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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
  • Hamfests
  • Affiliated Clubs
  • Ham Radio Classes

  • Other sections

  • 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: Tue, November 10, 2009 at 1:23 PM ET

    Section Manager Calendars

    SM Schedule (click)

    Club Meetings (click)

    SNJ Events (click)

    Hamfests (click)

    VE session (click)




    General Announcements

    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




    Newsletters for November 2009

    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/



    VE Testing 2009 and Ham Radio Classes

    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

    None listed for SNJ Section



    Congratulations to these new Hams as of November 2, 2009

    Charles B Webb, KC2VVB
    108 Cedar Rd
    Mullica Hill, NJ 08062-2500

    Dennis Campbell, KC2VUZ
    68 Greenleigh Dr
    Sewell, NJ 08080-3212

    Harold J Garron, AC2BK
    685 Fox Run Rd
    Sewell, NJ 08080-4253

    Ron Hevener, KC2VVC
    709 Adriatic Ave
    Cape May, NJ 08204-1817

    Paul D Bergman, KC2VVA
    168 Briarwood Dr
    Cape May, NJ 08204-3842

    Terrie L Robert, KC2VUY
    630 Landis Ave
    Bridgeton, NJ 08302-4830

    Christopher Barsi, KC2VUU
    16 Dickinson St
    Apt 11
    Princeton, NJ 08540-5130

    Jaclyn A Christiansen, KC2VVN
    407 Bunker Hill Rd
    Princeton, NJ 08540-8545

    William J Kelleher, KC2VUT
    PO Box 7068
    Trenton, NJ 08628-0068



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

    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)

    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



    ARRL Southern New Jersey Section (SNJ)

    Section Traffic Manager (STM) Report for October 2009

    Submitted by Dan Ostroy K2UL on 9 November 2009

    OCTOBER SNJ/NNJ SECTION NET REPORTS

    NJM: QNI 93 QTC 14/14 in 137 mins. 14 sessions. N2GJ mgr.

    NJPN: QNI 232 QTC 55/44 in 245 mins. 35 sessions. W2CC mgr.

    NJSN: QNI 149 QTC 14/14 in 419 mins. 31 sessions. K2PB mgr.

    NJN(E): QNI 192 QTC 52/44 in 385 mins. 31 sessions. AG2R mgr.

    NJN(L): QNI 171 QTC 35/31 in 289 mins. 31 sessions. AG2R mgr.

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

    OCTOBER SNJ LOCAL NET REPORTS

    JSARS: QNI 507 QTC 40/40 in 372 mins. 31 sessions. WA2NDA mgr.

    SJTN(E):QNI 95 QTC 17/17 in 145 mins. 17 sessions. KB2RTZ mgr.

    SJTN(L):QNI 49 QTC 2/2 in 91 mins. 14 sessions. KB2RTZ mgr.

    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    OCTOBER STATION ACTIVITY REPORTS (SAR):

    orig/rcvd/sent/dlvd/ total

    KB2RTZ 0/36/0/36 72

    WA2NDA 9/49/9/3/ 70

    WA2CUW 1/12/34/7/ 54

    K2UL 2/15/30/3/ 50

    KB2BAA 0/9/12/8/ 29

    AA2SV 1/9/15/2/ 27

    K2GW 0/9/11/3/ 23

    KC2EMW 1/0/8/0/ 9

    WJ3P 0/1/1/0/ 2

    OCTOBER BPL: none.

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    OCTOBER Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) Reports:

    KB2RTZ 40/40/20/120/40/10/270

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

    K2GW 27/23/30/25/0/10/ 115

    KB2BAA 40/29/30/10/0/0/ 109

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

    WA2NDA 40/40/0/10/0/0/ 90

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

    KC2EMW 39/9/0/0/0/0/ 48

    WJ3P 8/2/30/0/0/0/ 40

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    OCTOBER NEWS: none.



    Section Emergency Coordinator Monthly Report



    Section: SNJ

    Month: October 2009

    Year: 2009

    Total Number of ARES Members: 332

    Change Since Last Month: 4

    Number of Active Nets: 9

    Total Sessions: 35

    Number of EC's/DEC's Reporting This Month: 6

    Number of Nets, Drills, Tests and Training Sessions This Month: 39

    Person-hours: 1409.5

    Number of Public Service Events This Month: 1

    Person-hours: 22

    Number of Emergency Operations This Month: 0

    Person-hours: 0

    Total Number of ARES/RACES Events This Month: 40

    Total Person-hours: 1431.5

    Stations Reporting: N2JVM KB2BAA N2ZSO N2RO KB2EGI WX2NJ KB2EAH K2GW



    Comments: Atlantic County Participated in field day 2009 with the SPARC K2B special events station in Brigantine. Burlington County supported the Monroe Township Main Street Day in Gloucester County on June 6th and supported ARRL Field Day with two combined emergency antenna tower deployment exercises/drills, one EOC/RACES/ARES radio equipment NCS training event, and ran seven training nets, four ARES and three Severe Weather.. The ARES group has also been participating in the NWS Mount Holly Skywarn and the National Hurricane Center VOIP NETS.

    Cumberland County man hours includes Field Day which was a "Great Success"

    Gloucester County total man-hours included 780 for field day.

    Ocean County ran 5 training nets.

    Salem County participated in 6 OEM meetings. The first field day ever in Salem County was a success in many ways. We were 4A.

    We had old and new members visit and operate. We have a great location and excellent support from the county. Next year should be

    even better!

    Gary Wilson SEC K2GW



    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

    ILLW, International Lighthouse Lightship Week is a great time for SNJ Amateurs. August 2009

    ARES Public Service Event at Burlington County Farm-fair. Pictured are ARES operators Jack Gordon WA2RHJ and Don Corrington AK2S Photo by John Kaffka, KB2BAA


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