SUGGESTIONS WANTED
PARS planners are again asking for ideas/suggestions for our
club meetings. What do you want to talk about, discuss, learn, or even
build? Let Bill or Randy know, put a comment on our N4PRS Web Site, or reply
to this PARSgram. Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287 or w_olah@yahoo.com.
Thanks.
N4PRS AT THE NORTH CAROLINA QSO PARTY?
The North Carolina QSO Party, sponsored by the Raleigh Amateur Radio
Society, will be held on Sunday,February 28, 2016, from 1000 EST to 2000
EST. Bill, WM3X, and others would like to see more PARS member participation
in this event, especially participation by our newer hams. Thoughts include
operating several home stations in the event. Station owners would host
newer operators and those without HF stations or those that just want to get
together. The N4PRS club call would be assigned to one of the stations or
perhaps shared on a rotating basis using time slots or even by band.
Pamlico has been a much sought after County in the past so contacts should
be easy. For more information about the NC QSO Party see
http://www.rars.org/ncqsoparty/ Let Bill know what you think at
billmichne@embarqmail.com or just reply to this PARSgram. Let’s talk about
this at our January meeting.
CLUB LOG MOST WANTED FOR JANUARY 2016
Note that you have a chance to garner VP8S as soon as January 18, see the
update article below. FT5X has been reported on the cluster and the PALMYRA
DXPEDITION is to be active starting Tuesday.
Rank Prefix Entity Name
1. P5 DPRK (NORTH KOREA)
2. 3Y/B BOUVET ISLAND
3. VP8S SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
4. FT5W CROZET ISLAND
5. VK0H HEARD ISLAND
6. FT/J JUAN DE NOVA, EUROPA
7. KH5K KINGMAN REEF
8. VP8G SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND
9. KH5 PALMYRA & JARVIS ISLANDS
10. KH1 BAKER HOWLAND ISLANDS
11. BS7H SCARBOROUGH REEF
12. BV9P PRATAS ISLAND
13. CE0X SAN FELIX ISLANDS
14. KH3 JOHNSTON ISLAND
15. KH7K KURE ISLAND
16. VK0M MACQUARIE ISLAND
17. FT5X KERGUELEN ISLAND
18. SV/A MOUNT ATHOS
19. FT/G GLORIOSO ISLAND
20. 3Y/P PETER 1 ISLAND
21. YV0 AVES ISLAND
22. T31 CENTRAL KIRIBATI
23. ZS8 PRINCE EDWARD & MARION ISLANDS
24. EZ TURKMENISTAN
25. FK/C CHESTERFIELD IS.
26. JD/M MINAMI TORISHIMA
27. KH4 MIDWAY ISLAND
28. VP8O SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS
29. PY0T TRINDADE & MARTIM VAZ ISLANDS
30. TI9 COCOS ISLAND
For the complete list see https://secure.clublog.org/mostwanted.php
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported that solar activity was very low during the 24 hours ending
yesterday at 4 pm local. The largest recent solar event was a B4 flare
observed at 1121Z this morning. There are 6 numbered sunspot regions on the
disk facing Earth. The sunspot count this morning is 73, up from the 50
reported by NOAA last week ago. The Solar Flux Index (SFI) was 109 yesterday
at noon, almost the same as the 107 in our last report. According to the
Space Weather Prediction Center, solar activity is expected to continue to
be very low for the next three days with only a chance of C-class flares..
The NOAA forecast has the SFI staying about the same through Wednesday. The
90 day trailing average is up 2 to 111.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet yesterday. Expect quiet conditions
today. The field is forecast to be quiet but see minor storm levels on
Tuesday On Wednesday the field is forecast vary between quiet and active.
The Kp-index was reported to be a quiet 2 at 11a.m. local this morning.
Expect good conditions on 80 through 20 Meters, fair to poor on the higher
bands. Watch for E-layer propagation on 6 Meters. Yesterday, Puerto Rico was
loud in Whortonsville on 6 Meters as was Southern Texas.
THIS WEEK’S DX CHALLENGE
K5P PALMYRA DXPEDITION. Look for 9 operators to be active as K5P from
Palmyra Atoll, South Pacific, this week between January 12-25th. They
will have five stations, with activity on 160-6 meters using CW, SSB
and the Digital modes. Check the K5P Palmyra2016 Web page for updates,
propagation predictions and the donation page, at: http://palmyra2016.org
VP8SGI/VP8STI DXPEDITION NEWS (Press Release from the Intrepid-DX Group
VP8STI/VP8SGI Team). (Courtesy of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1248, Editor
Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW)
The VP8STI/VP8SGI Team is on the way to meet the Braveheart. Let the
voyage begin! — The VP8STI/VP8SGI team is now making their way to Stanley,
The Falkland Islands for the eight day voyage to Southern Thule Island
(South Sandwich). During our voyage, will be active as VP8IDX/MM. We will
be making notes of propagation on each band.
Our route will take us along the treacherous Drake Passage, known for
rough seas and bad weather. We expect to land on Southern Thule Island
(South Sandwich) and begin operations as VP8STI on January 18th.
Upon completion of our mission, we will voyage three days to Husvik Bay,
South Georgia where we expect to land and begin operations sometime on
February 1st as VPGSGI.
On February 14th, we will return to Stanley. We will operate as VP8IDX
until February 19th. Look for us on 160 meters!
Our goals are to operate fast and efficiently and to provide as many
all-time new contacts with these rare entities. We will make the extra
effort to work the most remote and difficult regions.
All of our plans are going very well. We have raised 75% of the funds
needed to complete our Dxpedition. We are very extremely grateful for
all Foundation, Club and Individual support.
We have updated our QSL page and OQRS will be live as soon as we complete
each activation. We will make every effort to upload our logs to Clublog
each day. We expect to have challenges in doing so as at 59 degrees South,
Southern Thule Island is outside of the Inmarsat BGAN coverage footprint.
We will make very limited updates to our website during the Dxpedition
for this reason. New donors will be added once we return to Stanley in
mid-February.
We have enabled a new feature on our website where you can follow our
progress and track our location: http://www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8/location.php
We are very excited to be activating the #3 and #8 most wanted DXCC
entities on a combined trip. You can view all details of our Dxpedition at:
http://www.intrepid-dx.com/vp8
Please watch for updates and announcements in The Daily DX, DX-World, DX
Coffee and DX News. [as well as the OPDX!!]
Thank you, and Happy New Year!
ADDED NOTES (by Editor): To break it down, operators AA7A, DL6KVA,
JH4RHF, K1LZ, K3LP, K4ZLE, K9AJ, N4RR, N6PSE, RA9USU, W5XU, W6DR, W7XU
and WD5COV should be active as:
VP8IDX/MM – From the Braveheart; traveling between the islands
VP8STI – From South Sandwich Islands between January 18-27th
VP8SGI – From South Georgia Island between February 1-19th
VP8IDX – From Falkland Islands between February 14-19th
QSO CORNER
This is the place to post contacts with DXpeditions, Special Event
Stations, or special QSO’s you would like to share.
Still quiet.
OTHER ACTIVITY ON THE RADIO:
This info is extracted from the ARRL Letter, from the WA7BNM Contest
Calendar, the ARRL Contest Update or the ARRL Contest Corral. You can
receive the Letter weekly via email as a member of ARRL :
* 16/1800-17/0559Z Jan North American QSO Party, SSB
* 18/0200-18/0400Z Jan Run for the Bacon QRP Contest, CW
See the ARRL Contest Branch page <http://www.arrl.org/contests/>, the
ARRL Contest Update http://www.arrl.org/The-ARRL-Contest-Update/ and the
WA7BNM Contest Calendar <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html>
for more info. Looking for a Special Event station? Be sure to check out the
ARRL Special Event Station Web page<http://www.arrl.org/special-events>. For
a LIST OF STATE QSO PARTIES, see
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/stateparties.html. (State QSO parties
and the W1AW Centennial Stations are a great way to get those last states on
your Worked All States (WAS) Award list.)
HAM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE, TRADE, OR WANTED
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(Send me your amateur radio related items for sale, trade, or wanted for
listing in the PARSgram. PLEASE let me know if your listing is no longer
needed. ITEMS listed will EXPIRE AFTER 90 DAYS unless I hear
otherwise.–Jim).
UPCOMING REGIONAL HAMFESTS:
A complete list can be found on your PARS Website, www.n4prs.org
PARS CALENDAR:
* Jan 30, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental, Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287 or w_olah@yahoo.com.
* Feb 27, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental, 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