PRESIDENT’S SOAPBOX
Following up on the May PARS meeting decisions regarding our Field Day
operations, a small group of our members with Field day experience began
an assessment of our equipment, antennas, available operators, head
count for dinner, etc. We were disappointed to find that many of our
regulars would be unable to participate this year for a variety of
reasons. This put us in a situation in which we had more work to make
it happen than we had people to do the work. We were left with no
choice but to cancel our regular event. However, some of our members
have expressed interest in operating from their home stations and
pooling their scores with the club’s score. So I have decided to
operate my station using the N4PRS club call in order to have a base
club score that others can add to. I plan to operate as class 1D using
SSB and CW. Any club member is welcome to join me, particularly those
with limited experience or no station to operate. Since I will be the
control operator your license class does not matter. In fact, you don’t
even need one. Just let me know when you’d like to be here so I can
spread you out. …_._ de WM3X, Bill Michne, 252-249-1175,
drmichne73@gmail.com
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported solar activity was at a low level during the 24 hour
period ending yesterday at 5 p.m. local. There are three numbered
sunspot regions on the Sun facing Earth this morning. None of them are
very active. The Prediction Center expects solar activity to be very low
through Wednesday. There remains a chance for a C-class flare each day.
On Sunday the observed Solar Flux Index (SFI) at Penticton was 77. (Last
Sunday it was 74.) The index is predicted to reach 76 today and Tuesday,
74 on Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average is down one to 76.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field was quiet yesterday. NOAA expects
conditions to be quiet today then unsettled to active Tuesday and then
quiet to unsettled Wednesday. The estimated Kp-index of 2 reported at 5
a.m. local this morning reflects our current quiet geomagnetic conditions.
Currently we can expect fair daytime and good nighttime operating
conditions on 80 and 40 meters, fair on 30 and 20, poor on the higher
bands. This is no change from last week. The 10 meter and 6 meter bands
have been open for at least a couple of hours daily. The 10 meter band
has been offering opportunities for DX contacts in South America and
Europe; 6 meters mostly contacts in the South, Midwest and Caribbean.
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.
VP2V/NC3Z
And don’t forget to listen for our PARS member Gary Mitchelson as
VP2V/NC3Z from Tortola, British Virgin Islands (NA-023), between now and
Monday, June 14th. He is on 40-6 meters using SSB and FT8/FT4 as
propagation dictates. Joe Lupton, N4IBX was the first from Pamlico
County to work him. Gary had a strong signal on 20 meters FT8 around
noon Sunday.
ASHEVILLE RADIO MUSEUM REOPENS TO THE PUBLIC
Courtesy of the AVL Radio Museum
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – June 1, 2021 – The Asheville Radio Museum, home to
North Carolina’s premier collection of vintage radios, is delighted to
announce its post-COVID public reopening, Saturday, June 5. Located at
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A-B Tech), the museum’s
guides strive to educate, demonstrate, and fascinate visitors about the
importance of the radio (named the second most important invention of
the twentieth century on the Science Channel). Newly-procured radios and
refreshed displays spotlight the museum’s reopening.
The Asheville Radio Museum is open every Saturday through November 20th
from 1-3 p.m. and located at 315 Elm Building, 3rd floor at A-B Tech.
The museum can arrange private and group tours outside regular open
hours. Admission and parking are free. For more information and detailed
directions go to avlradiomuseum.org.
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.
* No new listings.
PARS CALENDAR:
* Jun 26-27, ARRL Field Day, home operation. 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 31, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Bill Michne, WM3X,
252-249-1175 or drmichne73@gmail.com.
LOCAL NETS OF INTEREST TO PARS MEMBERS:
* Wednesdays, Pamlico Emergency Net Practice and Rag Chew/ARES, 7:30
pm, Oriental Repeater, 147.210 + (PL151.4).
* 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
PARS YOUTUBE CHANNEL–N4PRS RADIO
Videos of recorded PARS Meetings, presentations, and club activities can
be viewed on on the N4PRS Radio YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpEMfxc7PQixT0rr5xEKtyQ
73, Jim AI4WL
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