HAMS ON PARADE
Well, not quite. Seen in the CroakerFest 2022 Parade were a few of our
PARS folks, all making some noise on the Pamlico Repeater: Charlie,
WA4GSI, towing the Oriental Dragon; Mike, K4HPS, on his motorized cooler
with the other Shriners; THE N4PRS TRACTOR with Paul, K4MMB, at the
wheel; and Gary, NC3Z, driving the big Florence-Whortonsville VFD fire
truck. Down home all the way. Who did we miss? Our favorite annual
parade just gets bigger and better.
After the parade, Paul set up next to the river near the festival
grounds to advertise PARS ham radio and made a bunch of contacts from
his antique rebuilt Jeep CCJ. A few photos may (or may not) be found on
the N4PRS.org “What’s Happening” page.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported that solar activity was very low during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 5 p.m. local. There are 3 numbered sunspot regions
on the Sun facing Earth this morning. There were 2 last Monday. The
Prediction Center expects solar activity to be very low through
Wednesday with a slight chance for C-class flares.
At noon yesterday, the observed Solar Flux Index (SFI) at Penticton was
- Last Sunday it was the same, 102. The index is predicted to measure
110 at noon today, 112 Tuesday and 112 Wednesday. The SFI 90 day
trailing average is down to 126. Last Sunday it was 129. Appears our
propagation is taking a bit of a dip.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled yesterday. NOAA
expects conditions be quiet today, quiet to active Tuesday, then
unsettled to active on Wednesday. The estimated Kp-index of 4 reported
at 5 a.m. local this morning indicates current quiet geomagnetic conditions.
We can expect fair day operating conditions today on 80 to 40 meters,
good fair to good on 30 and 20, fair on 15. Conditions are likely to be
fair to poor on 12 and 10. The magic band, six meters, has been taunting
us with European dX. Openings into the Midwest continue. On 6M FT8,
watch for ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON, FP. These islands just south of
Newfoundland, even today, are still part of France. KV1J should be there
through July 12 as FP/KV1J.
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 ARLD026-
NAMIBIA, V5. Hanspeter, HB9BFM is QRV as V5/HB9BFM from Luderitz
and Simplon/Sandverhaar until July 12. Activity is on 80 to 15
meters. QSL to home call.
MYANMAR, XZ. Station XZ2B is QRV from Yangon. QSL via JH3SIF.
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.
Help Wanted: If anyone knows how to reprogram a Kenwood TK-7150 please
shout out. All I need is to tweak the new tones etc. on it for our
Oriental repeater. Please contact K4MMB at davitbay@gmail.com. (20220620)
For Sale:
* Icom IC7600 with 125 power supply and sp23 speaker. This speaker has
filters in it. With hand mic, $1000
* Tentec Jupiter green screen with ps963 power supply and Heil desk mic.
$500
* Second Tentec Jupiter with desk mic and 963 power supply, $500
* Heathkit solid state transceiver built by Yaesu. Heathkit SB-1400 same
as FT-747 but better looking. Has matching power supply, speaker combo,
clean $300
* MFJ 40 mtr QRP CW rig with matching tuner and battery pack. With
chargers and flat key, model num 9040 tuner is 971 power neat late
model. Look up MFJ prices abt 600 for all, my price is $100
* MFJ model 949c manual 300 watt tuner ..clean $75
* Alpha 76ca amp 160-10 meter Peter Dahl trans super clean, $1000
* Acom 1000 amp.. 160-6 meters at 1000 watts built in tuner 3 to 1, $1000
* TE Systems model 0552g ss amp mobile. Needs to be fed with 50 amp
power supply. 20 watts in, 350-400 out, $350
Have other equiptment for future listings. Thanks guys. All of this
equipment is clean and works perfect. Can demo here at home.
Contact Don Smith, KJ4RB at kj4rb@embarqmail.com or 252-568-4011 (If no
answer please leave message). (20220613)
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:
* 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
* Aug 6, PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Oriental
VFD Station 19 on Straight Rd vic. NC-55. AUXCOMM & ARES–All are
welcome. For more info, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or
K4ONC@aol.com
* Aug 27, 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
Happy Independence Day!
73, Jim AI4WL
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