Dear fellow PVARC members,
We had a great Field Day this past weekend at Soleado School...and should have an excellent score in the 2A category considering the HF band conditions. Thank you to everyone in our club who operated the radios or logged, helped with setup or take-down, supplied equipment/furniture/tents, or just came by to observe. And a special thanks to Rocco, N6KN, for serving as this year's Field Day Chair. We'll have a complete Field Day report in our July QRO newsletter.
Soleado School appears to be a great site for Field Day. Although it doesn't have quite the "public" visibility like some other FD sites it's sure a great place to transmit from. We are very hopeful for using Soleado next year after leaving the campus in excellent condition.
During a final clean-up sweep of Soleado's field on Sunday we found this pair of brown tortoise-shell prescription eyeglasses (or reading glasses) with the word "INTEGRATED" on the right eye side temple. It was laying in the grass where our VHF/UHF station operated on Saturday adjacent to the playground asphalt. If these glasses are yours let me know and we'll find a way to get them to you.
Tonight at 7:30 pm it's time again for weekly K6PV repeater nets, with our analog FM net from 7:30-7:55 pm (including the 2-meter crossband link on 144.910 MHz, Tone Squelch, PL 156.7) and a DMR digital net from 8:00-8:40 pm. Please check in on either or both nets and say hello.
Lastly, this Saturday from 7:00-11:30 am is the monthly W6TRW Swap Meet at Northrop Grumman in north Redondo Beach. I will be at the ARRL booth and perhaps see you there.
Have a great week ahead and 73,
Diana, AI6DF
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Here's the latest DX bulletin, courtesy of the ARRL (some completed operations are omitted):
This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
AD8J, 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.
SRI LANKA, 4S. Kamal, 4S7AB has been QRV using FT8 on 6 meters.
QSL direct to home call.
BELARUS, EW. Sixteen special event stations are using the EV19
prefix until June 30 to mark the 2nd European Games being held in
Minsk. Stations EV0CA, EV0MA and EV0SD represent the sports venues.
QSL via operators' instructions.
FRANCE, F. Special event station TM57FFC will be QRV from June 23
to July 9 during the 8th FIFA Women's World Cup. QSL via bureau.
HONDURAS, HR. John, AD8J will be QRV as HR9/AD8J from Guanaja
Island, IOTA NA-057, from June 22 to July 6. Activity will be
holiday style on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and FT8. QSL direct
to home call.
JAPAN, JA. Special event station 8J8HAM is QRV until September 22
to mark the 6th Hokkaido HAM Fair. QSL via bureau.
SABA, ST. EUSTATIUS, PJ5. Dave, W9DR will be QRV as PJ5/W9DR from
Sint Eustatius from June 25 to July 2. Activity will be on 6 meters
only using SSB. QSL direct to home call.
EUROPEAN RUSSIA, UA. A group of operators will be QRV as R3ARS/4
from specially protected natural areas in the Orenburg and Samara
regions from June 24 to 29. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters
using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via RA3AKF.
CANADA, VE. Special event station XN1M is QRV until July 21 to
commemorate the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. QSL via VO1IDX.
LAOS, XW. Bruce, 3W3B will be QRV as XW4XR from Vientiane from June
26 to July 7. Activity will be on 40 to 6 meters, including 60
meters, using CW, RTTY, JT65 and FT8. QSL via E21EIC.
CAYMAN ISLANDS, ZF. Kan, JJ2RCJ will be QRV as ZF2CJ from Grand
Cayman Island, IOTA NA-016, from June 23 to 25. Activity will be on
80 to 10 meters using FT8. QSL direct to home call.