PARS BREAKFAST MEETING THIS COMING SATURDAY
Our next meeting will be at 0900 Saturday, Nov 18th, in the back room of
Brantleys Village Restaurant on Broad Street in Oriental. Please park
along the side or out back. Yes, the meeting is a week earlier than
normal. Brantley’s will be closed on our regular meeting day for the
Thanksgiving holiday. We hope to see you all there. Come early for
breakfast with your fellow hams. For more information contact Pamlico
Amateur Radio Society President Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or
K4ONC@aol.com
Erik Kindle, Fire Chief/Paramedic at Station 19, Southeast Pamlico
Volunteer Fire Department, will be making a presentation to us on the
use of the AED machine. AED’s have been placed in all Oriental
restaurants. And although they have easy to read directions on the
device itself, in a stressful time it is nice to already be familiar
with the lifesaving device. And then, there’s your chance to win a $20
Brantleys Restaurant gift certificate.
BIT BUCKET
– From Bill Schrader K2TNO: If you lived in the NYC area in the post-war
era, you no doubt recall Harrison Radio, Arrow Electronics, Radio Row
down on Cortlandt Street in downtown Manhattan. Even if you are a Noob,
take a gander at https://youtu.be/3wc6SAtPBtI?feature=shared Watch W1TR
reminisce about NY ham radio in the old days. You will see a slew of
things to remember!
– The 4th meeting of the Pamlico 10 Meter Net is tonight, Monday
11/13/23, on 28.464 MHz plus or minus depending on band conditions. This
is an informal forum originally established to assist our new Hams on a
frequency in the 10M voice segment open to technician licensees.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reports that solar activity was low during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 4 p.m. local. The Space Weather Prediction Center
expects solar activity to be low today through Wednesday. There is a
chance for M-class flares each day. There are 5 numbered sunspot regions
on the Sun are facing Earth this morning. There were 5 last Monday, 4
the Monday before.
Sunday’s noon Solar Flux Index (SFI) observation at Penticton was 137.
Last Sunday’s was 155. The index is predicted to measure 135 today, 130
Tuesday and 125 on Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average was 148
yesterday. It was 149 last Sunday.
The geomagnetic field was quiet to active Sunday. The SWPC expects the
field to again quiet to active today then quiet to unsettled Tuesday and
Wednesday. The planetary K-index at 7 am this morning was 1.67
indicating quiet conditions.
Today and tomorrow, propagation is expected to be poor on the 80 through
40 meter bands during the day, fair at night. Good conditions during
both day and night are expected for the 30, 20, 17 and 15 meter bands.
Ten and 12 propagation is predicted to be fair to poor.
We had about the same conditions predicted last Monday and on through
the week. Nonetheless, there was enough solar action to bring us some
good DX… Botswana, Bangladesh, Timor-Leste, Cameroon, Malawi and more
were either worked or heard here. Now’s the time–the Dxpeditions are
out there.
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 TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEK–
Extracted from ARLD045 DX news:
–TIMOR-LESTE, 4W. A large group of operators are QRV as 4W8X
from Dili to December 5. Activity is on the HF
bands using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8, and FT4.
–MARQUESAS ISLANDS, FO. A group of operators will be QRV as TX7L
from Hiva Oa, IOTA OC 027, until November 19. Activity will be on
160 to 6 meters, with four stations, using CW, SSB, RTTY, FT8, and
FT4.
–CAMEROON, TJ. A large group of operators will be QRV as TJ9MD
until November 15. Activity is on the HF bands, and possibly 160 and 6
meters, with multiple stations.
HAM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE, TRADE, OR WANTED
Send me your amateur radio related items that are for sale, trade, or
wanted and your contact information. 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. Thanks, Jim.
–NEW FOR SALE: K8AY low band receive antenna for 160-40m, just in
time for the fall/winter low band DX season. $110. Price includes a
four direction control box (N-E-S-W), exterior weatherproof direction
switching relay box w/connector, two 85’ wire loop elements (#18
insulated stranded Cu clad), insulators, installation instructions and
schematic diagram. It requires a single 25’ support such as a pole or
tree limb, and about 18’ radius for the loops. It’s ready to install,
good condition and fully checked out. Just add your own RG-59 feedline
and Cat 5 control cable. Dick Goodwin K4JJW rgoodwin41@suddenlink.net
252-633-7873 (20231113)
–FOR SALE Vibroplex Brass Racer dual paddle. This is the model on the
triangular wooden base. Magnetic return action instead of springs. Works
great. Has a great feel. Comes with 1/4” plug and cord. Looks fairly
good. Some aging blemishes on the brass parts. Comes with adjustment
instruction sheet. Pictures available. Price is $95 which includes
shipping. Meet me in New Bern and save $15. Contact Jim Scheer, W4NLD,
at Jim.scheer44@yahoo.com or 252-876-3733. (20231023)
–FOR SALE ICOM IC-735 HF Transceiver. Used. Working. Missing the
plastic cover over the slider controls. $225. Contact Jan, KK4LSQ,
252-239-3953 or kk4lsq.onc@gmail.com (20231016)
–FOR SALE
#1 – Palstar AT-Auto tuner $850
#2- Ameritron RCS-8V remote coax switch (no wall wart) – $125
Contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com. (20230807)
PARS CALENDAR:
* Nov 18, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC,
252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
* Dec 2, PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MEETING, Saturday, 9-10:30am,
Oriental VFD Station 19 on Straight Rd vic. NC-55. All are welcome. For
more info, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
REPEATER/NODE STATUS
(See www.n4prs.org/frequencies/ for set-up)
N4ONC (“Above Average”) VHF FM Oriental — Down for repair.
N4ONC (old KR4LO) UHF FM Oriental — Operational. Please ID.
NC4ES VHF FM/DMR Arapahoe — Operational
NC4ES UHF DMR Florence — Operational
WM3X-ONC VHF C4FM/WIRES-X NODE Oriental (145.530 simplex)– Operational
LOCAL NETS OF INTEREST TO PARS MEMBERS:
* Mondays, “Pamlico 10 Meter Net, 7:30 pm local, 28.464 MHz, USB. A
non-directed net open to technicians and above. Radio
topics/questions/issues welcomed.
* Wednesdays,”Pamlico Communications Net”, 7:30 pm local, N4ONC
(Oriental) VHF Repeater, 147.210+ (CTSCC Tone Squelch 88.5). A directed
net open to all. Net activates on call during emergencies. Net meets on
the Arapahoe repeater 147.285+ (CTSCC Tone Squelch 88.5) while N4ONC VHF
is under repair.)
* 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 Editor
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