PARS BREAKFAST MEETING THIS COMING SATURDAY
Our next meeting will be at 0900 Saturday, September 26th in the back
room of Brantley’s 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. You might even draw the
winning ticket for a Brantleys gift certificate. For more information
contact Pamlico Amateur Radio Society President Bruce Perkins, K4ONC,
252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS NET (WEDNESDAY NIGHT NET)
For the Pamlico Communications Net this Wednesday, the Winlink check-in
will be via the “Radio Net Log” form. This form can be found in the
“Templates & Forms Manager”, under “Standard Forms”, then under “General
Forms” look about half way down the list to “Radio Net Log”.
Complete this log using the Incident Name of “Hurricane Exercise” with
your name and position of “Net Control”. The date will be “Sept 23,
2026” and time of “0900 to 1200” local.
Fill in some of the log sheet with various operators (call signs) who
have reported in. Be creative. Finally, at the bottom of the page, under
“Sender’s Comments”, list your name, callsign, location and how you plan
on sending in the form ie VARA HF, Pactor or Telnet.
If possible, send in your form via RF but Telnet is acceptable.
For the training portion of the Net, we will discuss this form and the
others that we have used in the recent past.
Have a great start to your week and hope to hear you on the Net this
Wednesday the 23rd at 1930 hours.
Bruce Perkins – K4ONC
Pamlico AuxComm Coordinator
NET NEWS
We had eight folks folks for the Monday night Wayne’s World C4FM
round-table on Sep 14th. Besides Wayne KO4OJC, they included KM4PA,
KR4LO, KR4CYB, AC2GR, AI4WL, K1AUG and KR4COD. Paul was back in Brevard
and came in via Wires-X. Lots of talk about antennas, particularly Off
Center Fed antennas and OCF feed point location. With an OCF, users are
often able to operate on more bands than expected. Views on lightning
and the value of whole house surge protection were also shared. The net
closed around 8:25pm. For local users via RF, the repeater’s on
145.390MHz. Remote users can join via the Wires-X room, it’s still
“KO4OJC-Room 3” (ID 64163).
On Wednesday, Bruce, K4ONC, operated from Station 19. We recorded 16
WinLink PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS NET check-ins. Most sent theirs via a
Local Weather Report and via RF as requested. Twenty operators checked
to the voice net and of those, K2ONN, KM4PA, and K2TNO via EchoLink. Our
most recent traveling ham, Paul KM4PA, checked-in from Portland, OR.
After switching to the GMRS repeater, Bruce polled the local check-ins
Ten responded, 2 others heard the call.
Bruce K4ONC, Wayne KO4OJC and Jim AI4WL joined Charlie WA4GSI on
Thursday, Sep 17th for the DOWNEAST/PAMLICO COUNTY 6M Net. Charlie is
hoping for good success with his new/old roof mounted tri-band yagi. It
had been blessed that morning by Father Rick, NN2S, in the presence of
Charlie, several other local hams, young Oakley and the next door
neighbor viewing it all from his upstairs porch. Make that OCF work on
6M; join us Thursdays at 8pm on 50.200 MHz for a brief chin-wag.
SOLAR NUMBERS TODAY
NOAA reported solar activity was low during the 24 hour period ending
yesterday at 5 p.m. local. The Space Weather Prediction Center expects
solar activity to be very low today through Wednesday with a chance for
C-class flares.
There were 4 numbered sunspot regions on the Sun facing Earth yesterday
at noon. There were 6 last Sunday.
Sunday’s noon Solar Flux Index (SFI) observation at Penticton was 101,
last Sunday’s was 114. The index is predicted to measure 105 today, 105
Tuesday, 100 Wednesday. The SFI 90 day trailing average was 125
yesterday. It was 126 last Sunday.
The geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled yesterday. The SWPC expects
the field to be quiet today, Tuesday and Wednesday. The planetary
K-index at 5 a.m. this morning was 0.33 indicating quiet conditions.
Current conditions (1107Z/21Sep26): good day on 80 and 40 Meters, good
at night; good day and night on 30 & 20; fair day and night 17 & 15;
poor day, poor at night on 12 and 10. 6M closed. Please go to
https://www.n4prs.org/looking-
DX THIS WEEK–
Extracted from ARRL’s ARLD037 DX NEWS and DXWorld.net:
–8Q, MALDIVES. Juergen, DL3JH, will be QRV as 8Q7JH from Thulhagiri
Island, IOTA AS-013, beginning September 20. Activity is on 20, 15, and
10 meters using various modes.
–R1/F, FRANZ JOSEF LAND. The RI1FJZ team is QRV from Alexandra Land.
Activity includes 20 meters using FT8 with MSHV.
–VK9W, WILLIS ISLAND. Sands, VK4WXW is QRV as VK9WX from Willis Island
Australian Bureau of Meteorology station through late October. Activity
is on HF bands using various modes.
–AlSO look for AMERICAN SAMOA, MALAWI, CRETE, MAYOTTE and more. See
www.DXWorld.net.
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 if your listing is no longer needed. Listings
will EXPIRE AFTER 60 DAYS unless I hear otherwise. Thanks, Jim.
* For Sale: National Transceiver NCX-5 with matching power supply and a
microphone. Needs a new home, make offer. Kenwood SP-31 speaker, $100
Wayne – KO4OJC – 252-241-1962 (20260803)
PARS CALENDAR:
* Sep 26, PARS MONTHLY MEETING, Saturday, 9am, Brantley’s Village
Restaurant, Oriental. For more info, contact Bruce Perkins, K4ONC,
252-626-2730 or K4ONC@aol.com
* Oct 3, PAMLICO COMMUNICATIONS TEAM (PCT) 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
SELECTED LOCAL REPEATER/NODE/BEACON STATUS
(See www.n4prs.org/frequencies/ for set-up)
N4ONC VHF FM/EchoLink Oriental (147.210MHz+ CTCSS 88.5Hz) — Operational
N4ONC VHF FM/C4FM-YSF/Wires-x Oriental (145.390MHz- FM CTCSS 100.0Hz) —
Operational.
N4ONC UHF FM Oriental (444.350MHz+ ENC 85.4Hz) — Standby
GMRS Repeater WSFL439 Oriental (Ch 29, Rptr 7 or 462.700MHz+) — Operational
NC4ES DMR Arapahoe (NC4ES Network)(147.285MHz+ CC1) — Operational
locally. NC4ES network temporarily unavailable.
NC4ES FM Arapahoe (147.285MHz+ ENC 88.5Hz/DEC 100Hz) — Operational
in dual mode with DMR.
NC4ES DMR Florence (NC4ES Network)(445.6625MHZ- CC1) — Operational
WM3X-ONC C4FM/WIRES-X NODE Oriental (145.530MHz smplx) — Operational
KE4TZN Aurora FM/C4FM-YSF/WIRES-X (145.270MHz- FM CTCSS 131.8) —
Operational
KE4TZN Aurora DMR (PRN Network) (440.550MHz+ CC1) — Operational
LOCAL NETS OF INTEREST TO PARS MEMBERS:
* Mondays, “Wayne’s World C4FM Net”, 7:30 pm local, using the C4FM
digital mode on the N4ONC Oriental FM/C4FM/WIRES-X repeater
(145.390MHz). Those outside RF range may join via Wires-X room
“KO4OJC-Room 3″ (ID 64163). This is a round-table open to all.
Discussions vary with member interest. Radio topics/questions/issues
welcomed.
* 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 as the “Pamlico Emergency Net”
when necessary.
* 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-director
PARS WEBSITE: https://www.n4prs.org/
Our Web Master is Paul Jodoin, K4MMB, PARSwebman@gmail.com. You can find
archived PARSgrams, articles, meeting notes, propagation information,
and photos of PARS activities there. Paul welcomes articles and
especially photos of member activities.
73, Jim AI4WL Editor
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