Local News and Views
2011 PARA Board Meeting minutes are published.
PARA Convention 2012
| During the recent PARA meeting in Baguio, DU3 clubs decided to take on the task of hosting this year's PARA Convention. The actual date in April or May, and the venue, will be announced as soon as plans are finalized. DU2 clubs also volunteered and they will be the hosts for the 2013 Convention. |
PARA Contest Calendar 2012
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The 2012 VHF/UHF Roundup Contest takes place on 14th April. This contest provides a venue for testing propagation, promoting club activity and developing and enhancing fellowship and friendship among amateurs. Please note that there is a significant rule change this year in that the use of QTH locators is now mandatory for the contest exchange, in order that distances can be worked out quite accurately for award purposes. The 2nd Philippine Ham Radio Kids Day will be held on 16th June. Its mission is to introduce young children to the Ham Radio Hobby, encourage older hams to become "Elmers" and to provide a venue for a ham radio family event. The Philippine Environmental HF Contest is scheduled to take place on 18th August and is for amateurs in DU land to contact as many amateurs in the Philippines and all over the world during the contest period whilst promoting environmentally sound facilities in the enjoyment of the hobby. For more information and rules, please click on the appropriate link below. |
Borneo Amateur Radio Club, ex President 9M6DJC visit to QC
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| Chris, 9M6DJC, attended a conference in Quezon City and had a chance to catch up and have coffee with Eddie DU1EV. Chris is the immediate past President of the Borneo Amateur Radio Club which hosted the SEANET Convention in Kota Kinabalu four years ago. He is an electronics engineer who recently retired from Malaysian Airlines. |
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Regular Seminar Schedule Seminars for aspiring amateurs are conducted regularly. Those who are interested in attending please check firstly on the PARA news page for news of upcoming seminars. Please contact the PARA office for more details and confirmation. tel: (02) 668 9125
Local clubs are encouraged to conduct their own seminars to help their members to upgrade as well as introducing new members to the hobby. Assistance will be given to clubs so please contact Dolores at PARA HQ for more details. Please note that the weekly exams at NTC in QC are held every Wednesday. |
The NTC Provincial Examination Schedule for 2012 can be viewed by clicking HERE
| Don't forget about the PARA members Facebook page. It's always full of up to date info about happenings in the Filipino ham world. The PARA Facebook group is a closed group and available only to PARA members. The old PARA Facebook page will disappear at the end of January to give time for members to pay their dues and a new PARA Facebook page, PARA2012, has already been set up. |
Online DU Callbook
| You can show your details online in our callsign listing by sending a scanned copy of your RSL to webmaster. |
DX1UST trainees visit Don Bosco
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DX1UST trainees visited the ham shack of DX1DBT, the Don Bosco College Amateur Radio Club. Also present were 4F1BYN, club trustee DU1GE and DU1VHY. |
FCC Exam at SEANET
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| Eddie DU1EV and Tac DU1ZV recently administered the FCC exam at the SEANET Convention in Brunei. Steve KH0UN passed the Extra exam, while Johnny 9M8DB passed Technician and General. The other members of the VE team were Lee HL1IWD and Kazu JA1RJU. If you wish to take the FCC exam in the Philippines, contact Eddie du1evAThotmail.com. |
International Friendship Exchange and DX Contest 2012 (INFEX)
| The annual INFEX activity will be held on Saturday 18th February 2012 from 8am to 5pm. For more information please download the 2012 Infex Circular, Registration Form , Logsheet and Rules and Procedures by clicking on the name. |
District 1 VHF net
Solar Cycle 24 Update January 2012
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| The latest sunspot number update is shown above. Solar activity has been low and this is reflected in the plot. At least we are still following the prediction and we can hope for higher levels this year. |
ARCP
| The Amateur Radio Consultative Panel has been reformed and NTC have issued a Memorandum Circular detailing the members who now comprise the Panel. You can read this Memo, as well as others pertaining to amateur radio, by clicking HERE. |
To find out
more and to subscribe to the K9YA Telegraph click here.... Inside the February
2012 Issue... AADE L/C Meter IIB By
Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL
A Bicycle Mobile Adventure - X By Scott B. Laughlin, N7NET
Repeat After Me By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS
The Clandestine Experience By Jim Henson, W4UFP
K9YA Field Day Recipe
Ham Quips By Dick Sylvan, W9CBT
Latest FCC Exam
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| Congratulations to Arnold KJ6PQE and Kevin KF5LJP who recently passed the FCC exam given by the ARRL VE team composed of Nicky KH0HR/DU1NA, Francis WW3T/DU3HF, Jim K7WOW, Eddie N9EV/DU1EV and Mike AE6DG/DU1XX. |
The First 3 Filipino hams to get licenses in UAE
| We are encouraging Filipino Hams who
have residence visa status here in UAE to get their permit to
operate ham radio provided that your RSL is not expired. For more info please contact the following ham operators...
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Emergency Preparedness Meeting at Malacañang
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| The Office of the President recently called a meeting regarding emergency preparedness. The meeting was presided over by Secretary Coloma. On hand to represent the amateur community were Mon DU1UGZ, Butch DU1RP, Nards DU1LC and Thelma DU1IVT. |
NTC and Emergency Communications Frequencies
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The NTC
called a meeting of radio operators in relation to disaster
preparedness. PARA was ably represented by Mon DU1UGZ, Butch DU1RP,
Nards DU1LC and Thelma DU1IVT. Upon the motion of the PARA
representatives for the designation of emergency frequencies, the
NTC immediately issued a memorandum designating several frequencies
for use during emergencies among which are: 144.740 MHz and 7.095
MHz. Please see the NTC website for more details and additional
frequencies. The pdf file can
also be downloaded by right clicking
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NTC Amnesty
| The NTC amnesty on unregistered radio transmitting equipment will last until the end of this year. If you have unregistered equipment, you can avail of this amnesty by paying the appropriate fees as shown in the NTC Memo which can be downloaded as a pdf file by right clicking HERE. You still need to have the appropriate licenses to use the equipment as well as permits to possess, etc, and these are charged separately. |
DX1ARM repeaters
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announce that two (2) DX1ARM repeaters in District 1 are now up and
running. Hams from District 1 & 3 can now access the VHF (144.880 -
0.600 pl 88.5) repeater. It covers as far as Lipa City and Tarlac on
Mobile. Fixed stations can do better. No problem on HT in Manila,
Cavite, QC, etc.. So far, this repeater is for local use only as
there is no EchoLink connection yet. The 70cm repeater (434.400 + 5.00 pl 88.5) covers most of Metro Manila and nearby provinces. This machine also has an EchoLink system which is frequently connected to CALNEV,WX2AAA,CNARN,DX2AAA and sometimes the CAVITE Conference. We would like to thank the following clubs abroad for making this possible. For the equipment support that they have provided.. and this they do for DU hams. 1. 144.880 VHF repeater : Special thanks to HARP USA specially to KG6BBQ(Eddie) and K6IRF (Lot) 2. 434.400 UHF repeater : Special thanks to CNARN specially to N6GMS (Glen) and W6EMS (Doc Jun) Finally, thank you to the members and friends of DX1ARM who have also contributed a lot for the installation of the machines and making sure that they run well. 4F1EKP (Leo) Club Trustee DU1DG (Darwin) President DU1FIL (Boyet) DV1JC (Atty. Jocas) Legal Adviser DU1FEY (Simon) Vice President DU1AV (Abet) DU1RWP (Benjie) DU1DPE - Tech Advisor DU1UK - (Ryan)DU1UC - (Enna) DV1MV - (Mike Victa) KH2JH - (Simon ) for providing the 7/8 Heliax used in the 2m rpt DU1CC - (Clifford) for his repeater technical knowledge which he has shared with us, and to all others not mentioned. Salamat! Maybe next time, we can even set up our very first Dstar digital repeater...lets pray! Mike Victa DV1MV/ VK2 (Sydney Australia) |
PARA Board for 2011-2013
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Following the recent elections, both manual at the 2010 PARA Anniversary meeting and the innovative online voting system, the new PARA Board members have been proclaimed. These are :
Ramon J. Anquilan, DU1UGZ The Board Members held a meeting on January 16th 2011 and elected among themselves the new operating officers positions and implemented the set-up which was previously discussed and unanimously approved during the Tacloban Hamvention. The structure of the new Board can be seen HERE. The Board Meeting Minutes can be read by clicking HERE, and the PARA Comelec Resolution HERE. |
PARA Administrative Circulars
| Two PARA Administrative Circulars are
now available.
No.1-2010 describes the
implementation of the new
structure of PARA as discussed and agreed at the annual summer
convention held in Tacloban in 2009.
No.2-2010 describes the Implementation of the decisions of the Board providing for the direct elections of the Officers of PARA. Please click on the Circular number to visit the web page. |
| Do you have an entry on QRZ.com? Please help spread the word by mentioning the PARA website in your entry. |
DX Marathon
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The CQ DX Marathon is a year-long activity, beginning at 0001 UTC January 1 and ending at 2359 UTC December 31. Each year’s event is separate. Any authorized amateur frequency may be used. Contacts through repeaters or satellites are not allowed for credit, nor are contacts with maritime or aeronautical mobile stations. All contacts must be made entirely over amateur radio frequencies—i.e., Echolink-type contacts do not count. Any authorized amateur mode may be used. Three modes will be recognized in the DX Marathon—CW, SSB, and Digital. All modes other than CW and SSB will count as Digital. Submissions with all contacts utilizing a single mode will be recognized. Now that Cycle 24 appears to be on an upswing according to the article above, you have no excuse not to participate in this activity. For more details please click on the link below... |
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My Ham Shack is a place where you get a personal web page for you and your shack. Your friends, family and fellow Amateur Radio Operators will have a place to go to admire your Ham Shack. For example, if your callsign is DU1GM, then your web page address will be http://MyHamShack.com/DU1GM/ You will have a Station Blog so you can write information about you, your ham shack, your experiences, etc. You can build your network of Connections. You will have a place to upload pictures of your ham shack and radio equipment to share with the world. Create and share your own instructional projects. Learn what other hams have done to improve, fix, restore and upgrade equipment in the Projects section. Show others how you put up your own tower. Not signed up? Register today for a free web site for your ham shack. |
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Reiteration by NTC of requirement for |
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Please click HERE to read the correspondence between NTC and PARA Sec. Gen. on the above subject. Included is a reiteration of NTC Memo 9-4-94 |
Current Solar information is shown on the Propagation Page
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As Solar Cycle 24 has now started it pays to keep your eye on various web pages that show solar information. We have collected some of this information and it is displayed on our Propagation Page. |
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Check out some of the bargains to be had on the PARA Ads page. There are more than you can shake a stick at. Just mouse over the description to see the rig of your dreams, then click to go to the Ads page. The rigs shown here were sold recently via the Ads page... |
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| Once upon a time there was a PARA QTC Journal. Now, thanks to Thelma, DU1IVT, who has a dog eared, coffee stained copy of the first edition, you can stroll down memory lane. This first edition was published in March 1991 and there are interesting articles and pictures, full of memories of troubled times as well as some good lessons for the present generation. To peer back to those days please click HERE. There will be more issues published, coming soon.... |
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Looking for a repeater near you? Please check out our Philippines Repeater Map
If you find any errors or omissions, please contact webmaster |
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Propagation bad? Is your antenna down or your rig broken? No problem, there are lots of ways to listen on the bands without having a radio - you just need an internet connection. |
PARA Website
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The para.org.ph domain and server cost extra each year to provide a service to members and non-members alike. If you feel you can contribute to the running costs of the website, please contact the Secretariat. The cost of the domain name is $70 for 2 years. All contributions will be gratefully accepted and you will be mentioned on our donors page. Maraming Salamat po. |
Check out the increasing number of articles submitted by members.
http://www.para.org.ph/membersarticles.htm
© Philippine Amateur Radio Association 2012
