Dear fellow PVARC members,
Our November QRO newsletter is attached as a PDF for downloading and reading. We hope you can attend this Thursday's monthly meeting at Hesse Park: Brian Johnson, AB6UI, and Norm Thorn, K6UU, will present "Amateur Radio on the International Space Station" and update where the ARISS program is today. Our club interfaced with ARISS in 2013 for a space station ham radio contact with Soleado Elementary School...now Brian and Norm are traveling throughout California to prepare and equip schools for the technical complexities of these radio contacts with astronauts. Last week I attended an ARISS contact at an elementary school about one mile from the USC campus---it was electrifying to see the enthusiasm of those students and get them acquainted with amateur radio.
Also at our meeting Thursday night we'll take reservations for our December 12th Holiday Dinner at Los Verdes Golf Course. You may also send the Holiday Dinner reservation form appearing in QRO to our PO Box; the form additionally mentions how to pay via PayPal. Our guest count deadline is December 2.
Please say hello on our weekly K6PV repeater nets tonight, with the analog FM net starting at 7:30 pm (plus usual 2-meter cross-link on 144.910 MHz, Tone Squelch, PL 156.7) followed by our DMR net at 8:00 pm. You will like the enhanced K6PV repeater and its ability to pick up what had been weaker signals.
On the HF side...this Saturday from 10:00 am to Noon is our monthly HF Enthusiasts Group meeting at the Palos Verdes Library's main branch on Deep Valley Drive in the Purcell Room. All members are welcome to attend, whether to just observe or show some kind of equipment/techniques.
See you Thursday and 73 to all,
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
IK2DUW, 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.
KENYA, 5Z. Andy, G3AB is QRV as 5Z4/G3AB from Nairobi. Activity is
on 20 to 10 meters. QSL via LoTW.
SOMALIA, 6O. Ali, EP3CQ is QRV as 6O1OO from Mogadishu until mid
November. Activity is in his spare time on 80 to 6 meters using SSB
and FT8. QSL direct.
RWANDA, 9X. Harald, DF2WO will be QRV as 9X2AW from Kigali from
November 4 to 16. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB,
RTTY and FT8. This may include being on 160 meters. QSL via M0OXO.
MOROCCO, CN. Special event station CN44MS is QRV from Tan-Tan until
November 12 to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the Green March.
QSL via RW6HS.
NEW CALEDONIA, FK. Tom, F4HPX will be QRV as FK/F4HPX from Noumea,
IOTA OC-032, beginning November 3. Activity will be holiday style
on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and FT4. This includes a possible
visit to Ile des Pins, IOTA OC-033. QSL to home call.
MARQUESAS ISLANDS, FO. A group of operators will be QRV as TX7T
from Hiva Oa from November 6 to 18. Activity will be on the HF
bands using CW, SSB and FT8 with three or four stations active. QSL
via LoTW.
HUNGARY, HA. Laci, HA0HW is QRV with special event call HG33EUDXF
during November in celebration of the 33rd anniversary of the
European DX Foundation. QSL via operator's instructions.
THAILAND, HS. Ralph, DL9MWG and Uli, DL1HUH will be QRV as HS0ZOM
and HS0ZON, respectively, from November 3 to 6. QSL to home calls.
ITALY, I. Members of the 4U1GSC Amateur Radio Club are QRV as 4U25B
until August 31, 2020 to mark the 25th anniversary of the United
Nations Logistics Base in Brindisi. QSL via 9A2AA.
BULGARIA, LZ. Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik are
QRV as LZ365BM during November to honor the memory of Bulgarian
saints. QSL via bureau.
VANUATU, YJ. Sergei, RZ3FW and Sergei, R4WAA will be QRV as YJ0RRC
from Gaua Island, IOTA OC-104, from November 4 to 7. Activity will
be on 40, 30, 20 and 15 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL
direct to RZ3FW.
ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Steve, WB4GHY is QRV as ZD8SC until November
11. Activity is in his spare time on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB
and FT4. QSL direct to WB4GHY.
IK2DUW, 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.
KENYA, 5Z. Andy, G3AB is QRV as 5Z4/G3AB from Nairobi. Activity is
on 20 to 10 meters. QSL via LoTW.
SOMALIA, 6O. Ali, EP3CQ is QRV as 6O1OO from Mogadishu until mid
November. Activity is in his spare time on 80 to 6 meters using SSB
and FT8. QSL direct.
RWANDA, 9X. Harald, DF2WO will be QRV as 9X2AW from Kigali from
November 4 to 16. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW, SSB,
RTTY and FT8. This may include being on 160 meters. QSL via M0OXO.
MOROCCO, CN. Special event station CN44MS is QRV from Tan-Tan until
November 12 to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the Green March.
QSL via RW6HS.
NEW CALEDONIA, FK. Tom, F4HPX will be QRV as FK/F4HPX from Noumea,
IOTA OC-032, beginning November 3. Activity will be holiday style
on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and FT4. This includes a possible
visit to Ile des Pins, IOTA OC-033. QSL to home call.
MARQUESAS ISLANDS, FO. A group of operators will be QRV as TX7T
from Hiva Oa from November 6 to 18. Activity will be on the HF
bands using CW, SSB and FT8 with three or four stations active. QSL
via LoTW.
HUNGARY, HA. Laci, HA0HW is QRV with special event call HG33EUDXF
during November in celebration of the 33rd anniversary of the
European DX Foundation. QSL via operator's instructions.
THAILAND, HS. Ralph, DL9MWG and Uli, DL1HUH will be QRV as HS0ZOM
and HS0ZON, respectively, from November 3 to 6. QSL to home calls.
ITALY, I. Members of the 4U1GSC Amateur Radio Club are QRV as 4U25B
until August 31, 2020 to mark the 25th anniversary of the United
Nations Logistics Base in Brindisi. QSL via 9A2AA.
BULGARIA, LZ. Members of the Bulgarian Radio Club Blagovestnik are
QRV as LZ365BM during November to honor the memory of Bulgarian
saints. QSL via bureau.
VANUATU, YJ. Sergei, RZ3FW and Sergei, R4WAA will be QRV as YJ0RRC
from Gaua Island, IOTA OC-104, from November 4 to 7. Activity will
be on 40, 30, 20 and 15 meters using CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8. QSL
direct to RZ3FW.
ASCENSION ISLAND, ZD8. Steve, WB4GHY is QRV as ZD8SC until November
11. Activity is in his spare time on 80 to 10 meters using CW, SSB
and FT4. QSL direct to WB4GHY.