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    10/16/2012 | Get Ready for JOTA This Weekend

    The 55th annual Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) is October 20-21. This 48-hour event runs from 0000 (local time) on Saturday, October 20 (right at midnight Friday) through midnight (local time) on Sunday, October 21.
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    10/09/2012 | Scouts and Scouters Take to the Airwaves for the 55th Jamboree on the Air

    Each year, more than 500,000 Scouts in more than 100 countries take to the airwaves for Jamboree on the Air during the third full weekend in October -- and this year on October 20-21, it will be no different.
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    09/28/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update

    The average daily sunspot numbers rose this week from 56 to 81.3, while the average daily solar flux increased from 101.4 to 129.7.
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    08/08/2012 | Explore the Upper Reaches of the Amateur Radio Spectrum in the ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest

    If you enjoy the technical side of Amateur Radio and being on the cutting edge, you might want to take a look at the microwave bands. The weekends of August 18-19 and September 15-16 give you a perfect chance to explore this portion of the radio spectrum
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    07/06/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update

    Solar activity jumped way up this week, with the average daily sunspot numbers increasing by nearly 92 points to 118.1, while the average daily solar flux rose to 138.5 from 92.8 the week before.
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    12/23/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

    The average daily sunspot numbers this week were about the same as last week, while the average daily solar flux declined a little more than eight points to 128.9. Geomagnetic indicators were quiet. The average daily sunspot numbers of 95.3 for the week i
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    10/21/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

    Our Sun continues to be very active, with most days revealing more sunspots. We saw one new sunspot group on October 9, another on October 10, two more on October 11 and two more on October 12. But that’s not all: There was another on October 13, two more
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    10/14/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

    We are definitely continuing to see robust solar activity. Sunspot numbers for October 6-12 were 99, 88, 61, 71, 87, 113 and 149, with a mean of 95.4. The 10.7 cm flux was 123.9, 122, 118.4, 121, 126.4, 130.1 and 134.1, with a mean of 125.1. The estimated
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