[SOC] Fwd: That explains it . . .

[AL7JK John]

 “Ah, Alaska … where you can’t be too drunk or too fat.” — Homer Simpson

LoL !   I'll drink to that. Cheers to all !!!

Today is my birthday, having a couple Miller Lites and working Japan
on 17 mtrs cw with the KX3 elecraft set a 1 watt.
Life is good
AL7JK


On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 3:25 PM William Kennedy via SOC <soc at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> “Ah, Alaska … where you can’t be too drunk or too fat.” — Homer Simpson
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: AL7JK John <al7jk.john at gmail.com <mailto:al7jk.john at gmail.com>>
> Subject: [SOC] That explains it . . .
> Date: August 31, 2018 at 3:58:15 PM CDT
> To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net <mailto:
> soc at mailman.qth.net>>
> Reply-To: Second Class Operators' Club <soc at mailman.qth.net <mailto:
> soc at mailman.qth.net>>
>
> Earlier this week, a number of people in southcentral Alaska
> went nuts. Kept law enforcement and ems busy with people
> hurting themselves doin stupid things. Jumping off buildings,
> bridge overpasses, running out into heavy traffic getting hit
> by cars (some were naked ! ).
>
> Taken from the ARRL propagation report:
> " But Alaska felt the full force of the geomagnetic storm,
> with an A index in Fairbanks (the College A index)
> of 90, a very high number. "
>
> Now I do not have the scientific background to back
> up my theory of bizarre human behavior and geomagnetic
> storms. But ! I can read, use morse code effectively
> at Qrp power levels successfully. Build stuff that works
> from electronic schematics. Consume my share of beer
> and other physical skills.
>
> Anyways they go on to mention: " from an unexpected
> crack, opening in Earth's magnetic field. Solar wind
> spewed forth "
>
> That's all the proof I need. Myself, I stayed indoors
> kept a low profile, even logged a couple cw Qso's
> during this geomagnetic storm. Its safe for folks up
> north now to venture outside. Last night, had a cool
> cw Qso with K7FD in Oregon at 11:30pm on 40 mtrs.
> Things are returning back to normal. Your mileage may
> vary.
>
> This email is submitted for "peer review " by my
> SOC colleagues.
>
> 73
> AL7JK
> http://fpqrp.org/ <http://fpqrp.org/>
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