District#4
Smithtown, NY.
Suffolk County
EC/RO
Joe Albertus, KB2JOE
email the EC/RO
Art Lekstutis
KC2MFS AEC/DRO
Smithtown East
Fred
Kruger
K2LDC AEC/DRO
Commack South
-STAR Frequencies-
VHF Rptr W2LRC
145.430 MHz
(-600 KHz) PL136.5
VHF Simplex
147.550 MHz
UHF Rptr WR2UHF
444.700 MHz
(+5 MHz) PL114.8
UHF Simplex
446.425 MHz
Winlink2000
VHF RMS Portal
KC2UCD-10
145.070 MHz
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-STAR APRS®-
Visit our APRS Page to view local beacons in the Smithtown Vicinity.
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Not interested in Amateur Radio, but wish to help out our community in the event of an emergency? Learn how, contact:
The Smithtown CERT Team for more.
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Our Net Schedule
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ARES/RACES Net
8:30pm Every Monday night
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On the W2LRC repeater
145.430 MHz, PL136.5
Please come and join in, all are welcome!
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Monthly ARES/RACES Net Control Schedule
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wk#1
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wk#2
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wk#3
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wk#4
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wk#5 (if needed)
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KB2JOE
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KC2MFS
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KC2TON
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K2LDC
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KB2JOE
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The Suffolk County ARES/RACES Net meets Monday nights at 9pm on 145.330 MHz 136.5PL. Smithtown's Net control schedule is as follows
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3/09/09
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5/18/09
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7/27/09
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10/05/09
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12/14/09
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Packet Net
7:45pm Every Tuesday night
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On the KC2COJ packet system in Convers Mode. Connect direct to kc2coj on 145.050 MHz or Via Flexnet.
New to Packet? Click Here
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Announcements
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Meeting notice
Meetings are usually held once a month on a Monday at the Millennium
Diner on the corner of Route 111 and Route 25 in Smithtown. All are welcome.
If you are planning to attend our next meeting, please e-mail us
so we can give you the date and save you a seat. Walkins are welcome!
A Meeting/Seminar was held on March 14 hosted by Smithtown ARES/RACES at the Smithtown town hall.
The topic for this event was Packet Radio.
Charlie WA2GUG, EC Queens and Russ KC2LSB, DEC NYC ARES held their "Packet Radio, What you can do with it" seminar. Mike W2SWR's
seminar was a detailed introduction to the FlexNet network. John, KB2SCS, EC/RO Islip and NLI's DEC for Digital discussed the Ecomms Packet SOP.
Opening comments to the seminar from our Section Emergency Coordinator Jim Mezey W2KFV was a welcome addition. Congratulations to the entire team for a job well done.
(Above)NLI SEC Jim Mezey W2KFV gives opening comments to start off the seminar.
More photos at our photo gallery!
The seminar package is zipped for download in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)2.3MB or MS Powerpoint (.ppt)8.2MB formats.
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A new year comes with new adventures!.
Get active in Smithtown ARES/RACES.
Your community needs YOU!
Be a doer not viewer,
Smithtown ARES/RACES wants YOU!
Contact us to Join
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One important tool at our disposal is the Automatic Packet Reporting System or APRS®.
It is vital to the operation to know where our operators are at all times during an emergency. APRS allows us to do just that!
Check out our APRS Page
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Our new Winlink2000 RMS access portal at the Smithtown EOC will now run 24/7
bringing the WL2K VHF/UHF system to Eastern Long Island. You will be able to connect direct or via WB2CIK.
Our portal is KC2UCD-10 on 145.070 MHz. For more info on Winlink2000, visit: www.winlink.org
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Got Echolink?
Node KC2UCD-L
Linked to the W2LRC Repeater system
This link will be disabled durring space shuttle missions
due to Shuttle rebroadcast on the W2LRC repeater.
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Special thanks to The Larkfield Amateur Radio club (W2LRC), The Grumman Amateur Radio Club (WA2LQO), and W2PW (WR2UHF) for the use of their repeater systems. They are supporting our communities
and insuring the message will get through when needed. Once again, Thank You!
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Suffolk Alerts
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Provided courtesy of:
http://www.nyalert.gov/
Suffolk County RSS Feed
- Road Closed on NY 111 N/S from Vanderbilt Ave to Prospect Ave due to Down Power lines in Central Islip, Est 2 hours.
- Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:26:00 GMT - Road Closed on NY 111 N/S from Vanderbilt Ave to Prospect Ave due to Down Power lines in Central Islip, Est 2 hours.
- (EXTENSION - time) FLOOD WATCH
- Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:48:00 GMT - FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 548 AM EDT SUN MAR 14 2010 ...ADDITIONAL FLOODING POSSIBLE INTO TONIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-141800- /ESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC
- Power lines down: Rte 27 (Sunrise Hwy) WB Exits 42 to 41 in West Islip-Suffolk Co. ALL lanes closed at 3:40 AM, Approx 3HRS
- Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:41:00 GMT - Power lines down: Rte 27 (Sunrise Hwy) WB Exits 42 to 41 in West Islip-Suffolk Co. ALL lanes closed at 3:40 AM, Approx 3HRS
- (CONTINUATION) FLOOD WATCH
- Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:09:00 GMT - FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 509 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010 ...FLOODING LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES TO OUR SOUTH WILL BRING STEADY RAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- (EXTENSION - time) FLOOD WATCH
- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:11:00 GMT - FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 411 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010 ...FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM TO OUR SOUTH WILL BRING STEADY RAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
- Eleven New Data Breaches! Read the New York State Consumer Protection Board Alert
- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:00 GMT - 11 new data breaches has been posted by the New York State Consumer Protection Board for the week of March 7, 2010.
- (CONTINUATION) FLOOD WATCH
- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:36:00 GMT - FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 336 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010 ...SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... .A STEADY RAIN WILL DEVELOP INTO TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN SLOWLY TRACKS TO THE
- (CONTINUATION) FLOOD WATCH
- Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:59:00 GMT - FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1059 PM EST THU MAR 11 2010 ...SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... .A STEADY RAIN WILL PRECEDE LOW PRESSURE AS IT APPROACHES THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-
- FLOOD WATCH
- Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:57:00 GMT - FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 357 PM EST THU MAR 11 2010 ...SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND... .A STEADY RAIN WILL PRECEDE LOW PRESSURE AS IT APPROACHES THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-0
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