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My station, Yaesu FT-950, Heil GM5, Ameritron AL-80A, Palstar AT1500 tuner.
Power supplies are Alinco DM-330MV and Jetstream JTPS30M. Also have a FT-101E,
Icom 7000. Antennas are dipoles and a vertical. Active on JT65, SSB and other
digital modes. Hope to catch you on the air soon. 73, Rick VE3FMC



STRAYS

N4LG
Rule number two about ham radio purchases: When you bring home that $7,000
amplifier, stop by the jewelry store and purchase a $7,000 diamond ring. Give
her the ring when you walk in, and nothing will ever be said about the
amplifier.


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Great times with Gene talking ham radio in high school many years ago. RIP Gene


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N2TX'S TOWER



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on top for the PacketCluster node. All this on a LM470d crankup on a suburban LI
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PRODUCT REVIEWS

Palstar LA-1K LDMOS Amplifier
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Many options and a lot cheaper than comparable switches Diamond SRH805
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Antennas, Towers and moreFeed Line Coupling With Attic Fan Dipole? Miscdo nets
ever die? ElmersFTDX-5000 CAT Dilemma SatellitesSatPC32 and 2 Icom Radios
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NEWS

Did Two Italian Hams Pick Up Lost Cosmonaut Transmissions in the 1960s?
Have you heard about the secret space programs of the USSR? Lost Cosmonauts in
Space? It is almost a plot out of a science fiction movie. There are hu... How
24 High School Students Spoke with an Astronaut on Board the ISS:
Thanks to a technology that can be traced to the late 19th century, a passionate
advisor, and a committed school district, 24 high school students wer...
Propagation Forecast Bulletin #52 de K7RA:
The recent reporting week, December 21-27, saw counter-intuitive solar numbers,
with solar flux rising but sunspot numbers in decline. This happens fr... Ham
Radio Unites Two Long Lost Friends Cross Boundary in Bangladesh:
Ray earnestly appealed to Biswas to make him talk with his college friend.
Biswas wasted no time and contacted Samsul Huda, who is the working preside...

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DID TWO ITALIAN HAMS PICK UP LOST COSMONAUT TRANSMISSIONS IN THE 1960S?


DID TWO ITALIAN HAMS PICK UP LOST COSMONAUT TRANSMISSIONS IN THE 1960S?

From : ancient-code.com on 2023-12-31


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Have you heard about the secret space programs of the USSR? Lost Cosmonauts in
Space? It is almost a plot out of a science fiction movie. There are hundreds of
books and publications around the world which have talked about the space race
and the numerous incidents that occurred. The Story about 'Lost Cosmonauts'
begins with two Italian Brothers, Giovanni and Achille Judica-Cordiglia who were
amateur radio operators with an incredible passion for picking up transmission
from space: specifically transmission between Russian cosmonauts and Soviet
Ground control. Utilizing a very limited set up, the two Italian brothers
allegedly intercepted signals which were sent by the Sputnik Satellite and even
eavesdrop on Laika, the canine explorer aboard Sputnik II.


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Website :

Did Two Italian Amateur Radio Operators Pick Up Lost Cosmonaut Transmissions in
the 1960s? See the full story here:

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HOW 24 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SPOKE WITH AN ASTRONAUT ON BOARD THE ISS:


HOW 24 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SPOKE WITH AN ASTRONAUT ON BOARD THE ISS:

From : rfglobalnet.com on 2023-12-30


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Thanks to a technology that can be traced to the late 19th century, a passionate
advisor, and a committed school district, 24 high school students were able to
speak to a Danish astronaut aboard the International Space Station 250 miles
above the Earth. Kelly Hess had a problem: her hands were sweaty. What can cause
a veteran teacher and administrator -- she's retiring at the end of the school
year after 31 years in public education in Harborcreek, to, well, weat? After
all, she’s been through so much over the years, including the administrative
headaches and stresses that came with managing the district's 2,200 students
through the nightmare of COVID-19 in 2020/21. "Technology," Hess said. "You
never know what you're going to get when dealing with technology." So, what are
we talking about here? Poor network infrastructure? Keeping students safe
online? The lack of resources? Nope -- it was amateur radio, a technology that’s
been around since the 19th century. More specifically, it was supporting Harbor
Creek High School Assistant Principal Drew Mortensen and the 24 members of
Harbor Creek's Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) as they were about to attempt
to contact the International Space Station (ISS) using nothing more than a ham
radio.


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Website :

Hamming It Up: How 24 High School Students Spoke with an Astronaut on Board the
ISS: See the full story here:

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PROPAGATION FORECAST BULLETIN #52 DE K7RA:


PROPAGATION FORECAST BULLETIN #52 DE K7RA:

From : W1AW Bulletin via the ARRL on 2023-12-29


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The recent reporting week, December 21-27, saw counter-intuitive solar numbers,
with solar flux rising but sunspot numbers in decline. This happens from time to
time. Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 137.4 to 114.4. Only three new
sunspot groups emerged, two on December 22, and one on December 27. On Thursday,
December 28 one more sunspot emerged and the sunspot number increased from 78 to
83. Average daily solar flux rose from 162.7 to 172.6.


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Propagation Forecast Bulletin #52 de K7RA:



ZCZC AP52
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 52 ARLP052
From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA December 29, 2023
To all radio amateurs

SB PROP ARL ARLP052
ARLP052 Propagation de K7RA

The recent reporting week, December 21-27, saw counter-intuitive solar numbers,
with solar flux rising but sunspot numbers in decline. This happens from time to
time.

Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 137.4 to 114.4. Only three new
sunspot groups emerged, two on December 22, and one on December 27. On Thursday,
December 28 one more sunspot emerged and the sunspot number increased from 78 to
83.

Average daily solar flux rose from 162.7 to 172.6.

Predicted solar flux over the next month is 145 on December 29-30, 140 on
December 31 to January 1, 2024, 135 on January 2-4, 150 on January 5-7, 155 on
January 8-11, then 150, 155, 160, 170 and 175 on January 12-16, 180 on January
17-21, then 170, 165, 162, 155 and 145 on January 22-26, then 140 on January
27-30, and 150 on January 31 to February 3.

Predicted planetary A index is 5, 10, 8, 16, and 8 on December 29 through
January 2, 2024, then 5 on January 3-7, then 10, 10 and 8 on January 8-10, then
5 on January 11-25, then 12, 10, 10 and 8 on January 26-29, and 5 on January 30
through February 3.

Weekly Commentary on the Sun, the Magnetosphere, and the Earth's Ionosphere,
December 28, 2023 from F. K. Janda, OK1HH.

"There are active regions on the Sun that may not even be large, but whose
magnetic configuration points to the possibility of solar flares, up to
moderately important ones. CMEs are no exception, but they may not hit the Earth
at all.

"On December 24, three moderate-importance flares were observed. At least one of
them produced a CME. Based on measurements of its velocity, the collision with
Earth was predicted to December 27. However, nothing happened, and despite the
extension of the prediction of the onset of the disturbance by a day, calm
continued on 28 December.

"For many days now there has been such a large active region on the Sun's far
side that it is affecting the vibration of the entire Sun. In addition, it has
been observed by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover camera. While it is primarily
designed to see if there is dust in the air, it can see large sunspots and, most
importantly, the sun's far side is now visible from Mars.

"So we await the return of AR 3514, which will rise in the northeastern solar
disk shortly after the New Year. It will be a significant contributor to the
further rise in solar activity in the days ahead. Furthermore, longer term
forecasts are calling for high solar activity in the second half of January. So
perhaps we will finally see an improvement in shortwave conditions."

Don't forget ARRL Straight Key Night is this weekend, for all of New Years Day
(UTC), so that starts at 4:00 PM Sunday here on the Left Coast where I live.
Operate CW in a casual event using your straight key or semi-automatic bug.

Recent activity: https://bit.ly/3vhqLIE

Sun as revolving field motor: https://bit.ly/41CbEFA

Aurora: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8qwdc5

2023 solar activity:

http://tinyurl.com/55x96tfd https://bit.ly/3RYngj1

Cosmic spectacle: https://bit.ly/41C8kdR

Larger storms: https://bit.ly/3RDl4fB

Tamitha Skov's latest report: https://youtu.be/-xt-qMPQWwE

Send your tips, reports, observations, questions and comments to k7ra@arrl.net.

For more information concerning shortwave radio propagation, see
http://www.arrl.org/propagation and the ARRL Technical Information Service web
page at, http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of
numbers used in this bulletin, see
http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere.

Also, check this article from September, 2002 QST:

https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/0209038.pdf

An archive of past propagation bulletins is at
http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and
tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/.

Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas
locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation.

Sunspot numbers for December 21 through 27, 2023 were 138, 157, 123, 113, 98,
94, and 78, with a mean of 114.4. 10.7 cm flux was 193.6, 186.7, 174.2, 183.4,
166.7, 154.2, and 149.4, with a mean of 172.6. Estimated planetary A indices
were 5, 4, 7, 9, 4, 5, and 4, with a mean of 5.4. Middle latitude A index was 3,
3, 5, 7, 2, 4, and 4, with a mean of 4.
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Source: W1AW Bulletin via the ARRL.

 

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HAM RADIO UNITES TWO LONG LOST FRIENDS CROSS BOUNDARY IN BANGLADESH:


HAM RADIO UNITES TWO LONG LOST FRIENDS CROSS BOUNDARY IN BANGLADESH:

From : millenniumpost.in on 2023-12-29


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Ray earnestly appealed to Biswas to make him talk with his college friend.
Biswas wasted no time and contacted Samsul Huda, who is the working president of
Amateur Radio Society of Bangladesh. On the basis of the information provided
within three and half hours, the Bangladeshi Ham team managed to locate Ahmed
and made them talk over phone.


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Website :

Ham Radio Unites Two Long Lost Friends Cross Boundary in Bangladesh: See the
full story here:

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PROPAGATION

Issued 2023 Dec 31 1505 UTC
Flux: 140 A-Index:4.
K-Index:0
Actv: No space wx storms observed.
Fcst: No space wx storms expected.


NOAA Solar Activity Measurement Current Next 24 hrs Geomagnetic
None
None
Solar Radiation
None
None
Radio Blackouts
None
None


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Hamfest/ARRL EPA Section Convention2024-05-05 2024 EME Conference2024-08-09


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Q: DID YOU GET ANYTHING HAM RADIO RELATED FOR CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAYS?

Responses: 110
Comments: 12

Answers:

1:Yes, my family surprised me
2:Yes, I bought it for myself
3:No, not really, but the git cards and cash will help me out!
4:No, nothing.
5:I don't "do" the gift thing
6:Other

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