The sun is blank again today–the 191st day of 2018 that the sun has been without spots. To find a similar stretch of blank suns, you have to go back to 2009 when the sun was experiencing the deepest solar Read more…
Month: November 2018
[RAC-Bulletin] RAC supports Canadian National Parks on the Air event (CNPOTA): January 1 to December 31, 2019
https://wp.rac.ca/rac-supports-canadian-national-parks-on-the-air-event-cnpota/ Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce its support of the Canadian National Parks on the Air (CNPOTA) event which will be held next year from January 1 to December 31. The CNPOTA Event Committee describes the Read more…
This weekend: The Leonid meteor shower….
Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, source of the annual Leonid meteor shower. NASA cameras have already detected a number of Leonid fireballs over the USA with peak rates expected on Nov. 17th and 18th. The weekend display Read more…
Special Event Station ON100RGA….
On the 18th of November 1918, over 18.000 German soldiers left the province of Limburg in Maaseik (Belgium) via the Pater Sangers bridge over the river Meuse. ON100RGA is a special WW1 station that commemorates this event 100 years ago at the Read more…