MEETING SCHEDULE CHANGES
* Our next meeting of the Pamlico Amateur Radio Society (PARS) will be
on Saturday, October 28th, the last Saturday of the month. As we
reported last week, the September meeting was not held. Power was out in
Oriental courtesy of TS Ophelia.
* The Pamlico Communications Team (PCT) meeting tentatively scheduled
for October 7th has been cancelled. The next meeting will be on November
4th with the seminar on RF noise remediation. All are welcome.
MAYSVILLE HAMFEST NEXT SUNDAY, OCT 8TH–A LAST REMINDER
The MAYSVILLE HAMFEST will be on Sunday, October 8th, at the Rotary Park
Community Center, 704 8th Street. (If coming from New Bern on Business
US-17 turn right on 8th Street.) Last of the old fashioned tailgating
swapfests, Maysville admission is free. Food is available. There will be
radio raffle at the end of the day as well as hourly prizes. Hours are 8
am to about 3 pm. Contact: Bryon Highland, K4BMH (Maysville Hamfest
Committee) Ph: (252) 347-1498 e-mail: bhighland@nc.rr.com
NOMINATIONS FOR PARS OFFICERS
Pamlico Amateur Radio Society officers are elected at our October
meeting annually. Officers perform their duties from November through
October of the following year. Our nomination committee has developed a
slate of candidates for the “2024 Year”. The slate will be presented at
the meeting on October 28th. Nominations will also be solicited from the
floor. If there are other members wishing to serve and be nominated for
President, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer or if you wish to
nominate someone please contact Bill Michne, WM3X, at 252-249-1175 or by
email at drmichne73@gmail.com.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reports that solar activity was moderate during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 6 p.m. local. The Space Weather Prediction Center
expects solar activity to be low today through Wednesday. There a is a
chance for M-class flares each day. Eight numbered sunspot regions on
the Sun are facing Earth this morning. There were 12 last Monday, 6 the
Monday before.
Sunday’s noon Solar Flux Index (SFI) observation at Penticton was 161.
Last Sunday’s was 173. The index is predicted to measure 162 today, 162
Tuesday and 162 on Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average was 162
yesterday. It was 162 last Sunday. Lots of 162’s!
The geomagnetic field was quiet to active Sunday. The SWPC expects the
field to be quiet to active today and on Tuesday, quiet to unsettled
Wednesday. The planetary K-index at 8 am this morning was 2.33
indicating quiet conditions.
Today and tomorrow, propagation is expected to be poor on the 80 through
20 meter bands during the day, good at night. Good conditions during
both day and night are expected for 17 and 15 meter bands. Ten and 12
should be good during the day, poor at night.
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 ARLD039 DX news:
–SWAINS ISLAND, KH8. A group of operators will be QRV as W8S from
October 4 to 17. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters using CW, SSB,
RTTY, and FT8. QSL via LoTW.
–TUVALU, T2. A group of operators are QRV as T22T from Funafuti,
IOTA OC-015, until October 9. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters with
ten stations using CW, SSB, and FT8 in DXpedition mode. QSL via
LoTW.
–EAST KIRIBATI, T32. Bert, K3AAN/CX3AN will be QRV as T32AN from
Christmas Island from October 4 to 11. Activity will be holiday
style on 40 to 6 meters using mostly SSB with some CW. QSL via
EB7DX. QSL via W7YAQ.
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.
FOR SALE
** Alinco DX-SR8T 100 watt HF radio with power cable, EMS-64 hand mic,
instruction manual, Nifty manual and original box. $425
For complete and detailed description, please look it up on the
internet. Contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC, 252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com.
(20230814)
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:
* Oct 28, 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 4, 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
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:
* 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.
* 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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