eHam.net News for Friday 9 December 2016
 

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Propagation Forecast Bulletin #50 de K7RA:

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 06:45 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38200


Average daily sunspot number for the past week (December 1 to 7) was
40.9, up 10 points from the previous seven days at the end of
November. Average solar flux changed hardly at all, moving from 82.6 to
82.2. Average daily planetary A index dropped from 13.6 to 4.9, and
average mid-latitude A index from 10.3 to 3.4.



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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2041, December 9 2016:

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 06:47 AM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38199


The following is a QST. The holiday spirit is in the air with two special
radio events. Amateur radio devotes a day to welcoming the disabled -- and
our top story, remembering a promising ham shot to death earlier this month
in Chicago. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2041 comes
your way right now.


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Communicating Through the Amateur Radio Service:

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 04:11 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/38197


During the early years of the last century, the advent of radio technology
spawned activity among amateur enthusiasts. The early applications of
wireless communication provided contact with ships at sea long before their
arrival in port. As the level of activity increased, applications of the
new technology became the object of government regulation so that today we
have a variety of services, including the Amateur Radio service, licensed
through the Federal Communications Commission. Collectively, amateur radio
operators pursue various interests engaging in local contacts through
hand-held radios, or in long-distance communication by signal propagation
around the earth, by links through satellites, or by reflection off the
Moon. Depending on their licensed privileges, they may choose from a
variety of modalities (for example, Morse code, digital, and voice). They
communicate casually as conditions permit or by prior arrangement on an
organized local, regional or national basis. Operators may join organized
services to provide backup communications in emergencies to public agencies
and private entities.