REMINDER-HURRICANE COMMUNITY FORUM WEDNESDAY
From Bruce, K4ONC–
Sponsored by PARS and the Town of Oriental, the National Weather
Service (NWS) in Newport/Morehead City will be holding a community forum
on hurricanes Wednesday July 20th. Starting at 6 PM at the Oriental Town
Hall the forum is free and open to all. The NWS-Newport meteorologist
speak about hurricanes and their impacts on Eastern North Carolina. He
will cover the hurricane outlook for the season while emphasizing it
only takes one storm to make a big impact! A Q&A discussion period will
follow.
Being co-sponsored by PARS, members are encouraged to attend and
wear their PARS ID badges/logo shirts and the like. If you can’t attend
in person you can attend by webinar. To register please go to this link
and follow the instructions:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7701960628762280973
For more information contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or
K4ONC@aol.com.
TECHNICIAN LICENSE PREPARATION COURSE
A TECHNICIAN COURSE began July 12th, in PARS’ Chief Instructor Bill
Michne’s shack on White Farm Road, Oriental. There is only one student
but arrangements can me made for anyone who wishes obtain their FCC
Amateur Radio technician license to join the class. The meeting time and
day, now Tuesdays at 10 a.m., can be changed. The class will meet for 6
more weeks of instruction with an eighth meeting for the FCC exam. For
more info contact Bill Michne, WM3X, drmichne73@gmail.com, 253-249-1175
or 252-671-6703.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported that solar activity was low during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 5 p.m. local. There are 8 numbered sunspot regions
on the Sun facing Earth this morning. There were 6 last Monday. The
Prediction Center expects solar activity to be low through Wednesday
with a chance for M-class flares and a slight chance for an X-class flare.
At noon yesterday, the observed Solar Flux Index (SFI) at Penticton was
- Last Sunday it was 153. The index is predicted to measure 160 at
noon today, 160 Tuesday and 150 Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing
average moved up to 131 yesterday. Last Sunday it was 127. The numbers
keep improving.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet yesterday. NOAA expects
conditions be quiet to unsettled today and Tuesday, then quiet to active
on Wednesday. A slow moving CME is expected to hit the Earth’s magnetic
field Wednesday or Thursday. The estimated Kp-index of 3 reported at 8
a.m. local this morning indicates current quiet geomagnetic conditions.
We can expect poor day but fair operating conditions today on 80 to 40
meters, fair to good on 30 and 20, good on 17, 15 and 10. Six meters has
continued to provide openings into the Midwest, Canada and to the south.
It’s open over the eastern U.S. this morning.
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 ARLD028-
SPRATLY ISLANDS, DX0. Gil, 4F2KWT has been issued the call sign
DX0NE from the Republic of the Philippines National
Telecommunications Commission. The special call sign will be used
during an operation from Kalayaan Spratly Island sometime between
August 1 and December 31, 2022. The four man team includes Gil, Ed,
4F1OZ, Jong, DU3JA and Mike, DU1XX/AE6DG. Activity will be on 160
to 6 meters using CW, SSB, FT8. QSL via IZ8CCW. (These islands are also
claimed by China. Work Kalayaan if you can.)
MARKET REEF, OJ0. DG5CST, DL3DXX, DL6FBL and SM0W plan to operate
OJ0DX from July 25 to August 1, concentrating on the IOTA Contest.
Prior to the contest they will be operating on 3.5 through 50 MHz
and DG5CST will be on VHF and UHF. Their arrival and departure will
be dependent on weather as Market Reef has no harbor so landing is
always difficult and only possible with low wind and waves. QSL via
DL3DXX.
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)
PARS CALENDAR:
* Jul 20, HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS FORUM, Wednesday, 6 pm, Oriental Town
Hall. For more info contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or
K4ONC@aol.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
* 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
73, Jim AI4WL
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