QUIET WITH A CHANCE OF FLARES: With only three sunspots on the visible disk of the sun, solar activity is low. NOAA forecasters say there is a slight 5% chance of M-class flares today. The most likely source would be slowly-growing sunspot AR3025 Read more…
Year: 2022
EI90IRTS 90th Birthday Special call….
EI90IRTSThe Irish Radio Transmitters Society was founded in 1932 and this year the society celebrates its 90th birthday. To mark the occasion the society has secured the special call-sign EI90IRTS. Since its initial use the call-sign has attracted multiple pile-ups Read more…
Propagation….
NO CME, NO PROBLEM: A coronal mass ejection (CME) was expected to hit Earth’s magnetic field yesterday, May 28th, but it did not. Either the CME missed or it is still coming, moving more slowly than expected. Despite the lack of a CME, Read more…
Dayton Hamvention Attendance….
Hamvention attendance figure announced. The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) have announced the attendance figure for the 2022 Hamvention, the first event since 2019 The official attendance at Hamvention 2022 was 31367. General Chairman Rick Allnutt, WS8G, said although that was Read more…