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Aksarben Radio Organization Coming to Homestead:

Posted: 22 Jan 2016 04:28 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/36026


In coordination with the National Park Service Centennial, members of the
Aksarben Ham Radio Organization will be communicating around the nation,
and possibly outside of the United States, at Homestead National Monument
of America on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. They will be
based out of the Education Center. This is part of the National Parks on
the Air program sponsored by the National Association for Amateur Radio.
Radio operators throughout the nation will be communicating with each other
and spreading information about national parks through 2016 and to show
people the capabilities of amateur radio and how it can benefit the general
public.


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Radio Collector Discovers Rare Military Device, Donates it to IN War Museum

Posted: 22 Jan 2016 04:27 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/36025


A College Station electronic collector who has purchased a late Texas A and
M professor's radio ended up with a rare military device that is now on its
way to an Indiana museum to be part of an exhibit dedicated to the sunken
battleship USS Indianapolis. Doug Christensen, an electrical engineer, is a
tinkerer and inventor, as well as a collector of electronics. He likes to
restore old radios, rebuild old guitar amplifiers and operate amateur
radios, which are often called "ham radios." Christensen recently bought
the antique naval radio after he was contacted through Craigslist by the
late professor's son, who said the radio was just gathering dust in a
storage locker. "I didn't have any idea it had any value when I got it," he
said. The radio, a 120-pound ham-style device, turned out to be a model
from the first half of the 20th century that was typically used on naval
battleships, Christensen said. He made the discovery after visiting a
website devoted to radio enthusiasts and hobbyists, where the Indiana War
Memorial Museum had posted a request. The museum has an exhibit dedicated
to the radio room of the USS Indianapolis, a battleship that was delivering
parts of the first atomic bomb to a U.S. air base in Japan when it was
torpedoed in 1945 by the Japanese Navy, killing more than 300 Americans.
The exhibit re-creates the battleship's radio room with a fully operational
setup, according to the museum's website. It was just missing one essential
piece, which Christensen discovered was his radio.


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Propagation Forecast Bulletin #4 de K7RA:

Posted: 22 Jan 2016 07:53 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/36022


Over the past week we saw solar activity decline somewhat. Average
daily sunspot number declined from 55.7 (during the January 7-13
period) to 46 during the recent period, January 14-20. Over the same
periods average daily solar flux declined from 106.5
to 100.7. Average daily planetary A index went from 11.1 to 9, and
average daily mid-latitude A index declined from 8.4 to 5.6.