Dear fellow PVARC members,
If interested in helping plan the PVARC's June 22-23, 2019, Field Day operation our Field Day planning meeting is this Saturday, May 18, from 10 am to Noon at the Rancho Palos Verdes home of Rocco Lardiere, N6KN, 5603 Scotwood Drive. To ensure sufficient seating please RSVP to Rocco at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you are attending. For this year's Field Day we expect having more bandpass filters in use and operate in FT8 digital mode for the first time. The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District has approved our permit to use Soleado Elementary School in Rancho Palos Verdes...the same site as last year's PVARC Field Day operation with a fabulous view of the Los Angeles Basin.
The PVARC's Tuesday night nets on K6PV are tonight, so please check in. The analog net starts at 7:30 pm on 447.120 MHz, Tone Squelch, PL 100.0, with usual 2-meter cross-link (144.910 MHz, Tone Squelch, PL 156.7). Our DMR digital net is at 8:00 pm on 447.120 MHz RX, 442.120 MHz TX, Color Code 1, Time Slot 2, Talkgroup 31060. Lately the DMR nets have lasted nearly 45 minutes, with considerable round-table discussion. Either way or both, we look forward to hearing from you.
The PVARC's June 6 monthly meeting at Hesse Park has a fascinating Skype presentation planned from Kristen McIntyre, K6WX, on "Ground Is A Myth"--she will be speaking to us from the SF Bay area. We'll also start offering DMR programming then for the three HT models PVARC currently supports. More on this in our next QRO newsletter.
This weekend a few of our lucky members will be at Dayton Hamvention, the Western Hemispere's largest amateur radio convention where typically 28,000-30,000 hams converge. New ham products are often announced at Dayton, so we eagerly await what comes.
Lastly, also this Saturday our ham license exam session is at Hesse Park from 10 am to Noon. If you want to upgrade or know someone who is ready to take a ham license test our Volunteer Examiner team led by Jerry, KI6RRD, will be there.
Have a great week and 73 to all,
Diana, AI6DF
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FIJI, 3D2. Oleh, KD7WPJ will be QRV as 3D2/KD7WPJ from Viti Levu
Island, IOTA OC-016, from May 11 to 16. Activity will be on 40 to
12 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call.
16. This is a 6 meter EME operation using SSB or FT8. He monitors
50183 kHz. QSL direct to home call.
KYRGYZSTAN, EX. Special event station EX26Y is QRV from Cholpon-Ata
and then Bishkek until May 15 to celebrate the founding of
Kyrgyzstan's national amateur radio society 26 years ago. Activity
is on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL
direct to EX7DI.
ENGLAND, G. Members of the Cray Valley Radio Society will be QRV as
GB6MW from Meopham Windmill during Mills On The Air. QSL via LoTW.
LITHUANIA, LY. Special event station LY15EU is active until May 26
to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Lithuania's membership in the
European Union. QSL via LY2QT.
SLOVAK REPUBLIC, OM. Special event stations OM2019IIHF and OM83IHWC
are QRV until May 31 during the 83rd Ice Hockey World Championship
being held in Slovakia. QSL via OM2FY.
Island, IOTA EU-067, from May 14 to 28. Activity will be holiday
style on 80 to 10 meters using CW and SSB. QSL to home call.
CORSICA, TK. Martin, DB4BJ is QRV as TK/DB4BJ until May 17.
Activity is on 60 to 20 meters using mostly FT8. QSL to home call.
VIET NAM, XV. Tom, DL7BO will be QRV as XV9BO from Mui Ne from May
13 to 19. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY
and FT8. QSL to home call.