Grumman Amateur Radio Club

Grumman Amateur Radio Club
WA2LQO

Next Meeting is at Ellsworth Allen Park in Farmingdale. Wednesday November 18, 5:30 PM.

Next VE session on November 10th at Briarcliff College. Room is "Long Beach 5".

All applicants must preregister by contcting W2ILP by phone or e-mail. We no longer can handle walk-ins.

Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11

The Grumman Amateur Radio Club, WA2LQO, sponsored a special event station operation commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11. Our Club proudly recognized the incredible feat accomplished by the thousands of employees, suppliers and partners in achieving the Lunar Landing and safe return of our Astronauts in July 1969. The Lunar Module that delivered Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the lunar surface and returned them to the orbiting Command Module was the 5th LM (LM-5) produced by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, with final assembly taking place in the Bethpage, New York, Plant 5 facility. A total of 13 LM units were produced, 10 of which were flown in space, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module for more information. Plant 5 was also home to the Grumman Amateur Radio Club for many years following the Apollo era.

Operation Summary: Several Special Event Stations operated over the July 17, 2009 through July 24, 2009 period. Over 1440 stations were contacted; a list of stations contacting our special event station is here.

Special Event Certificate: A Special Event commemorative certificate – 8 ½ x 11 inches, is available to all who have contacted one of the WA2LQO stations. The certificate will be mailed flat if you provide a large, self-addressed, stamped mailing envelope ($1.05 postage required for US addresses). If you provide a smaller self-addressed, stamped envelope, the certificate will be folded, and $0.61 is sufficient postage. All certificate requests should be sent to the WA2LQO Callbook address (70 Dewey Street, Huntington, NY 11743) with your SASE. If you prefer to send “green stamps”, 1 is sufficient for a folded certificate; 2 are required if you wish to have an unfolded certificate mailed flat.

About Apollo 11: The flight log of the Apollo 11 mission is available here

Read the Club Newsletter.

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.

Blue Ball Items

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

Club Meetings. GARC holds its monthly meeting in Farmingdale, NY, at the Ellsworth Allen Park on the third Wednesday of each month. Starting time is 5:30 PM, and refreshments are served. After a short business discussion, the featured speaker is presented. Meetings usually conclude by 7 PM.
Volunteer Exams. The V.E. sessions are held at Briarcliff College at 5 PM on the second Tuesday of every month.
Field Day. GARC has operated in every ARRL Field Day since this activity was introduced in 1959. Currently, they are held on a site in Bethpage, NY. This occurs on the 4th weekend in June.
Nets:


 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).

Club Meetings:

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.

Bill N2SFT at the Spark demonstration by George W2KRM 5/2004.

Field Day 2009 Pictures

Field Day 2008 Pictures

Field Day 2007

Field Day 2006 Pictures

Field Day 2005 Pictures

Field Day 2004 Pictures

Field Day 2003 Pictures

Field Day 2002 Pictures

Field Day 2001 Pictures

Field Day 2000 Pictures

Field Day 1999 Pictures

All WA2LQO Field Day scores

Special Event Station 7/20/2000, 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.

Membership Application: Click here to download a 34K Word Doc file. Fill it out, and send to PO Box 644, Bethpage, NY 11714. Or email it to one of the addresses below.

Affiliated Radio Club Links

Contacts:

President: Ed GellenderWB2EAV. 516-575-0013

Vice President: Gordon Sammis KB2UB. 631-xxx-xxxx.

Secretary: Karen Cefalo KC2OPX.

Treasurer: Ed Gellender WB2EAV. 516-575-0013.

V.E. Coordinator: Bob Wexelbaum W2ILP. 631-499-2214.

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