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APRS DMR EmComm HF Public Service Events Spring Splash Travel Website

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June 30, 2018 Knut 0 Comments

So after about a year online I have added a Like Button on each page. They are all starting at

HF or Not? Part 3

November 30, 2017December 1, 2017 Knut 0 Comments

I am spending about an hour on HF most every morning over a cup of coffee. Since the household has

HF or Not? Part 2

October 29, 2017June 8, 2020 Knut 0 Comments

For the last 5-10 years I have had a G5RV on the shelf, still new in the bag. Time to

HF or NOT? Part 1

October 24, 2017October 24, 2017 Knut 0 Comments

For almost a “lifetime” (say 40 years) I have had the urge to get on HF. I have half heartedly

The K7RA Solar Update September 23, 2022
Geomagnetic disturbances were down this week, but so were sunspotnumbers and solar flux.Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 92.7 to 68, and averagedaily solar flux from 141.3 to 134.3.On September 22 the sunspot number was 99, well above (by 31 points)the average for the previous seven days, a promising indication. Wehope it may signal a […]
Amateur Radio Operators Track Hurricane Fiona September 22, 2022
The National Hurricane Center (NHC), the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Hurricane Net, and the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) all have been engaged in tracking Hurricane Fiona.Amateur radio operators have been reporting weather conditions since Monday, September 19, 2022, and have received positive feedback on their assistance. […]
John Portune, W6NBC, and Jim Bailey, W6OEK, Win the August 2022 QST Cover Plaque Award September 20, 2022
The K7RA Solar Update September 16, 2022
Solar activity bounced back this reporting week, September 8-14, when average daily sunspot numbers jumped from 68 to 92.7, and average solar flux from 125.8 to 141.3.Fewer CMEs and flares were evident, with average planetary A index declining from 24.6 to 10.7, and middle latitude numbers from 17.4 to 10.6.New sunspot groups appeared, one on […]
Amateur Radio Helps Disabled Sailboat to Port September 15, 2022
On September 7, 2022, Jeanne (Jan) Socrates, VE0JS/MM / KC2IOV, and her sailboat, the SV Nereida, set sail from Cape Flattery, the northwesternmost point of the contiguous US. She was on her way to visit friends in San Francisco, California, but 2 days of 35 knot winds and storms left her sailboat disabled and her […]