‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MARCH 2014 QST PAGE 91 ‰ WAS A K3 TRANSCEIVER, KPA 500 AMPLIFIER AND A FORCE 12 6 METER YAGI SEE FIGURES 1 AND 2. WHAT A PERFECT COMBINATION. I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CW STATION, BUT DID WANDER OVER TO THE SSB STATION DURING AN OFF TIME. AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE SSB CREW WAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO USE THE SPARE RADIO ON 6 METERS. THERE WERE A FEW ENTRIES IN THE LOG. I CALLED CQ AND A WEAK KH6 CALLED AND SAID WE WERE BLASTING IN. EVENTUALLY I FIGURED OUT THAT THE PREAMP WAS NOT IN, AND HE SOON BECAME QUITE STRONG. I WORKED ABOUT 10 MORE IN HAWAII. ONCE AFTER DINNER THE SSB OP MENTIONED THAT 6 WAS OPEN. I WALKED OVER TO THE STATION AND RAN ABOUT 200 JAPANESE, CHINESE, AND KOREAN STATIONS ON SSB, THEN TURNED IT OVER TO K9NW FOR SOME CW. HE RECALLED HE WORKED A PY, BUT WE WERE SO TIRED THAT I CANT EVEN REMEMBER WHAT DAY IT WAS. WEAK CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS IN SOLAR CYCLE 24? DOES IT SEEM TO YOU THE AURORAS AND OVERALL GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FROM CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS HAVE BEEN WEAKER IN SOLAR CYCLE 24 COMPARED TO PAST SOLAR CYCLES? THERE MAY BE SOME SOUND SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR THIS. NAT GOPALSWAMY, OF THE NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER PRESENTED THIS PRESS RELEASE AT THE 2013 ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ