PARS BREAKFAST MEETING THIS COMING SATURDAY
Our next meeting will be at 0900 Saturday, Oct 28th, in the back room of
Brantleys Village Restaurant on Broad Street in Oriental. Please park
along the side or out back. We hope to see you all there. Come early for
breakfast with your fellow hams. For more information contact Pamlico
Amateur Radio Society President Mike Marsh, K4NLC, 252-636-1257 or
mike@marshconsulting.com.
On tap: Election of PARS officers for 2024, repeater update from the
Oriental Repeater Group, Dx reports, “DYFI” and more. There will be two
older Kenwood transceivers, condition unknown, at auction. There may be
additional recently donated equipment. And then there’s your chance to
win a $20 Brantleys Restaurant gift certificate.
PAMLICO TEN METER NET MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED – THE FIRST IS TONIGHT
The old “Swamp Talk” roundtable established years ago by Pete Zawasky,
AG7C, may have new life, depending on interest. The first roundtable
will be held at 7:30 pm local tonight, Monday 10/23/23, on 28.464 MHz
plus or minus based on band conditions, USB. This is an informal forum
originally established to assist our new Hams on a frequency in the 10M
voice segment open to technician licensees and above. This will be a
first try to gather info on local interest/participation to restart the
net! Radio topics/questions/issues welcomed. For more info please
contact Cody Vanhook, KN4RFG, at codyakamudduck_2005@yahoo.com or at
252-229-4542.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reports that solar activity was very low during the 24 hour period
ending yesterday at 6 p.m. local. The Space Weather Prediction Center
expects solar activity to be very low today through Wednesday. There is
a slight chance for C-class flares each day. There are 4 numbered
sunspot regions on the Sun are facing Earth this morning, 6 last Monday,
9 the Monday before. Yes, we are in a “sunspot lull”. The pundits say
they will return.
Sunday’s noon Solar Flux Index (SFI) observation at Penticton was 119.
Last Sunday’s was 145. The index is predicted to measure 120 today, 125
Tuesday and 130 on Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average was 154
yesterday. It was 158 last Sunday.
The geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled Sunday. The SWPC expects
the field to be quiet to unsettled today and Tuesday and quiet on
Wednesday. The planetary K-index at 5 am this morning was 0.33
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 poor. Take a chance. Turn your
radio on and check out the bands.
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 ARLD042 DX news:
–EASTER ISLAND, CE0. Luis, CE2ML and Mathias, CE2LR will be QRV as
XR0Y to 29. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, and FT8. They
will be active as 3G0Y in the upcoming CQ World Wide SSB DX contest.
–NORTH COOK ISLANDS, E5. Janusz, SP9FIH is QRV as E51JAN from
Manihiki, IOTA OC-014, until November 6. Activity is on the HF
bands.
–TUVALU, T2. A group of operators are QRV as T2C from Funafuti,
IOTA OC-015, to Oct 30. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters with
four stations using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8
–CHATHAM ISLANDS, ZL7. Jacek, SP5EAQ is QRV as ZL7/SP5EAQ from Petre
Bay on Waitangi Island, IOTA OC-038, until November 3.
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 Icom IC-7300, HF-50Mhz Transceiver with hand Mike, manual,
box and nifty guide. Lightly used as second 7300 radio. Asking $740.
Bill Cresswell, K2ONN, 410-598-6457 or cressbill@gmail.com
(20231023)
NEW 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 Yaesu FTdx3000d with mic, manual and power cord! $900 obo
Contact Cody VanHook, KN4RFG (252)229-4542 (20231016)
FOR SALE
#1 – SOLD. KENWOOD TS-50S HF Transceiver.
#2 – 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 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 — Down, controller issue.
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 Editor
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