SOLAR CYCLE 24
NOAA Confirms Start of Sunspot Cycle 24: news article and images from SpaceWeather.com
NASA predicts 30-50% stronger than cycle 23 and arriving up to a year late: news article
Unusually long solar minimum? NASA article says there's nothing wrong with the sun.
First spotless month in a century: news article
Deep Solar Minimum: NASA article
NOAA predicts mild solar cycle 24: news article
Giant breach discovered in Earth's magnetic field: NASA article
Are sunspots disappearing? NASA article
NASA discovers reason for slow 2008-2009 sunspot start-up: NASA article
Solar Cycle 24 could bring double-peaked maximum: NASA article
Scientists Issue Unprecedented Forecast of Next Sunspot Cycle: news article
The Next Solar Maximum the Smallest in 100 Years? news article

Rovers asked to observe radio quiet zones: news article

DXpedition to Wake Island gets disrupted by government shutdown: Bloomberg article

Antenna made out of a jet of sea water: article | YouTube video

FCC Warns of Impending Wireless Spectrum Shortage: PC World news article

Magnetic North Pole Moving East: National Geographic News article

FCC ends Morse Code requirement: NY Times article

Amateur Radio operators mentioned in article about Hurricane Katrina disaster response

ham radio global overlay mapping

soldering in zero gravity presents challenges: NASA article

new reduced-size antenna design: EE Times Article

As howling storm battered Alaska, ham operators provided vital link

Ham Radio operators were a bright spot during the blackout of 14 AUG 2003: news article

Hams support communications in Arizona wildfires of 2003

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster 01 FEB 2003:
1)   FBI & local police call on hams for communications assistance during shuttle recovery
2)   Texas amateurs aid in shuttle debris recovery

Ham Radio provides backup emergency communications for 09-11-2001 attacks

Set your laptop's clock from your GPS receiver: GPSTime

calling all licensed amateur radio operators: CNN news article

new study shows cell phones can create hazardous RFI on commercial flights: news article

More aurora to come--even after the passing of the solar maximum

Trawling for fishnets: click here for the Internet's largest listing of 26 MHz fishnet buoy transmitters (also called driftnet beacons)

      2 meter standings (144-148 MHz)

longest distance reached: 1122 miles
date: 2006-JUN-10
time: 2243 UTC
gridsquare: EN18
location: MN
station: N�UY
frequency: 144.1
power output: 150 watts into 4 over 4 element stack at 1000 feet A.A.T.
propagation mode: sporadic-E

      6 meter standings (50-54 MHz)

longest non-DX distance reached: 3191 miles (5135 km) (2773 nautical miles)
date: 2001-DEC-28
time: 2003Z
gridsquare: BP51
location: Anchorage, Alaska
station: KL9A
frequency: 50.195 MHz USB
power output: 100 watts into Par Electronics OA-50 loop at 30 feet A.A.T.

longest DX distance reached: 5474.5 miles (8810.4 km) as calculated by WinGrid
date: 2013-MAY-16
time: 2019Z
gridsquare: GF15wc
location: Uruguay
station: CX2CC
frequency: 50.140 MHz USB
power output: 100 watts into Moxon at one wavelength A.A.T.

      10 meter standings (28.0-29.7 MHz)

longest distance reached: 8776 miles (14124 km) (7627 nautical miles)
date: 1999-DEC-12
time: 1827Z
location: Auckland, New Zealand
station: ZL1ANJ
frequency: 28.569.7 MHz USB
power output: 100 watts (IC-706) mobile into Wilson 1000 trunk lip mount

      memorable events and contacts

strong 2m E-skip opening, early July 2004

incredibly short E-skip on 10m & 6m May 26, 2005

30 June 2007 - worked VF�X Belcher Islands, Nunavut Territory Canada, grid square FO�6 on 6m [map]

28 June 2008 - worked CY�X Sable Island, grid square FN93 on 6m [map] [sound file - 60 KB MP3 format]

04 May 2013 - 6m TransEquatorial Propagation with paths over 6,000 miles (10,000 km)

      6m audio recordings made from my home, mobile, portable, or rover station

right click on desired sound file, then click "Save Target As..."

16 June 2007 - NP3CW in Puerto Rico [map], 50.200 MHz USB 121 KB MP3 format 30 June 2007 - 9Y4AT/B in Trinidad [map], 50.015 MHz CW 267 KB MP3 format 30 June 2007 - C6AFP/B in the Bahamas [map], 50.040 MHz CW 108 KB MP3 format 30 June 2007 - J8/W6JKV Saint Vincent Island & the Grenadines [map], 50.110 MHz CW 131 KB MP3 format 08 July 2007 - V36M in grid square EK57 on Caye Caulker Island off the coast of Belize [map], 50.106 MHz 204 KB MP3 format 10 July 2007 - CO8LY in Cuba, 50.095 MHz CW 114 KB MP3 format 10 July 2007 - KL7MR in Alaska, 50.138 MHz 183 KB MP3 format 15 July 2007 - NP4A in grid square FK68, Puerto Rico, 50.114 MHz 65 KB MP3 format 12 August 2007 - VE2YAT/B in grid square FO40, northern Quebec, Canada [map], 50.054.4 MHz CW 101 KB MP3 format 09 June 2008 - WP4AZT in Puerto Rico, grid square FK67, 50.110 MHz 100 KB MP3 format 28 June 2008 - VO2FUN/B in northeastern Canada, grid square FO62, 50.003 MHz 568 KB MP3 format 28 June 2008 - CT1ART/B in Portugal, grid square IM67ah, 50.036 MHz 187 KB MP3 format 28 June 2008 - CT1HZE in Portugal, grid square IM57, 50.116 MHz 90 KB MP3 format 29 June 2008 - TO5E on Saint Barthelemy Island, grid square FK87, 50.103 MHz 150 KB MP3 format 29 June 2008 - V44KAI/B, Saint Kitts & Nevis Islands, grid square FK87, 50.053 MHz 251 KB MP3 format 12 July 2008 - EA8BPX Canary Islands [map], 50.190 MHz 78 KB MP3 format 03 May 2010 - NP2KW St. Croix, US Virgin Islands [map], 50.123 MHz 242 KB MP3 format 03 May 2010 - 9Y4D Trinidad & Tobago [map], 50.118 MHz 241 KB MP3 format 03 May 2010 - NP3XF Puerto Rico [map], 50.110 MHz 245 KB MP3 format 03 July 2010 - XE1GRR/B DL80 Mexico, 50.080 MHz 628 KB MP3 format 05 June 2011 - KP3FT/B FK68qa Puerto Rico [map], 50.064 MHz 355 KB MP3 format 05 June 2011 - PJ4E Island of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles [map] 50.103 MHz 66 KB MP3 format 05 June 2011 - XE1RCS/B EK09 Mexico, 50.020 MHz 301 KB MP3 format 05 June 2011 - FM5WD Martinique [map] 50.170 MHz 165 KB MP3 format 05 June 2011 - W3DOG/B FM28ei 293-mile E-skip signal at 5x9, 50.072 MHz 722 KB MP3 format 18 June 2011 - CS5BALG/B IM67 Portugal, 50.036 MHz 289 KB MP3 format 25 June 2011 - J88ARC/B FK93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [map], 50.009 MHz 277 KB MP3 format 03 July 2011 - PJ6D FK87 Saba Island [map], 50.106 MHz 74 KB MP3 format 07 July 2011 - XE2K/B DM22 Mexico, 50.016 MHz 274 KB MP3 format 17 July 2011 - YW5LR FK61 Los Roques Islands, Venezuela DXpedition, 50.115 MHz 388 KB MP3 format 15 April 2012 - LU2DPW GF05gi Argentina, 50.160 MHz 208 KB MP3 format 28 June 2012 - CU2JT HM77 Azores Islands, 50.084 MHz CW 138 KB MP3 format 28 June 2012 - ON4IQ Belgium, 50.084 MHz CW 112 KB MP3 format 28 June 2012 - F5LQ France, 50.110 MHz CW 199 KB MP3 format 28 June 2012 - M0BKL Great Britain, 50.086 MHz CW 228 KB MP3 format 28 June 2012 - VO1FU/b Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 50.073 MHz 124 KB MP3 format 05 July 2012 - VE2HAY FO80fg, 50.135 MHz 81 KB MP3 format 13 July 2012 - VP9/WA4PGM, 50.120 MHz 101 KB MP3 format 15 July 2012 - N1SV 6m aurora QSO with KC2WLR 16 July 2012 - YS1YS/b EK53ir El Salvador, 50.024 MHz 232 KB MP3 format 16 July 2012 - HI8W/b FK48 50.008 MHz and HI8PLE/7 50.160 MHz 16 July 2012 - HK6F FJ24 Colombia 50.105 MHz 156 KB MP3 format 21 July 2012 - FP/VE3DZ GN17 Saint Miquelon Island, Canada [map], 50.104 MHz CW 172 KB MP3 format 10 May 2013 - LU9EHF FF95 Argentina via TEP 50.130 MHz 111 KB MP3 format 16 May 2013 - LU7YS/b FE49iu Argentina via TEP 50.085 MHz 235 KB MP3 format 19 May 2013 - YS1AG EK53jq El Salvador 50.139 MHz 200 KB MP3 format 31 May 2013 - PV8ADI Brazil 50.100 MHz 91 KB MP3 format 13 July 2013 - K4N six meter grid DXpedition to EL84 92 KB MP3 format 14 July 2013 - WD5COV New Mexico working 5,192 miles on 6m to EA8CQS Canary Islands 204 KB MP3 format 09 Nov 2013 - First 6m F2 band opening since Cycle 23: ARRL Letter and HK6FRC/b FJ37 467 KB MP3 format 11 May 2014 - LU5EGY/B GF05qi Buenos Aires, Argentina, 50.038 MHz 341 KB MP3 format 03 June 2015 - FS/K9EL FK88 Saint Martin Island 160 KB MP3 format 07 July 2015 - YV4AB/b FK60 Venezuela 189 KB MP3 format