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W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least!
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Solar weather
Posted: 06 Jul 2022 05:09 AM PDT
http://w2lj.blogspot.com/2022/07/solar-weather.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Found this photo on the Interweb (my XYL jokingly calls it that). For you newbies who get confused by solar weather index numbers ..... and for some
of us veterans who keep forgetting which way is which:
So take right now, for instance - as of this moment on July 6th 2022, the
SFI is 155 (best), the A index is 4 (best) and the K index is 2 (OK) and
the number of sunspots on the side of the sun facing us is 92. This
indicates pretty good solar weather for those of us in radioland.
We seem to be on the upswing of the current sunspot cycle, so take
advantage of good propagation while you can! It never lasts forever - but
then again, the crummy conditions never last forever, either. They just
seem to.
72 de Larry W2LJQRP - When you care to send the very least!
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NJQRP Skeeter Hunt Bonus for 2022
Posted: 05 Jul 2022 12:10 PM PDT
http://w2lj.blogspot.com/2022/07/njqrp-skeeter-hunt-bonus-for-2022.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
"Show up!"
That's the theme and that's the bonus. Show up, operate and submit a log
and you automatically get 100 Bonus Points.
Each year, it's become more difficult to come up with an Bonus Activity
that's inclusive of both CW and SSB entrants. The "spelling thing" is OK,
but I don't want to get into a rut with that. The very first Bonus Activity
was to homebrew a key - but since we added SSB as a mode, that would not be fair to those entrants.
So this year, it's just "show up". I'll try and come up with something
novel for 2023.
72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!
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