SPECIAL EVENT STATION 76TH ANNIVERSARY USCG AUXILIARY
On Saturday 17 October 2015, auxiliarists all across the United States will
operate amateur radio stations with special call signs in honor of the USCG
Auxiliary’s 76th Anniversary. Any amateur contacting one of these special
events stations will be given a commemorative QSL card.
The ORIENTAL FLOTILLA has been assigned the special events call sign K4C.
The coordinator is Wayne Mulligan, K1CBI, wayne.mulligan@yahoo.com,
Hours of operation are 1600Z-2300Z, on 7.270.
Please encourage any hams you know who are not auxiliarists to make contact
with one of the special events stations.
BIG WEEKEND COMING UP–MORE TO DO
Pamlico County Heritage Day and the Scouting Jamboree on the Air are both
coming up this weekend. Heritage Day was rescheduled due to the storm. JOTA
is the big weekend for Scouts and Amateur Radio, this year close by out at
Camp Seagull. If you have the time to help with either or both, give a call
to Mike Marsh or Bill Olah. See the Calendar below for contact information.
PARS CALENDAR:
* Oct 17, 9am to 3 pm, Pamlico County Heritage Day, PARS
Support-ARES/Radio Demo, Heritage Center, NC 55, Grantsboro. Mike Marsh
K4NLC, 252-636-1257 or
mike@marshconsulting.com
* Oct 16-18, Jamboree On The Air, Camp Sea Gull, NC 306, Arapahoe. Bill
Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287 or w_olah@yahoo.com.
* Oct 31, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287
or w_olah@yahoo.com.
* Nov 16, VE Testing Session, Pamlico Community College Room 412, 6:30 pm.
For more info contact Mike Marsh K4NLC, 252-636-1257 or
mike@marshconsulting.com or Bill Michne, WM3X, 249-1175 or
billmichne@embarqmail.com.
* Nov 28, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287
or w_olah@yahoo.com.
* Dec 4-5, SKYWARN Appreciation Day, 7 pm to 7 pm, National Weather Service
Forecast Office, Newport, NC. John Hopkins KJ4EJH hopkinszoo1@msn.com
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
believe would interest our folks, please send it to me. Thanks.
Jim AI4WL