ARRL

Register Account

Login Help

ARRL Clubs - Great South Bay ARC

Great South Bay ARC

Great South Bay ARC

Contact Information

Club Name:
Great South Bay ARC
Call Sign:
W2GSB
Contact:
John T. Melfi W2HCB
Daytime Phone:
(516) 375-5045
Evening Phone:
(631) 669-6321
Email:
w2gcb@arrl.net

Basic Information

ARRL Special Service Club
Call Sign:
W2GSB
Annual Report:
Apr 07th 2024
Meeting Time:
Announced on Website
Meeting Place:
Babylon Town Hall EOC (Basement)-Lindenhurst, NY
Section:
NLI
Affiliation Date:
May 14th 1975
Specialties:
Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
Services Offered:
Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, License Test Sessions, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Packet Radio BBS, Repeater, Tvi/RFI Committee
Description:

We are a full rounded special service club 

We are located on Long Island in the Township of Babylon

 

Our home is located in the Basement of Babylon Town Hall

Our club is known world wide from our special event stations our DXERS and contestors 

We offer free trainig to all who want to become a amateur radio operator 

We are big into public service and emergency service 

 We have be honored for our efforts for many storms here on Long Island and other emergencies such as flight 800,  911,  The pine barrens wild fires and many storms but nothing as big as superstorm sandy for which our club was put on a monument with all the first responders. That Monument is at Tanner Park in Copaigue NY   We thrive at public service events will support the Suffolk County Marathon and the Babylon Village Saints Patricks Day The Babylon Village country fair Annually.

If  you live on Long Island check us out all our members are alway willing to help out in any situation 

 We have a winlink  gateway on look for W2TOB-10 feel free to use it if your on Long Island and get into it, Frequncey is 145.070 

Check us out at field day when we have our club trailer and tower trailer in use for all to see 

Our club trailer has 3 HF VHF UHF stations all modes SSB CW Digital and Winlink plus FT-8 plus another 2 uhf vhf stations in it all backed up by 400 amps of battery power which is charged via the 200 watt solar panels on the roof and also a 7000 watt generator if needed  for the Air conditioning  and heat. 

 

We do annual special event staions as well as POTA Activations

Our Anual Special events are Marconi day in April  The Armed Forces Day at the Air Power Museum and International lighthouse lightship weekend at the Fire Island LigtHouse 

We are not the biggest club but have a ton of fun 

 

  

 

Links:
http://www.gsbarc.org

Club Statistics

Club Members:
149
Voting Members:
143
Voting Licensed Amateur Members:
143
Voting ARRL Members:
115

Great South Bay ARC Officers

  • John T. Melfi W2HCB

    Contact, President

    John T. Melfi W2HCB

  • Robert A. Reinhart W2YW

    Treasurer

    Robert A. Reinhart W2YW

  • John P. McCue W2JPM

    Secretary

    John P. McCue W2JPM

  • Stuart P. Cohen AF2SC

    Vice President

    Stuart P. Cohen AF2SC

  • Kevin J. Morgan AB2ZI

    Editor

    Kevin J. Morgan AB2ZI

EXPLORE ARRL

Instragram     Facebook     Twitter     YouTube     LinkedIn