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06/23/2015 | Geomagnetic Storming Reaches Severe Level

Geomagnetic storming reached the G4 — severe — level at 0513 UTC on June 23.
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06/19/2015 | The K7RA Solar Update

Quiet to unsettled conditions ahead.
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10/03/2014 | The K7RA Solar Update

Active conditions ahead
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05/31/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update

The average daily sunspot numbers sank nearly 50 points this week to 94.3, while the average daily solar flux was down more than 16 points to 117.8. The geomagnetic indices were quite high, due to a solar wind storm.
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03/22/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update

This past week, the average daily sunspot numbers were up 16.2 points to 101.1, while the average daily solar flux remained about the same, rising from 118.5 to 119. An eruption on March 15 caused a coronal mass ejection (CME) that hit Earth on March 17,
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12/02/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

Solar Cycle 24 continues its upturn. We have a new high for the trailing three month daily sunspot number average. Starting with the three month period ending in December 2010 and going through November 2011, they were 30.1, 35.3, 55.7, 72.3, 74.4, 65.9,
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12/08/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: From One End to the Other

At the bottom of the solar cycle during the month of the winter solstice, there are two contests that span the limits of our MF/HF spectrum. The ARRL 160 Meter Contest ran last weekend and conditions were expected to be excellent. The other is the AR
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10/29/2008 | ARRL Files Petition with FCC against Experimental License Using 40 Meter Band

On Monday, October 20, the ARRL filed a Petition for Modification or Cancellation of Experimental Authorization (Petition) with the FCC with respect to WE2XRH. According to the FCC, this experimental license -- issued to Digital Aurora R
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