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Next VE session on February 14th at Briarcliff College.
Room is "Long Beach 5".
All VE applicants must preregister by contcting W2ILP by phone or e-mail. We cannot handle walk-ins.
Picture of the 2010 GARC holiday party.
Read the Club Newsletter.
The Grumman Amateur Radio Club, WA2LQO, sponsored a special event station operation in July 2009 commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 "First Man on the Moon" mission. Read about it here and view the QSLing info.
GARC participated in the International Lighthouse Weekend Aug 20, 2005, from the Nantucket Lightship in Oyster Bay.
Operation from the original radio room.
Some Pictures from our 2004 operation.
Read the Nantucket's history.
Plane News article from July 1983. Putting the Blue Ball on Plant 5. 6/03.
Take a Blue Ball Photo Tour. 8/02.
Download a Video on Blue Ball History. It is a 6.6 Meg file, and uses Windows Media Player. 8/02.
Newsday Article on the Ball. 8/24/01.
Read news about the new Blue Ball. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) 12/01.
The Bethpage Repeater is on the air.
Activities
Twenty Meters: 14.262 at 12:00 PM EST Wednesdays. *suspended
Forty Meters: 7.289 at 7:30 AM EST Sundays.
Two Meters: 146.745 at 8:30 PM EST Thursdays.
145.33 at 8:45 PM EST Thursdays.
145.33 at 9:00 PM EST Mondays (ARES/RACES).
All meetings are held in Farmingdale: Ellsworth Allen Park, Heisser Lane and Motor Ave. (entrance on Motor Ave.), Farmingdale, NY.
We have directions and a map here.
To see previous GARC meetings, click here.
VE Information:
GARC VE sessions are held every second Tuesday at Briarcliff College. Call W2ILP for the latest information.
Special Event Station 7/20/2009, commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Landing on the Moon.
The station was operated from the Original Grumman building in Bethpage, NY, where all the Lunar Modules were built. There were 220 QSOs made. View the log here .
Read the Club Newsletter.
View KE2LJ's tower project
View member email addresses. Send corrections and updates to KE2LJ
Download a Grumman Screen Saver for Windows.
Click here to download the mpeg video of an F14 going transonic. It is 1.4 MBs. Will take a few minutes.
This is a still picture of an F18 breaking the sound barrier. It is a MS Word doc file about 1.4 MBs also.
Affiliated Radio Club Links
Contacts:
President: Ed GellenderWB2EAV. 516-575-0013
Vice President: Gordon Sammis KB2UB. 631-xxx-xxxx.
Secretary: Karen Cefalo W2ABK.
Treasurer: Ed Gellender WB2EAV. 516-575-0013.
V.E. Coordinator: Bob Wexelbaum W2ILP. 631-499-2214.
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Last Update 1/20/12.
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