Black River Valley
Amateur Radio Club
Lewis County, New York
www.brvarc.org

"The President can make you a general,
but only communications can make you a commander."
General Curtis LeMay

  President:  
     Dan Hirschey N2OYQ

Lewis County ARES EC:
     Pete Newell KC2WI

Lewis County RACES RO:
     Pete Newell KC2WI

Lewis County SKYWARN Coordinator:
     Dan Hirschey N2OYQ

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION
  Vice President
     Pete Cecconi KC2NUN
  Secretary:
      Dottie Suiter KC2LDF
  Treasurer & Webmaster:
      Pete Newell KC2WI
  Repeater Trustee 
     Pete Newell KC2WI
Repeater: 146.955 (-) located east of Lowville.
VHF Net:

Lewis County Roundtable. 8:00 every evening on the club repeater 146.955. All operators encouraged to check in.  Echolink checkins welcome. This is an informal net. If no one picks up net control -- you do it! Net preamble and format available here.. If the repeater is down, try 146.955 simplex.
VHF Net:

Black River Valley Service Net. 9:00 every evening on the Boonville Club repeater 146.655
HF Net: North Country Group - 8:30 AM Sunday mornings. 3.958
  NNY Informal on-air schedule afternoons 5:30 ~ 6:30 3.958
  Top Band SSB Net - 8:30 PM Wednesdays 1.941
Meetings: none scheduled  

Events:
Satuday May 12 Publicity/Demo at Lewis County General Hospital Community Health Awareness Day. Please contact KC2WI if you can help at this event.
Saturday June 2 Northern New York Amateur Radio Association meeting in Long Lake, 10 AM. There will be a NBEMS demo and we will also be testing the effectiveness of 10 meter SSB mobile communications on the way to or from the meeting. We will probably meet on 28.400.
Saturday June 9 ARRL Spring VHF QSO Party
Saturday June 16 Kids' Day on-air in Boonville
Weekend June 23-24 Field Day
Saturday August 4 Communications for Lewis County Riverfest. Please contact KC2WI if you can help.
Friday August 17 Communications for Boonville Woodsmens 10K Run. Please contact WD2ADX if you can help.

Amateur Radio is a great hobby. It is fun and educational. Perhaps more importantly,
it provides a means of communications in emergencies when other systems are
inoperative or overloaded. For fun, and for your safety and the safety of your family,
friends, and community, consider getting your Amateur Radio license this year.

News and Notes:
If you join ARRL or renew your membership, be sure to specify that you are a member of the Black River Valley ARC. The club receives a $15 commission on new ARRL memberships and $2 for renewals. Use the form at www.arrl.org/files/file/Clubs/rebate.pdf . Send the form and make your payment directly to the Black River Valley Amateur Radio Club.
New Six Meter Repeater in Syracuse on 53.67 / 52.67 PL 103.5. Antenna is the former Channel 3 TV antenna at the top of an 850 foot tower. If you could receive channel 3 you may be able to work this repeater. Expected activation May 5 or 6. See kd2sl.com for details.
The current Technician class question pool is valid through June 30, 2014. The current General question pool is valid until June 30, 2015. The current Amateur Extra question pool is valid until June 30, 2012. (Source: ARRL Letter)
Help and advice for the new ham:
    Repeater Etiquette: Manners everyone should have when using a Repeater
    (from the Stu Rockafellow Amateur Radio Society in Plymouth, Michigan.)
The repeater is EchoLink enabled. Connect to AB2XN-R, or node number 427886. EchoLink is typically up weekday afternoons between approximately 1600 and 2200 local. Thanks to Dave AB2XN for setting up the EchoStation software and Frank KC2MRL for the link radio.
Public Service Communications Support: If you are planning a public event at which you need radio communications, please contact any club member. Our resources are limited, but we would like to help out where possible. Better yet, consider getting your license and joining the club so that there are more operators available to handle public service and emergency communications.

 Constitution and By-laws    Join the Club/ Renew membership

Neighbor clubs:    Boonville    Jefferson County    OVARC (St. Lawrence County)  Rome   Utica   

          Speculator (Hamilton Co.)    CNYARA   Madison - Oneida (moarc)     Kingston Ontario  

Northern New York Amateur Radio Association   National Association For Amateur Radio (ARRL)

Links to more ham radio information.

What is Amateur Radio? (A beginner's introduction)          Basis and Burpose according to FCC

Ham radio ambassador: Nothing amateur about this form of communication

High Voltage Nick Is Calling  

Radio Hams (Old MGM short film on YouTube)

Check LewisFirst for area information!

Last updated May 3, 2012.
Maintained  by Pete Newell,  KC2WI
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