From bmarx at bellsouth.net Mon Jun 1 07:50:12 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 07:50:12 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Sun unleashes biggest flare since 2017. Is our star waking up? References: <8ecca414-3d1b-70f5-972c-68a1b325fc90.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <8ecca414-3d1b-70f5-972c-68a1b325fc90@bellsouth.net> On Friday morning (May 29), our star fired off its strongest flare since October 2017, an eruption spotted by NASA's sun-watching _Solar Dynamics Observatory_ (SDO). _ __Interesting Article : _https://www.livescience.com/sun-unleashes-biggest-solar-flare-since-2017.html?utm_source=Selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9160&utm_content=LVS_newsletter+&utm_term=4311829&m_i=NcWDQC3CY1QJBYeQBMTXFGXF1Js%2Blv3xO1I2K0QKw6OJnlmsMPkx19WZVP_yoW3h6wg9Auo37UYJHuVB3ReSapW0Tv0HWTFaDhAQrdANNX From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Jun 5 21:59:35 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 21:59:35 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The latest version of TQSL (version 2.5.4) Is Ready... References: Message-ID: Download and Install TQSL 2.5.4 The latest version of TQSL (version 2.5.4) can be downloaded here. Release Notes for TQSL?v2.5.4 TQSL is available for MS?Windows (PC), Mac OS (Apple) and Linux operating systems. You do not have uninstall older versions of TQSL. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Jun 6 07:55:21 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 07:55:21 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] [SFDXA] The latest version of TQSL (version 2.5.4) Is Ready... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0f0181da-e362-2032-c8fc-c147fd0c6f87@bellsouth.net> Correct, and there was some conversations about what is the latest due to the virus. So from the ARRL Website I copied the announcement for "the latest release"... Bill W2CQ TQSL 2.5.4 was released May 15. 73, John W6BXQ John Sanders > > ?? Download and Install TQSL 2.5.4 > > The latest version of TQSL (version 2.5.4) can be downloaded here. > Release Notes for TQSL??v2.5.4 > > > TQSL is available for MS??Windows (PC), Mac OS (Apple) and Linux > operating systems. > > You do not have uninstall older versions of TQSL. From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Jun 6 08:06:11 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 08:06:11 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Credit Card Chip Used To Make a Crystal Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <54c31514-bc6e-dbe6-70de-b46383e6cbc5@bellsouth.net> /In home on quarantine with nothing to do?/ /Bill W2CQ / Credit Card Chip Used To Make Crystal Radio https://hackaday.com/2020/06/01/credit-card-chip-used-to-make-crystal-radio/ From bmarx at bellsouth.net Sat Jun 6 08:31:24 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 08:31:24 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] COVID-19 RADIO COMMUNICATION EVENT STARTS TODAY! References: Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE.05.2020, HELSINKI, FINLAND LAST MINUTE BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FOLKS OF STAYHOME MOVEMENT STAYHOME RADIO EVENT STARTS ON SATURDAY AT 10:00 UTC ON CW, SSB and FT8 https://www.qrz.com/db/oh2stayhome From bmarx at bellsouth.net Wed Jun 17 08:23:40 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 08:23:40 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] DXmaps.com/ References: <849de585-f622-f8df-658e-f50670d24f00.ref@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: <849de585-f622-f8df-658e-f50670d24f00@bellsouth.net> I've sent this before but forgot about it for some time. It's Amazing how helpful it is on 50 and 28 for band openings and paths. 144 and 70 too. Select by mode, or continent, band, MUF. And after logging in, the callsigns are shown on the path.. Bill W2CQ DXmaps.com From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Jun 26 08:10:33 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 08:10:33 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] Video Explains the Mission and Purpose of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) - ARRL References: Message-ID: Video Explains the Mission and Purpose of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) 06/24/2020 The *video* ?What is IARU?? is now available on the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 website. ?This video explains the mission and roles of IARU to represent, develop, and defend frequencies for amateur radio around the world,? IARU Region 2 explains. ?It also describes the regional organizations and the critical roles of its more than 160 member-societies.? The English-language presentation was developed by the IARU Administrative Committee and approved at its meeting last October in Lima, Peru. The short video, available in English and Spanish, was produced by IARU Region 2 Director Carlos Beviglia, LU1BCE, and Fernando Gomez Rojas, LU1ARG. The videos are available in MP4 format. IARU Region 2 encourages member-societies and radio clubs to use the videos to explain the role and mission of IARU to amateurs, regulators, and others. http://www.arrl.org/news/video-explains-the-mission-and-purpose-of-the-international-amateur-radio-union-iaru From bmarx at bellsouth.net Fri Jun 26 15:05:44 2020 From: bmarx at bellsouth.net (Bill) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 15:05:44 -0400 Subject: [QCWA Everglades Chapter #69] The K7RA Solar Update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5875f5f9-b5f9-e7db-ba7d-7a3fc13bc9c6@bellsouth.net> The K7RA Solar Update 06/26/2020 No sunspots were observed since June 15, when the daily sunspot number was 11. This does not mean there were 11 sunspots seen, but instead it means that one sunspot group was observed containing one sunspot. The sunspot number is derived by assigning 10 points for each sunspot group, and one point for each sunspot. So, 11 is the minimum non-zero sunspot number. On June 8, the daily sunspot number was 17, indicating 7 sunspots in one group. If those seven sunspots had been in two groups, the sunspot number would be reported as 27. Last week?s bulletin ARLP025 reported average daily sunspot number of 7.9, and of course with no sunspots, this week that number dropped to zero. Average daily solar flux declined from 70 to 67.7. The sun has gone quiet again, as Spaceweather.com reported this week. Geomagnetic indicators are still quiet, but the average planetary A index rose from 3.9 to 4.6 and the average middle latitude A index rose from 4.9 to 5.6. These values are insignificant. Predicted solar flux for the next 45 days is 69 on June 26 through July 3, 70 on July 4-12, 68 on July 13-25, 70 on July 26 through August 8 and 68 on August 9. Predicted planetary A index is 5 on June 26, 8 on June 27, 5 on June 28 through July 3, then 8, 5, 8 and 8 on July 4-7, 5 on July 8-30, then 8, 5, 8 and 8 again on July 31 through August 3, and 5 on August 4-9. Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period June 26 until July 22, 2020 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH. Geomagnetic field will be quiet on: June 28, 30, July 1, (2,) 3, (6,) 9-11, 14-15, 18-20, 22 quiet to unsettled on: June 27, 29, July 4, 8, 12-13, 17, 21 quiet to active on: (June 26, July 5, 7, 16) unsettled to active: nothing predicted active to disturbed: nothing predicted Solar wind will intensify on: June 26-27, (28-30,) July (4,) 5-8, (9-10, 16-18, 22) Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement. The predictability of changes remains lower as there are very few indications. A new video from Dr Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW: https://youtu.be/0bs3cHgBrVw Phys.org has an article on inner workings of our Sun: https://phys.org/news/2020-06-motions-sun-reveal-sunspot.html Here is a highly technical article on sunspots from Astronomy and Astrophysics: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/forth/aa37739-20.pdf This weekend is ARRL Field Day, the most popular annual operating event. The 2020 Field Day has a rule waiver for this year allowing Class D stations operating from home and on commercial power to work each other. In the past they could only work all the other classes of stations. Some operators don?t realize that Field Day has only minimal logging requirements, just submit a list or dupe sheet for each band/mode showing the calls of the stations worked, and a summary sheet. There is no requirement to log the time of each contact, or even record the section or any report from stations you work. See the rules at: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2020/1_61-2020%20Rules.pdf For more information concerning radio propagation, see http://www.arrl.org/propagation and the ARRL Technical Information Service at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals. For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere. An archive of past propagation bulletins is at http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation. More good information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/. Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation. Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins. Sunspot numbers for June 18 through 24, 2020 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 67.9, 68.8, 67.8, 67.6, 67.6, 67.1, and 66.9, with a mean of 67.7. Estimated planetary A indices were 4, 5, 6, 4, 4, 4, and 5, with a mean of 4.6. Middle latitude A index was 5, 7, 7, 4, 3, 6, and 7, with a mean of 5.6.