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09/21/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
The average daily sunspot numbers dropped this week, from 83.1 to 56, while the average daily solar flux declined from 118.9 to 101.4. Sunspot numbers for September 13-19 were 44, 44, 53, 77, 51, 61 and 62, with a mean of 56.
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07/30/2012 | Noted QST Author Steve Powlishen, K1FO (SK)
Steve Powlishen, K1FO, of Madison, Connecticut, passed away July 28 due to complications from cancer. He was 60. An ARRL Life Member, Powlishen was best known for his antenna designs for weak signal work.
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05/04/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
The average daily sunspot numbers declined 38 points to 106.7 this week, while the average daily solar flux declined nearly 18 points to 116.2. Sunspot numbers for April 26-May 2 were 117, 99, 118, 114, 104, 99 and 96, with a mean of 106.7. The 10.7 cm fl
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09/22/2010 | Amateur Radio Quiz: In the Here and NowThe last quiz took a long look in the rear-view mirror. Let’s turn around to the future and take a look out the windshield with this collection of new ham radio jargon!
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08/20/2010 | Pakistani Amateurs Team Up to Provide Communications, Relief Support for Flood Victims
According to the Pakistan Amateur Radio Society (PARS) -- that country’s IARU Member-Society -- radio amateurs in Pakistan have teamed up with the Islamabad Jeep Club (IJC) and Pakistan Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) to provide relief activities in t
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05/25/2010 | Amateur Community Needed to Assist Japanese Amateur Interplanetary Satellite
An informal network of ham radio experimenters, scientists and CW enthusiasts called FlyVenusCom -- a nonprofit, cross-cultural effort -- has been created to support communication efforts by Japanese scientists with its CubeSat Venus probe, UNITEC-1.
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