HURRICANE COMMUNITY FORUM
From Bruce, K4ONC–
Sponsored by PARS and the Town of Oriental, the National Weather
Service (NWS) in Newport/Morehead City will be holding a community forum
on hurricanes Wednesday July 20th, starting at 6 PM at the Oriental Town
Hall. The forum is free and open to all. The NWS-Newport meteorologist
speak about hurricanes and their impacts on Eastern North Carolina. He
will cover the hurricane outlook for the season while emphasizing it
only takes one storm to make a big impact! A Q&A discussion period will
follow.
Being co-sponsored by PARS, members are encouraged to attend and
wear their PARS ID badges/logo shirts and the like. If you can’t attend
in person you can attend by webinar. To register please go to this link
and follow the instructions:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7701960628762280973
For more information contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or
K4ONC@aol.com.
BIT BUCKET
* IF you haven’t, you should check out Paul’s “What’s Happening” on the
www.n4prs.org web site. There you’ll find photo’s and his reporting on
our PARSmen in the greater 2022 Croakerfest parade. You can also find
more about his dxpedition to the banks of the Neuse.
* And, if you missed Dick’s most interesting show and tell about a
particular CW key, a 1921 vintage Vibroplex “Bug”, and its long time
high speed YL operator, it’s there too.
* A TECHNICIAN COURSE will begin at 10 am tomorrow, July 12th, in PARS
Chief Instructor Bill Michne’s shack on White Farm Road, Oriental. Right
now, there is only one student but it is still open to anyone who wishes
obtain their FCC Amateur Radio technician license. The meeting time and
day can be changed. The class will meet for 7 weeks of instruction with
an eighth meeting for the FCC exam. For more info contact Bill Michne,
WM3X, drmichne73@gmail.com, 253-249-1175 or 252-671-6703.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported that solar activity was low during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 5 p.m. local. There are 6 numbered sunspot regions
on the Sun facing Earth this morning. There were 3 last Monday. The
Prediction Center expects solar activity to be low through Wednesday
with a chance for M-class flares and a slight chance for an X-class
flare. A M1 flare occured at 5:19 a.m. this morning.
At noon yesterday, the observed Solar Flux Index (SFI) at Penticton was
- Last Sunday it was 102. The index is predicted to measure 160 at
noon today, 155 Tuesday and 145 Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing
average is back up to 127. Last Sunday it was 126. The numbers say that
propagation should be much better than it was last Monday.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled yesterday. NOAA
expects conditions be quiet to unsettled today, quiet to active Tuesday,
then unsettled to minor storm levels on Wednesday. The estimated
Kp-index of 1 reported at 5 a.m. local this morning indicates current
quiet geomagnetic conditions.
We can expect poor day but good operating conditions today on 80 to 40
meters, fair to good on 30 and 20, good on 17, 15 and 10. Six meters has
continued to deliver with openings into the Midwest and Canada as well
as several into Europe last week.
For an explanation of the numbers used in our PARSgram, see the
excellent article written by Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA at
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
DX CHALLENGE
Extracted from ARRL DX News ARLD027-
VIETNAM, XV9. Gregory, F4BPO is active as XV9BPO from Ho Chi Minh
City. Recent activity has been on 30, 20, 17, 15 and 10 meters
using mostly FT8/FT4, with some SSB and CW. QSL via ClubLog, eQSL
or LoTW.
MYANMAR, XZ. Akio, JE2QIZ is active as XZ2B. His length of stay is
unknown. Most of his activity has been on 15, 10 and 6 meter CW.
QSL via JH3SIF.
HAM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE, TRADE, OR WANTED
For listing in the PARSgram send me your amateur radio related items
that are for sale, trade, or wanted. PLEASE let me know when you have
have sold your item or your listing is no longer needed. Listings will
EXPIRE AFTER 90 DAYS unless I hear otherwise.–Jim.
Help Wanted: If anyone knows how to reprogram a Kenwood TK-7150 please
shout out. All I need is to tweak the new tones etc. on it for our
Oriental repeater. Please contact K4MMB at davitbay@gmail.com. (20220620)
For Sale:
* Icom IC7600 with 125 power supply and sp23 speaker. This speaker has
filters in it. With hand mic, $1000
* Tentec Jupiter green screen with ps963 power supply and Heil desk mic.
$500
* Second Tentec Jupiter with desk mic and 963 power supply, $500
* Heathkit solid state transceiver built by Yaesu. Heathkit SB-1400 same
as FT-747 but better looking. Has matching power supply, speaker combo,
clean $300
* MFJ 40 mtr QRP CW rig with matching tuner and battery pack. With
chargers and flat key, model num 9040 tuner is 971 power neat late
model. Look up MFJ prices abt 600 for all, my price is $100
* MFJ model 949c manual 300 watt tuner ..clean $75
* Alpha 76ca amp 160-10 meter Peter Dahl trans super clean, $1000
* Acom 1000 amp.. 160-6 meters at 1000 watts built in tuner 3 to 1, $1000
* TE Systems model 0552g ss amp mobile. Needs to be fed with 50 amp
power supply. 20 watts in, 350-400 out, $350
Have other equiptment for future listings. Thanks guys. All of this
equipment is clean and works perfect. Can demo here at home.
Contact Don Smith, KJ4RB at kj4rb@embarqmail.com or 252-568-4011 (If no
answer please leave message). (20220613)
For Sale: Hy-gain AV-18HT vertical antenna. Covers 80, 40, 20, 15, and
10 meters. See full specs at dxengineering.com. Antenna is
disassembled and can be delivered within 100 miles or so. $500 OBO. A
portion of the proceeds will go to PARS. Bill Michne, WM3X,
drmichne73@gmail.com, 252-249-1175 or 252-671-6703.(20220404)
PARS CALENDAR:
* Jul 20, HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS FORUM, Wednesday, 6 pm, Oriental Town
Hall. For more info contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or
K4ONC@aol.com.
* Jul 30, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Mike Marsh, K4NLC,
252-636-1257 or mike@MarshConsulting.org
* Aug 6, PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Oriental
VFD Station 19 on Straight Rd vic. NC-55. AUXCOMM & ARES–All are
welcome. For more info, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or
K4ONC@aol.com
* Aug 27, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Mike Marsh, K4NLC,
252-636-1257 or mike@MarshConsulting.org
LOCAL NETS OF INTEREST TO PARS MEMBERS:
* Wednesdays,”Pamlico Communications Net”, 7:30 pm local, N4ONC
(Oriental) Repeater, 147.210 + (CTSCC Tone Squelch 88.5).
* Thursdays, “DownEast/Pamlico Six Meter Net”, 8 pm local, 50.200 MHz,
USB. A non-directed open net to promote operation on the ‘Magic Band’.
(For more nets see www.arrl.org/arrl-net-directory-search )
PARS WEB SITE: https://www.n4prs.org/
Our Web Master is Paul Jodoin, K4MMB, 561-308-3456, PARSwebman@gmail.com
73, Jim AI4WL
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