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ALERT: Wed, June 18, 2008; 9:36 PM ET The Delaware Valley Radio Association give exams every other month in Pennington, NJ at the Hopewell Township Branch of the Mercer County Library. Exams start at 12:15 on July 19th, September 13th and November 15th. Walk-ins are accepted. Contact Don/AA2F at 609-737-1723 or aa2f@arrl.net for information. |
News last updated: Tue, June 17, 2008 at 7:18 PM ET
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY NEWSLETTER FOR JUNE
SECTION MANAGER, JEAN PRIESTLEY, KA2YKN
It is June already and that means that FIELD DAY is rapidly approaching. This year the dates are June 28 and 29. Field Day starts at 2 PM on Saturday and runs for 24 hours. The idea is to keep the stations on the air continuously for the 24 hour period using power other than commercial mains. The purpose of Field Day is to demonstrate that we can operate stations under emergency conditions. It is a great opportunity to invite the public to see what ham radio is all about. This year in your club try something different to bring in club members who haven't been out for a few years or to bring in the new members/hams who have never been to a Field Day.
Bob Schenck, N2OO was presented with the CQ DX Hall of Fame plaque by Ralph Fedor, K0IR at the annual SWODXA DX Dinner in the Crown Plaza Hotel, Dayton, Ohio. The CX Dinner is attended by some 500 DXers from around the world every year. Also at the same dinner, Tom Harrell, N4XP was presented with the SWODXA DXpedition of the year award. Bob believes that it all evolved from a little whisper in the ear back in 1978 by a friend and the ensuing DXpendition adventures we all are very familiar with over the years. Bob also thanks the membership of the SJDXA and the others who nominated him for this very prestigious award. A big hail and hardy salute to Bob.
A new law (P.L. 2007, c 198) went into effect on March 1 2008 regarding the use of wireless telephones and communication devices in a moving motor vehicle. Section 1.a reads: The use of a wireless telephone or electronic communications device by an operator of a moving motor vehicle on a public road or highway shall be unlawful except when the telephone is a hands-free wireless telephone or the electronic communications device is used hands-free, provided that its placement does not interfere with the operation of federally required safety equipment and the operator exercises a high degree of caution in the operation of the motor vehicle. For the purposes of this section, an electronic communications device shall not include amateur radio. The full text of the law can be found at: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/legis/2007c198_law.pdf
The new Amateur Extra class Question Pool has been released. The national Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators has released the new pool of question for the Amateur Extra class license. This pool will become effective for examinations given on or after July 1, 2008 and should be in service until June 30, 2012. The pool, which consists of 741 questions and 12 graphics, can be downloaded from the NCVEC website in Word, PDF or RTF formats.
JSARS Is still holding their testing sessions the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 pm at the Riverwood Recreation Building on Riverwood Drive in Toms River, NJ. For more information call Ed GENOINO, WA2NDA at 609-693-3729. Holiday City ARC is also still holding their test sessions every other 2nd Saturday from 10am to 12pm, (May, July, Sept, Nov). Sessions are held at the Holiday City South Clubhouse area in meeting room #1 on Mule Road at the corner of Santiago Dr in Toms River. Your contact person is Bill Haldane, AC2F and the phone is 732-240-7064 or ac2f@earthlink.net. When going to any test session, you must have your original license, at least one Xerox copy and original and one copy of any credit sheets you may have. Bring 2 forms of id.
OBARC has resumed their test sessions for the year. There was one in June and the next one will be Sept. 4 and again Dec. 4, 2008. All the sessions will be held at the Ocean Acres Community Center, Nautilus Drive, Manahawkin. Doors close at 7pm. Contact Dave Burgess, WA2TVS at 609-698-2872. Directions to test site are available at http://wwww.obarc.org.
Testing sessions by SJRA are on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Winslow Senior center. Contact is Mark, K2AX at JTRA@comcast.net or (609)820-1523.
If you haven't already, please make a note or bookmark the following site:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/skywarn/index.html.
The Battleship New Jersey is back on summer hours. If your club is thinking about visiting the NJ2BB club station, please be sure to make arrangements ahead of the scheduled date to insure that someone will be there. Just go on our website at www.nj2bb.org for information to schedule a visit. If you have worked NJ2BB and want to send a card, the QSL manager is Margaret Burgess, KB2BRR 150 Schooner Ave, Barnegat, NJ 08005. Please send your cards with an SASE to insure receiving a card in return from NJ2BB. http:// www.nj2bb.org
NOW OPEN !! The new "City at Sea Tour". Its intent is to highlight the support activities within the vessel, such as dental, medical and sickbay. There will also be a Quick Stop (aka smoke shop), Post office and machine shops. Of interest to the Ham community is the WW2 Radio Room that members of BNJARS have been working on. This compartment was once filled with black crackle painted equipment that glows in the dark. The gang has found the appropriate equipment from various sources, restored and repaired each item as needed. On May 19, 2008, the new General Quarters Tour opened. The tour will offer the same tour as the current, except all guests will receive an audio device that will include narration, music, special effects, descriptions of spaces and recorded accounts by former crew members. An adult and child's version will be available. The ships current guided tour The Fire Power Tour will now include the Combat Engagement Center and the Admiral Halsey Stateroom. Even If your have seen the ship once already, there is plenty of new reasons to come see it again.
If you have an activity coming up or want to report something that happened, please send a short write up to me and I will put it in next month. Please remember that if you work traffic to report it to Dan, K2UL.
Traffic report for May Traffic manager, K2UL, Dan Ostroy
SNJ/NNJ Section Net Reports
QNI reports NJM 104 N2GJ NJPN 209 W2CC NJSN 182 K2PB NJN(E) 178 AG2R NJN(L) 168 AG2R
(the above nets are dual section nets of both SNJ and NNJ. Liaisons with 2RN)
SNJ Local Net Reports JSARS 304 WA2NDA SJTN (E) 33 KB2RTZ SJTN(L) 31 KB2RTZ
Station Activity Reports (SAR) KB2RTZ 74 AA2SV 43 WA2NDA 40 K2UL 30 K2GW 10 WJ3P 8
Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) KB2RTZ 260 K2UL 110 N2HQL 90 K2GW 89 KA2YKN 85 WJ3P 72 WA2CUW 65
STM reports that the past six years have been posted on the web at
http://k2ul.home.att.net/stm_monthly.htm
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