Dear fellow PVARC members,
The PVARC's September 2019 QRO newsletter is attached as a PDF for downloading and reading in advance of Thursday night's monthly meeting at Hesse Park. (My apology if some photos in this issue look less than totally sharp but the large native file size of this issue necessitated using a much lower resolution for creating the PDF.) We hope to see you at Thursday's meeting to better your understanding of Digital Mobile Radio (DMR)...and we'll have numerous examples of DMR radios there for your perusal.
In the meantime please check in and say hello to fellow club members during our weekly K6PV repeater nets tonight...at 7:30 pm for the analog net, with the usual 144.910 MHz cross-band on PL 156.7 and Tone Squelch for those on the west side, then at 8:00 pm the weekly DMR net roundtable.
Have a great week and see you Thursday evening.
73,
Diana, AI6DF
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Although solar conditions haven't been the greatest in recent days 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
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.
FIJI, 3D2. Bigi, DE3BWR and Helmut, DD0VR will be QRV as 3D2VR from
September 2 to 9. Activity will be on 80 to 10 meters using SSB.
QSL via DD0VR.
WEST MALAYSIA, 9M2. A large group of operators will be QRV with
special event call 9M16KING from Kuala Lumpur from September 1 to 30
in celebration of the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Activity will be
on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and various digital modes. QSL via
operators' instructions.
BURUNDI, 9U. Francesco, IV3TMM will be QRV as 9U3TMM from Bujumbura
from August 31 to September 17. Activity will be on 60 to 6 meters
using SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL to home call.
KYRGYZSTAN, EX. A group of operators will be QRV as EX6QP from Lake
Issyk-Kul from September 2 to 15. Activity will be on the HF bands
using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL via SP6OJK.
FRANCE, F. Christophe, F4GTB will be QRV as TM44WFF from September
2 to 18. Activity will be from several WWFF references. QSL to
home call.
NEW CALEDONIA, FK. Jan, F6EYB is QRV as FK8CJ from Noumea, IOTA
OC-032, until the end of 2019. Activity is mainly on 30, 20 and 17
meters. QSL to home call.
BULGARIA, LZ. Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik will
be QRV as LZ304EW during September to honor Orthodox saints. QSL
via bureau.
AUSTRIA, OE. Members of the VIC Amateur Radio Contest DX Club will
be QRV as 4U500M during September to commemorate Ferdinand
Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe 500 years ago. QSL via
UA3DX.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA, P2. Puiu, P29VIM is QRV from Papua and other
nearby islands until September 22. Activity is on 160 to 10 meters,
including 60 meters, using CW, JT9 and FT8. QSL via YO5BIM.
NETHERLANDS, PA. Special event station PD538RNI is QRV until
September 26 to commemorate Radio North Sea International and Radio
Veronica, two 1970 offshore radio stations. QSL via PD0ARI.
AFGHANISTAN, T6. Robert, S53R will be QRV as T6AA from Kabul from
September to the Summer of 2021 while on work assignment. Activity
will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB and various digital modes. He
will be active as T6A during major contests. QSL to home call.
TURKEY, TA. Special event station TC113PTR will be QRV from August
31 to September 1 to commemorate the Ottoman Empire's first wireless
telegraphy station in Patara. Activity will be on the HF bands and
6 meters. QSL via TA4E. In addition, look for a group of operators
to be QRV as TC0Z from the Kefken Lighthouse on Kefken Island, IOTA
AS-159, from August 31 to September 4. Activity will be on 160 to
10 meters using SSB and FT8. QSL via LoTW.
CHAD, TT. Jean Louis, ZS6AAG is QRV as TT8JLH from N'Djamena while
working with Doctors Without Borders. Activity is in his spare time
on 20 meters using SSB. QSL to home call.
CANADA, VE. Alessandro, VE7ADA will be QRV as VE7ADA/1 from Nova
Scotia and Cape Breton from September 1 to 7. Activity will be on
40 to 10 meters using SSB. His activity will be from various
locations and some small islands in NA-081 and NA-010, and from the
Marconi National Historic Site at Table Head in Glace Bay, the
location of Marconi's first transatlantic station. QSL to home
call.