DRAGON BOAT RACING FESTIVAL HELP STILL NEEDED
Tom Finta K8TF is still looking for help with communication support for the
Oriental Dragonboat Festival coming up on Aug 15 at River Dunes off Orchard
Creek Rd. He could use more hams to pass info between various units
(EMT’s, Announcer, Finish line,etc.). More operators, shorter shifts. The
paddlers will practice on Friday the 14h and race on Saturday. Please let
him know if you can help at Fintatom@aol.com or 249-9838.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported that solar activity was very low during the 24 hours ending
yesterday at 5 pm local. The largest recent solar event was a B5 flare
observed at 0548Z this morning. There are 4 numbered sunspot regions on the
disk facing Earth, all are quiet The sunspot count this morning is 51, up
from the 38 reported by NOAA a week ago at this time. The Solar Flux Index
(SFI) is 102, just above the 97 in our last PARSgram. The NOAA forecast
shows the SFI staying the same for the next three days. According to the
Space Weather Prediction Center, solar activity is expected to be very low
through Wednesday with a chance for C-class flares. However, spaceweather
dot com reported this morning that a change could be in the offing. During
the early hours of August 3rd, a new active region on the farside of the sun
“announced itself” with a bright CME.by an M-class solar flare. The CME will
not affect the Earth but the active region that caused it will soon rotate
into view.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet to active over the weekend. The
Earth’s geomagnetic field is expected be quiet to unsettled today and
Tuesday and then quiet on Wednesday. The Kp-index was reported by NOAA to be
a very quiet 1 at 0800 local this morning.
There seems to be agreement by the pundits that the 2015 Summer E-layer
propagation season is winding down, Band openings are shorter, more
localized, and less frequent. There is hope that VHF operators will be
favored by an opening during the 50MHz Fall Sprint set for next Saturday
starting at 7PM local time.
THIS WEEK’S DX CHALLENGE
5E, MOROCCO. Members of ARRAM (Association Royale des Radio Amateur du
Maroc) are now active from Rabat and using the special event callsign
5E2E until September 30th. Activity is on the HF bands using CW and SSB.
QSL via EB7DX.
QSO QSO CORNER
This is the place to post contacts with DXpeditions, Special Event
Stations, or special QSO’s you would like to share.
Zippo!
OTHER ACTIVITY ON THE RADIO:
This info is extracted from the ARRL Letter, from the WA7BNM Contest
Calendar, the ARRL Contest Update or the ARRL Contest Corral. You can
receive the Letter weekly via email as a member of ARRL :
* 08/0000-09/2359Z Aug WAE DX Contest, CW
* 08/1200-092359Z Aug SKCC Weekend Sprintathon, CW
* 08/1600-09/2359Z Aug Maryland-DC QSO Party, Ph CW Dig
* 08/2300-09/0300Z Aug 50 MHz Fall Sprint, all modes
See the ARRL Contest Branch page
ARRL Contest Update http://www.arrl.org/The-ARRL-Contest-Update/ and the
WA7BNM Contest Calendar
for more info. Looking for a Special Event station? Be sure to check out the
ARRL Special Event Station Web page
a LIST OF STATE QSO PARTIES, see
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/stateparties.html. (State QSO parties
and the W1AW Centennial Stations 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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* FOR SALE — Yaesu FT 450 Transceiver, MD 100 desk mike and a Pyramid
35 amp power supply. All for $650 and can be seen in action at my QTH to
check it out. All you will need is an antenna to be on the air. Charlie
Overcash, WA4GSI, charlie@dockline.net or 252-249-1257. (20150601).
* FOR SALE–Hank Aaron WB4ROA, long time PARS member is moving. He is
selling much of his equipment. Brian Shepard K4LTE is handling the sale.
For a Yaesu FT-2000 and other Yaesu transceivers:
RF Mu-tuning kit 80/40m band for $300.00, and RF Mu-tuning kit 30/20m band
for $300.00.
Command Technologies Commander Amplifier 2KW for $1500.00.
Yaesu-7800R 2M/70cm Transceiver for $150.00.
Heil Headset Pro Set Quiet Phone with HC-5 mic for $80.00, retailed for
$155.00.
MXL Studio Condenser Microphone MXL-2003 for $100.00, retailed for $163.00.
Heil Hand Switch for $25.00.
Foot Switch for $20.00.
Array Solutions Six Pack ( remote antenna switch) 2 radios-6 antenna ports
per radio for $300.00, retailed for $450.00.
Array Solutions Rat Pack (remote antenna switch) 6 antenna positions for
$100.00, retailed for $250.00.
Astron SL-11 pwr supply for $50.00, retailed for $89.00.
Bencher Keyer for $150.00.
Plus lots of coax and cables-most coax uses N-connectors and were
professionally made by Cable X.
PL259 adapters for .50 cent ea. (28-total)
UHF Male Crimp (type PL259) connectors $2.00 ea. (37-total)
Type N Male crimp for RG8 $2.00 ea. (15-total)
PL259 Connectors $1.00 ea. (16-total)
PL259 UHF Male to female tee adapter connectors, $4.00 ea. (total-9)
BNC Male to UHF female connectors, $2.00 ea. (total-2)
Added items–
Palstar ZM30 digital antenna analyzer, $200.00
ICOM M1V VHF Handheld radio with HM-125 speaker microphone and a new BC-119N
desk top charger, $175.00
Aceco FC-6002 RF Tracer, $150.00
Contact Brian at k4lte2@centurylink.net or at his cell 252-670-5531.
(20150511, 20150518, 20150622)
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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).
UPCOMING REGIONAL HAMFESTS:
A complete list can be found on your PARS Website, www.n4prs.org
PARS CALENDAR:
* Aug 15, Dragonboat Racing (PARS Public Service), Saturday, 9 am – 4 pm,
River Dunes Grace Harbor, Tom Finta, K8TF, 249-9838 or fintatom@aol.com
* Aug 29, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287 or w_olah@yahoo.com.
* Sep 26, 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. This is an informal forum originally
established to assist our new Hams. The frequency is in the 10M voice
segment open to technician licensees and above. Radio related
topics/questions/issues welcomed.
* Wednesdays, Pamlico Emergency Net Practice and Rag Chew, 7:30 pm,
Oriental Repeater, 147.210 + (PL151.4).
PARS WEB SITE:
https://www.n4prs.org/
Web Master is Larry Wall, KK4SEO, wallmailbox@yahoo.com.
ABOUT THE PARSgram
The PARSgram is a weekly email publication for members of the Pamlico
Amateur Radio Society (PARS), an association of amateur radio operators
located in, near, or from Pamlico County, North Carolina. The PARSgram
contains announcements and information about current and planned activities
of the Society and other items of specific interest to its members. Except
to summarize information related to Solar Activity or announce expeditions
of amateur radio operators to unique distant places, special event stations,
and contests, it does not generally repeat information available elsewhere.
The PARSgram does offer a means to make known to its subscribers radio
equipment and other related items for sale or trade. Since PARS members may
have limited internet access, the PARSgram is sent in text format and kept
relatively short. Log on to the PARS Website at https://www.n4prs.org/ for
longer news articles, photos, archived PARSgrams and more. We are always
looking for items of specific interest to our 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 at jth350@embarqmail.com. —
Jim Hartmeyer, AI4WL, Editor (20150406)
Jim, AI4WL
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