[SOC] That explains it . . .

[William Kennedy]

Happy Birthday indeed!

Go out and wrestle a bear or trap a beaver. Don’t lay down with the Huskies though.

On Aug 31, 2018, at 7:49 PM, Tom McCulloch <thom2 at att.net> wrote:

Happy Birthday, OM!


Tom wb2qdg

Soc# ...hmmm, I forget


On 8/31/2018 7:54 PM, AL7JK John wrote:
>  “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
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