[ETS/PARC List] 6 meters & sunspot number July 7, 2015

[Don WILSON]

> >W5SJ, Bill Priakos, plans to use his ZF2EZ call from the Cayman
> >Islands during the CQ WW VHF Contest on 6 meters only.  He'll be
> >operating from the QTH of ZF1EJ, Eden, running an IC-756 and Expert
> >Linear 1K-FA with a four element Yagi.  Listen for him also on the HF
> >bands, mostly on CW, between July 16 and 20.  QSL via W5SJ.
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> >On July 1st the World Data Center Sunspot Index and Long Term Solar
> >Observations from the Royal University of Belgium switched over to a
> >new International Sunspot Number system, completing "extensive
> >revisions to the sunspot record".  W3LPL, Frank Donovan, says, "These
> >actions do N O T affect NOAA's Boulder Sunspot Number which is more
> >widely used by most hams than the International Sunspot Number."  You
> >can learn more about the changes from the Solar Influences Data
> >Analysis Center (SIDAC) Website at:
> >http://www.sidc.be/press/01/welcome.html
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