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Propagation Forecast Bulletin #33 de K7RA:

Posted: 12 Aug 2016 08:53 AM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37363


After two days of no sunspots on August 3 and 4, solar activity
resumed with both sunspot number and solar flux rising into the 90s.
Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 10.7 in the last reporting
week to 52 this week (August 4 to 10). Both averages were
suppressed by having a sunspot number of zero on the last day of the
old week and again on the first day of the most recent week.


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Space Camp Kids Talk with Astronaut Aboard the International Space Station:

Posted: 11 Aug 2016 06:58 PM PDT
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) -- Kids who are spending the week at the U.S. Space
and Rocket Center's Space Camp took an interesting call on Thursday
afternoon. Kai Demorist is from Portland, Oregon. This is his third time at
the camp and he is still learning. "You learn a lot of the teamwork you
need to use and quite a few skills," Demorist said. On Thursday, he and his
fellow campers received a call from Dr. Kate Rubins, who is currently
aboard the International Space Station. "It was pretty mind-blowing because
they're 250 miles above us," Demorist said. With the help of the Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station, the campers asked Dr. Rubins some
questions.


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'Hams' Make Contact:

Posted: 11 Aug 2016 06:56 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37361


Each year the national and international ham radio clubs have a special day
for making contact with each other. This year it was June 25. The
Clearwater Valley Amateur Radio Club, based in Clearwater County, also
participated. They went up the mountain to a club member's home in order to
get more successful antenna positions than they can at Orofino City Park.
Special frequencies are used on various types of short wave radios. These
work over the free airwaves and are available to hams (ham radio
operators). The fun and educational idea is to contact as many hams as you
can from your location to any other ham location in the country or world,
and hope to get a response back, with their call letters to put in a record
book. The process uses a 24-hour clock time period. It is also a contest to
see who can contact the most hams. Transmissions and receptions around the
country and overseas is usually much better at night, after the sun goes
down. The radio waves have less resistance from the sun's heat and energy
that can restrict transmissions.


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Ham Radio Operators to Play Key Role:

Posted: 11 Aug 2016 06:56 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37360


A network of Home Amateur Machine (Ham) Radios is going to play a key role
during the Krishna Pushkaralu as an alternative medium of communication for
the officials monitoring the festival for 12 days. As many as 50 ham
operators from various districts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
volunteered to serve the administration with their own equipment. They took
part in a coordination meeting held by authorities here on Tuesday.
Training Coordinator at Academy of Ham Radio, A. Ramesh Babu, who will be
coordinating the network of operators and the radios said that the Ham
Radio network would be live 24x7 during Pushkaralu and operators will be
stationed along with the radio equipment at important ghats, railway
station, and bus stand. "All the fifty operators aged between 16 and 70
will be working in three shifts at the 20 radio stations. They will be
closely moving with the officers monitoring the festival and all live
information of crowd movement and other developments will be shared with
them," he added.


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Foundations of Amateur Radio -- Episode 6:

Posted: 11 Aug 2016 06:59 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37359


Does your portable log look like the dog ate
your homework? This week I look at what you
can do to make it work for you and make a log
that you can take home to show and tell.


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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2024, August 12, 2016:

Posted: 11 Aug 2016 06:59 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37358


The following is a QST. Hams activate the national park just outside the
White House. A steadily growing group of DXers in the UK mark their seventh
year. Denmark's bicycling ham is on the final leg of his journey -- and
amateurs in one Ohio town take it to the streets. All this and more in
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2024 coming your way right now.