From frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org  Sun Apr  1 18:18:05 2007
From: frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org (Frank)
Date: Sun Apr  1 17:23:50 2007
Subject: [MIham] Asteroid Flyby
Message-ID: <000701c774ab$b93e5c90$6601a8c0@lab>

Space Weather News for March 30, 2007
http://spaceweather.com

ASTEROID FLYBY:  Asteroid 2006 VV2 is about to fly past Earth. Tonight,
March 30th, the 2 km-wide space rock will streak through the constellation
Leo only 2 million miles away glowing like a 10th magnitude star. Although
the asteroid will not be visible to the unaided eye, it should be an easy
target for backyard telescopes equipped with CCD cameras.  A movie of 2006
VV2 flying past spiral galaxy M81, featured on today's edition of
http://Spaceweather.com, shows what a small telescope can accomplish.  The
Americas are favored for tonight's flyby, especially southern California
where 2006 VV2 will glide almost directly overhead at the moment of closest
approach around 11 pm PDT.

Note:  There is no danger of a collision.  At a distance of 2 million miles,
the asteroid will be almost 9 times farther away than the Moon. The
encounter is interesting because it affords astronomers an opportunity to
study a large near-Earth asteroid at fairly close range.  Many professional
observatories will be taking data, including NASA radars, which will ping
2006 VV2 to refine its orbit and learn more about its shape and composition.
Learn more at http://spaceweather.com .

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          Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

                                                                        --Jo
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       Checkout My Place on the Web @ http://www.qsl.net/n8uvi

From frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org  Sun Apr  1 19:10:41 2007
From: frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org (Frank)
Date: Sun Apr  1 18:15:42 2007
Subject: [MIham] Bizarre Hexagon Spotted on Saturn
Message-ID: <000701c774b2$f8d8ffc0$6601a8c0@lab>

Space Weather News for March 28, 2007
http://spaceweather.com

A HEXAGON ON SATURN: The Cassini spacecraft has photographed a bizarre
geometrical figure encircling Saturn's north pole: a hexagon. NASA
scientists say they've never seen anything like it on any other planet.
Images are posted on http://spaceweather.com.

The formation of the giant hexagon is a mystery you can ponder tonight under
the stars.  After sunset on March 28th, Saturn rises in the east beautifully
close to the Moon.  This makes Saturn easy to find and enjoy. Even a small
telescope will reveal the planet's broad rings and largest moons.  Take a
look!

ASTEROID FLYBY:  Asteroid 2006 VV2 is due to fly past Earth on March 30th
and 31st. The 2 km-wide space rock will streak through the constellation Leo
only 2 million miles away glowing like a 9th-to-10th magnitude star.
Backyard telescopes equipped with CCD cameras should have no trouble filming
the asteroid in flight. Visit http://spaceweather.com for ephemerides and
more information.

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          Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

                                                                        --Jo
hn F. Kennedy--







       Checkout My Place on the Web @ http://www.qsl.net/n8uvi

From frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org  Sun Apr  1 19:28:29 2007
From: frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org (Frank)
Date: Sun Apr  1 18:33:30 2007
Subject: [MIham] Volunteers Needed for ARRL's Grassroots Legislative Action
	Program
Message-ID: <005d01c774b5$75819e40$6601a8c0@lab>

Volunteers Needed

for

ARRL's Grassroots Legislative Action Program



My name is Robert "Scotty" Wright, KB8APS. I've been appointed by the Great
Lakes Director Jim Weaver, K8JE as the Legislative Action Coordinator (LAC)
for the State of Michigan.



The ARRL recently adopted a program called "Grassroots Legislative Action".
The purpose of the program is to organize hams, at the local level and
communicate with their US Congressional Representatives on matters dealing
with Amateur Radio.



Part of my responsibility is to recruit and train volunteers for the post of
Legislative Action Assistants (LAA) within Michigan. Ideally I would like to
have three LAAs, to work as a team, in each of Michigan's fifteen US
Congressional Districts.



The duties of the LAAs are not overly time consuming; much of the work can
be accomplished casually without the rigors of schedules. I break the duties
into four groups:



1. Training and Organization. Training materials and organizational forms
are available as well as training seminars from time to time.



            2. Familiarization. Get to know your representative and staff.



3. Awareness. Get to know the ARRL affiliated clubs and their members in a
given district, either by visits or e-mails, emphasizing the value of a
letter from a constituent. These three items should be done, hopefully,
before a bill comes on the horizon.



4. Action. Once a bill is introduced, a series of sequential action steps
are planned.  These are likely:

?       To ask selected LAA teams to visit the home offices of US
Representatives or Senators who belong to key legislative committees that
will consider the legislation first.

?       To ask all LAA teams to visit the home offices of their US
Representatives of Senators.

?       Finally, to ask all members to write letters to their US
Representative and Senators.



In each of these action steps all background material, information to be
left with the Representative or Senator or his aide and boilerplate letters
will be developed and provided to us by ARRL HQ.



To learn more information or to volunteer, contact me at kb8aps@arrl.net I
will respond with some material for you to browse, followed by a phone call
to get things started. Success of this program could determine the future of
Amateur Radio as we know it today. If you would like to become involved in a
worthwhile project, this could be it.



In the mean time check out the article "The ARRL Legislative Action Program
Needs You" in February's 2007 QST by Great Lakes Director, Jim Weaver, K8JE

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                                                                        --Jo
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       Checkout My Place on the Web @ http://www.qsl.net/n8uvi

From frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org  Thu Apr  5 11:22:24 2007
From: frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org (Frank)
Date: Thu Apr  5 10:27:48 2007
Subject: [MIham] Fw: 2007 Dayton Bus Trip
Message-ID: <009501c77796$36a68170$6601a8c0@lab>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan KB6NU" <kb6nu@w8pgw.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:03 PM
Subject: 2007 Dayton Bus Trip


> Hi, folks--
>
> The 2007 Dayton Hamvention (www.hamvention.org) is less than two
> months away! If you're thinking about going and don't want to drive,
> you and other members of your club can take the ARROW bus from Ann
> Arbor to Dayton on Saturday, May 19. This is the fourth year that we
> are sponsoring this bus trip, and it's a blast. Seats are going fast,
> so if you're thinking of going, you might want to sign up right away.
>
> For all the info go to http://www.w8pgw.org/node/674.
>
> 73!
>
> Dan KB6NU
>


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                                                                        --Jo
hn F. Kennedy--


       Checkout My Place on the Web @ http://www.qsl.net/n8uvi






From jamelar at localnet.com  Sun Apr  8 09:46:42 2007
From: jamelar at localnet.com (Jack Amelar)
Date: Sun Apr  8 09:50:59 2007
Subject: [MIham] Mini-Swap, Saturday, April 14
Message-ID: <MEBBJJAJABDHFFKCCMJEAEEOCEAA.jamelar@localnet.com>

HOPE EVERYONE'S ENJOYING EASTER.

And hope to see many of you next Saturday, April 14 as mini-swaps return to the Grand Rapids
area. There is snow on the ground as I type this, BUT THIS IS MICHIGAN. The forecast is for
the 50s by Saturday.

The Lowell Amateur Radio Club http://www.w8lrc.org/ is pleased to announce the summer 2007
series of Asphalt Adventure mini-hamfests.

First one STARTING SATURDAY, APRIL 14. Setup 9AM, begin 10AM "until it ends", figure
sometime past noon.
Frank, N8UVI, will be operating the club's service monitor in the new club shack. If you
want to see how your radio's performing, bring it. (Thanks Tom KB8VEE for the idea! :) For
those of you in the Muskegon area, the Tool Max store will have a service monitor available
on the same morning.)
An article, with photos, about the mini-swap, has been submitted to the local paper inviting
the public to check us out. Let's not be a dissapointment.

Here's the deal. The monthly LARC meeting will begin at 9, the swap immediately follows at
10. (Visitors always welcome at our meetings) Seller setup can begin at 9.
Location, just outside the new shack, 11435 Fulton St E (Hwy-M21), West end of Lowell,
between Cumberland Dr and Alden Nash Dr. About 11 miles from GR city limits. Same location
as the FLAT RIVER OUTREACH MINISTRIES (F.R.O.M.) THRIFT STORE.
Former location of Cumberland Manor.
Yahoo Map:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=11435+Fulton+St+E&csz=49331&country=us&new=1&name=&qt
y=

What is a mini-swap? It's a small version of a Hamfest. Not nearly the planning or
advertising that goes into a full fledged Hamfest, you don't have a variety of commercial
vendors. But their fun and cheep to operate.

Advantages of a mini-swap at this location, besides being where the LARC Ham shack is
located:
Lots of traffic passing by on Hwy M-21. Signs will be placed to attract spectators.
Co-located with the Thrift Store, which also opens at 10.
Set-up is on a circle drive in front of the building, out of the way of other building
traffic on main driveway, yet easily seen from the main driveway as well as Hwy M-21.
Just outside the windows of the LARC ham shack. If you need electricity, bring your own
cord.

What's the catch? Sure we'd like to raise a couple bucks with this FUNdraiser, but we
certainly don't have grandeurs of cleaning up either.
ADMISSION IS FREE.
Sellers are asked to contribute $10 per setup*. (Please read statement at bottom)
Considering the location, with no admission fee, lots of drive by traffic, potential
shoppers from the Thrift Store, that's really a good deal.
Coffee, pop, and donuts available. Sellers get free coffee.

TALK-IN: 145.27-(94.8Hz) Lowell (naturally) repeater.

Here's the summer 2007 schedule:

April 14, Saturday

May - Likely, SUNDAY, May 13, to avoid conflict with the need for ham radio volunteers for
the River Bank Run on the 12th. Stay tuned! VOLUNTEER at http://www.kcraces.net

June - NO mini-swap, enjoy the IRA's Hamfestival at Hudsonville Fairgrounds, Saturday, June
2. http://www.w8hvg.org/IRAfest2k.htm

July 14, Saturday

August 11, Saturday

September - NO mini-swap, enjoy GRARA's GRAHamfest 2??7 at Kent County Fairgrounds, Lowell,
Saturday, September 8. http://www.grahamfest.org/

October 13, Saturday

*SETUP: We really don't want to get into fine details here. Your open trunk, with or without
your buddies = 1 Setup. Your open trunk next to your buddy's open trunk = 2 setups. Your van
with trailer with a bunch of tables = 1 Setup. You get the idea. No measuring tapes here. If
there's a disagreement on what constitutes a setup, you win. Can't get better than that.
WHAT TO SELL: In respect to the co-located Thrift Store, who's owners have granted us
permission to pursue our mini-swaps (its their property after all), LARC must insist that
items offered for sale stay with the theme of this event.  Radio, electronics, computers and
related items only. General household items sold at the Thrift Store should not be sold at
our swap meet (however, TVs radios stereos computers, anything electronics is OK). If you
have good general household items you no longer need, please consider donating to the Flat
River Outreach Ministries Thrift Store. F.R.O.M. is a 501c3 organization.

Let's have fun, see you there.

More information, contact:
Jack Amelar
E-mail: mailto:jamelar@localnet.com
Phone-Home: (616)897-6885
     -Office/Days: (616)493-8736

From frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org  Sun Apr  8 19:26:01 2007
From: frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org (Frank)
Date: Sun Apr  8 18:31:53 2007
Subject: [MIham] Venus and the Pleiades
Message-ID: <001401c77a35$46aee1b0$6601a8c0@lab>

Space Weather news for April 8, 2007
http://spaceweather.com

VENUS & THE PLEIADES: Venus and the Pleiades are converging for a close
encounter on Wednesday, April 11th.  At closest approach, the planet and the
star cluster will be about 2 degrees apart, tight enough to fit behind your
upturned thumb held at arm's length.  They're an odd couple.  Venus is
extravagantly bright while the Pleiades are faint and delicate, yet together
they make a pretty ensemble suitable for photography, binoculars or simple
naked-eye viewing. Watch the western sky after sunset in the nights ahead to
see them drawing together.

BAFFLING BANDS:  Also featured on today's edition of spaceweather.com are
photos of dark bands in Venus' atmosphere.  These features were first
observed in detail by the Mariner 10 spacecraft in the 1970s and they have
baffled astronomers ever since.  Amateur astronomers with properly-filtered
backyard telescopes can monitor the mysterious bands for themselves, and
indeed this is a good week to do it.

Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information, photos and sky maps.

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          Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

                                                                        --Jo
hn F. Kennedy--







       Checkout My Place on the Web @ http://www.qsl.net/n8uvi

From dfischer at usol.com  Mon Apr  9 16:35:08 2007
From: dfischer at usol.com (Duane Fischer, W8DBF)
Date: Mon Apr  9 15:38:56 2007
Subject: [MIham] Venus and the Pleiades
References: <001401c77a35$46aee1b0$6601a8c0@lab>
Message-ID: <013d01c77ae6$97a777b0$82ea1240@hpdc5100mt>

TNX Frank! I enjoy these posts greatly.


Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer@usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank" <frank@mountcalvarygreenville.org>
To: "MIham" <miham@mailman.qth.net>; "LARC General List" <larc@k8sn.org>; 
"Information List" <Newslist312@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 7:26 PM
Subject: [MIham] Venus and the Pleiades


> Space Weather news for April 8, 2007
> http://spaceweather.com
>
> VENUS & THE PLEIADES: Venus and the Pleiades are converging for a close
> encounter on Wednesday, April 11th.  At closest approach, the planet and 
> the
> star cluster will be about 2 degrees apart, tight enough to fit behind 
> your
> upturned thumb held at arm's length.  They're an odd couple.  Venus is
> extravagantly bright while the Pleiades are faint and delicate, yet 
> together
> they make a pretty ensemble suitable for photography, binoculars or simple
> naked-eye viewing. Watch the western sky after sunset in the nights ahead 
> to
> see them drawing together.
>
> BAFFLING BANDS:  Also featured on today's edition of spaceweather.com are
> photos of dark bands in Venus' atmosphere.  These features were first
> observed in detail by the Mariner 10 spacecraft in the 1970s and they have
> baffled astronomers ever since.  Amateur astronomers with 
> properly-filtered
> backyard telescopes can monitor the mysterious bands for themselves, and
> indeed this is a good week to do it.
>
> Visit http://spaceweather.com for more information, photos and sky maps.
>
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>
>          Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
>
>                                                                        --Jo
> hn F. Kennedy--
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From jamelar at localnet.com  Thu Apr 12 07:09:39 2007
From: jamelar at localnet.com (Jack Amelar)
Date: Thu Apr 12 07:14:15 2007
Subject: [MIham] Newspaper article for the "ham shack" / mini-swap this
	Saturday
Message-ID: <MEBBJJAJABDHFFKCCMJEAEFACEAA.jamelar@localnet.com>


This Saturday, April 14, mini-swaps return to the Grand Rapids area.
Signage is posted at the site along heavilly traveled M-21 inviting the public: "RADIO
ELECTRONICS SWAP MEET SATURDAY 10AM FREE ADMISSION". Come out to look, come out to sell.
Together this can be a great event.

A nice article appears in today's (April 11) Lowell Ledger. They got all the details
correct. I would hope so since I'm the one who made the submission.

A photo of adult and youth members operating in the shack accompanyed the article.

Here is the article as appears in the paper with the minor changes the editor made.

-----------------------------------------

New Location for the ?Ham Shack?

      The Lowell Amateur Radio Club (L.A.R.C.) and the Amateur Radio Group of Youth in
Lowell (A.R.G.Y.L.) have moved their ?ham shack? into a new home located in the former
Cumberland Manor Building ? just down the hall from the new Flat River Outreach Ministries
(F.R.O.M.) Thrift Store, 11535 Fulton St E.
     The new ?shack? will be christened with a swap meet this Saturday.
     The ham shack will provide a hub for volunteer communications for the area. Amateur
radio organizations throughout the world provide communications during emergencies and
community events. Ham communications also use radio repeaters. In Lowell, the repeater
frequency is 145.27 MHz.
     L.A.R.C. and A.R.G.Y.L. members also have fun. With permission of F.R.O.M., beginning
this Saturday, April 14, and about once a month into Fall, L.A.R.C. will host a
?Mini-Hamfest?, an Electronics-Radio flea market, held outside in the circle drive in front
of the building. Selling starts the same time the Thrift Store opens at 10AM and goes until
sometime past noon. Admission is free and open to the public. Sellers are asked for a
nominal contribution. Items offered for sale are limited to the theme of the swap meet:
electronics, radios, computers, and related items. The idea is to complement the Thrift
Store, not compete with it.
     A ?Mini-Hamfest? is a smaller, mostly general area event, unlike a full fledged
?Hamfest? which attracts buyers and sellers including new equipment vendors, from a wider
region.
The ?GRAHamfest? (Grand Rapids Area Hamfest), sponsored by the Grand Rapids Amateur Radio
Association, will be held at the Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 8. The ?Year End Hamfest?,
sponsored by A.R.G.Y.L., will take place at Lowell High School, on Saturday, December 15.
Call 897-6885 for more information.
     L.A.R.C. meetings are on the second Saturday of the month, 9AM during the ?mini-swap?
season. Visitors always welcome. Updates can be found at http://www.w8lrc.org
     A.R.G.Y.L. meetings are on the first Saturday of the month at 9AM. Membership open to
school age youth. More information can be found at http://www.argyl.org

--------------------------

The Lowell Amateur Radio Club http://www.w8lrc.org/ is pleased to announce the summer 2007
series of Asphalt Adventure mini-hamfests.

First one STARTING SATURDAY, APRIL 14. Setup 9AM, begin 10AM "until it ends", figure
sometime past noon.
Frank, N8UVI, will be operating the club's service monitor in the new club shack. If you
want to see how your radio's performing, bring it. (Thanks Tom KB8VEE for the idea! :) For
those of you in the Muskegon area, the Tool Max store will have a service monitor available
on the same morning.)

Here's the deal. The monthly LARC meeting will begin at 9, the swap immediately follows at
10. (Visitors always welcome at our meetings) Seller setup can begin at 9.
Location, just outside the new shack, 11435 Fulton St E (Hwy-M21), West end of Lowell,
between Cumberland Dr and Alden Nash Dr. About 11 miles from GR city limits. Same location
as the FLAT RIVER OUTREACH MINISTRIES (F.R.O.M.) THRIFT STORE.
Former location of Cumberland Manor.
Yahoo Map:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=11435+Fulton+St+E&csz=49331&country=us&new=1&name=&qt
y=

What is a mini-swap? It's a small version of a Hamfest. Not nearly the planning or
advertising that goes into a full fledged Hamfest, you don't have a variety of commercial
vendors. But their fun and cheep to operate.

Advantages of a mini-swap at this location, besides being where the LARC Ham shack is
located:
Lots of traffic passing by on Hwy M-21. Signs will be placed to attract spectators.
Co-located with the Thrift Store, which also opens at 10.
Set-up is on a circle drive in front of the building, out of the way of other building
traffic on main driveway, yet easily seen from the main driveway as well as Hwy M-21.
Just outside the windows of the LARC ham shack. If you need electricity, bring your own
cord.

What's the catch? Sure we'd like to raise a couple bucks with this FUNdraiser, but we
certainly don't have grandeurs of cleaning up either.
ADMISSION IS FREE.
Sellers are asked to contribute $10 per setup*. (Please read statement at bottom)
Considering the location, with no admission fee, lots of drive by traffic, potential
shoppers from the Thrift Store, that's really a good deal.
Coffee, pop, and donuts available. Sellers get free coffee.

TALK-IN: 145.27-(94.8Hz) Lowell (naturally) repeater.

Here's the summer 2007 schedule:

April 14, Saturday

May - Likely, SUNDAY, May 13, to avoid conflict with the need for ham radio volunteers for
the River Bank Run on the 12th. Stay tuned! VOLUNTEER at http://www.kcraces.net

June - NO mini-swap, enjoy the IRA's Hamfestival at Hudsonville Fairgrounds, Saturday, June
2. http://www.w8hvg.org/IRAfest2k.htm

July 14, Saturday

August 11, Saturday

September - NO mini-swap, enjoy GRARA's GRAHamfest 2??7 at Kent County Fairgrounds, Lowell,
Saturday, September 8. http://www.grahamfest.org/

October 13, Saturday

*SETUP: We really don't want to get into fine details here. Your open trunk, with or without
your buddies = 1 Setup. Your open trunk next to your buddy's open trunk = 2 setups. Your van
with trailer with a bunch of tables = 1 Setup. You get the idea. No measuring tapes here. If
there's a disagreement on what constitutes a setup, you win. Can't get better than that.
WHAT TO SELL: In respect to the co-located Thrift Store, who's owners have granted us
permission to pursue our mini-swaps (its their property after all), LARC must insist that
items offered for sale stay with the theme of this event.  Radio, electronics, computers and
related items only. General household items sold at the Thrift Store should not be sold at
our swap meet (however, TVs radios stereos computers, anything electronics is OK). If you
have good general household items you no longer need, please consider donating to the Flat
River Outreach Ministries Thrift Store. F.R.O.M. is a 501c3 organization.

Let's have fun, see you there.

More information, contact:
Jack Amelar
E-mail: mailto:jamelar@localnet.com
Phone-Home: (616)897-6885
     -Office/Days: (616)493-8736
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From frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org  Wed Apr 18 12:12:59 2007
From: frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org (Frank)
Date: Wed Apr 18 11:19:59 2007
Subject: [MIham] Asteroid Flyby
Message-ID: <000e01c781d4$6fc57590$6601a8c0@lab>

Space Weather News for April 17, 2007
http://spaceweather.com

ASTEROID FLYBY:  Newly discovered asteroid 2007 HA is flying past Earth
today about 2.5 million kilometers away. There's no danger of a collision,
but it is an interesting flyby: the asteroid is big (300 meters wide),
bright (13th to 14th magnitude), and an easy target for large backyard
telescopes.  A beautiful movie of 2007 HA streaking among the stars of Virgo
on April 16th is featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com;
tonight the asteroid cuts through the Big Dipper where undoubtedly it will
be photographed by many astronomers.

CRESCENT MOON:  A super-slender crescent Moon emerges from the glare of the
sun this evening, April 17th, and will proceed over the next few nights to
glide by Comet 2P/Encke, the Pleiades star cluster and the planet Venus.
Visit http://spaceweather.com daily for sky maps and observing tips.

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          Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

                                                                        --Jo
hn F. Kennedy--







       Checkout My Place on the Web @ http://www.qsl.net/n8uvi

From frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org  Fri Apr 20 18:29:45 2007
From: frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org (Frank)
Date: Fri Apr 20 17:37:00 2007
Subject: [MIham] 3D Photos of the Sun to be released on April 23rd
Message-ID: <003c01c7839b$6650cf50$6601a8c0@lab>

Space Weather News for April 20, 2007
http://spaceweather.com

3D SUN:  On Monday, April 23rd, NASA will release for the first time
3-dimensional photos of the sun taken by a pair of spacecraft named STEREO.
Magnetic loops, prominences and plumes will practically leap out of your
computer screen.  These images will be displayed on big screens at many
museums and science centers around the USA and posted on the internet. You
can get ready this weekend by buying or building some 3D glasses.  Visit
http://spaceweather.com for instructions--and stay tuned for Monday!

WEEKEND METEORS:  Earth is entering the dusty tail of Comet Thatcher, and
this will cause a mild meteor shower this weekend.  It's called the Lyrid
meteor shower because the bits of incandescent comet dust appear to come
from the constellation Lyra. The best time to look is during the dark hours
before dawn on Sunday, April 22nd, and Monday, April 23rd, when you can
expect to see a shooting star overhead every 5 minutes or so.


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          Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

                                                                        --Jo
hn F. Kennedy--







       Checkout My Place on the Web @ http://www.qsl.net/n8uvi

From frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org  Thu Apr 26 01:40:54 2007
From: frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org (Frank)
Date: Thu Apr 26 00:47:02 2007
Subject: [MIham] Spacecraft to Study Mysterious Night-shining Clouds
Message-ID: <003f01c787c5$76a32960$6601a8c0@lab>

Space Weather News for April 25, 2007
http://spaceweather.com

NIGHT-SHINING CLOUDS:  NASA's AIM spacecraft left Earth Wednesday on a
two-year mission to study mysterious noctilucent (night-shining) clouds.
Hovering at the edge of space, these clouds were first noticed in the 19th
century; they are remarkable for their electric-blue color and sharp, wavy
ripples. In recent years noctilucent clouds have been growing brighter and
spreading. What causes them? Theories range from space dust to global
warming. For the next two years, AIM will scrutinize the clouds from Earth
orbit to learn what they may be telling us about our planet.  Visit
http://spaceweather.com for more information about the AIM mission, pictures
of noctilucent clouds and observing tips.

SOLAR ACTIVITY:  After a month of uninterrupted quiet, solar activity may be
on the rise.  A new sunspot is emerging and it appears to be a big one. The
spot's potential for flares will become clear as the region turns toward
Earth in the days ahead. Check http://spaceweather.com for updates.
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From frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org  Sat Apr 28 21:30:02 2007
From: frank at mountcalvarygreenville.org (Frank)
Date: Sat Apr 28 20:36:30 2007
Subject: [MIham] Dayton Bus trip
Message-ID: <003b01c789fd$e9c547e0$6601a8c0@lab>

I have contacted a Travel Agent to put together a one day bus trip to
the Dayton Hamvention. The bus will leave Grand Rapids very early in the
morning (read that middle of the night) so we will arrive at the Hara
Arena when the gates open, or near to it. At 5:00 pm when the swap
closes the bus will pick us up at the gate for the ride back to Grand
Rapids. The cost will be $68.00 which will have to be paid ASAP, the
first 29 who commit will get the seats, if we don't get enough all money
will be refunded. This DOES NOT include admission to Hamvention or
meals. I haven't made all the fine details as to here in GR we leave or
the exact time, but will work on it.

While I did say payment is ASAP, please let me know your interest  - the
bus company needs a deposit to hold the only bus right away.

I will get back to those interest with payment details as soon as I can.





--
Jack Kunnen, AB8ND
President
Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Association


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