AROUND THE LEAGUE
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Hello to all in the Southern NJ Section. It was great to meet so many
people at the Gloucester County Hamfest. Thanks to the Gloucester County
Amatuer Raio Club for Hosting the SNJ Convention.
I will begin sending out monthly information on activities going on
throughout the section. If your club or group has a newsletter please
send it to me at n2xw@arrl.net
The Southern NJ Section will be conducting the annual Simulated
Emergency Test (SET) on Saturday October 5, 2019 beginning at 0800. The
object of the annual nationwide exercise is to test training and skills
and to try out new technologies and methodologies while working with
partners to cement relationships in advance of real world need. You may
hear some activity on your local repeaters on Saturday morning as
various groups send messages both by voice and digitally. For more
information contact The Section Emergency Coordinator Tom Devine WB2ALJ
at wb2alj@arrl.net.
Here are a couple of stories that are making news in SNJ:
Mercer County operator Paul Andrews W2HRO audio interview with ‘QSO
Today’
Mercer County operator Paul Andrews W2HRO was recently interviewed by
QSO Today. Below is link to the interview audio.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/qsotoday/Episode_268_Paul_Andrews_W2HRO_Final.mp3
In the hour-long audio interview, Paul tells several stories including:
PepperNet check-ins when he was 12 years old
Cesar Arena W2SVV who administered Paul’s Novice exam
Using W2ZQ repeater autopatch to call his girlfriend (now XYL)
Mercer County club station W2ZQ introduces new ‘Weekly 2M Tech Net’
Beginning Sunday September 29, the Delaware Valley Radio Association is
introducing a new ‘Weekly 2M Tech Net’ on Sunday nights at 9pm.
The net is open to all amateur operators and of all experience levels.
Join to offer your input for tech talk, Q&A, and miscellaneous DVRA
news.
The net is held on the W2ZQ club repeater 146.67 MHz (-) FM, PL 131.8.
You can now follow the SNJ Section on Facebook at ARRL Southern New
Jersey
Twitter: @arrrl_southernnj
Instagram:@arrl.southernnj
If you have any other information you would like to see posted to the
section please send it along
73s
Tom N2XW
ARRL Southern New Jersey Section
Section Manager: Tom Preiser, N2XW
n2xw@arrl.org
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Hello to all in the Southern NJ Section. It was great to meet so many
people at the Gloucester County Hamfest. Thanks to the Gloucester County
Amatuer Raio Club for Hosting the SNJ Convention.
I will begin sending out monthly information on activities going on
throughout the section. If your club or group has a newsletter please
send it to me at n2xw@arrl.net
The Southern NJ Section will be conducting the annual Simulated
Emergency Test (SET) on Saturday October 5, 2019 beginning at 0800. The
object of the annual nationwide exercise is to test training and skills
and to try out new technologies and methodologies while working with
partners to cement relationships in advance of real world need. You may
hear some activity on your local repeaters on Saturday morning as
various groups send messages both by voice and digitally. For more
information contact The Section Emergency Coordinator Tom Devine WB2ALJ
at wb2alj@arrl.net.
Here are a couple of stories that are making news in SNJ:
Mercer County operator Paul Andrews W2HRO audio interview with ‘QSO
Today’
Mercer County operator Paul Andrews W2HRO was recently interviewed by
QSO Today. Below is link to the interview audio.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/qsotoday/Episode_268_Paul_Andrews_W2HRO_Final.mp3
In the hour-long audio interview, Paul tells several stories including:
PepperNet check-ins when he was 12 years old
Cesar Arena W2SVV who administered Paul’s Novice exam
Using W2ZQ repeater autopatch to call his girlfriend (now XYL)
Mercer County club station W2ZQ introduces new ‘Weekly 2M Tech Net’
Beginning Sunday September 29, the Delaware Valley Radio Association is
introducing a new ‘Weekly 2M Tech Net’ on Sunday nights at 9pm.
The net is open to all amateur operators and of all experience levels.
Join to offer your input for tech talk, Q&A, and miscellaneous DVRA
news.
The net is held on the W2ZQ club repeater 146.67 MHz (-) FM, PL 131.8.
You can now follow the SNJ Section on Facebook at ARRL Southern New
Jersey
Twitter: @arrrl_southernnj
Instagram:@arrl.southernnj
If you have any other information you would like to see posted to the
section please send it along
73s
Tom N2XW
ARRL Southern New Jersey Section
Section Manager: Tom Preiser, N2XW
n2xw@arrl.org
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