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ARRL Southern New Jersey Section (SNJ)Section Manager
George S. Strayline, W2GSS 10 E Pacific Ave Villas, NJ 08251-2630 609-741-8322 w2gss@arrl.org |
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ALERT: Tue, February 9, 2010; 3:49 PM ET SNJ SECTION WEATHER ALERT - Winter Storm Warning Stay alert for OFFICIAL short fuse warnings and additional issuance of watches, warnings, advisories and statements through out this weather period by listening to NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS, or via the internet at www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/ or your favorite weather TV channel or weather radio station. Philadelphia / Mt. Holly Web Site: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/phi/ Courtesy of ARRL® SNJ SECTION Amateur Radio Equipped NWS Skywarn® Spotters. C/O N2JAI / WX2CMC http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/mou/weather.html ------------------------- Check the NWS internet sites for UPDATED Watches, Warnings or Advisories for New Jersey http://www.weather.gov/alerts-beta/nj.php?x=1 ------------------------------ Event: Winter Storm Warning Alert: ...YET ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT OUR AREA FROM THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING... .AN EXPLOSIVELY DEVELOPING NOR/EASTER WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF OUR AREA STARTING THIS EVENING...AND PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE FORMING OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL WATERS WILL BECOME THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TONIGHT AS IT STARTS TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THIS NOR/EASTER IS FORECAST TO BE JUST EAST OF OUR AREA...AND WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO A GOOD PART OF OUR AREA INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SOUTHEASTWARD THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT...AND WITH SLEET AND RAIN AT TIMES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THIS IS MORE LIKELY CLOSER TO THE COAST. AS COLDER AIR WRAPS AROUND THE STORM EVEN THESE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS AS OF NOW ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE PHILADELPHIA NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN TWO BURSTS ACROSS THE REGION. THE FIRST IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT WITH THREE TO EIGHT INCHES LIKELY TO ACCUMULATE BY THE MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY. THE SECOND SHOT WILL BE AN EVEN MORE INTENSE BURST OF HEAVY SNOW WITH THE UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE ITSELF THAT SHOULD OCCUR IN MOST OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MARYLAND...AND DELAWARE DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND NEW JERSEY AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL END BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS WEDNESDAY CONTINUES AND WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...EVEN MORE THAN WHAT OCCURRED WITH THE WEEKEND SNOW STORM. AT AND NEAR THE ATLANTIC SHORE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINDS INCREASE. DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT BEST DURING THIS WINTER STORM. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT WHERE POSSIBLE TO TAKE MASS TRANSPORTATION WEDNESDAY AND ONLY DRIVE IF ITS TRULY AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. Instructions: Target Area: Sussex Warren Morris Hunterdon Somerset Middlesex Western Monmouth Eastern Monmouth Mercer Salem Gloucester Camden Northwestern Burlington Ocean Cumberland Atlantic Cape May Atlantic Coastal Cape May Coastal Atlantic Coastal Ocean |
News last updated: Fri, January 15, 2010 at 10:53 PM ET
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Section Manager Calendars (Calendars are currently being approved and updated (January 14, 2010) |
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SM Schedule (click) Club Meetings (click) SNJ Events (click) Hamfests (click) VE session (click) |
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General Announcements |
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Atlantic Division Director Kay Craigie N3KN was elected unanimously as the new ARRL President this morning at the ARRL Board Meeting in CT. ---------------------------------------- We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2009 New Jersey Traffic Handler Awards. N2XJ Lifetime Achievement - Arnold Knadle N1JX W2SWE Outstanding Traffic Handler - Bob DeCesare WB2KNS K2SE Outstanding VHF Trafficker - John Kafka KB2BAA Each of the above nominees received an overwhelming landslide of votes, so our decision-making job was very easy. The formal announcements and commentaries will be in the NJ Traffic Bulletin at the end of January. The engraved award plaques will be distributed shortly thereafter. Congratulations to our winners! Keep up the great work. The W2UEZ Newcomer Award has not been determined. 73, Dan Ostroy K2UL, SNJ STM Dave Struebel WB2FTX, NNJ STM --------------------------------------------------------------- SNJ Section has found a webmaster to build our new website JSARS Hamfest in Toms River, NJ on August 8, 2010 The 2009 ARRL Spectrum Defense Campaign Needs Your Support http://www.arrl.org/?artid=9296 SNJ Section is seeking an individual to fill the State Government Liaison position. For details about the SGL job click here Please send your SK reports to w2gss@arrl.org Companion bill to HR-2160 introduced by Senate Read the story
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SNJ Current Club Newsletters 2010 |
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Southern Counties Amateur Radio Association (SCARA) Link Cape May County Amateur Radio Club (CMCARC) Click here Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club (GCARC) Click here South Jersey Radio Association (SJRA) Their September Edition of Harmonics click here Holiday City Amateur Radio Club (HCARC) http://www.hcarc.us/newsletter/hcarc0909.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/ |
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VE Testing 2010 and Ham Radio Classes |
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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 |
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SNJ Hamfest information 2010 |
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JSARS -- Toms River, NJ April 11, 10 JSARS - Toms River, NJ August 8, 10 |
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Congratulations to our new Hams (1/6/10) |
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Mark H Emmerling, KC2WIA James M Richardson, KC2WEK Wesley W Hughes, KC2WIB Leigh R Pottle, KC2WED Ralph J Yost, KC2WEN Carl P Biggs, KC2WFI Elaine D Woolley, KC2WFH Howard C Woolley, KC2WFG Paul T Williams, KC2WEM Michael A Cubbage, KC2WEI Marshall R Smith, KC2WEL Walt Muessig, KC2WEJ |
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SK Reports - SNJ Section Mourns the loss of our Friends and Elmers |
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John A Zaruba "Jack", K2ZA / SK ~ November 2009 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)
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ARRL Southern New Jersey Section (SNJ) Section Traffic Manager (STM) Report for December 2009 Submitted by Dan Ostroy K2UL on 10-January-2010
DECEMBER SNJ/NNJ SECTION NET REPORTS NJM: QNI 79 QTC 29/29 in 156 mins. 12 sessions. N2GJ mgr. NJPN: QNI 207 QTC 57/34 in 186 mins. 35 sessions. W2CC mgr. NJSN: QNI 128 QTC 14/13 in 316 mins. 31 sessions. K2PB mgr. NJN(E): QNI 160 QTC 45/40 in 376 mins. 31 sessions. AG2R mgr. NJN(L): QNI 183 QTC 25/23 in 303 mins. 31 sessions. AG2R mgr. (above nets are dual section nets of both SNJ and NNJ. Liaisons with 2RN)
DECEMBER SNJ LOCAL NET REPORTS JSARS: QNI 576 QTC 38/38 in 443 mins. 31 sessions. WA2NDA mgr. SJTN(E):QNI 81 QTC 32/32 in 186 mins. 17 sessions. KB2RTZ mgr. SJTN(L):QNI 53 QTC 1/1 in 95 mins. 14 sessions. KB2RTZ mgr.
DECEMBER STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS (SAR): orig/rcvd/sent/dlvd/ total WA2CUW 36/26/65/13/ 140 KB2RTZ 0/36/0/36 72 KB2BAA 0/23/31/7/ 61 AA2SV 1/26/23/3/ 53 K2UL 1/12/24/3/ 40 K2GW 0/17/16/1/ 34 WA2NDA 5/4/5/0/ 14 KC2EMW 1/0/7/0/ 8 WJ3P 0/2/2/1/ 5 KC2IYC 0/0/0/0/ 0 DECEMBER BPL: none.
DECEMBER Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) Reports: KB2RTZ 40/40/20/120/120/0/ 340 KB2BAA 40/40/30/20/80/0/ 210 K2UL 40/40/20/0/0/20/ 120 K2GW 40/34/30/0/0/10/ 114 WA2CUW 40/40/10/0/0/0/ 90 ----------------------------------- 70 point threshold WA2NDA 40/14/0/10/0/0/ 64 KC2EMW 33/8/0/0/0/0/ 41 WJ3P 9/5/20/0/0/0/ 34
DECEMBER NEWS: none. |
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Section Emergency Coordinator Monthly Report Section: SNJ Month: December Year: 2009 Total Number of ARES Members: 326 Change Since Last Month: 1 Number of Active Nets: 9 Total Sessions: 29 Number of EC's/DEC's Reporting This Month: 5 Number of Nets, Drills, Tests and Training Sessions This Month: 38 Person-hours: 390 Number of Public Service Events This Month: 0 Person-hours: 0 Number of Emergency Operations This Month: 2 Person-hours: 155 Total Number of ARES/RACES Events This Month: 40 Total Person-hours: 545 Stations Reporting: N2JVM KB2BAA N2IPH N2RO KB2EGI WX2NJ KB2EAH K2GW Comments: Atlantic County was on stand-by for the December snow storm Burlington County supported the Burlington County Office of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service SKYWARN program during the December winter storm.Mercer County ran nets for the December snow storm Ocean County ran 4 ARES Training Nets and one ARES Meeting and Annual Holiday Party Salem County participated in a D-RATS drill with Cumberland County and went to SCERN and Salem County Staff meeting Gary Wilson SEC , K2GW
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