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the amateur radio on the international space station team is
coordinating with iss expedition 13 commander pavel vinogradov,
rv3bs, and ariss russias sergei samburov, rv3dr, to troubleshoot the
iss slow scan tv system. the sstv system remains off the air. iss
ham radio project engineer kenneth ransom, n5vho, told arrl that
photos of the sstv configuration downlinked to earth indicated the
need for more extensive troubleshooting that could further delay
permanent sstv activation. incumbent arrl section managers in ohio
and idaho won reelection in the only two contested races of the
current election cycle. ballots were counted and verified august 22
at arrl hq. sitting sms were reelected without opposition in seven
other league sections. in ohio, veteran sm joe phillips, k8qoe,
outpolled challenger mark erbaugh, n8me, 1235 to 747. in idaho, sm
doug rich, w7dvr, topped a field of three candidates with 154 votes
to 118 for john wilson, k0ip, and 83 for past idaho sm don clower,
ka7t. new two year terms begin october 1. Solar flux and sunspot
numbers were up a bit this week, with the average daily sunspot
number rising 25 points to 33R6. Friday, August 11 had a daily
sunspot number of 39. With more sunspots, the higher HF bands have
better propagation than they did nearly two weeks ago when the
sunspot number was zero on four days in a row. David Olsen, W6PSS
pointed out that a 2 megawatt Navy VLF transmitter in Michigan only
radiates 1 watt, and the efficiency is around R00005. He wrote, As
I understand it, the limitation in achieving efficiency is the
coupling factor. As the operating frequency is lowered, theres an
exponential increase in reactances such that it becomes nearly
impossible to couple energy to an antenna. John Kelley, K4WY wrote,
from his wireless pager, space is a big place, to shield the LEO
birds with this technique would require incredible energy levels
over a global spectra of satellites at varying orbits and ephemeris.
I think of the Northern lights as an example of energy and ionized
particles that at its peak can only cover upper/mid latitudes. Our
current and near term future technologies are still wrestling with
IP in space environments, autonomous control, investigating things
like how to maintain a human presence on the moon, so when taken in
that perspective I think we need a reality check. That said, every
so often somebody comes up with the ideas like beaming nuclear power
back to earth and other sci fi ideas. Sunspot numbers were 37, 39,
27, 26, 45, 32 and 29 with a mean of 33R6. 10R7 cm flux was 80R3,
83R9, 84R7, 85R9, 86R4, 85R6, and 86, with a mean of 84R7. Estimated
planetary A indices were 5, 6, 8, 2, 4, 3 and 3 with a mean of 4R4.
Estimated mid latitude A indices were 4, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2 and 2, with a
mean of 2R7‚

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