PARS BREAKFAST MEETING THIS COMING SATURDAY
Our next meeting will be at 0900 this Saturday, December 18th at
Brantley’s Village Restaurant on Broad Street in Oriental. Please park
on the side or out back. Our meetings are held the last Saturday of each
month except June when the club participates in the annual ARRL Field
Day or when in conflict with a major holiday. This one was, so it’s
being held one week early. We hope to see you all there. For more
information contact Pamlico Amateur Radio Society President Mike Marsh,
K4NLC, 252-636-1257 or mike@marshconsulting.com.
For our final gathering of the year the business agenda will be short
and followed by our completely voluntary–and often full of laughs–
annual exchange of small gifts. If you wish to participate, the gifts
must be related to ham radio in some way. No cans of Spam or Ham please!
Put your imagination to work. Check out your junk box, look around your
shack for stuff that works but you no longer need. See what you can
find then wrap it and bring it to the meeting. If you buy something, it
really should not exceed $10 or so in value. Exchange your gift for a
number. After your number is called, go through the pile of gifts and
pick one . Open it to oohs and aahs as others await their turn. 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 12th, 9
am, in the back room of Brantley’s Village Restaurant in Oriental. This
a family affair. Spouses and kids are invited to join us for breakfast
and the fun. Of course, there is no need for them to bring a gift to
exchange. And if you couldn’t find something or perhaps this is not your
thing, not to worry, you won’t be alone so come anyway, eat and watch
the show.
After the meeting there will be a hotwash/review of the recent Regional
Functional Exercise as seen by members of our Pamlico Communications
Team. This was the first such exercise of emergency communications in
ENC involving medical/hospitals, public service agencies, and ham radio
auxiliary communicators with some of those operating at home. They were
all responding to “Hurricane Frank”.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported solar activity was very low during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 4 p.m. local. After three days with none, there is
one reported numbered sunspot region on the Sun facing Earth this
morning. It is stable. The Prediction Center expects solar activity to
be very low today through Wednesday with a slight chance for C-class
flares. On Sunday the observed Solar Flux Index (SFI) at Penticton was
- (Last Sunday it was 83.) The index is predicted to measure 80 today
and tomorrow and then 82 on Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average
is down one to 86.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet yesterday. NOAA expects
conditions to be quiet to unsettled today, quiet Tuesday and then quiet
to active Wednesday. The estimated Kp-index of 2 reported at 7 a.m.
local this morning reflects our current quiet geomagnetic conditions.
We can expect fair day and good nighttime operating conditions today on
80 and 40 meters, fair on 30 and 20, and poor on the higher bands. Six
meters is expected to remain quiet.
For an explanation of the numbers used in our PARSgram, see the
excellent article written by Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA at
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.
DX NEWS
Extracted from Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1544, Tedd Mirgliotta ed.–
UN30/UO30/UP30/UQ30, KAZAKHSTAN (Special Event). Members of the
Association of Amateur Radio Services of Kazakhstan (AARSK) will be
active from December 11 to 19 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of
Kazakhstan’s independence. QSL via ClubLog or LoTW.
Extracted from ARRL DX Bulletin, ARLD049–
QATAR, A7. Special event stations A721FAC and A721FCA are QRV until
December 18 during the FIFA Arab Cup 2021. QSL via bureau.
THAILAND, HS. Brad, VK2BY will be QRV as HS0ZNR from the Nam Yuen
district from December 12 to January 21. Activity will be on 160 to
10 meters. QSL direct to home call.
HAM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE, TRADE, OR WANTED
For listing in the PARSgram send me your amateur radio related items
that are 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* Astron RS-70M in pretty nice shape. $250 Gary Mitchelson,
NC3Z/4, nc3z.gary@gmail.com, 252-745-0655 (20211101)
*FOR SALE* Yaesu FT-2000 from the estate of the original owner. This is
the 100 watt version. In evaluating this radio the frequency display
was found to be weak, and has been replaced with genuine Yaesu parts.
Otherwise, the radio is in full specification working order, and
includes the owner’s manual and associated schematic diagrams. It does
not include a microphone, but there are numerous commercial options.
$750. Prefer local pickup. Bill Michne, WM3X, 252-249-1175,
drmichne73@gmail.com. (20211025)
PARS CALENDAR:
* Dec 18, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. Note, Christmas Day is on the last Saturday of the
month therefore the PARS meeting on the third Saturday. For more info,
contact Mike Marsh, K4NLC, 252-636-1257 or mike@MarshConsulting.org
* Jan 4, PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MEETING, Saturday, 9am,
Florence-Whortonsville VFD. For more info, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC,
252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
* Jan 29, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Mike Marsh, K4NLC,
252-636-1257 or mike@MarshConsulting.org
LOCAL NETS OF INTEREST TO PARS MEMBERS:
* Wednesdays,”Pamlico Communications Net”, 7:30 pm local, 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’.
(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
73, Jim AI4WL
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