Dear fellow PVARC members,
Thank you to everyone who attended last Thursday's monthly meeting featuring ARRL Southwestern Division Director Dick Norton, N6AA. It was our largest meeting attendance since February 2012 and we hope you came away with a better understanding of ARRL's directions as well as the importance of us being an ARRL-affiliated club. You can always check latest ARRL news by regularly visiting the ARRL website homepage at http://www.arrl.org
Tonight at 7:30 pm it's time for this week's PVARC net on the K6PV repeater (447.120 MHz, - , PL 100.0) and 2-meter crossband (144.910 MHz, Tone Squelch, PL 156.7). Please check in and say hello. As mentioned in the March QRO newsletter our weekly nets will continue in analog FM at 7:30 pm every Tuesday after the new dual-mode digital/analog repeater goes online. But at some point we'll start an additional DMR net following the analog net after everyone first checks in using analog.
We also announced at last Thursday's meeting our permit application was approved to use Soleado Elementary School in Rancho Palos Verdes for the 2019 ARRL Field Day on June 29-30. It's a great location overlooking the Los Angeles Basin and we'll have more info on this event as the date nears.
73 to all,
Diana, AI6DF
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Here's the latest DX bulletin, courtesy of the ARRL (one completed operation is omitted):
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
The Daily DX, The OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral
from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks
to all.
MAURITANIA, 5T. Johannes, PA5X is QRV as 5T5PA from Nouadhibou for
the next 6 months. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using SSB, RTTY
and FT8. QSL to home call.
LESOTHO, 7P. A group of operators are QRV as 7P8LB until March 16
from the Molengoane Lodge. Activity is on the HF bands using CW,
SSB and FT8 with two to three stations active. QSL via M0OXO.
BARBADOS, 8P. Dick, G3RWL will be QRV as 8P6DR from March 13 to
April 17. Activity will be holiday style on 80 to 10 meters using
CW and some RTTY. QSL to home call.
GHANA, 9G. A group of operators are QRV as 9G2DX until March 20.
Activity is on the HF bands using CW, SSB and FT8. They plan to be
active from three different WWFF locations. QSL via M0OXO.
BAHAMAS, C6. Dom, M1KTA is QRV as C6AKT from Eleuthera, IOTA
NA-001, until March 16. Activity is on 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters
using only CW. This includes being an entry in the RSGB
Commonwealth CW Contest. QSL to home call.
JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLAND, CE0. A group of operators will be QRV as
XR0ZRC from Robinson Crusoe Island, IOTA SA-005, from March 9 to
April 3. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using all modes, and
with four stations active. QSL via R7AL.
MADEIRA ISLAND, CT3. Rosel, DL3KWR and Hardy, DL3KWF are QRV as
CT9/home calls until April 3. Activity is on the HF bands,
including 60 meters, using CW and FT8. QSL to home calls.
ANGOLA, D2. Gabriel, D2EB has been QRV on 40 and 30 meters using CW
around 0400z and 2230z, respectively. QSL via IZ3RTU.
FRENCH POLYNESIA, FO. Karel, OK2ZI is QRV as FO/OK2ZI from Tahiti,
IOTA OC-046, until March 12. Activity is on 40 to 10 meters using
CW, SSB, FT8 and other digital modes. QSL to home call.
SUDAN, ST. Arik, EK6DO is QRV as ST2/EK6DO from Khartoum while
working here. He hopes to soon have the call sign ST2DO. Activity
is on 40, 20, 15 and 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL via K6EID.
SOMALIA, T5. Ali, EP3CQ works for the United Nations in African
Union Mission to Somalia in Mogadishu, and is QRV as 6O1OO until
March 24. Activity is limited to his spare time on 40 to 10 meters
using SSB and FT8. QSL via operator's instructions.
BELIZE, V3. Iain, G4SGX is QRV as V31GX and is active on the low
bands using CW. This includes being an entry in the RSGB
Commonwealth CW Contest. QSL to home call.
VIET NAM, XV. Jacek, SP5APW will be QRV as XV9JK from Phu Quy
Island, IOTA AS-157, from March 10 to 16. Activity will be on 40,
30, 20 and 17 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL to home call.
SERBIA, YU. Members of the Amateur Radio Club Banjica in the
capital of Belgrade are QRV as YU125VS during the month of March to
celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of Vojvoda Stepa, a
primary school in Belgrade. QSL via operators' instructions.