Dear fellow PVARC members,
Our next meeting on June 6 has an interesting presentation on "Ground Is A Myth" by Kristen McIntyre, K6WX. She'll be speaking to us from the San Francisco Bay area via a Skype video connection and her talk will change some of the ways in which you think of radio grounds. Kristen is also ARRL Vice Director for the Pacific Division (Northern California, Nevada, and Pacific Islands) as well as a senior engineer at Apple, Inc.
Tonight at 7:30 pm our weekly analog net will be on the K6PV repeater (447.120 MHz, Tone Squelch, PL 100.0, with the usual 2-meter simplex cross-link on 144.910 MHz,, Tone Squelch, PL 100.0), followed by a digital DMR net at 8:00 pm. Please check in and say hello or either or both nets.
The PVARC's plans for Field Day (June 22-23) got organized on May 18 during a well-attended meeting at the home of Rocco Lardiere, N6KN. We'll have more info about Field Day in our upcoming QRO newsletter which will be sent early next week.
Lastly, if you are available for a worthy public service event...the Southern California Special Olympics on Saturday-Sunday, June 8-9, at California State University Long Beach needs additional amateur radio operators. If available either day please register with Special Olympics at https://2019-summergames-volunteer.my-trs.com/ and follow the simple instructions shown in the attached PDF (note: the registration deadline for amateur radio operators has been extended beyond the May 8 date shown in the attachment.) All you need is an HT radio covering the 440 band.
Have a great week and 73 to all,
Diana, AI6DF
Here's the latest DX bulletin courtesy of the ARRL (now-completed operations are omitted):
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
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from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks
to all.
GEORGIA, 4L. Jun, JH4RHF will be QRV as 4L9S from Tbilisi from May
25 to June 2. Activity will be on the HF bands using only CW. QSL
via OE1ZKC.
ERITREA, E3. A large group of operators will be QRV as E31A from
May 23 to June 3 while there in support of humanitarian activities.
Activity will be in their spare time on 160 to 6 meters using CW,
SSB and FT8. QSL via JH1AJT.
NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PA100IAU will be QRV from
May 25 to June 16 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the
International Astronomical Union. QSL via PA1UN.
SEYCHELLES, S7. Laci, HA7JTR is QRV as S79HA from Praslin Island,
IOTA AF-024, until May 29. Activity is holiday style on 160 to 17
meters, with a focus on the low bands, using mainly CW and some SSB.
QSL to home call.
DODECANESE, SV5. Wolf, DL3DRN will be QRV as SV5/DL3DRN from
Rhodos, IOTA EU-001, from May 25 to June 14. Activity will be on
the HF bands using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call.
KOSOVO, Z6. Look for members of the Kosovo Friendship Consortium to
be QRV as Z66X from Pristina in the CQ World Wide WPX CW contest.
When not active in the contest, they will be working with young hams
in preparation of YOTA 2019. QSL via OH2BH.