MEETING SCHEDULE CHANGES – REMINDER
* Our next meeting of the Pamlico Amateur Radio Society (PARS) will be
on Saturday, October 28th, the last Saturday of the month. The September
meeting was not held. Power was out at Brantley’s courtesy of TS Ophelia.
* The Pamlico Communications Team (PCT) meeting tentatively scheduled
for October 7th was cancelled. The next meeting will be on November 4th
with the seminar on RF noise remediation. All are welcome.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reports that solar activity was low during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 6 p.m. local. The Space Weather Prediction Center
expects solar activity to be low today through Wednesday. There is a
chance for M-class flares each day. Nine numbered sunspot regions on the
Sun are facing Earth this morning. There were 8 last Monday, 12 the
Monday before.
Sunday’s noon Solar Flux Index (SFI) observation at Penticton was 157.
Last Sunday’s was 161. The index is predicted to measure 158 today, 160
Tuesday and 158 on Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average was 161
yesterday. It was 162 last Sunday. Down one.
The geomagnetic field was quiet to active Sunday. The SWPC expects the
field to be quiet today and quiet to unsettled Tuesday and Wednesday.
The planetary K-index at 5 am this morning was 2.00 indicating quiet
conditions.
Today and tomorrow, propagation is expected to be poor to fair on the 80
through 20 meter bands during the day, good at night. Good conditions
during both day and night are expected for 17 and 15 meter bands. Ten
and 12 should be good during the day, poor at night. All about right for
this time of the year, just after the equinox.
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 TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK–
Extracted from ARLD040 DX news:
–SWAINS ISLAND, KH8. A group of operators are QRV as W8S until October
- Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY, and FT8 with 6
stations.
–TUVALU, T2. A group of operators are QRV as T2C from Funafuti,
IOTA OC-015, Oct 10-30. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters with
four stations using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8.
–EAST KIRIBATI, T32. Bert, K3AAN/CX3AN will be QRV as T32AN from
Christmas Island to October 11. Activity is holiday style on 40 to 6
meters using mostly SSB with some CW. QSL via EB7DX.
–MARSHALL ISLANDS, V7. Lisa, KJ6GHN is QRV as V73ML from Kwajalein
Island, IOTA OC-028. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using mostly
SSB. She hopes to include various digital modes later. She is there
for the next 3 to 4 years. [Google “Kwajalein Island”. You will find it
a very interesting and important outpost for the United States still
today. Don’t plan to visit unless you have a security clearance and
reason to do so. BTW, United Air IAD-KWA RT starts at $2,163 economy.
With temps in the mid-80’s, rain is forecast for every day this week. -ed]
HAM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE, TRADE, OR WANTED
Send me your amateur radio related items that are for sale, trade, or
wanted and your contact information. 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. Thanks, Jim.
FOR SALE Alinco DX-SR8T 100 watt HF radio with power cable, EMS-64 hand
mic, instruction manual, Nifty manual and original box. $425
For complete and detailed description, please look it up on the
internet. Contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com.
(20230814)
FOR SALE
#1 – Palstar AT-Auto tuner $850
#2- Ameritron RCS-8V remote coax switch (no wall wart) – $125
Contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com. (20230807)
PARS CALENDAR:
* Oct 28, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Mike Marsh, K4NLC,
252-636-1257 or mike@MarshConsulting.org
* Nov 4, PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MEETING, Saturday, 9-10:30am,
Oriental VFD Station 19 on Straight Rd vic. NC-55. All are welcome. For
more info, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
REPEATER/NODE STATUS
(See www.n4prs.org/frequencies/ for set-up)
N4ONC (“Above Average”) VHF FM Oriental — Down for repair.
N4ONC (old KR4LO) UHF FM Oriental — Operational
NC4ES VHF FM/DMR Arapahoe — Operational
NC4ES UHF DMR Florence — Operational
WM3X-ONC VHF C4FM/WIRES-X NODE Oriental (145.530 simplex)– Operational
LOCAL NETS OF INTEREST TO PARS MEMBERS:
* Wednesdays,”Pamlico Communications Net”, 7:30 pm local, N4ONC
(Oriental) VHF Repeater, 147.210 + (CTSCC Tone Squelch 88.5). A directed
net open to all. Net activates on call during emergencies.
* 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 Editor
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