivities is at the bottom of the web page.
Keith Freeberg N2BEL Educator of the Year Award
Peter Fournia W2SKY is the first recipient of the Keith Freeberg N2BEL Educator of the Year Atlantic Division Award, which was awarded at the banquet at the Rochester Hamfest.
Pete had worked very closely with Keith over the years in developing, organizing and teaching amateur radio topics to scores of people. This award is named after Keith Freeberg N2BEL who was very involved in amateur radio and amateur radio training in the Western New York Section. Keith had a unique ability to teach amateur radio to people of all ages. He had an affinity for working with young people and was very involved with one of the few Radio Coaches programs. It is very fitting that this award is dedicated to his memory and that the successful candidate demonstrate an ability to successfully train people in amateur radio. The emphasis is on quality of training and not pure number of people trained.
Congratulations to Pete W2SKY on this fine and well deserved achievement!
New WNY Section Traffic Manager
After many years of excellent service to the National Traffic System as the Western New York Section Traffic Manager, Bruce KA2GJV has decided pursue other interests as they say. Please send Bruce your thanks for his fine service as STM over so many years.
Effective immediately please send your traffic, PSHR and net reports to our new STM Doug AK2Z, who lives in Camden NY. Feel free to send me a copy as well, I appreciate the reports. Doug should be pretty easy to find, he checks into most if not all of the HF phone nets, as well as VHF nets such as OCTEN and CNYTN.
Please send along your congratulations and best wishes to Doug AK2Z as our new STM. He will do a fine job.
Field Day 2009: The Field Day locator for 2009 is up and running! FD Locator. Use the FD locator publicize your Field Day operation and help amateurs or those interested in Amateur Radio find a Field Day site near them. Please only list your FD if it open to the public. You can scroll around to find Field Day locations that have been entered into the map. You can enter your site by clicking on the "Add a Station" link located to the top right of the map.
Last year I travelled to 8 Field Day sites and had a lot of fun meeting all of you. I was planning to travel around for Field Day again this year but unfortunately graduation weekend falls on FD weekend, so travelling is out this year. I will probably operate some from home, and if time permits I'll try to visit a couple of the more local club's Field Day sites. I visited FD sites from Buffalo to Utica last year, a lot of driving but it was fun. I hope to hear your group on the air!
Hamfest Sponsors !
Generally most Western New York hamfests have well established dates and occur the same weekend from year to year. Please try your best not to choose a date that is already taken or a date you know another hamfest always uses, even if they have not announced their date yet. Conflicting hamfests draw attendees away from each other, and besides I can't go to both. If you are in doubt check with the other hamfest first if you think your date might conflict with them.
Western New York Hamfests and Events for 2009 !
18 Jul 2009 RADIOCOM 2009 (Utica Hamfest) located at the Herkimer County Fairgrounds, Cemetery Street in Frankfort, NY, sponsored by the Utica Amateur Radio Club. Web Site: http://www.uticaarc.org. or click here Utica ARC. Talk-In: 146.760 (-600). Contact: Martin V. Benedict, Sr., W2MVB, 315 Marion Street, Herkimer, NY 13350. Email: w2mvb@twcny.rr.com
1 Aug 2009 Finger Lakes Hamfest sponsored by the Tompkins County Amateur Radio Club. Web Site: http://tcarc.compcenter.com/ or click here TCARC Hamfest. Talk-In: 146.97(-) (PL 103.5). Contact: Kevin Romer, KC2MLC, 6462 State Route 227, Trumansburg, NY 14886. Email: kc2mlc@arrl.net. The hamfest will be located at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds on NYS Route 96 in Trumansburg, NY.
1 Aug 2009 28th Annual Hamfest & Computer Show (Batavia Hamfest) located at the Alexander Fireman's Grounds, 10708 Route 98, Alexander NY, sponsored by the Genesee Radio Amateurs. For more information http://www.geocities.com/gram_radio_club/index.html. or click here Hamfest
Talk-In: 147.285 +600 (tones will be off). Contact: Rob McLean, KC2MHH, 220 West Main Street, Batavia, NY 14020. Email: kc2mhh@verizon.net
8 Aug 2009 Keuka Lake Amateur Radio Association Hamfest located at the Howard Community Building on Hopkins Rd in Howard NY. Talk-In 145.19(-) PL110.9. Web Site is http://klara.us KLARA Contact: Richard Torrey W2RMT, 2 Whitney Valley Ext., Almond NY 14804. Email: hamfest@xdrcertified.com.
15 Aug 2009 56th Annual Rome Hamfest sponsored by the Rome Radio Club, located at the Westmoreland VFD, Station Rd in Westmoreland NY. http://pages.prodigy.net/romeradioclub. Rome Radio Club Web Page. Talk-In: 146.88 (PL 151.4). Contact: Tony LoVaglio, WA2GBE, 134 Glen Road South, Rome, NY 13440. Email: wa2gbe@verizon.net
22 Aug 2009 CNYARA Ham-Jam sponsored by the Central New York Amateur Radio Association (CNYARA), located at the Deerfield Volunteer Fire Dept., 5476 Trenton Rd, Deerfield NY. Web site: http://www.cnyara.com/ CNYARA . Talk-In 146.58 Simplex. Contact information: Tony KG2BV, 3665 Knight Rd, Sauquoit NY, 13456, email KG2BV@arrl.net
19 Sep 2009 RAGS Hamfest (Syracuse), located at the Pompey Hill Fire Department on Henneberry Road in Pompey NY. Sponsored by the Radio Amateurs of Greater Syracuse. Web Site: http://ragsinreview.com or click here RAGS Hamfest. Talk-In: 147.90/30. Contact: Viv Douglas, WA2PUU,
Box 88, Liverpool, NY 13088. Email: ragsonline@hotmail.com.
Emergency Communications Conference
This was a terrific event last year, with many great speakers and presentations. The attendance was excellent, and I left very impressed with the wide variety of topics offered and the expertise of the speakers. I hope to see you there!
3 Oct 2009 EmComm East, sponsored by the Monroe County Amateur Radio Emergency Service Inc., located at St. John Fisher College, 3900 East Ave., Rochester NY. For more information go to: http://www.emcommeast.org., or click here EmCommEast. Talk-In: 146.61/444.45 (PL 110.9). Contact: Jeff Wigal, WY7Q, PO Box 10011, Rochester, NY 14610. Email: info@emcommeast.org
NYS QSO Party
17 Oct 2009 NYS QSO Party After many years, there will again be a New York State QSO Party. For dates, times, modes, bands, county expeditions and other information go to: http://www.rdxa.com, or click here RDXA.
Attention Hamfest and Event Sponsors !
Please email me your 2009 hamfest information as soon as you choose a date. Also sanction your hamfest with the ARRL at http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/hamfests/. You get a few door prizes and it helps you to avoid date conflicts with other WNY Hamfests. Remember to avoid conflicts with other hamfests especially other WNY hamfests.
Local BPL News
For those of you faced with BPL, please take the time to talk to and write your town board and object to the interference that BPL causes and also write your state government officials as well as your congress person and senators. We may know that BPL isn't worth it, but that doesn't mean that your town board does.
WNY Section News Submissions
If you have a story about an event that you wish to share, please write up a short article and include pictures when you can, and email to me at W2LC@arrl.org. Please send separate jpg files for the pictures. WNY ARRL Members and non-members: Please send all correspondence to me via W2LC@arrl.org.
Thank you. 73 Scott W2LC, WNY SM.
The Celebratory RVHFG 60 Year Cake!
A small portion of the group at the joint RVHFG & RDXA dinner
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