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Ham Radio Convention Held in Oak Hill:

Posted: 15 Feb 2014 04:05 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31739


OAK HILL -- Local ham radio enthusiasts held their annual convention today.
Members of the Oak Hill Plateau Amateur Radio Association met Saturday in
Oak Hill by holding their annual convention. The group is dedicated to
reviving ham radio. The one-widely popular form of communication can
operate without electricity. One group leader says that ham radio is a
great tool to have when natural disasters strike. "Sometimes we use that
ability to help communicate in disastrous situations not only here in the
state but in the country and all over the world," said association
president Robert Kelly.


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'Cannibal' CME Hits Earth: Storm Warning Issued for Space:

Posted: 15 Feb 2014 04:06 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31738


A storm warning has been issued for space, where a "cannibal" coronal mass
ejection grabbed the attention of space-weather watchers. The sun -- at a
peak of activity in the 11-year solar cycle -- hurled a pair of CMEs that
reached Earth early Saturday morning, Pacific time. The ejections, as
NASA's Alex Young says, "are a huge release of solar material, billions of
tons, and magnetic field." Upon reaching Earth, they can wreak havoc with
our power grid -- and, on the bright side, create gorgeous auroras. Three
ejections were forecast for the weekend. The one that hit Earth was
a "cannibal" CME, as SpaceWeather.com put it. "It appears that at least two
of them have combined -- one caught up with the other one and the two
became one," Young, a heliophysicist at Goddard Space Flight Center, said
in an interview Saturday with the L.A. Times.