Please join us for National Night Out on Tuesday, August 2nd

National Night Out 2011

Please join us on Tuesday August 2nd at Staten Island's Midland Beach promenade for the 28th Annual National Night Out against Crime!

Members of the Ham Radio Community including Kings County Repeater Association, Richmond County Amateur Radio Emergency Services, NYC Repeater Association, and the Staten Island Repeater System will demonstrate their operating capabilities and services they provide to Served Agencies, their Communities, the General Public and fellow Amateur Radio Operators.

We will have a Canopy set up for this occasion to promote Ham Radio. We will have power available, and will be running HF/UHF/VHF radios

Let us know if you would like to help us during this event. Send an EMail to: Info@KC2RA.Org

Come on down to enjoy the beautiful summer weather for an evening at the beach. There will be free food, Hotdogs, Hamburgers, soda, water, Ice-cream, and cotton candy, and games and rides for the Kids.

This event is hosted by the NYPD and other government and city agencies. There will be demonstrations and display of equipment by the Police, Fireman, FBI, Secret Service and other Government agencies that support this event. Please do not scan police or other public service frequencies while you are on the boardwalk.

Talk-in frequencies will be:

KC2RA repeater: 146.430 ( 1.0) PL 136.5

NYCRA Repeaters:

                  447.375 (-5.0) PL 141.3
                  146.880 (-0.6) PL 141.3
                  445.825 (-5.0) PL 156.7
                  147.315 ( 0.6) PL 118.8

Big Apple Traffic Net Special Event / NTS Traffic Net @ 8:00 on:

SI North repeater: 440.550 (+5.0) PL 141.3

SI South repeater: 445.125 (-5.0) PL 141.3

EchoLink node # 132967

IRLP Reflector Node 9056

Date:Tuesday August 2nd, 2011
Time: Setup 4:00 pm
Start 5:00 pm
End 9:00 pm
Location: Midland Beach promenade (Turtle Circle), Father Capodanno Blvd. & Jefferson Ave, off of Parking Lot #2

Directions from Verrazano-Narrows Bridge:

If you are coming from Brooklyn, after the VZ Toll Booth, stay all the way on the right, take the second exit, 15 S, Lily Pond Ave South/ Fr. Capodanno Blvd. The exit will go under 278 on to Lily Pond Ave. Take that a few blocks south and it will turn right into Father Capodanno Blvd. Jefferson Circle is approximately 2 miles on the left.

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