The Illuminator
The monthly newsletter of the Carbon Amateur Radio Club
June Meeting
The next regular
meeting of the Carbon Amateur Radio Club will be held on Thursday, June 20, at
7:30 p.m. at the Emergency Operations Center in Nesquehoning. See you there!
Treasurer’s
Report
By
John, W3MF
Previous Balance |
972.44 |
Receipts (dues) |
60.00 |
Subtotal |
1032.44 |
Disbursements (newsletter) |
6.46 |
Final Total |
1025.98 |
DX Bulletin 23 ARLD023
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT May 30, 2002
To all radio amateurs
This week's bulletin was
made possible with information provided by Tedd, KB8NW, the OPDX Bulletin,
ON4LBV, SV2DGH, The Daily DX, QRZ DX, 425DXnews, The DXNL and Contest Corral
from QST. Thanks to all.
MALTA, 9H. Dieter, DL9GDB will be
QRV as 9H3UT using CW from Comino Island, IOTA EU-023, from June 3 to 22. QSL to home call.
EAST MALAYSIA, 9M6. Peter, G4MJS will be
active as 9M6AAC from the Hillview Gardens Resort station in Sabah from June 5
to 7, with an emphasis on the newer bands and 6 meters. QSL via N2OO.
QATAR, A7. Mohamed, A71MA has been
QRV on 20 meters using SSB from 0000 to 0300z.
QSL via KZ5RO.
PRATAS ISLAND, BV9P. Members of the Chinese
Taipei Amateur Radio League will be QRV as BQ9P from June 4 to 12. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters. QSL via KU9C.
FRANCE, F. The South Flanders DX
Activity Group will be QRV as F/ON6JUN/p from June 1 to 2 from the Pegasus
Bridge Memorial Museum in Normandy to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the
D-Day Landings. QSL via operators'
instructions.
ENGLAND, G. All UK amateurs are
allowed to use the prefixes GQ, MQ and 2Q in June to celebrate the Golden
Jubilee of the Queen Elizabeth II.
LIECHTENSTEIN, HB0. Klaus, DL7NS will be QRV
as HB0/DL7NS from June 1 to 12. QSL to
home call.
SOUTH KOREA, HL. All HL amateurs are
allowed to use special prefixes until June 30 to celebrate the 17th FIFA World
Football (soccer) Cup. Club stations
will replace the zero (0) in their prefixes with 17.
US VIRGIN ISLANDS,
KP2. Steve, KU9C will be QRV as WP2Z from June 2 to 8. Activity will include the digital modes, 6
meters and the newer bands as time permits.
QSL to home call.
ALAND ISLANDS, OH0. Juha, OH1JT and Ari,
OH1EH will be QRV as OH0Z from June 1 to 8.
Activity will be on all bands using CW and SSB. QSL via OH1EH.
ARUBA, P4. W3RM
and N3MT are QRV as P40RM and P40MT, respectively, until June 19. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters. QSL to home calls.
NORTH KOREA, P5. Ed, P5/4L4FN has been QRV
on 15 meters from just after 1100 to 1200z.
He has also been QRV using RTTY on 15 meters from just after 1200 to
1330z. QSL via KK5DO.
GREECE, SV. Dimitris, SV2CCA, Chris,
SV2DGH and Giannis, SV2FPU will be QRV as J48ALO from Alonissos Island, IOTA
EU-072, from June 2 to 16. Activity
will be on 80 to 6 meters, including the newer bands, using CW and SSB. QSL via SV2DGH.
CENTRAL AFRICA, TL. Dave is QRV as TL8DV and
has been active on 10 meters around 1430z and 15 meters around 1530z. QSL via W3MC.
LORD HOWE ISLAND, VK9L. Bert, PA3GIO is QRV as
VK9LO until June 7. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters. QSL to home call.
IRAQ, YI. YI9OM has been QRV on 17
meters around 2040 to 2130z. QSL via OM6TX.
THIS WEEKEND ON THE
RADIO. The IARU Region 1 CW Field Day, QRP TAC
Sprint and the WW South American CW Contest are all scheduled for this
weekend. Please see June QST, page 90
for details.
ARRL Propagation Forecast Bulletin
Propagation Forecast
Bulletin 22 ARLP022
From Tad Cook, K7VVV
Seattle, WA May 31, 2002
To all radio amateurs
Average daily solar flux
and sunspot numbers rose this week. Compared to last week (the reporting week
for this bulletin is Thursday through Wednesday) average daily sunspot numbers
were up nearly 65 points and daily solar flux was up by 15. There were some
very active geomagnetic days. Monday, May 27 was quite active with the
planetary A index at 28, and Thursday, May 23 was very stormy with an A index
of 54. Thursday's problems were probably from several coronal mass ejections the
day before.
Solar flux is expected
to fade a bit this week, and may reach a short-term minimum around Monday or
Tuesday.
There is a new large
sunspot on the southeast limb of the sun. Region 9973 could bring solar flares.
We're moving out of
spring propagation and toward summer conditions. 10-meters is going out of
season, and moving into summer will see lower MUF, affecting propagation on
15-meters. 17 and 20-meters will be the best summertime bands for HF DX, with
20-meters offering the best conditions right after sunrise or into the evening,
rather than mid day.
Sunspot numbers for May
23 through 29 were 229, 242, 221, 232, 227, 218, and 206, with a mean of 225.
10.7 cm flux was 180.3, 189.1, 182.6, 183.1, 186.7, 186.4, and 184.8, with a
mean of 184.7. Estimated planetary A indices were 54, 7, 6, 10, 28, 12, and 12,
with a mean of 18.4.
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Carbon Amateur Radio Club – 2001-2002 Officers
President: Anthony
“Goody” Good, K3NG, [email protected]
Vice
President: Rob Roomberg, KB3BYT, [email protected]
Secretary:
Larry Lilly, N3CR, [email protected]
Treasurer:
John Schreibmaier, W3MF, [email protected]
W3HA Callsign
Trustee: Bill Dale, WY3K
W3HA Repeater
Trustee: John Bednar, K3CT
Public Information
Officer: Bill Kelley, KA3UKL
Directors
Bob Schreibmaier, K3PH, John Bednar, K3CT,
Bert Rex, W3OWP
Illuminator Staff
Editor: Bob, K3PH
[email protected]
DX: Bob, K3PH
Foxhunting: open
Propagation and
Commentary: Larry, N3CR [email protected]
Newsletter Printing,
Folding, and Mailing: Bob, K3PH
Services
W3HA Repeater:
147.255 Mhz + PL 131.8
CARC Website: http:/www.learnmorsecode.com/carc/
Webmaster: Rob,
KB3BYT [email protected]
CARC Email Reflector:
see www.qth.net CarbonARC list for details
CARC Membership Information
Regular Membership is
$15.00, which includes autopatch privileges.
All amateur radio operators are invited to join the CARC
ARES / RACES net held 21:00 local time every Wednesday on the W3HA repeater at
147.255 MHz + offset, PL 131.8. Any
amateur radio operator or anyone with an interest in ham radio is welcome to
attend our monthly meetings which occur the third Thursday of each month at
7:30 PM at the Carbon County EMA Center on Route 93 in Nesquehoning.