Section EC Blog

We will have a NNY Winter Simulated Emergency Test net on 60M starting at 10AM Saturday January 31. We will start on Ch1 and work our way up to a clear frequency.

NCS will take check-ins to start with for 10 minutes and then will start running the list. NCS will stop every 5 or 10 stations to look...

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The ARRL ARES Simulated Emergency Test is traditionally held on the first Saturday of October.

This year we do not have an overall NNY Section plan. Each county ARES Emergency Coordinator will work with their group to plan a local scenario.

We intend to have a section HF net on Saturday October...

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The Black Fly Challenge is an approximately 40 mile "Gravel Grinder" bicycle race between Indian Lake and Inlet mostly on rough dirt roads through the remote Moose River Plains state Forest Preserve lands. It is held annually on the second Saturday in June and draws 1000 participants.

The remot...

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Synopsis:
As part of a multi-agency communications exercise June 4~6, all amateurs in NY and NJ are requested to provide county status reports via voice on 60 meters or via Winlink ICS-213 message.


Update June 7: With help from Amateur Radio operators, County Status Messages were obtained from ...

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QST FLDIGI Training Net - via Zoom and on 80/40 meters
When: 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month at 9:00 AM Eastern starting May 04, 2025
Zoom link: open at 0900 hr https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7950991313?pwd=NFVJN1lQaDVlZUZQNGFnYTRiR0orQT09

by RADIO: 80 meters (3583 kHz) and 40 meters (7...

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