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HRU 2008 Committee Meeting
Monday, October 15, 7 pm at Babylon Town Hall ARES/RACES room in basement
HRU 2008 Chairman
Neil Heft KC2KY
Past Chairmen
Neil Heft KC2KY 2007-2008
George Tranos N2GA
2003-2006
Phil Lewis N2MUN
2000-2002
HRU 2008 Committee
Neil Heft KC2KY
George Tranos N2GA
Diane Ortiz K2DO
Phil Lewis N2MUN
Tom Carrubba KA2D
Pat McAuliffe N2QXH
Lance Aue KA2EJD
Joe Mielko N2IMF
VE Session Info
Sunday at 3:30 pm
Candidates served: 33
Voluteer Examiners: 11, KA2RGI; K2TV; N2UHR; W2EUL; WB2KHO; WA2AQQ;
W2ILP; W2KFV; KC2E; KG4IKG; N2RQ
New Licensees: 9 Technicians,
1 Extra
15 passed General element 3
1 passed Extra element 4 and are awaiting FCC Morse Code elimination to upgrade
W2V Special Event Station
Planned Operating Frequencies: 7.273, 14.273, 21.273 +/- QRM
QSL via: Phil Lewis N2MUN
Special Thanks to: Lance KA2EJD for his work setting up the special event station
Participating Organizations
ARRL
American Red Cross ECS
Friends of L.I. Wireless
Grumman Amateur Radio Club
Great South Bay ARC
Hall of Science ARC
Kings County Radio Club
Larkfield ARC
Long Island DX Assoc.
Long Island QRP Club
Long Island Mobile ARC
MetroCor Repeater Coord.
Nassau County ARES
Nassau County RACES
Nassau Amateur Radio Club
Nassau County Police ARC
National Weather Service
New York City ARES
QCWA
Radio Central ARC
SATERN
Suffolk County Radio Club
Tri-State SKYWARN Group
Town of Babylon ARES
Wantagh Amateur Radio Club
CQ Communications
Briarcliffe College ARC
Day of Event Info
Doors open at 7:30 am
First forum at 9:00 am
Suggested Donation $2
Cafeteria open for breakfast and lunch
Talk-in 146.85 Mhz, -600, 136.5PL
Helpers at Setup
The committee thanks the following people who helped set up on Saturday:
1. Neil Heft, KC2KY
2. George Tranos, N2GA
3. Jim Mezey, W2KFV
4. George Cavaliere, WB2HPI
5. Phil Lewis, N2MUN
6. Steven Lewis
7. Rick Bressler, K2RB
8. Matt Palmeri, K9IRE
9. Bob Myers, K2TV
10. Frank Garafola, WA2LUY
11. Diane Ortiz, K2DO
12. Lew Malchick, N2RQ
13. Walter Wenzel, KA2RGI
14. Jonathan Micnel
15. Alice Malchick, WB2IJY
16. Laura Malchick
17. Patrick McAuliffe, N2QXH
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HRU 2008 information
Information about the current Ham Radio University
is at the HRU 2008 Home Page
HRU 2007 is now history!
The HRU Committee thanks everyone who helped out in the planning and running of the event. Special thanks go out to the forum moderators without whom the event would not have happened! Another big thank you to our keynote speaker, Frank Fallon N2FF! Check out some of our photos at Event-photos
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Briarcliffe College
Keynote
Speaker
ARRL Hudson Division Director Frank Fallon N2FF
HRU2007
Information
What HRU is and how to get
there
Reference for HRU
information
HRU 2007
Day-of-Event Handout with forums and moderators
HRU2007 Forum
Schedule
HRU2007 ForumModerator
Biographies
A Message from the Chair - Ham Radio University 2007
I would like to take a moment to talk to you about an exciting event called Ham Radio University, or HRU. Some of you have already have heard of HRU. The idea was hatched by Phil Lewis, N2MUN, back in 1999 as an opportunity for hams to get together and gain some insights into various facets of Amateur Radio. Through the years over 20 New York and Long Island clubs jumped on the band wagon to help make Phil's dream become a reality. The first few HRU events took place at the Phelps Lane Annex building in the Town of Babylon. We quickly outgrew that facility and moved to the East Woods Elementary School in Oyster Bay, thanks to the school master there who happens to be a ham. We have since outgrown the East Woods school and, in 2005, moved to Briarcliffe College. In 2006 we had an unprecedented 300+ attendees. In an age where we hear people talk about ham radio shrinking because of the Internet, cell phones, and computer games, HRU has actually been steadily growing.
Originally conceived as a way to get inactive hams re-acquainted with the hobby, HRU has evolved into an annual event where all hams can come together and learn something new about one or more of the myriad of aspects of Amateur Radio. This year's Ham Radio University has over twenty forums and seminars in a variety of Amateur Radio topics. Frank Fallon, the ARRL Hudson Division Director, will be our keynote speaker. Frank will be discussing a variety of current issues that are changing the face of Amateur Radio. Our "Welcome to Amateur Radio" track features a beginner's forum on setting up your first station as well as a young ham forum aimed at "Elmers" who are looking for more effective ways to get kids interested in ham radio. A second track is dedicated entirely to public service, emergency communications, and public relations. Our "How-To Workshop" track has topics like DF'ing and hidden transmitter hunting, portable antenna construction, and VHF propagation. For the technically inclined ham, we have a "technical" track with topics like the evolution of frequency synthesis. Finally, we have an "Operating" track featuring HF Propagation, operating techniques and current events for serious DXers, and contest operating at home and abroad. Finally, there will be a VE session for those who want to obtain their first "ticket" or to upgrade an existing license.
In short, there is something for everybody at Ham Radio University. If you have not been to an HRU, I encourage you to attend this year.
- Neil, KC2KY
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