Monthly Archives: July 2015

Jul 5 2015

Suffolk County Marathon For Veterans – Sept 13th 2015

Suffolk County Marathon 9-13-15

On September 13, 2015 the Suffolk County Marathon will take place.This year 5,000 runners are expected to participate in the run on Montauk Hwy from Oakdale to Patchogue and back.

You can imagine the multiple access point to the Hwy to secure. There will be festivals sponsored by the towns along the way.There is a call for Amateur Radio Operator volunteers for communications.

Please consider helping.

On 9/13/2015 you will be asked to be at an assigned post at 6 AM so radio check in can start, the race starts a 7 AM.  Depending where you are assigned, you may be at your post until noonish.  You will need a dual band HT with a high gain antenna due to the wide area of the race and location of the repeaters (VHF and UHF repeaters are being used).

The organizer current understanding is that cars will not be allowed on the sides of the road, so HT operation with HIGH Gain antennas are needed(not the stock HT antenna).  Your mobile rig will likely not be of use due to the parking restriction on Montauk Hwy for the event  You might be able to set up a portable antenna with an HT/battery powered rig, just don’t for a lawn chair :). it would be a great time to test your go kit.

To provide help with communications, please register at http://www.islipares.org/. You can request a location that might be closer to your home.  If you are a member of ARES, please state so in the comment box.  Assignments will be sent out later on by email.Details on the Marathon are provided at http://www.suffolkmarathon.com/

Joe,
AC2ND

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Jul 3 2015

ACT Team Meeting Minutes 7-3-15

ACT Team Meeting – Moriches Bay Diner – 7/3/15
 
Meeting commenced at 7 PM.
 
Attendees: John KD2DZY, Ken KD2DZZ, Gary N2TBC, Tony KB2HRB, Art W2ALW, Gary KE2YK.
 
Old Business:
 
  • Gary YK brought team up to date with info about meeting with CERT on June 17th.
  • Gary TBC, Ken DZZ and I attended Division 5 CERT meeting at the Yaphank Presbyterian Church Building in Yaphank.
  • There were about 20 CERT members in attendance.
  • The Team leader ran a 20 minute video which I had supplied that covered the broad spectrum of Amateur Radio as a hobby and a service.
  • Once aspect of the video which is well covered is emergency communications.
  • Gary, Ken and I then spoke about getting licensed and fielded their questions. 
 
  • Gary YK also spoke about the meeting Ken and Gary yk had with Marian Russo of the Patchogue COAD group.
  • Marian seemed very interested in what Ken and I had to say and we talked at length about how ACT could provide their group with communications.
  • Ken mentioned the availability of the Medford FD trailer to Marian. 
  • Marian mentioned that she has access to funds for those types of procurements,
  • Marian mentioned that she has access to Briacliff college after I spoke about our need for meeting / training space.
 
New Business:
 
  • The Team spoke about the next drill and tossed around the idea of coupling the next drill with COAD as a drill / demo in Patchogue town.
  • John and Tony spoke about getting connected with the local Park Police.
  • Gary and I are going to work out the details of the ACT business cards. That issue got dropped some time ago.
  • Ken mentioned providing a spot on the ACT page to list our drills and what events the Team has responded to.
  • Ken and I spoke about updating the info on the tri-fold Ken has developed.
 
Followup:
 
  • Gary YK is going to follow up with the CERT and COAD groups, brochures and business cards.
  • Tony is going to follow up with the Park Police.
  • Since ACT has been turned down st the church and Medford FD due to the lack of liability insurance. perhaps the group should investigate a liability policy.
 
We all agreed that our Team needs to reach out to other groups like COAD to make others aware of ACT.
 
The meeting adjourned at 8:55 PM.