[Hammarlund] Join Sunday HHI 20M Net And 'Be Green'

Sun Mar 18 00:26:07 EST 2007

Please join us on Sunday March 18th for the unabridged

edition of the Halligan's Hallicrafters International 20

meter Net.

This will be a very special Sunday HHI Net, as due to the

confusion over the actual Sidereal time, based on specific

measurements of light emitted by certain fixed stars, nobody

is sure if today is actually tomorrow or possibly yesterday!

Please note the Space Weather information quoted below -

Just to be sure that Saint Patrick's Day was not missed, the

SSFFST, (Sidereal Society For Fixed Star Time), is requesting

that all of us give the solar and planetary eclipses the

benefit of our doubts and participate in the wearing of the

green again on March 18th. May your beer be green and your

Shamrocks Shake as you cabbage down that beef of corn, hit

those out of key high tenor notes as you belch out those

beloved Irish ballads and remember that fabled "pot of Gold"

at the end of the rainbow is NOT an Outhouse pot!

Hey! Even if you did brutally force, cleverly con or straight

out bribe a Leprechaun with Platinum plated Lucky Charms into

taking you across the magical rainbow to his mythical pot of

Gold, remember this is the UK and they will tax the treasure

at 92%+! Now you know why all those British Rock groups hit

the downtown London bricks a running and did not stop until

they got themselves quarantined by American Custom agents in

Beverly Hills!

The pre-Net will commence at 12:45 PM EST/EDT, (1645 UTC).

The HHI Net will start at 1:15 PM EST/EDT, (1715 UTC).

The frequency will be 14.293 MHZ usb +/- for key clicks, mike

splatter and my ancient antenna relay with a petina of green

coating its contacts, chattering away like a pair of wind up

stainless steel headless dentures on Halloween! You can only

fix just so many items using Duct tape!

Here is hoping to hear you tomorrow!

Space Weather News -

SOLAR ECLIPSE: On March 19th around 0230 UT, the Moon will

pass in front of the Sun, producing a partial solar eclipse

visible from Russia, India, China and the northern reaches of

Alaska. In those places the normally-round sun will turn into

a cres

cent and cast strangely-curved shadows on the ground.

Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information, and check

back on March 19th for photos from the eclipse zone.

PLUTO ECLIPSE: Astronomers from Texas to California will be

watching Pluto Sunday morning, March 18th, when the dwarf

planet sweeps across a red, 15th magnitude star in the

constellation Sagittarius. Pluto's atmosphere was discovered

as a result of

such an occultation in 1985. When a star goes behind Pluto,

its light is not extinguished abruptly, as if hidden by a

sharp edge, but rather gradually--a sign that Pluto is

surrounded by a fuzzy layer of gas.

Astronomers now use stellar occultations to monitor Pluto's

atmosphere.

Pluto is receding from the Sun and at some point it may

become so cold that its atmosphere freezes and falls to the

ground. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is rushing to catch

Pluto (ETA: 2015) before that happens. On March 18th, we'll

find out if P

luto's atmosphere is still "up in the air."

Amateur astronomers with large backyard telescopes and CCD

cameras should be able to record the occultation.

Visit http://spaceweather.com for observing tips.

PLUTO ECLIPSE: Astronomers from Texas to California will be

watching Pluto Sunday morning, March 18th, when the dwarf

planet sweeps across a red, 15th magnitude star in the