Great South Bay ARC
Contact Information
- Club Name:
- Great South Bay ARC
- Call Sign:
- W2GSB
- Contact:
- John T. Melfi W2HCB
- Daytime Phone:
- (631) 358-5463
- Evening Phone:
- (631) 358-5463
- Email:
- w2gcb@arrl.net
Basic Information
- ARRL Special Service Club
- Call Sign:
- W2GSB
- Annual Report:
- May 20th 2024
- Meeting Time:
- Announced on Website
- Meeting Place:
- Babylon Town Hall EOC (Basement)-Lindenhurst, NY
- Section:
- NLI
- Affiliation Date:
- May 14th 1975
- Specialties:
- Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
- Services Offered:
- Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, License Test Sessions, Mentor, On-The-Air Bulletins, Packet Radio BBS, Repeater, Tvi/RFI Committee
- Description:
-
We are a full rounded special service club
We are located on Long Island in the Township of Babylon
Our home is located in the Basement of Babylon Town Hall
Our club is known world wide from our special event stations our DXERS and contestors
We offer free trainig to all who want to become a amateur radio operator
We are big into public service and emergency service
We have be honored for our efforts for many storms here on Long Island and other emergencies such as flight 800, 911, The pine barrens wild fires and many storms but nothing as big as superstorm sandy for which our club was put on a monument with all the first responders. That Monument is at Tanner Park in Copaigue NY We thrive at public service events will support the Suffolk County Marathon and the Babylon Village Saints Patricks Day The Babylon Village country fair Annually.
If you live on Long Island check us out all our members are alway willing to help out in any situation
We have a winlink gateway on look for W2TOB-10 feel free to use it if your on Long Island and get into it, Frequncey is 145.070
Check us out at field day when we have our club trailer and tower trailer in use for all to see
Our club trailer has 3 HF VHF UHF stations all modes SSB CW Digital and Winlink plus FT-8 plus another 2 uhf vhf stations in it all backed up by 400 amps of battery power which is charged via the 200 watt solar panels on the roof and also a 7000 watt generator if needed for the Air conditioning and heat.
We do annual special event staions as well as POTA Activations
Our Anual Special events are Marconi day in April The Armed Forces Day at the Air Power Museum and International lighthouse lightship weekend at the Fire Island LigtHouse
We are not the biggest club but have a ton of fun
- Links:
- http://www.gsbarc.org
Club Statistics
- Club Members:
- 149
- Voting Members:
- 143
- Voting Licensed Amateur Members:
- 143
- Voting ARRL Members:
- 115
Great South Bay ARC Officers
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Contact, President
John T. Melfi W2HCB -
Treasurer
Robert A. Reinhart W2YW -
Secretary
John P. McCue W2JPM -
Vice President
Stuart P. Cohen AF2SC -
Editor
Kevin J. Morgan AB2ZI