PARS’ HOLIDAY BREAKFAST MEETING AND “GIFT” EXCHANGE 28 DECEMBER
For our final gathering of the year the business agenda will be short.
The “program” that follows will be our annual exchange of small gifts.
These presents should be related to ham radio in some way, but please,
no cans of ham. Put your imagination to work. Check out your junk box,
look around your shack for stuff that works but you no longer need. Make
something. See what you can find, then wrap it and bring it to the
meeting. If you buy something, please don’t spend much more than 15
bucks or so. Exchange your gift for a number. After your number is
called, go through the pile of gifts and pick one. If you already have a
widget like the one you unwrapped, swap it for something else. It’s fun!
See you at the meeting on Saturday, December 28th at 9 am in the back
room of Brantley’s Village Restaurant in Oriental. And if you forget a
“gift”, not to worry, come anyway, eat, be merry and enjoy
the show.
PARS BASEBALL HATS AVAILABLE AT THE PARS MEETING
PARS baseball hats will be for sale at the December club meeting. Brand
new embroidered six-panel unstructured twill BB hats for sale. The hats
are 100% cotton twill, poly/cotton, with a low profile and Velcro
closure. The hats are Navy blue in color with the colored PARS logo
embroidered on the front. Only 25 hats available at this time. Cost is
$25 cash or check. Make check out to Bruce Perkins. Additional PARS
clothing available in the future. –Bruce, K4ONC
FOR THE 25 DEC 24 CHRISTMAS EVENING WEDNESDAY NIGHT NET (PCN):
Please use the normal Winlink Net CHECK-IN form. Mike, K4NLC, will be
picking up after the reindeer. Questions? Contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC,
252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
PAMLICO SWIFT WATER TEAM RESPONSE TO HURRICANE HELENE AT THE PCT
Gary Mitchelson, NC3Z, will be making a presentation to the Pamlico
Communications Team (PCT) regarding the Pamlico County Swift Water
Rescue Team’s response to Hurricane Helene in Western NC. He and the
team were one of the first emergency responders into the area. He will
give us a run down of the conditions they faced upon deploying to the
area and the situations they encountered. The photos he will show of the
area will be dramatic.
Gary is the Fire Chief of the Florence-Whortonsville Fire Department
Station 25, holds an Amateur Extra radio license, a SHARES member, a NC
AHIMT COML, member of NC AUXCOM, and lead of the Pamlico County Swift
Water Rescue, to name a few.
This promises to be a very interesting and informative presentation. I
highly recommend any amateur radio operator interested in EmComm to attend.
This presentation, hosted by the PCT, will be held on Saturday, January
4th, 0900hrs at Fire Station 19, Southeast Pamlico Volunteer Fire
Department and EMS, 182 Straight Road, Oriental. All are welcome.
–Bruce, K4ONC
WINLINK PRESENTATION ON YOUTUBE – REMINDER
At the Pamlico Communications Team’s December 2024 meeting, PARS member,
long team member of the Winlink Development Team and current President
of the Amateur Radio Safety Foundation, Lor Kutchins, W3QA, provided an
in depth overview of Winlink Global Radio Email. Tripp Beasley, KI4KEB,
recorded the presentation. You can find it on YouTube at
https://youtu.be/4IytFYLBxgY?si=m3ZQmjaSr-KeF-XN or search for “WinLink
at the PARS AuxComm Meeting Dec 7 2024”.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reports that solar activity was moderate during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 4 p.m. local. The largest solar event of the period
was a M8 event observed at 23/1112Z. The Space Weather Prediction Center
expects solar activity to be moderate today through Wednesday. There’s a
slight chance for X-class flares. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level
are likely.
There are 11 numbered sunspot regions on the Sun facing Earth this
morning. There were 6 last Monday, 6 the Monday before.
Sunday’s noon Solar Flux Index (SFI) observation at Penticton was 223,
last Sunday’s was 172. The index is predicted to measure 220 today, 220
Tuesday and 215 on Wednesday. The much more important SFI 90 day
trailing average was 202 yesterday. It was 200 last Sunday.
The geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled yesterday. The SWPC expects
the field to be quiet to unsettled today though Wednesday. The planetary
K-index at 7 a.m. this morning was 1.00 indicating quiet conditions.
The numbers are again up so the solar max is far from over. Expect poor
conditions during the day on 80 to 40, fair to good at night; good day
and night on 30 to 15; and good day, poor to fair night on 12 and 10M.
Go to https://www.n4prs.org/looking-up/ for the latest observations.
DX THIS WEEK–
Extracted from ARRL’s ARLD047 DX news and DXWorld.net:
–FRENCH POLYNESIA, FO. Hardy, DL7JLL is QRV as FO/DL7JLL from Mangareva
Island, IOTA OC-063, until January 15, 2025. Activity is on 20, 15, and
10 meters using SSB.
–WAKE ISLAND, KH9. Allen, KH7AL is QRV as KH7AL/KH9 while on work
assignment. Activity is in his spare time on 40 to 10 meters using
primarily SSB and CW until Dec 28th.
–OGASAWARA, JD1. Harry, JG7PSJ will be QRV as JD1BMH from Chichijima,
IOTA AS-031, from December 23 to January 3, 2025. Activity will be on 80
to 10 meters using CW, SSB, and RTTY.
–EAST KIRIBATI, T32. Members of the Rebel DX Group are QRV as T32TTT
until January 1, 2025. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and
various digital modes.
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 if your listing is no longer needed. Listings
will EXPIRE AFTER 90 DAYS unless I hear otherwise. Thanks, Jim.
–Send me something to sell or for you to give away.
PARS CALENDAR:
* Dec 28, PARS MONTHLY MEETING and Holiday Gift Exchange, Saturday, 9am,
Brantley’s Village Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Bruce
Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
* JAN 4, PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS TEAM (PCT) MEETING, Saturday, 9-10:30am,
Oriental VFD Station 19 on Straight Rd vic. NC-55. Special presentation
on Hurricane Helene response by Pamlico’s Swift Water Rescue Team. 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 WEBSITE: https://www.n4prs.org/
Our Web Master is Paul Jodoin, K4MMB, PARSwebman@gmail.com
73, Jim AI4WL Editor
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