TOMAS DAVIS JR. N1ZY (SK)
Tom Davis N1ZY, 73, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at
Craven Comfort Care in New Bern after a long illness. Tom was retired from
Federal Government Service. He was a long time ham and past member of the
Pamlico Amateur Radio Society as well as several radio contesting groups.
JAMBOREE ON THE AIR (JOTA) COMING SOON
Jamboree on the Air provides the opportunity for millions of Scouts around
the world to meet on the air via Amateur Radio. This year the event will be
held on Saturday and Sunday, October 19-20. This will be the 56th year of
this annual on-the-air event! The World Scout Bureau reported that the 2010
JOTA had just over 700,000 Scout participants from nearly 6,000 amateur
radio stations! The official hours are from Saturday at 00:00 hours local
time (right at midnight Friday) to Sunday 24:00 (midnight Sunday evening).
PARS President Bill Olah KR4LO and several other PARS folks are heading up
to the end of NC306 and the Phosphate Plant Park and Conference Center to
set up a station on Friday, the 18th. They plan to put Scouts on the air
through the weekend. Bill could use your help. He needs more control
operators and teachers. If you can spend a couple of hours during the
weekend along the scenic Pamlico River, please call Bill at 249-0287 or
email him at w_olah@yahoo.com.
MAYSVILLE HAMFEST THIS COMING SUNDAY, OCT 13TH
One of our two local Hamfests, this year’s Maysville Hamfest will be on
Sunday, October 13th at the Rotary Park Community Center, 704 8th Street. If
coming from New Bern on US17 turn right on 8th Street. It is sponsored by
the Maysville Hamfest Association. Talk in will be on 144.710 (PL 82.5).
Hours are 8 am to 3 pm. For more information contact Byron Highland, K4BMH
3753 Thorne Drive Farmville, NC 27828 Phone: 252-347-1498.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A PARS OFFICER IN 2014?
DO YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE THAT WOULD?
If you are interested in running for the office of President, Vice
President, or Treasurer, or wish to RECOMMEND A MEMBER for one of
those offices, please reply to this PARSgram or to Tom Corwin KI4NSP at
249-1950 or wincord41@earthlink.net. Officers are to be elected at the
October meeting. Willing incumbents are Bill Olah for President and Wally
Wallace KK4ASP (as bookkeeper/treasurer). VP Tom Corwin KI4NSP does not
wish to run for re-election. To remain viable, PARS needs folks willing to
serve as officers. You will have plenty of help. Please consider serving.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported that solar activity was at low levels for the 24 hours ending
Sunday night at 8 pm local. The largest solar event of the period was a C1
event observed at 06/1424Z Oct. There are currently 4 numbered sunspot
regions on the disk. The Sunspot count is 53 up from 39 last Monday. NOAA
predicts solar activity will be mostly low through Wednesday with a slight
chance for an M-class flare (10% chance). The Solar Flux was 107 this
morning down a few from the 114 reported last week. It is expected to drop
to 100 by Wednesday.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet over the weekend. The estimated
planetary K-index at 8 am local on 07 October was 2. Geomagnetic conditions
are expected to be light through Wednesday. There is a possibility of
increased geomagnetic activity starting Thursday due to solar wind flowing
from a newly developed coronal hole.
Propagation should be good on the 20 and 30 Meter bands, 40 at night. It
also has been surprisingly good on 10M mid to late during the day.
DX CHALLENGES FOR THE WEEK
MAYOTTE, FH. A large group of operators are QRV as TO2TT until
October 17. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY
with four stations active. QSL direct via I2YSB.
Just so you know, extracted from Wikipedia:
Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting of a main
island, Grande-Terre (or Maore), a smaller island, Petite-Terre (or
Pamanzi), and several islets around these two. The archipelago is located in
the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, namely between
northwestern Madagascar and northeastern Mozambique. Mayotte’s area is 144
sq mi and, with its 212,645 people, is very densely populated at 1,473 per
sq mi. Its biggest city and prefecture is Mamoudzou. The territory is
geographically part of the Comoro Islands, but the people of Mayotte chose
to remain politically a part of France in the 1975 referendum. . Mayotte
became an overseas department of France on 31 March 2011 and will become an
Outermost region of the European Union on 1 January 2014.
CY0, Sable Island–late note: As of Sunday night, the team may be delayed
from its scheduled Tuesday departure due to unsafe conditions on the beach
“airfield”. You might have a few more hours or even days to work CY0P. Good
luck.
QSO CORNER
This is the place to post contacts with DXpeditions, Special Event
Stations, or special QSO’s you would like to share.
Pretty quiet this week, no reports.
OTHER ACTIVITY ON THE RADIO:
This info is extracted from the ARRL Letter, from the WA7BNM Contest
Calendar or the ARRL Contest Corral. You can receive the Letter weekly via
email as a member of ARRL :
* Oct 12 — 902+ MHz Fall Sprint
* Oct 12-13 — Great Pumpkin Sprint
* Oct 12-13 — Makrothen RTTY Contest
* Oct 12-13 — Oceania DX CW Contest
* Oct 12-13 — Scandinavian Activity Contest
* Oct 12-13 — QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party
* Oct 12 — Arizona QSO Party
* Oct 12 — EU Autumn CW Sprint
* Oct 12 — Pennsylvania QSO Party
* Oct 13 — North American RTTY Sprint
All dates & times, unless otherwise stated, are UTC.
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
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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* WTB Dave is looking for a linear amplifier in good condition, an
Ameritron AL-80B or similar preferred. If you have one to sell or know of
someone that does, please contact Dave Bacon
KD2T, 252-617-0359 cell, 252-249-0864 home (20130826)
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* SOLD full-wavelength 3-element aluminum 6m Yagi antenna
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* FS Beckman Industrial 60 MHz Oscilloscope model 9106
asking $100 but make an offer, Jamie King KJ4JK, 252-514-7497,
kj4jk@arrl.net (20130722)
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* FREE From D & Don Wogaman KB1NDV & KC8MID a bit of nostalgia: A copy of
The Radio Amateur’s License Manual (64th edition) published in 1970 in
decent condition considering it’s age. Don’t let this gem go to the recycle
bin. email: dndonwogs@gmail.com or call 252-249-1930 located in Oriental
We can send a photo if needed. (20130701/20130819)
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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).
PARS CALENDAR:
* Oct 17-19, Jamboree On The Air (JOTA). Set up Friday Oct 17, operational
Oct 18-19. PARS support, Hwy 306, Aurora. Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287 or
w_olah@yahoo.com
* Oct 26, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287 or w_olah@yahoo.com
* Nov 30, 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. An informal forum originally established to assist
our new Hams, this freq. is in the 10M voice segment open to technician
licensees and above. Radio topics/questions/issues welcomed.
* Wednesdays, Pamlico Emergency Net Practice and Rag Chew, 7:30 pm,
Oriental Repeater, 147.210 + (PL151.4).
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 think
would interest our folks, please send it to me. Thanks.
Jim, AI4WL