From w4hz at verizon.net  Tue Nov  4 16:14:07 2014
From: w4hz at verizon.net (Jonathan Payne)
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:14:07 -0500
Subject: [CVCC] FW: NASA watching huge SOLOR Flares
Message-ID: <002b01cff874$45c69250$d153b6f0$@net>

 

 

From: Dow (W4DOW) [mailto:wa4hmx at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 9:55 AM
To: Carroll Cross; George Odom; Michael Miller; Craig Wallen; va.wg.g1co tds.net; w4zyd at bvu.net; Jonathan Payne; Jim; Doug Bankston; w4cawd at gmail.com; Ben; Doug Price; Jim Brooks; Wayne Neese; Don Mutter; David Dunlap; BOBBY RUNNINBEAR
Subject: Fw: NASA watching huge SOLOR Flares

 

 

 

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On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 9:52 AM, Dow Pierce <wa4hmx1961 at gmail.com> wrote:

 


A key NASA instrument that can directly measure the impact of solar events on the Earth's upper atmosphere has weighed in on the huge flare that impacted Earth last week.

The flare was considered one of the largest solar events in years even though its impact on the power grid and communications was minimal due to the angle it hit Earth.

Its direct interaction with the upper atmosphere was measured by NASA's SABER (Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry) instrument orbiting on the TIMED (Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics) satellite.

The upper atmosphere heated up, and huge spikes occurred in infrared emission from nitric oxide and carbon dioxide, said Marty Mlynczak, SABER's associate-principal investigator at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.


Sol 'waking up'

"It's been seven years since we've had a storm like that," he said. "This is the first major storm event since the deep solar minimum of 2008-2009. We are finally seeing the Sun 'wake up' as it proceeds to the next solar maximum."

 Measurement of the surge of infrared radiation from nitric oxide molecules on March 8-10, 2012 <http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/633503main_saber-NOPower-645x440.jpg> A surge of infrared radiation from nitric oxide molecules on March 8-10, 2012, signals the biggest upper-atmospheric
heating event in seven years. Credit: NASA/SABER, TIMED

A solar maximum is a period of increased activity on the Sun, and minimum-to-maximum-to-minimum cycles generally last 11 years each. Solar activity began to pick up in 2010, is steadily increasing and should peak in late 2014. 

As the Sun becomes more active, Mlynczak said, it emits more ultraviolet radiation and produces more solar flares - coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - which are absorbed in the atmosphere. "More heating results, and the atmosphere gets warmer, and the infrared emission increases," he said.

"We don't know yet how these affect weather or climate -- likely there is not any direct effect," he said, "but there may be, over time, influences on ozone that affect climate."

"These results are very timely," said James Russell, SABER's principal investigator at Hampton University in Hampton, Va. "SABER is cataloging the atmospheric response to solar forcing and is providing a solid baseline for examining long-term changes in the climatology of the upper atmosphere." 

"The data set is a vital resource for study of atmospheric trends, for validating atmospheric models of the region, and for evaluating our understanding of solar/atmosphere coupling, he said.


Unique Record

 TIMED satellite, artists' concept <http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/633501main_timed-226x170.jpg> 

Artist's concept of the TIMED spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JHU/APL

MORE LINKS:
? Hampton University SABER
 <http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/factsheets/SABER.html> ? SABER Facts
? TIMED Mission
? TIMED Position

SABER is one of four instruments on the TIMED spacecraft launched in December 2001. TIMED studies the Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere, the least explored and least understood region of our atmosphere.

"SABER has a unique, continuous record of over 3,700 days observation of the climate and energy balance of the Earth's upper and outer atmosphere," Mlynczak said. 

"From this, we are learning with each event how sensitive this region of the Earth's atmosphere is to short- and long-term variability of the Sun," he said. "We have documented the decline of the prior solar cycle, the deep minimum and the 'ground state' of the atmosphere during that time, and are now seeing the uptick."

TIMED was designed to operate for two years but has operated flawlessly for more than 10 years. Another NASA review is planned in 2013 to determine if SABER will continue operating for at least three more years. 

"This is well before the predicted solar maximum," Mlynczak said. There are no other measurements like it, and the entire SABER science team is working hard to make the scientific case to keep the mission operating."

Partners in the SABER mission include Hampton University in Hampton, Va.; Science Systems and Applications, Inc.; GATS Inc.; NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Md.; and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory built SABER.

 

 

 

Michael Finneran
NASA Langley Research Center

 

 

 


From hmmjr at comcast.net  Thu Nov  6 08:15:03 2014
From: hmmjr at comcast.net (H. M. Motley, Jr,)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 13:15:03 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [CVCC] CVCC Dinner Menu
Message-ID: <244733394.23157264.1415279703686.JavaMail.root@comcast.net>

Suggestions for adds to menu:

Appetizers
Shrimp cocktail 10

Entrees
Bourbon and lime pan sauteed salmon 15
Shrimp and crab scampi

Perhaps this is not necessary if we can order anything from the main menu?

Puck

From w4hz at verizon.net  Wed Nov 12 06:50:44 2014
From: w4hz at verizon.net (Jonathan Payne)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:50:44 -0500
Subject: [CVCC] FW: [DDXG-members] Stuff for sale
Message-ID: <001501cffe6e$e6102870$b2307950$@net>

 

 

From: Duke Brown [mailto:w1za at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 6:17 AM
To: Jonathan Payne
Subject: Re: [DDXG-members] Stuff for sale

 

We would like to meet also.  Reviewed the calendar with Pat.  We have photo shows next two Sats and leaving town Tues the 25th.  How about if we aim for Sunday evening the 23rd at Palermo.  

 

Did you send the stuff out to CVCC?  

 

Duke

 

From: Jonathan Payne <mailto:w4hz at verizon.net>  

Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 9:38 PM

To: 'Duke Brown' <mailto:w1za at comcast.net>  

Subject: RE: [DDXG-members] Stuff for sale

 

While I?ve no need for this great stuff, best guess is you?ll sell it before F.F. Look forward to seeing you there, but hopefully before. I doubt Bob & Rosalie will want to join us, but we?d like to meet for dinner soon..

 

From: Duke Brown [mailto:w1za at comcast.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 9:27 PM
To: W4HZ Jonathan
Subject: Fw: [DDXG-members] Stuff for sale

 

Jonathan, please send this out to CVCC members.

 

Thanks

 

 

I have some stuff which I will probably take to Frost Fest but want to show before just in case someone is interested in some, or all, of this.

 

1.  Peavey PVM 480, cardioid electret microphone.  This mic has served me for years and is as good as new.  Very flat response .  Includes a pop wind blast filter screen.  They sell for $139  and I will offer this one for $70.

 

2.  Articulating mic boom.  Clamps onto the desk, or shelf above, and keeps the desk in front of the radio clear.  Works well with the PVM 480 and most other mics.  Offering for $35.

 

3.  Rane MS1 mic preamp.  Very high quality preamp.  Works with dynamic or electret mics.  Includes power supply and cables.  This unit is no longer available from Rane and has been replaced by the MS1s for $200.  Very little difference except the s has the power supply internal.  Offering for $45.

 

 

I will sell the package of all for $140.

 

Duke

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From w4hz at verizon.net  Sat Nov 15 15:08:00 2014
From: w4hz at verizon.net (Jonathan Payne)
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:08:00 -0500
Subject: [CVCC] Sweepstakes
Message-ID: <005901d0010f$dbbba770$9332f650$@net>

Any one going to play in SS this weekend???????

 

Jonathan


From w4hz at verizon.net  Sat Nov 29 15:12:19 2014
From: w4hz at verizon.net (Jonathan Payne)
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:12:19 -0500
Subject: [CVCC] 80 Foot Crank Up/Tilt-Powered Tower with Antennas For Sale
Message-ID: <005301d00c10$c80b05c0$58211140$@net>

W4CSA is selling his 80 foot AlumaTower with power crank up & tilt including
a TH-7, 11 Element 2M & 2m Vertical with Tail Twister rotor. It was erected
several years ago & never used. He also has a Bird 3K Dummy Load.

 

Asking $4000.00 for all. Buyer must remove from property.

 

I've seen this installation & it's VERY nice.

 

Contact Glen Fields/W4GRF at w4grf at comcast.com or call him at 804-326-2863.

 

Jonathan/W4HZ


From togburn at comcast.net  Sat Nov 29 16:25:39 2014
From: togburn at comcast.net (togburn at comcast.net)
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 21:25:39 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [CVCC] Kenwood TS-930 Free
Message-ID: <703312629.14091058.1417296339254.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net>


From w4hz at verizon.net  Sun Nov 30 06:44:47 2014
From: w4hz at verizon.net (Jonathan Payne)
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:44:47 -0500
Subject: [CVCC] FW: Kenwood TS-930 Free
Message-ID: <001901d00c93$0bdf3e10$239dba30$@net>

 

 

From: togburn at comcast.net [mailto:togburn at comcast.net] 
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 11:07 PM
To: w4hz at verizon.net; togburn at comcast.net
Subject: Re: Kenwood TS-930 Free

 

Jonathan, could you forward this to the group. For some reason, I cannot
email the group from this droid without the text being stripped or it being
rejected..

Thanks.


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From: togburn at comcast.net
To: cvcc at mailman.qth.net
Cc: 
Sent: 2014-11-29 16:25:39 GMT
Subject: Kenwood TS-930 Free

OK, b4 you get too excited, it's a non-working unit that might be handy if
you have one and need a part. The PA has at least one bad output transistor.
When I last turned it on, the receiver worked, but that was several years
ago.

If you can use it, please email me. At least the price is right for parts,
or if you are so inclined, a fixer upper.

Tom

N4ZJ


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