FIELD DAY OPEN STATION
From Bill, WM3X: This is an open invitation to all of our Technician
and General class licensees who have little or no experience operating
single sideband on HF. I will be operating my home station for Field
Day, June 25 and 26, using the club callsign N4PRS. You are invited to
spend an hour or two with me operating the station. You will learn how
to find and tune in stations to call, aim the yagi if needed, make the
contact, exchange the required information, and log the contact. The
purpose is to tweak your interest in getting your own HF station on the
air. The event runs from 2:00 PM Saturday, June 25 thru 5:00 PM Sunday,
June 26. Call (252-671-6703) or email (drmichne73@gmail.com) me to set
up a time for your visit.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported that solar activity was low during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 5 p.m. local. There are 5 numbered sunspot regions
on the Sun facing Earth this morning. There were 3 last Monday.
The Prediction Center expects solar activity to be very low through
Wednesday with a chance for C-class flares. At noon yesterday, the
observed Solar Flux Index (SFI) at Penticton was 99. Last Sunday it was
- The index is predicted to measure 100 at noon today, 105 Tuesday and
105 Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average is down one to 127.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet yesterday. NOAA expects
conditions be quiet to active today and then quiet on Tuesday and
Wednesday. The estimated Kp-index of 2 reported at 5 a.m. local this
morning indicates current quiet geomagnetic conditions.
We can expect fair day and good nighttime operating conditions today on
80 to 40 meters, good day and night on 30 and 20. Conditions should be
fair to poor on 12 and 10. Six meters has been open daily. E layer skip
provided some dX opportunities into Western Europe and TEP into the
Caribbean and Central America. Most Es contacts from Whortonsville last
week were into the Mid and Lower Midwest.
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 CHALLENGE
Extracted from ARRL DX News ARLD022-
UK SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS ON CYPRUS, ZC4. ZC4RH and 5B4/G4WXJ will be
active June 5 to 15, using SSB, CW, and probably some FT8 as well as
the QO-100 satellite.
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: Hy-gain AV-18HT vertical antenna. Covers 80, 40, 20, 15, and
10 meters. See full specs at dxengineering.com. Antenna is
disassembled and can be delivered within 100 miles or so. $500 OBO. A
portion of the proceeds will go to PARS. Bill Michne, WM3X,
drmichne73@gmail.com, 252-249-1175 or 252-671-6703.(20220404)
PARS CALENDAR:
* Jun 11, PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Oriental
Station 19 VFD. AUXCOMM & ARES–All are welcome. For more info, contact
Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
* Jun 25, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Mike Marsh, K4NLC,
252-636-1257 or mike@MarshConsulting.org
* Jun 25-26, ARRL Field Day, home operation or at Bill’s shack using the
club call. To add your score to that of other PARS members for a
combined club score, list your club affiliation as “Pamlico Amateur
Radio Society, LTD”. For more info, contact Bill Michne, WM3X,
252-249-1175 or drmichne73@gmail.com.
* Jul 30, 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, N4ONC
(Oriental) Repeater, 147.210 + (CTSCC Tone Squelch 88.5).
* 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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