THE PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS TEAM (PCT) MEETS SATURDAY
The PCT will meet at Oriental VFD Station 19 on Saturday, July 8th, 9
- Get the latest on the ongoing upgrade of the Oriental-Kershaw VHF
repeater and plans for the Arapahoe repeater. Questions on digital modes
and networks, code plugs? Questions on antennas? Have ideas for future
PCT technical seminars, hands-on projects? Bring ’em. All are welcome.
For more info, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
2023 THIRTEEN COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT
Dick Goodwin, K4JJW, talked about this annual special event at our last
PARS meeting. Already underway, here’s your opportunity to get in on the
fun. The announcement from the June 28th ARRL Letter: “The Annual 13
Colonies Special Event will take place on July 1 – 7, 2023. The event
honors the original 13 colonies, US independence, active military
personnel, and veterans. All amateur radio operators are welcome to
participate, including shortwave listeners. Certificates will be
available for all participants. Each US state that was one of the
original 13 colonies has a special call sign. All HF bands will be open,
including the WARC bands (with the exception of 60 meters). Simplex on 2
and 6 meters is encouraged, and 40 – 160 meters is encouraged for
stations on the southeast coast. All modes of operation may be used,
including SSB, CW, RTTY, and digital. The mode of operation is up to the
individual colony/state station. More information is available at the
Annual 13 Colonies Special Event website [ http://www.13colonies.us/
-ed.] and the ARRL website.”
UNCLE SAM FOR PARS at CROAKERFEST
Hope you saw our “Uncle Sam”, Paul – Webmaster – Jodoin K4MMB, driving
the N4PRS.ORG tractor in the big parade Saturday. Paul was later seen
operating his “Crokerfest Event Station” and talking up ham radio from
his Jeep, “Lil’ Shaky”. To avoid the powerlines but braving possible
heat-stroke, he was parked in the blazing sun just beyond the kid’s rock
climbing wall. What a guy! Thanks Paul!
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reports that solar activity was moderate during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 5 p.m. local. An M2 flare was the largest of the
period. Then last evening at 7:14 sunspot region AR3354 exploded giving
off a X1-class flare causing a deep radio blackout over the western
parts of North America and into the Pacific. The R3 outage lasted more
than 30 minutes according to spaceweather.com.
There are 7 numbered sunspot regions on the Sun facing Earth this
morning. There were 13 last Monday, 7 the Monday before. The Prediction
Center expected solar activity to continue to be moderate through
Wednesday with a 55% chance for M-class flares and a 10% chance for
X-class flares each day.
Sunday’s noon Solar Flux Index (SFI) observation at Penticton was 170.
Last Sunday’s was 155. The index is predicted to measure 170 today, 170
Tuesday and 165 on Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average was 156
yesterday. It was 154 last Sunday.
The geomagnetic field was quiet Sunday. Conditions are expected to be
quiet today then quiet to unsettled on Tuesday and on Wednesday. The
planetary K-index at 5 am this morning was 1.33 indicating quiet conditions.
For the next few days, HF conditions are expected to be poor on 80
through 20 during the day, good at night. The best conditions during
both day and night should be found on the 17 and 15 meter bands. Twelve
and 10 meters should be good during the day, poor at night. Six meter
openings should continue. DXmaps was still showing coast to coast
multi-hop E-layer skip contacts as I write this at 10pm.
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 ARLD026 DX news:
–ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON, FP. Eric, KV1J will be QRV as FP/KV1J until
July 11. Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters using CW,
SSB, and various digital modes, with a focus on 60 and 6 meters.
QSL to home call.
–MYANMAR, XZ. Akio, JE2QIZ is QRV as XZ2B from Yangon until the end
of September. Activity is on 15, 12, 10, and 6 meters using CW.
QSL via JH3SIF.
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.–Jim.
FOR SALE
— d104 lollipop type-9volt-side key mic, found while exploring boxes of
equipment in my storage room, tested it, it works!…missing a screw or
two. $75.
— Icom IC 2300h 65w 2 meter mobile is out of production. It will be
replaced with IC 3500h with enhanced feature and price (+$50). Very few
2300s left. Contact Danny Lupton at idlupton@bizec.rr.com (20230515)
FOR SALE: Two complete restored vintage stations. Plug and play, ready
to go as illustrated on K4JJW’s QRZ.com page. It’s not getting enough
use and I’m selling everything as a single package at a very reasonable
$1400 price, way under going market prices. About 25 separate pieces of
gear, all cables, manuals, spare tubes, restoration notes, operating
desk. Everything operates as it should. Major gear…Johnson Ranger,
EICO-720, Drake 2B, ICOM R71A, Digital VFO, Timewave DSP, SDR/Uno SDR
receiver, About 15 additional accessory items, too much to list here.
Contact Dick Goodwin K4JJW at rgoodwin41@suddenlink.net or 252-633-7873
for a complete description and list via email. (20230417)
PARS CALENDAR:
* July 8, 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
* Jul 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
* Aug 5, 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
* Aug 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
REPEATER/NODE STATUS
(See www.n4prs.org/frequencies/ for set-up)
N4ONC VHF FM Oriental — Down for maint/upgrade.
KR4LO UHF FM Oriental — Operational
NC4ES VHF FM/DMR Arapahoe — Operational
NC4ES UHF DMR Florence — Operational
WM3X-ONC VHF WIRES-X NODE Oriental — Operational
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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