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9M2SE Pangkor Island IOTA DXpedition 7-9 Nov 2014:

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 05:25 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33471


I would like to announce about 9M2SE Malaysian Special Expedition Team
Island On The Air (IOTA) AS-072 ACTIVATION and DXPEDITION on 7,8 and 9
November 2014.


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Hams Share Love of Amateur Radio:

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 04:16 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33470


Long before Facebook and Twitter, even before MySpace and Friendster, a
different social media connected people of all ages from around the world.



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Amateur Radio and Storm Spotters:

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 04:16 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33469


While the National Weather Service has the most sophisticated satellite and
radar equipment to track severe storms, trained storm spotters play a
critical role in verifying and relaying this information. Each year, local
National Weather Service (NWS) offices conduct storm spotter training
classes for people interested in not only observing the weather, but
reporting it back to the NWS. Historically, amateur radio operators have
been the base of storm spotters. Also known as ham radio, amateur radio can
be used to relay critical weather information between the NWS and local
communities when traditional forms of communications such as radio, TV, and
phones become inoperable.


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Largest Sunspot In Over 24 Years Accompanied By Numerous Solar Flares:

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 04:15 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/33468


An area of intense and complex magnetic fields known as an active region
rotated into view on October 18, growing into the largest phenomenon of its
kind in more than two decades and producing 10 significant solar flares,
NASA revealed on Friday. Labeled AR 12192, the region was the largest
active region in 24 years and was so big that it could be observed without
a telescope for those looking at the sun with eclipse glasses during the
partial solar eclipse on October 23. Active regions are measured in
micro-hemispheres, with 1 MH equal to approximately 600,000 square miles,
and AR 12192 reached 2,750 MH at its maximum, making it the 33rd largest
active region ever recorded. There have been 32,000 active regions that
have been tracked and measured since 1874, the US space agency noted, and
AR 12192 was the largest since AR 6368 reached 3,080 MH on Nov. 18, 1990.
The five largest active regions ever observed were between 4,000 and over
6,000 MH, all of which took place between 1946 and 1951.