IMPORTANT NOTICE
There will be NO PARSgram published on September 28 and Oct 5, 2015. This
September 21st edition is abbreviated. If you have items for the
PARSgram please plan accordingly.
PARS BREAKFAST MEETING THIS COMING SATURDAY
Our next meeting will be at 0900 this Saturday, September 26, at Brantley’s
Village Restaurant on Broad Street in Oriental. Please park on the side or
out back. Our meetings are held the last Saturday of each month except June
when the club participates in the annual ARRL Field Day or when in conflict
with a major holiday. We hope to see you all there. For more information
contact Pamlico Amateur Radio Society President Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287
or w_olah@yahoo.com.
This month, Bill will report on the first PARS Fox Hunt held this past
Saturday, September 19th. There will be a call for candidates for PARS
officer positions for next year. The annual election of officers is held at
our October meeting. Mike will update us on plans for the Pamlico County
Heritage Day activity.
TX3X CHESTERFIELD DXPEDITION NEWS.
The following are press releases edited by Tedd Mirgliotta (KB8NW) in [DX]
Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1232:
Update #2 — (Sept. 16th) The TX3X Advance Team began unpacking the ship-
ments on Saturday, 12 Sept, and trucking equipment to the boat that after-
noon. By Sunday noon the radios, antennas, amplifiers, generators, tents,
etc were loaded aboard Evohe. Local volunteers Roly, ZL1BQD, and wife
Gail.
ZL1FV, along with Ross, K6GFJ, purchased the electrical grid as well as
tools and other items before we began the loading process.
On Monday and Tuesday we sourced: 450 liters of drinking water for use
on the island, other supplies, and took delivery of 7 steel fuel drums for
1,400 liters of generator fuel.
By Wednesday evening everything was on the boat and the skipper was
loading food in preparation for sailing. He plans to sail to Noumea, New
Caledonia, late Thursday or Friday morning (New Zealand time). There’s
some weather along his planned route to New Caledonia, he’s waiting it
out in Auckland.
We meet the radio team 25 – 26 Sept in Noumea and sail to Chesterfield
probably 27 or 28 Sept, depending on weather. We’ll arrive Chesterfield
around Oct 1+/- and start setting up. Maritime mobile operation will be
with the individual operator’s callsign. TX3X can not be used before 30
Sept.
Unfortunately we were unable to meet the E6GG team in Auckland, we were
too busy sourcing items and waiting for deliveries to the boat.
We’ll see you all in the pileups.
Cheers, Team Chesterfield 2015
Update #3 — (Sept. 18th) The Expedition Yacht Evohe sailed for Noumea,
New Caledonia, on Thursday afternoon (New Zealand time). Expected sailing
duration 6 – 7 days. Aboard the boat is a crew of 5 and one amateur,
Pista HA5AO. She’s following the New Zealand northeast coast and will
soon be on a course to Noumea. The remainder of the radio team will
assemble in Noumea between 25 – 26 September, with a planned departure
date to Chesterfield on 28 September.
We appreciate the support we’ve received from around the world, and
especially the from the New Zealand firms and individuals that assisted
with the project and provided invaluable support.
73, Team Chesterfield Islands 2015
So, good luck working Chesterfield in early October!
PARS CALENDAR:
* Sep 26, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287 or w_olah@yahoo.com.
* Oct 3, Pamlico County Heritage Day, PARS Support-ARES/Radio Demo,
Heritage Center, NC 55, Grantsboro. Mike Marsh K4NLC, 252-636-1257 or
mike@marshconsulting.com
* Oct 31, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287
or w_olah@yahoo.com.
PARS NETS:
* Mondays, Pete’s “Swamp Talk” roundtable, around 8:15 pm local,
28.463 MHz plus or minus, USB. This is an informal forum originally
established to assist our new Hams. The frequency is in the 10M voice
segment open to technician licensees and above. Radio related
topics/questions/issues welcomed.
* Wednesdays, Pamlico Emergency Net Practice and Rag Chew, 7:30 pm,
Oriental Repeater, 147.210 + (PL151.4).
PARS WEB SITE:
https://www.n4prs.org/
* Chief Editor and Administrator is Greg Wadsworth KM4DZM, 252-322-1033 or
gwadsworth1@ yahoo.com
* Web Master is Larry Wall, KK4SEO, wallmailbox@yahoo.com.
PARSgram ITEMS
We are always looking for items of interest to PARS members to put in
the PARSgram. If you run across a timely item or think of something you
believe would interest our folks, please send it to me. Thanks.
Jim AI4WL