This coming weekend, 20-21 August, is a great opportunity to chat to a lighthouse and work some rare DX. There will be over 350 lighthouses on the air in over 40 countries. Germany has 70 registered, USA 41, Australia 38, Read more…
IARU Newsletter – Over The Horizon Radars….
IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 newsletter says in July, like every month for many years, Over The Horizon Radars were the most numerous transmissions causing interference to our HF amateur radio bands The newsletter says: The front runner was Read more…
Propagation and Space WX….
SFI = 131 A index = 6 K index = 2 SSN = 92 CHANCE OF FLARES: Sunspot AR3078 has developed an unstable delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for strong solar flares. NOAA forecasters say there is a 30% chance Read more…
INTENSIFYING SOLAR ACTIVITY….
INTENSIFYING SOLAR ACTIVITY: Another CME might be heading for Earth following an M1-class solar flare on Aug. 15th (1436 UT). NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the explosion from southern sunspot AR3078: A pulse of X-rays from the flare caused a minor radio blackout over Read more…