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Reno ham radio testing 2024

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“D” region Prediction

With a broad range of user groups that range from the aviation community, to satellite programs, to general enthusiasts like pigeon racers and aurora watchers, SWPC’s web page offers each of these user groups a dashboard specific to the data sets and information that affects them.

The electric power grid, and consequently the power to your home and business, can be disrupted by space weather. One of the great discoveries of the 19th century was the realization that a time-varying magnetic field is able to produce an electrical current in a conducting wire. The basic idea is that the time rate of change of the magnetic flux (i.e. lines of magnetic force) passing through a current loop is proportional to the current that

Space Weather Impacts On Climate

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LYRID METEOR ALERT: The first significant meteor shower in months is about to begin. The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks on the night of April 21-22 when Earth passes through a stream of debris from Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1). These meteors are best seen from the northern hemisphere where the radiant is high in the sky before dawn: sky map.

THIS IS THE WORST TIME TO OBSERVE ‘THE DEVIL COMET’: If you get your science news from mainstream media, you might think this weekend is a great time to observe Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, a.k.a. “The Devil Comet.” In fact, the opposite is true. The comet–barely a naked eye object on the best of nights–is almost completely overwhelmed by a combination of evening twilight and full Moonlight.

To illustrate the problem, Mike Olason photographed the comet sinking into the haze near of Tucson, Arizona, on April 20th:

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What is a polar vortex?

Recommended: Amy Butler writes a great Polar Vortex Blog for NOAA. Check it out!

POLAR VORTEX

THE POLAR VORTEX WOBBLED IN DECEMBER: Last month, sky watchers in Europe saw something rare and beautiful. A giant bank of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) escaped the Arctic Circle, and for more than a week they filled skies with rainbow color as far south as Italy. In the Italian comune of Sanfrè (latitude +45N), Pablo Javier Lucero was able to photograph the clouds at all hours of the day:

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lacy network of halos and arcs:

Earth sails the solar system in a ship of its own making: the mhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/themis-researchers-find-standing-waves-at-edge-of-earth-magnetic-bubbleagnetosphere,

So you think you know what a comet is

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Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time.

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NOAA 27 DAY FORECAST

RENO QRP GROUP

JACKS #2

605 N. Wells ave; Reno, Nv

www.w7fst.com

ANNOUCEMENTS

RENO QRP GROUP MEETING 4/16/2024

Location at Jack’s Café #2 at Sixth St. & N Wells

The meetings are held in the back room.

Today there were 16 members present.

Those that attended: Chris AF7MP, Winfred KK7GYO, Bill NN7K, Krystal AJ6GC, Bob KA6NSN, Voz KB7VT, Dave K7DAJ, Joe KM6HJP, Phil AB7WE, Derek W7DLZ, Mike W7MS, Tom KE7AVZ, Craig KE7TAY, Dave KF7EGU, Ray W7TAP, Ed WD7Y.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The next Slow Speed NET is on Thursday April 18, 2024

At 11:00 AM on 7.045 MHZ.

NOTE STARTING TIME IN MAY WILL BE 10:00 AM

The yearly QRPTTF will be on April 20, 2024. You can work at home in back yard or the field H, B, F.

For the rules look up. http://www.zianet.com/qrp/qrpttf/pg.html

My exchange is RST NV Ed/F

This weekend is a special POTA event “Support Your Parks”

Activate from a POTA park (for Example Washoe Lake Park Galena Creek Park) make 10 contacts and you can have a handsome certificate. Woody K1LB, may have more info.

Krystal had information of the next test if interested contact her at krystalr2@yahoo.com .

Bill is wanted to have some weekly lunch meeting for member who want to talk about HAM radio If Interest contact Bill at aa7wb@sbcglobal.net .

Phil has a 10 meter screwdriver antenna at the free table along with other items brought in be other members.

SHOW AND TELL

Winfred had a small hand-held made by TIDRADIO very inexpensive all the members had a good look at it.

The next Reno QRP Group will be held on Tuesday May 21, 2024. In the back Meeting Room at Jacks #2 on Wells and 6^th St. at 11:00 AM

Watch for meeting announcement/reminder to be posted later.

Also check out the clubs WEB page w7fst.com

Ed/WD7Y

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