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Pocatello Amateur Radio Club you new guys might want to check us out ??
Established 1957
Everyone, licensed or not, member or not are always welcome at our meetings,
and other activities like Field Day, Christmas Party, other activities .
EVERYONE !

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If you need information about Ham Radio or our club, contact any Board Member.
see the "Station Index" member roster below.

Beverly Hewett	N7WYK	President
Dave Turnmire	N7TZK	Secretary/Treasure
Kenyon Hart	KG7IDY	Recording Secretary
John Wilson	KØIP	Board M/webmaster
Neil Murdock	W7NJM	Board Member
Ken Housley	KG7IZG	Board Member
Brad Maxwell	N7FLM	VP

PARC , PO Box 2722, Pocatello, Idaho 83206

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PARC is an equal opportunity employer

Our meetings: the 2nd Thursday of the month

ISU campus, Trade & Technology Building,
unless otherwise stated in the "news section"
7PM Local Pocatello time.

	What is Ham Radio, it's "way" better than CB or stamp collecting, HR can be a Hi Tech Hobby
	How to become a Ham, where to get help
	Where to take a TEST in SE Idaho
	Other Ham Clubs around Pocatello
	Straight Talk - for new and old hams crazy talk by the webmaster that you may or not agree with. And it's Not necessarily politically correct.
	NEW Hams, Must watch video. Ask Dave #12
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In the area just below, you will find the latest news
and information from PARC, it is updated often..
Most information won't last more that a month
There is no COLD information below, .

OLD
But Not So Cold
PARC NEWS

HEADS UP

in less than 4 weeks is the Idaho QSO Party, Idaho Hams , its our time to shine, turn your radios on, make a few contacts,
see the IDQP home page at
http://www.pocatelloarc.org/idahoqsoparty

I need your help, the club needs your help , Lets keep PARC ON TOP during the Idaho QSO Party, KØIP invite any and all Hams to come up to his QTH and operate the radio. over the past years PARC has Swept or should I say BLOWN OUT the contest with winning scores when we tried (SEE SCORES BELOW , look for N7PI.)

Since we are at the bottom of the solar cycle, we probably won't be making those big a score like we did in the past, but, the bands are open , and I know with some help from club members we can sweep the state again.

SO,   any HAM that wants to give this contest a try,
first: I encourage you to run your own station,
BUT if you want to help the club, you need to contact jcwilson@ida.net and indicate what time is best for you,   there is only one radio, 5 people can't run it at once, so contact John get on the schedule, the contest starts at 1pm local time March 14.. and runs 24 hours..
NOW, FYI, the radio mostly goes dead at night, so there is no operations past (say) about 8pm Saturday night, starts up again Sunday morning 7 or 8am .
Late Saturday, we will probably be working a lot of stations in the Pacific area.. and Sunday morning Europe. That is if the propagation gods shine on the F layer...
If you are a first time contester , I suggest you read this info.
http://www.pocatelloarc.org/idahoqsoparty/help.htm
want to just watch, thats OK too, email me, want to operate 10 minutes or 3 hours, thats good too. email me..

Note: John KØIP is available and flexible for operating any time.
so you guys pick your times let me know if you have any flexibly as to times.

1pm k0ip	1am NO Ops
2 KC3AAA -FLEX	2 NO Ops
3 KC3AAA -FLEX	3 NO Ops
4	4 NO Ops
5	5 NO Ops
6	6 NO Ops
7	7 k0ip
8	8
9 NO Ops	9
10 NO Ops	10
11 NO Ops	11
12 NO Ops	12

Have you checked out the latest good stuff on the swap page
lots of HF radios, many VHF radios,
Now's you chance, way cheaper than brand new,

CQ WPX RTTY CONTEST: the webmaster KØIP spent some time on the radio this weekend
working the following list of countries., 37 total countries, total contacts 337, 68 if which were
in Japan,, got to keep those JA stations happy !!

KL7JVD	Alaska
LU7HN	Argentina
P49X	Aruba
RN0D	Asiatic Russia
VK4SN	Australia
ON7TK	Belgium
V31VP	Belize
PY2MNL	Brazil
VE3BR	Canada
ED8H	Canary Is.
ZF2WF	Cayman Is.
CE3DNP	Chile
BD3CB	China
TI2OY	Costa Rica
CO6OV	Cuba
PJ2T	Curacao
HU1DL	El Salvador
DL1IAO	Federal Republic of Germany
J35X	Grenada
TG9ANF	Guatemala
KH6AQ	Hawaii
VR2CC	Hong Kong
YC1RKT	Indonesia
IQ1RY	Italy
JG2REJ	Japan
CR3DX	Madeira Is.
XE2FGC	Mexico
ZL4NR	New Zealand
CT7AUP	Portugal
KP4/K6DTT	Puerto Rico
D90M	Republic of Korea
9V1XX	Singapore
S52X	Slovenia
EC5V	Spain
BV2LA	Taiwan
CV7S	Uruguay
WA5LFD	USA

Now,, the IDAHO QSO Party is in about a month, its going to be on SSB, at my house
I need guest operators, starts at 1 pm , , AGAIN I NEED GUEST OPERATORS
Now's your chance to give it a try..

2011 results showing the three top stations in Idaho .. note where N7PI stands each year.

Call		Score	Mult	Total QSO's	QSO	QSO	QSO	Category		Ops
Call		Score	Mult	Total QSO's	SSB	Dig.	CW	Category	Counties ACTIVATED	Ops
N7PI		217550	95	2290	2290	--	--	SSB - MultiOp - Hi	BAN	ND7O, N7RYN, W7EKG, KO7P, K0IP
K7TM	Bob	36863	377	656	301	--	355	Mixed - Mobile - Low	ADM,BEN,CLE,GEM,IDA,LAT,LEW,PAY,SHO,VAL,WAS
KØTO	Tod	25488	72	259	164	--	95	Mixed -SingleOp - Low	BNV

2012

		Total		Total	QSO	QSO	QSO
Call	Name	Score	Mult	QSO's	SSB	Digi	CW	Category	Counties Activated

K7TM	Bob	139790	271	447	110		337	Mixed-Mobile-Low	ADA, ADM, BOI, CLE, GEM, IDA, LAT, LEW, NEZ, VAL
N7PI		94464	64	1476	1476			SSB-MultiOp-Hi	BAN - ops - KØIP, W7EKG, KO7P, ND7O
KØTO	Tod	21616	77	547	353		194	Mixed-SingleOp-Lo	BNV

2013

	Total		Total	QSO's
Call	Score	Mults	QSO's	Phone	Digital	CW	Category	Counties Activated / Operators
N7PI	273315	133	1986	1917		69	Mixed-MultiOp-High	BAN - ops - KØIP, ND7O, W7EKG, N7IJ, KO7P, K7CF
WW7D	256886	311	498	170		328	Mixed-Mobile-Lo	ADA,ADM,BEN,BNR,CAN,ELM,GEM,IDA,KOO,LAT,NEZ,PAY,WAS
NF7T	135468	213	636	636			Phone-Mobile-Lo	ADA, CAN, ELM, GEM, OWY, PAY

2014 This year was the 100 anniversary of the ARRL .. PARC was the host for LOTS of activity, three stations on the air at once, during the IDQP !!
see this link for more details http://www.pocatelloarc.org/pages/OLDnEWS.htm see, W1AW story,,

	Total	Total	QSO's
Call	Score	Mults	Total	Phone	Digi	CW	QSO-MULT	Category		Counties Activated + Operators

W1AW/7	1,211,070	210	3468	1529	551	1568	5767	ARRL Centennial Station		Located: ADA, BAN, BON, BOU, CAN, KOO, LAT
										Operators (CW): KA7T, K7CF, KØTO, WJ9B, W7ZRC
										Operators (Phone): WB7RBH, K7CF, W7MEM, KØIP, ND7O, KG7E, KO7P, WA7VKE, AC7LI
										Operators (Digital): N7UVH, K7TQ, N7ESU

WW7D/M	715,387	491	802	147		655	1457	Mixed-SingleOp-Mobile		ADA, BAN, BIN, BLA, BNV, BOI, BUT, CAM, CAN, CAS, CLA, ELM, FRE, GEM, GOO, JEF, JER, LIN, MAD, MIN, OWY, PAY, POW, TET, TWI, WAS
K7TM/M	161,414	242	419	171		248	667	Mixed-SingleOp-Mobile		BEN, BNR, BOU, CLE, KOO, LAT, SHO

2015, No PARC participation, only KØIP alone, see way lacking score,, he needs club help !!!!!!!!!!

Call	Total Score	Total Mults	QSO's			QSO - Mult	Category	Counties Activated + Operators
			SSB	CW	DIGI
W7ZRC	22104	72	121	93		307	Mixed-SingleOp-Lo	ADA
N7UVH	22032	54			204	408	DIGI-SingleOp-Lo	KOO
K0IP	20160	63	320			320	SSB-SingleOp-High	BAN

2016

all		Total Score	QSO's			QSO - Score	Category	Counties Activated + Operators
all		Total Score		SSB	CW	QSO - Score	Category	Counties Activated + Operators	DIGI
	N7PI	101280	80	1266			1266	SSB-MultiOp-High	BAN. Ops: KØIP, K7ETE, WB7VKE, ND7O, KO7P
	KA7T	54240	96	117	224		565	Mixed-SingleOp-High	ADA
	KØTO/7	53580	95	360	102		564	Mixed-SingleOp-High	BNV

2017,, no operation from PARC

ll	Total Score	Total Mults	QSO's			QSO - Score	Category	Counties Activated + Operators Idaho Stations operated Low-Power except as noted
ll	Total Score	Total Mults	SSB	CW	DIGI	QSO - Score	Category
KA7T	21844	75	116	186		488	Mixed CW/SSB	ADA
AK7ME	7080	30			118	236	DIG	JEF
NQ7M	6228	36	173			173	SSB	BNV

2018

all	Total Score	Total Mults	QSO's			QSO - Score	Category	Counties Activated + Operators Idaho Stations operated Low-Power except as noted
all	Total Score	Total Mults	SSB	CW	DIGI	QSO - Score	Category
W7ZRC	51104	82	242	190		622	Mixed CW/SSB	ADA
N7PI	32945	55	599			599	SSB/High	BAN
KA7T	20868	47	444			444	SSB	ADA

2019

all	Total Score	Total Mults	QSO's			QSO - Score	Category + Power	Counties Activated + Operators
all	Total Score	Total Mults		SSB	CW	QSO - Score	Category + Power	Counties Activated + Operators	DIGI
	N7PI	194300	145	794	192	81	1340	3 Mode/Multi/High	BAN: Ops - KØIP,KO7P, K7CF, KC3AAA, W7NJM, AA7UN
	AB7HP	27500	50	550			550	SSB/Multi/High	GEM
	KG7CW	10476	54	76	59		194	CW/SSB/High	VAL

Callsign look ups:
Need to find out where someone lives, sending a QSL card ?
* QRZ.com
* HAMQTH

**The University of Arkansas ham lookup

DX SPOTS & more
*DX Sherlock Maps - current band conditions 10 , 6 & 2 meter
          *DX Summit - http://new.dxsummit.fi/#/  SPOTS
          *DX Watch - http://www.dxwatch.com/ SPOTS
          *APRS NETWORK DATA Two meter propagation map
          *Check YOUR Propagation use the Reverse Beacon Network
              this link shows W1AW, to change to your call , just above the list
              see "search spots by callsign" , then to see the map display,,
              on the right top side of the page , click "options" show/hide go down
              just a bit and click show map. Why does this need to be so complex

These ARRL newsletters are update often !
click the link, pick the latest edition at the top of the list

ARRL NEWS General Ham News.  http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter

ARRL Contest Newsletter       http://www.arrl.org/contest-update-issues

ARRL   ARES E-Letter    http://www.arrl.org/ares-el
if your main interest is emergency communications
you should check into PV-ARES web.

ARRL "The Doctors in"      https://www.blubrry.com/arrl_the_doctor_is_in/       The Dr's in Audio podcasts, worth checking out, a new topic is covered
every 2 weeks,  this link takes you to the topic index

Want to find out what's coming in the next few weeks, check here
Link

PARC LOGO GEAR ,
like Hats, T-shirts, Jackets, etc, available from
Old Town Embroidery, call 234-2679

Anderson Power Poles are available from our club treasure

Here's a video link about the Power Pole connectors LINK
you do not need a crimper, several club members will loan theirs
to you or crimp the cables for you at a club meeting

The Club has purchased a quantity of these Anderson Power Pole's. They are available at the meeting for $1.25 a set for the 15, 30 amp varieties & $2.25 for the 45amp units. contact the treasure at the meetings.

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