Author: Ken McCormick

DARC report the broadcast station Télédiffusion d’Algerie has been causing interference to the 21 MHz primary amateur radio band A translation of the DARC post reads: Algerian radio is now broadcasting in the early evening hours at 21450 kHz with Read more…

SFI = 123 A index = 31 K index = 2 SSN = 83 GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: NOAA forecasters say that strong G3-class geomagnetic storms are possible on Aug. 18-19 when a series of CMEs is expected to graze Earth’s magnetic field. During such storms Read more…

For the 3rd day in a row, active sunspot AR3078 is producing strong M-class solar flares. The latest, an M2-category explosion on Aug. 17th (1345 UT), hurled a plume of cool dark plasma into space: A CME will almost certainly emerge from Read more…

Members of the Israel Amateur Radio Club will activate 5 lighthouses and participate in the upcoming InternationalLighthouse/Lightship Weekend (ILLW), August 20-21st. Look for the following lighthouses:Lighthouse Callsign ILLW#———- ——– —–Jaffa 4X01LH IL001Stella Maris 4X02LH IL002Ashdod 4X03LH IL003Acre 4X04LH IL004Tel Aviv Read more…