TOUR OF ORIENTAL REPEATER SITE
PARS President Bill Olah KR4LO announced that he has arranged for a tour of
the Oriental Repeater Site on Kershaw Road after the August Meeting. For
more info contact Bill at 249-0287 or w_olah@yahoo.com.
KILO PALACE HOTEL (KPH) ON THE AIR ONCE AGAIN
An “ode to the code” several have called it – a NPR story about the
reactivation and maintenance of coastal station KPH near San Francisco, the
last of the commercial CW operations. The article is at
http://kalw.org/post/ode-morse-code. Better yet, follow the URL at the end
of the article to the NPR broadcast. (Thanks to “The ARRL Contest Update
for August 13, 2014”)
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported that solar activity was low during the 24 hours ending
Sunday night at 5 pm local. The largest recent solar event was a B8 event
observed at 18/0759Z. There are currently 8 numbered sunspot regions on the
disk. The sunspot count this morning is 121 about double that 64 number
reported last Monday. The Solar Flux is 115 up a bit from the 108 in last
Monday’s report but down from our 90 day trailing average of 126. The Solar
Flux Index is expected to drop a bit to around 110 on Wednesday. According
to the Space Weather Prediction Center, solar activity should continue to be
low with a slight chance (20%) for M-Class flares through Wednesday.
The Earth’s geomagnetic field activity was quiet to unsettled for the 24
hour period ending yesterday afternoon. The geomagnetic field is expected to
be quiet today and quiet to active on Tuesday and Wednesday. The K-index was
zero at 0800 local this morning. No space weather storms are predicted for
the next 24 hours
DX CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK
TONGA, A3. Operators Stan, AC8W, Brian, KG8CO, Charles, KN8R and
Lee, N8LJ will be QRV as A35AC, A35CO, A35LT and A35TR,
respectively, from Tongatapu Island, IOTA OC-049, from August 16 to
24. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY.
QSL A35AC, A35CO and A35LT via K8ESQ, and A35TR via K8AQM.
QSO CORNER
This is the place to post contacts with DXpeditions, Special Event
Stations, or special QSO’s you would like to share.
Bill’s note on his QRP contact with Hawaii in last weeks PARSgram sparked a
response from Dennis over in Cary:
Greetings from Cary, North Carolina. Here you go ….. Saturday night
actually Sunday morning at 1:30 AM worked VK3ATQ, John in Melbourne,
Australia on 14.060 with 5 watts and the OCF resonant 20 meter windom up 80
Ft. We carried on for about 20 minutes, I was running that new X1M qrp
transceiver from China. I bought this xcvr brand new ($350) at the Cary
Hamfest a few weeks ago. What a blast. Sooooooooo I am getting my moneys
worth per watt…. new QRP buddies all over Europe holding court on 14.060
+ – . Great fun indeed… What a blast! –Dennis W4USR/QRP
Let’s see, using Copaseticflow from last week’s PARSgram, Dennis’ contact
with John works out to be 10024.01 miles for 2004.8 miles per watt! You
gotta love it!
( http://copaseticflow.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-qsl-mapper.html )
OTHER ACTIVITY ON THE RADIO:
This info is extracted from the ARRL Letter, from the WA7BNM Contest
Calendar or the ARRL Contest Corral. You can receive the Letter weekly
via email as a member of ARRL :
* ALARA Contest–Phone,CW, from Aug 23, 0400Z – See website. Multiple time
periods. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28, 144,440. Exchange: RS(T), serial, ALARA nr,
name.
* Hawaii QSO Party–Phone,CW,Digital, from Aug 23, 0400Z to Aug 25, 0400Z.
Bands (MHz): 1.8-28. Exchange: RS(T) and Hawaii multiplier or S/P.
* Kansas QSO Party–Phone,CW,Digital, from Aug 23, 1400Z – See website.
Multiple time periods. Bands (MHz): 3.5-28, 50,144, CW–40 kHz above band
edge; Phone–3.840, 7.240, 14.240, 21.340, 28.440 MHz. Exchange: RS(T) and
KS county or S/P/”DX”.
* Ohio QSO Party–Phone,CW, from Aug 23, 1600Z to Aug 24, 0400Z. Bands
(MHz): 3.5-28. Exchange: Serial and S/P or “DX”.
* South Africa DX CW Contest–CW, from Aug 24, 1300Z to Aug 24, 1630Z.
Bands (MHz): 3.5-14. Exchange: RST and serial.
See the ARRL Contest Branch page <http://www.arrl.org/contests/>, the
ARRL Contest Update http://www.arrl.org/The-ARRL-Contest-Update/ and the
WA7BNM Contest Calendar <http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html>
for more info. Looking for a Special Event station? Be sure to check out the
ARRL Special Event Station Web page<http://www.arrl.org/special-events>. For
a LIST OF STATE QSO PARTIES, see
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/stateparties.html. (State QSO parties
are a great way to get those last states on your Worked All
States (WAS) Award list.)
SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS. W1AW Centennial Station W1AW/5 in Oklahoma
is QRV until 2359z on August 19. In addition, W1AW Centennial
Stations W1AW/8 in Ohio and W1AW/0 in North Dakota will be QRV
starting at 0000z on August 20. They will be active until 2359z on
August 26.
(Courtesy of the ARRL DX Bulletin)
HAM EQUIPMENT FOR SALE, TRADE, OR WANTED
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* NEW FREE-Free to anyone local who will read them and learn.
I have 22 yrs of QST magazines, from 1994 thru 2013. All complete yrs
except for 1994, which has one issue missing. Each year has been
individually wrapped; take any yr or all you want. 1998 thru 2013 have been
kept in the house, are clean and un-molested. 1994-1997 are in ARRL QST
binders, and have been kept in my shop which is “semi-” climate controlled.
Always above freezing, but not always air conditioned, so may be a bit musty
smelling. The binders were pricey, so I would like $5 each for those yrs,
or for the binders separately. Also have some QEX’s and Communications
Quarterly’s, also free. Pickup only at W8UT’s QTH. email hor@ec.rr.com or
fone Al at 252-636-0837 between 9AM & 7PM. Leave a message if you get the
machine. (20140818).
* Old Junk Wanted – Our Morse Code class will accept your old telegraph
keys, code practice units, keyers, paddles, bugs, small speakers, etc.,
basically anything that the students can use directly, or refurbish, or use
to build new units. So far, we have built one CPO/keyer, with another on
the way, along with a QRP transmitter. We have refurbed a MFJ keyer/paddle
combination, also. The stuff will be used only for educational purposes,
and will not be sold. Contact Bill Michne, WM3X, at 252-249-1175 or
billmichne@embarqmail.com. (20140602)
* SOLD–Comrod AT-53 vertical fiberglass antenna, new in box.
Thanks. Bill Michne, WM3X, at 252-249-1175 or billmichne@embarqmail.com.
(20140602)
* For Sale, PRICE CHANGE — Recently purchased by a New Bern ham forced to
give up the hobby, a Radio Works Carolina Windom Antenna 160 model with
Dacron line (Heavy) and winches (2) to raise it high in the pines (See at
Radio Works,www.radioworks.com/). Make a reasonable offer for the whole
thing with coax and matching Balun, Ed Valentine W2YPM at 252 637-3161 or
w2ypm@earthlink.net is handling the sale. (20140602/20140804)
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(Send me your amateur radio related items for sale, trade, or wanted for
listing in the PARSgram. PLEASE let me know if your listing is no longer
needed. ITEMS listed will EXPIRE AFTER 90 DAYS unless I hear
otherwise.–Jim).
PARS CALENDAR:
* Aug 30, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287 or w_olah@yahoo.com.
* Sep 27, PARS Monthly Meeting, Saturday, 9 am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. Bill Olah, KR4LO, 249-0287 or w_olah@yahoo.com.
PARS NETS:
* Mondays, Pete’s “Swamp Talk” roundtable, around 8:15 pm local,
28.463 MHz plus or minus, USB. An informal forum originally established
to assist our new Hams, this freq. is in the 10M voice segment open to
technician licensees and above. Radio topics/questions/issues welcomed.
* Wednesdays, Pamlico Emergency Net Practice and Rag Chew, 7:30 pm,
Oriental Repeater, 147.210 + (PL151.4).
PARS WEB SITE:
https://www.n4prs.org/
Web Master is Larry Wall, KK4SEO, wallmailbox@yahoo.com.
PARSgram ITEMS
We are always looking for items of interest to PARS members to put in
the PARSgram. If you run across a timely item or think of something you
think would interest our folks, please send it to me. Thanks.
73, Jim AI4WL