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'Talking to the World':

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 04:22 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/36253


Kurt Eisenach was about 14 when a friend asked if he wanted to come along
to visit with a ham radio operator. He did. And he was hooked. Sixty years
later, Eisenach is still on the air, as a member of the Northland Amateur
Radio Association. "There are all these dials and lights and meters, and
you're talking all around the world," the International Falls man said. "It
got my interest as soon as I saw it." Club members, licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission, talk with each other and folks far and wide, and
help provide communication services for community events and disaster
response. And they have fun. The group, which includes about 15 members,
meets at least once a week at Hardees in the Falls, to laugh, socialize,
and discuss all things radio. "It's a real diverse group of people, who
have a common interest," said Alan Sullivan of the Falls. "We've got a
schoolteacher, an engineer, a retired R.N. And Kevin (Boneske, The Journal
sports editor) is from Wisconsin." Eisenach regularly talks with a man in
Brazil. He has reached scientists and researchers at the South Pole,
fellow "hams" from Moscow, and personnel on a nuclear submarine. Club
president Marty Cody said he contacted astronauts on the former
Soviet/Russian Mir space station.


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Eleven-Year-Old Honored as State's Youngest Ham Operator:

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 04:22 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/36252


EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP -- While Hunter Gibbs is not a Cape May County
resident, his 11-year-old voice travels far. On Feb. 11, Gibbs was honored
for being one of the youngest amateur radio operators in the state. One of
those presenters was Sen. Jeff Van Drew (D-1st) who presented a state
proclamation and spoke highly of the lad's accomplishments. Vince Jones,
director of public safety for Atlantic County, gave Gibbs a certificate and
announced that Feb. 12 would be Hunter Gibbs Day in that county.


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Propagation Forecast Bulletin #9 de K7RA:

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 10:01 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/36251


Over the seven days of our recent reporting week (February 18-24)
average daily sunspot numbers declined from 56.7 (over the previous
seven days) to 37.9. Average daily solar flux was down from 107.8 to 93.9.
But
geomagnetic indicators were also down (generally a good thing) with
average planetary A index decreasing from 17.7 to 10.1 and average
mid-latitude A index declining from 12.6 to 7.3.