PRESIDENT’S SOAPBOX
I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all PARS members and their
families a joyous holiday season, and a happy, prosperous, and healthy
new year. Don’t forget the monthly PARS meeting this Saturday using our
now usual ZOOM format. Check elsewhere in this PARSGram for the link to
the meeting. A major topic for discussion will be meeting programs for
the coming year. …_._ de WM3X, Bill Michne, 252-249-1175,
drmichne73@gmail.com.
PARS MEETING THIS COMING SATURDAY, DEC 26, 2020
**** 9:AM VIA “ZOOM” *****
We will be holding this month’s PARS meeting via Zoom. Prior to the
meeting, it is recommended to download the Zoom application to the
device you wish to use. Steve Silveira, KO4EDA, will again be our
technical host for the meeting.
If you are on MacOS or Windows proceed to https://zoom.us. In the top
right corner there is a drop down menu labeled “Resources”. Click the
“Download Zoom Client” link to install. If you are on an iPhone or iPad
get the app from the App Store, and if you are on Android phone or
tablet, get the app from Google Play Store.
Here is the meeting link and ID for the Saturday Dec 26, 2020 PARS
Monthly Meeting:
Topic: PARS Monthly Meeting
Time: DEC 26, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Zoom Meeting Link:
https://cravenk12.zoom.us/j/96038396148
Meeting ID: Email AI4WL for contact details at jth350@embarqmail.com
Dial in: 1-646-558-8656
You can join the meeting one of 3 ways:
- Click the link to join the meeting, on MacOS and Windows you should
be prompted to Open the Zoom App, and on mobile devices and tablets it
should just open.
- Open your Zoom App (MacOS, Windows, and Mobile Devices) and click
“Join a Meeting” (or the “Join” Button if already signed in), then type
in the Meeting ID and enter your name and click Join.
- If you cannot seem to get Zoom working or do not have a compatible
device, dial in via the phone number provided above.
If you have questions regarding “Zoom” that you can’t resolve, please
email Steve at rastoban@gmail.com.
ARES RESOURCES
A list of resources compiled by Mike Marsh, K4NLC, in response to the
discussion on ARES during the November PARS meeting:
–Download the ARES Manual [PDF]
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public Service/ARES/ARESmanual2015.pdf
–ARES Field Resources Manual [PDF]
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/ARES_FR_Manual.pdf
–ARES Standardized Training Plan Task Book [Fillable PDF]
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public
Service/ARES/ARRL-ARES-FILLABLE-TRAINING-TASK-BOOK-V2_1_1.pdf
–ARES Standardized Training Plan Task Book [Word]
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public
Service/ARES/ARRL-ARES-STANDARDIZED-TRAINING-TASK-BOOK-V1_2_2.doc
–ARES Plan
http://www.arrl.org/ares-plan
–Emergency Communications Training
http://www.arrl.org/emergency-communications-training
For more information or questions, contact Mike at
mike@MarshConsulting.org or (252)636-1257.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported that solar activity was very low during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 5 pm local. There is 1 numbered sunspot region on
the Sun facing Earth this morning. On Sunday the observed Solar Flux
Index (SFI) at Penticton was 84. Solar activity is expected be very low
with a slight chance of C-class flares through Wednesday The index is
predicted to register 84 today, Tuesday and Wednesday. The SFI 90 day
trailing average is 83, up one from last week.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet yesterday. It is expected to be
quiet to active today, quiet to unsettled Tuesday, and then reach minor
storm levels on Wednesday. This instablity is due to a fast moving solar
wind from a hole in the sun’s corona. The estimated Kp-index of 2
reported at 7 a.m. local this morning indicates we are currently
experiencing quiet geomagnetic conditions.
For the next several days, we can expect fair daytime and good nighttime
operating conditions on 80 and 40 meters, fair on 30 and 20, and poor on
the higher bands.
For an explanation of numbers used in our PARSgram, see the excellent
article written by Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA at
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
HAM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE, TRADE, OR WANTED
For listing in the PARSgram send me your amateur radio related items
that you have for sale, trade, or wanted. 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.–Jim.
**For Sale**
Heil Foot Switch, push to transmit. $15.00. Contact Ed Valentine, W2YPM,
at 252-637-3161 or w2ypm@earthlink.net. (20201019)
**Estate Ham Equipment For Sale**
Eddie Lyon, K4NGR, provided a long list of equipment he is wishing to
sell on behalf of the wife of a fellow ham who passed several weeks ago.
Major items now remaining on the list with prices originally paid
include a Yaesu FT2000/HF Transceiver $2,115 with Yaesu MD-100 Mic $179
and Yaesu external speaker with phone patch and an Ammeritron AL-811H
Amp $999. “These prices are what he had paid for them brand new so
whatever we can get for them to help his wife Pat out will be most
appreciated.” For a complete list of the remianing items or more
information please contact Eddie at ELyon47@aol.com or 540-905-5839.
(20201019, 20201102)
PARS CALENDAR:
* Dec 26, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Virtual Meeting via
“Zoom” or at Brantleys Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Bill
Michne, WM3X, 252-249-1175 or drmichne73@gmail.com.
* Jan 30, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Virtual Meeting via
“Zoom” or at Brantleys Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Bill
Michne, WM3X, 252-249-1175 or drmichne73@gmail.com.
LOCAL NETS OF INTEREST TO PARS MEMBERS:
* Wednesdays, Pamlico Emergency Net Practice and Rag Chew/ARES, 7:30
pm, Oriental Repeater, 147.210 + (PL151.4).
* 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’.
There will be no net on Christmas Eve, Dec 24, 2020.
(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, 561-308-3456, PARSwebman@gmail.com
OUR COVID NUMBERS
According to our County COVID-19 Task Force, there continues to be
substantial community spread here. Towndock reports as of yesterday, the
20th, we reached a total of 495 cases in Pamlico County, 37 of those
reported in the last 10 days. We have had 5 deaths due to Covid. Even
more alarming is that our state count is now up to 479,168 with 8,444
NEW CASES reported Friday alone. This is UP NEARLY 3,000 from
Wednesday’s report of 5,786! Please be careful; being sick with COVID is
no way to spend the holidays.
Please mask up in public and stay safe. We wish all our readers a very
Merry Christmas.
73, Jim AI4WL
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