2024 Oct 10 0030 UTC NOAA

Solar activity reached high levels with an X1.8 flare. The event was accompani
ed by Type II and Type IV radio sweeps.The associated Halo CME is Earth directed and model analysis suggests arrival 10 Oct.

Solar activity is expected to be moderate (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) with a chance for isolated X-class (R3-Strong or greater) flares
through 12 Oct.

KI5IKJ

Contests for Oct 12-13

Makrothen RTTY Contest
QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party
Nevada QSO Party
Oceania DX Contest, CW
SKCC Weekend Sprintathon
Scandinavian Activity Contest, SSB
Arizona QSO Party
Pennsylvania QSO Party
South Dakota QSO Party
PODXS 070 Club 160m Great Pumpkin Sprint
Argentina National 7 MHz Contest
UBA ON Contest, CW
Classic Exchange, Phone

SRCH CONTESTCALENDAR.COM FOR DETAILS

W5ORC

Here are some Fla. AUXCOMM freqs you may want to monitor during the Hurricane Milton event. 3.940 3.950 7.197 7.247 7.242

SARNET – Florida’s State Wide Connected Repeater System
NI4CE Repeater System
THESE CAN BE FOUND ON THE POLICE SCANNER APP

KF5NA

On the 9th of October 2024, Roger Harrison VK2ZRH have a presentation titled 'Factors Affecting F-layer Propagation at 50 MHz as Solay Cycle 25 peaks' to the Madison DX Club.

In the video, Roger looks at the current sunspot cycle and the potential for some F2 layer and Trans-Equatorial Propagation (TEP) paths.

The presentation is about 25 minutes in length and is shown below...

Link... See my 50 MHz page for other presentations and posts about some long distance paths on 50 MHz.

We have been enjoying the nice autumn weather in these parts. 70 degree days, dry with very low humidity, endless sunshine, and 40 degree nights. It doesn’t get much better than that. The farmer’s have been taking full advantage as harvest time is well underway with all the fields being gleaned. It’s the most wonderful time of the year in the Heartland.

I’m still exploring the Elecraft K4, discovering its many features, while usually running a whopping five watts up the wire. I worked about a dozen stations that way yesterday. One of those was WB0RLJ who I have worked eight previous times according to my log. In this case, Jim was activating the Chalco Hills State Recreation Area (US-4011), a little southwest of Omaha, Nebraska.

What I didn’t know at the time was that he was activating the park using his handheld Elecraft KH1 transceiver with whip antenna. I discovered that later when I watched his video of that activation. It’s rather interesting hearing/seeing your signal being received on the other end of the lash-up.

Thanks to this video, I also discovered there is an ADIF utility from VE2ZDX that apparently parses a log file to find specific call signs in a YouTube video. At least that’s what it appears to do. I don’t make videos so you will have to work that one out for yourself, but if you look in the expanded “more” section of this video you will see the call sign of everyone Jim worked during this activation with a URL pointer directly to each specific QSO time in the video.

 The following have been notified Please check details before going a long way. Both are on Sunday October 13th.

• Dartmoor Autumn Radio Rally, Yelverton, PL20 6AL. Contact 2e0rph@gmail.com . 
• Hornsea ARC Rally , Driffield, YO25 9FB. See hornseaarc.com .

 So far, just spots by WESSEXSDR (267km) of my 2.5W to a dipole.

UPDATE 1040z: ZR1ADI (9777km) again coming through, but no QSO.

My stand-alone 10m WSPR beacon is already being spotted in South America  by PU5ALE (10191km). I assume this is F2 propagation. 

The photographer inside of me is captivated by images, And if the old adage is true that "A picture is worth 1,000 words:, then these two images are examples of what come to my mind when I think about QRP.

This image from the SOTA Facebook page, in fact it's now their cover page image. Didn't Steven pick a wonderful image? Who doesn't dream of someday taking a minimalistic set up to the top of a mountain and communicating with the world? I know I do, but I'm also wise enough to know my limitations and that I'm no Steve Galchutt WG0AT and the closest I'm ever going to get to this is operating portable from a picnic table somewhere. Still, the thrill is there, even if the panoramic vistas aren't!

 Later, I hope to go on QRP 8m FT8 (2.5W) and 500mW WSPR beaconing on 10m.

Many times, I have said that if I had to give up every radio magazine then SPRAT would be the last one to go. This is still my view. 

SPRAT is published every quarter as a colour A5 magazine. It is packed full mainly of simple construction projects and annual subs are very low. It is entirely run by volunteers with back issues of SPRAT available on a flash stick at a very reasonable sum. Well worth getting.

See https://www.gqrp.com/sprat.htm .

 Solar flux is 220 and the SSN 107 . A=19 and K=2.

 

11am Meet in the “Dungeon” in the Lowndes Emergency Services Annex of the Court House. Go to the 911 office door and press the 911 call button and tell them you are there for the HAM radio club meeting. Once in, go left, downstairs, then to the right at the end of the hall. See Y’all There! 

Was spring free about 30 hours after walking in the hospital door! Surgeon and his awesome team confirmed the knee was bone-on-bone and worn out. Was walking about 2-1/2 hours afterwards, brief walks at first. By late evening I could do double laps circumnavigating the hospital floor. In the morning I got cleared to use… Continue reading No Longer an Inmate (Medically That Is)

Sometimes those moments arise when a new device comes on the market and hardware hackers...

1494 2153 Coast FM via relay. SINPO 34433.
1611 1740 Radio Columbia. SINPO 33433.
1611 2015 Radio Spakenburg. SINPO 44433.
1620 2022 Radio Philadelphia. SINPO 34433.
1629 1717 Radio Twentana. SINPO 34433.
1638 1732 Radio DB. SINPO 44433.
1638 2010 Radio Wilskracht. SINPO 44433. 
1647 1723 Radio Moonbreaker. SINPO 34433.
1665 2038 Radio Delfzijl. SINPO 34433.
1672 1707 Radio Cabberero. SINPO 34433.
3905 1658 Radio Alice. SINPO 44433.
4730 1821 Radio JVG. SINPO 24432.
5880 2001 Radio Rock Revolution. SINPO 44433.
6290 1618 Radio Ronalisa. SINPO 34433.
6325 1812 Radio Boomerang. SINPO 54444.

For our local 2m net, the Net Control Station asks a Question of the Night to stimulate some discussion. Recently, the question was: Do you have any interest in CW. If yes, Do you currently operate CW or do you plan to learn? If you have no interest in CW, what other modes besides voice do you operate on or Continue reading Which Modes Have You Operated?→

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