PARS BREAKFAST MEETING THIS COMING SATURDAY
Our next meeting will be at 0900 Saturday, October 29th at Brantley’s
Village Restaurant on Broad Street in Oriental. Please park along the
side or out back. 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.
Expect to hear a lot about repeaters at the meeting. Also, challenges
with setting up a C4FM WiresX node: the stuff they don’t tell you.
Don’t forget about the monthly drawing for a Brantley’s Restaurant gift
certificate. Bruce says you have to be at the meeting to win!
CHANGE
From Dick Goodwin, K4JJW:
Traditional amateur radio has made some startling changes during the
past 5 years. Here’s a recent up-date from Club Log showing the various
operating modes as a percent of total QSOs. Club Log has an extensive
data base of millions of QSOs from thousands of logs routinely uploaded
to their system. The following numbers compare 2016, the last year
before digital FT-8 was introduced, to 2022. The transition to FT-8 is
amazing and clearly explains why we seeing sparse activity on the CW,
SSB, and RTTY bands compared to 5 years ago. The rapid conversion to
FT8 compares closely to the changes from Spark to CW and AM to SSB
during the 1920”s and 1960’s:
YEAR CW FT-8 PHONE RTTY PSK OTHERS
2022 16.9% 60.7% 13.7% 2.7% 0.19% 5.8%
2016 46.2% 0.0% 38.9% 10.2% 4.69% 0.0%
The only thing that doesn’t change is change.
73 Dick K4JJW
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 4 last Monday. The
Prediction Center expects solar activity to be very low with chance for
C-class flares today through Wednesday.
At noon yesterday, the observed Solar Flux Index (SFI) at Penticton was
- Last Sunday it was 119. The index is predicted to measure 104 at
noon today, 100 Tuesday and Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average
was 127 yesterday, the same as last Sunday.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field reached active levels yesterday. It is
expected to be quiet to minor storm levels today then be quiet to active
Tuesday and the back to quiet on Wednesday. The estimated Kp-index of
2 reported at 5 a.m. local this morning indicated quiet geomagnetic
conditions.
We can expect fair to good operating conditions on the HF bands 80
through 20, fair on 17 and 15, and poor on 12 and 10 meters.
20M Propagation remains good this morning- 2606 Miles per watt
VK5MN PF95 10426 Miles @ 4 Watts FT8 on 20M at 1137Z/23 Oct using a QDX
SDR XVR +1/-17 db.
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 THIS WEEK–
Extracted from ARLD042 DX news:
MALAWI, 7Q. Don, K6ZO is QRV as 7Q6M until November 29. Activity
is on 160 to 6 meters. He plans to be active in the upcoming CQ
World Wide DX SSB contest. QSL to home call.
SUDAN, ST. Nader, ST2NH has been active using FT8 on 20 meters just
after 0100z. QSL via EA7FTR.
FALKLAND ISLANDS. Garry, ZC4GR is QRV as VP8DLB from Port Stanley
and is here until December. He is active on 40 to 10 meters using
FT8. QSL via EB7DX
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 (sale pending): Yaesu FT-2000 HF + 6 meters transceiver, 100
watt version. The frequency display was replaced within the last year.
The rig comes with a Yaesu MH-31 hand mic and an external Yaesu SP8
speaker, now with fully functional high and low audio frequency filters.
The speaker is for transceiver audio only, i.e., the phone patch
circuitry is not connected. I am also including an RF Space SDR IQ pan
display unit, installed and working. The transceiver itself is fully
functional and in excellent condition. Email me for pictures. I am
lowering the price to $700 cash for local pickup. This equipment is from
my personal collection, and the proceeds will be used to offset the cost
of a new Yaesu System Fusion WIRES-X simplex node and room located at my
QTH. This system will be the first access point for world wide full C4FM
digital communication for hams in the Oriental and surrounding areas.
Bill Michne, WM3X, 252-671-6703, drmichne73@gmail.com. (20221016)
For Sale:
* MFJ-815B SWR/WATT Meter. $50
* (Sale Pending) MFJ-994B Automatic Intellituner rated at 600 Watts. $150.
Contact Charlie Overcash, WA4GSI, at 919-210-5168. (20220801)
PARS CALENDAR:
* Oct 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
* Nov 5, 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
* Nov 26, 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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