PARS BREAKFAST MEETING THIS COMING SATURDAY
Our next meeting will be at 0900 Saturday, July 27th, in the back room
of Brantleys Village Restaurant on Broad Street in Oriental. Please park
along the side or out back. We hope to see you all there. Come early for
breakfast with your fellow hams. For more information contact Pamlico
Amateur Radio Society President Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or
K4ONC@aol.com
Look for more info on the Silent Auction coming up on Saturday, August
3rd. Hear about a Zoom presentation by Frank Donovan titled “Improve
DXing during the Solar Max” being arranged for PARS Members and friends.
Expect updates on the local repeater scene and the next pico balloon
launch. Always lots to talk about plus a chance for a Brantleys Gift
Certificate.
PARS SILENT AUCTION ONLY 12 DAYS AWAY, AUGUST 3RD
The long anticipated auction of donated amateur radio equipment is on
track for Saturday, August 3rd. It will take place at the Oriental
Volunteer Fire Department, Station 19. This will be a silent auction.
All proceeds will go to the Pamlico Amateur Radio Society (PARS) or to
the Oriental Repeater Group (ORG). Doors will open at 9am for inspection
of and bidding on the many items available. Bidding will close at 11am,
winners announced soon after. The list of major equipment continues to
grow–here’s another sample of items that will be up for bid:
— ICOM IC-718 with IC-125 Power Supply
— Heil BM-10 dual side boomset w/AD-1 cable for ICOM, foot switch
— Mirage D100 ATVN 430-450 MHz power amplifier
For more information, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or
K4ONC@aol.com.
WHERE IS SHE NOW? EASTERN EXPRESS DAY 123 (MAYBE)
Where is she now? We don’t know. Her last report was on Friday July 5th
and she was then over Germany nearing Berlin. We haven’t heard from her
since. The little Eastern Express could still be up there somewhere
going wherever the wind takes her. The flimsy wire dipole antenna could
have well broken off, her power capacitors failed, solar panel gone, who
knows. We can only guess. Four and half laps around the world… She
did well.
WINLINK CHECK-IN CHANGE FOR THIS WEDNESDAY’S PCN
As a change of pace and to re-gain familiarity with one of the many
WinLink forms/templates, instead of the usual “Winlink Check In” form,
please use the “ICS213 General Message.txt” form this Wednesday. In
brief, here’s how:
1) Launch Winlink Express and select “Message” followed by “New Message”.
2) Select “Template” and click the + sign next to “Standard Templates”.
3) Click the + sign next to “ICS USA Forms” and select the “ICS213
General Message.txt” form by double clicking.
Complete the “General Message (ICS 213) form with any station
update/status info and submit. That’s all there is to it.
Questions? Contact Wayne, KO4OJC, your July NCS at hwaynebeaseley@gmail.com.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reports that solar activity was moderate during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 5 p.m. local. The Space Weather Prediction Center
expects solar activity to be moderate today through Wednesday with a
slight chance for X-class flares. Radio blackouts at the R1 level
(minutes) are likely. There are 12 numbered sunspot regions on the Sun
facing Earth this morning. There were 12 last Monday, 9 the Monday before.
Sunday’s noon Solar Flux Index (SFI) observation at Penticton was 198,
last Sunday’s was 234. The index is predicted to measure 195 today, 190
Tuesday and 190 on Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average was 187
yesterday. It was 187 last Sunday.
The geomagnetic field was quiet yesterday. The SWPC expects the field to
be quiet to unsettled today, then quiet Tuesday and Wednesday. The
planetary K-index at 5 a.m. this morning was 2.33 indicating quiet
conditions.
For the next several days, propagation is expected to be poor to fair
during the day, good at night on 80 to 20; good on 17 and 15, and good
day, poor night on 12 and 10M. Go to https://www.n4prs.org/looking-up/
for the latest observations.
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 THIS WEEK–
Extracted from ARRL’s ARLD026 DX news:
— American Samoa, K8R, until July 25. Activity is on all HF bands using
CW, SSB, and FT8.
— South Cook Islands, E5, ZL2KE is QRV as E51KEE from Rarotonga until
Aug 2, 80-10M, SSB & CW.
— LORD HOWE ISLAND, VK9L. Jeff, W7BRS is QRV as VK2/W7BRS until August
- Activity is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, and FT8.
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.
–No listings. Send me one.
PARS CALENDAR:
* July 27, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC,
252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
* Aug 3, PARS SILENT AUCTION, Saturday, 9-11am, 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
* Aug 31, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC,
252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
* Sep 7, 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 VHF FM Oriental — Operational
N4ONC (old KR4LO) UHF FM Oriental — Operational
NC4ES VHF FM/DMR Arapahoe — Operational. PL: ENC 88.5Hz/DEC 100Hz
NC4ES UHF DMR (NC4ES Network) Florence — Operational.
WM3X-ONC VHF C4FM/WIRES-X NODE Oriental (145.530 simplex)– Operational
LOCAL NETS OF INTEREST TO PARS MEMBERS:
* Mondays, “Pamlico 10 Meter Net, 7:30 pm local, on or near 28.464 MHz,
USB. A non-directed net for technicians and above. Radio
topics/questions/issues welcomed.
* 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, PARSwebman@gmail.com
73, Jim AI4WL Editor
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