SFI = 124 A index = 10 K index = 2 SSN = 97 CHANCE OF FLARES: NOAA forecasters say there is a 25% chance of M-class solar flares today. With 8 numbered sunspot groups on the solar disk, a flare could come Read more…
Year: 2022
Propagation and Space Weather….
THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER IS UNDERWAY: Today, Aug. 13th, Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. We won’t see as many Perseids as usual because the meteor shower is competing with Read more…
MFJ To Celebrate 50th Anniversary….
MFJ Enterprises, an amateur radio electronics manufacturer and retailer, will celebrate 50 years in business this October. Martin Jue, K5FLU, founded the company in 1972 after building a CW filter kit that sold for less than $10. Since 1990 the Read more…
Current Status of ISS Ham Radio Stations….
As of August 11, 2022Columbus Module radios: IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS – Configured. Default mode is for cross band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down). Powered OFF for Russian EVA on Aug 17. OFF – Aug 16 about 18:45 UTC. ON – Aug 18 Read more…