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Solar Wind 0050 30 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 29th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
Solar Wind: 584 km/s @ 1.0 protons/cm3 Bz: -0.5 nT at 2010 Jul 30 0043Z -
Global Conditions 0050 30 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 29th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
Global HF Propagation Conditions for 2300Z on 29 Jul, 2010 High Latitude: Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal -
Solar Report 0050 30 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 29th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
Solar Flux: 85 | Ap: 9 | Kp 2 (13 nT) at 0000 30 Jul -
Observed Space Weather 0050 30 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 29th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. -
Forecast Space Weather 0050 30 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 29th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -
Flares 0050 30 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 29th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
6h hi B7.5(1827Z 07/29) 24h hi B7.5(1827Z 07/29) -
Sunspots 0050 30 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 29th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT
SSN: 31 (07/28/2010)
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LCARS
Fetched: July 29th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/Virginia
The Lake Country Amateur Radio Service consists of interested amateur radio (Ham Radio) operators from the Virginia and North Carolina counties that surround Kerr Lake and Lake Gaston. Our members have a variety of interests and backgrounds, bringing rich and varied experiences to the club membership.
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Linkradio.it
Fetched: July 29th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Ham Radio/Regional/I Italy
Site for radioamatori, Listen to repeaters RU7 RU19 via Internet, Download manuals YAESU ICOM KENWOOD ALINCO, Mercatino elettronica, Events calendar and Ham Fests
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SP8KAF - SO8N Klub Lacznosci i Informatyki LOK
Fetched: July 29th, 2010, 8:54pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
ARRL Amateur Radio News
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The Bands “Heat Up” for the 2010 ARRL UHF Contest
Posted: July 28th, 2010, 1:34pm EDT
VHF/UHF weak-signal operators across North America are making the final tests on their stations in preparation for the ARRL UHF Contest, coming up the weekend of August 7-8. Most VHF+ weak-signal operation takes place on the two lowest bands of the VHF spectrum -- 6 and 2 meters; however, there is a lot of activity that takes place above 144 MHz in the UHF portion of the radio spectrum and beyo...
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Government Agencies Introduce User-Friendly Federal Register
Posted: July 28th, 2010, 9:13am EDT
While the Federal Register may be the ultimate record of the business of the USA’s Executive Branch, it can be a difficult document to navigate. The Register publishes approximately 80,000 pages of documents each year in the form of Notices, Proposed Rules, Rules and Official Documents; this is where all new and amended rules to Part 97, the Amateur Radio Service, must be published before they ...
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Flares 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
6h hi (none) 24h hi C2.2(0412Z 07/27) -
Sunspots 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
SSN: 15 (07/27/2010) -
Solar Wind 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
Solar Wind: 653 km/s @ 2.0 protons/cm3 Bz: 0.9 nT at 2010 Jul 28 1028Z -
Global Conditions 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
Global HF Propagation Conditions for 1000Z on 28 Jul, 2010 High Latitude: Fair-Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal -
Warning (1650) 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
Warning (1650): Geomagnetic K-index of 4 expected From: 2010 Jul 27 0340 UTC To: 2010 Jul 28 0000 UTC Condition: Persistence. Extends Warning #1649. -
Warning (1651) 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
Warning (1651): Geomagnetic K-index of 4 expected From: 2010 Jul 27 0340 UTC To: 2010 Jul 28 1600 UTC Condition: Persistence. Extends Warning #1650. -
Warning (666) 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
Warning (666): Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected From: 2010 Jul 28 0140 UTC To: 2010 Jul 28 0600 UTC Condition: Onset -
Alert (643) 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
Alert (643): Geomagnetic K-index of 5 Period: 0000-0300 UTC Threshold Reached on 2010 Jul 28 0141 UTC -
Solar Report 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
Solar Flux: 83 | Ap: 18 | Kp 3 (22 nT) at 0900 28 Jul -
Observed Space Weather 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. -
Forecast Space Weather 1035 28 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.
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UHF Antenna projects
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT by The DXZone.com
Amateur radio antennas projects for 430-440 Mhz, 70 cm band aerials. Quadrifilar, Yagi, Moxon antennas for the UHF band.
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160 80 40 Meter Vertical Array
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Antennas/Array
A 6-element vertical array which is designed for 40 and 80 meter operation, and receive-only operation on 160 meters by W8WWV
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Vertical phased Array
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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G3WZT Phased Verticals
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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Phased Array Adjustment
Fetched: July 28th, 2010, 6:37am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Antennas/Array
KM5KG article presents a lumped-parameter tee-network model of the coupling between radiating elements in a phased array in order to provide a physical and intuitive understanding of phased array operation and adjustment interactions
ARRL Amateur Radio News
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FCC Launches Consumer Help Center
Posted: July 27th, 2010, 12:32pm EDT
Beginning July 28, those who have dealings with the FCC will have a new tool that the FCC claims will put them “within one click of all the information they want” from the Commission: a new “easy-to-use” Consumer Help Center.
“Our new Consumer Help Center makes it easy for consumers to learn about our work and take action,” said FCC Chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Joel Guri...
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Coming Soon: More ARRL 2010 Field Day Pins
Posted: July 27th, 2010, 11:52am EDT
After a higher than expected run on pins for Field Day this year, the ARRL has ordered more and expects them to arrive next month. “The pins were in stock until just before Field Day, but due to some exceptionally high interest, we were unable to fulfill a few final orders,” said ARRL Product Marketing Specialist Jackie Ferreira, KB1PWB. “We have ordered more pins, as many hams enjoy collecting...
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Solar Wind 0840 27 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT
Solar Wind: 556 km/s @ 4.0 protons/cm3 Bz: -2.6 nT at 2010 Jul 27 0838Z -
Global Conditions 0840 27 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT
Global HF Propagation Conditions for 0800Z on 27 Jul, 2010 High Latitude: Fair Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal -
Warning (1649) 0840 27 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT
Warning (1649): Geomagnetic K-index of 4 expected From: 2010 Jul 27 0340 UTC To: 2010 Jul 27 1600 UTC Condition: Onset -
Alert (1469) 0840 27 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT
Alert (1469): Geomagnetic K-index of 4 Period: 0600-0900 UTC Threshold Reached on 2010 Jul 27 0739 UTC -
Solar Report 0840 27 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT
Solar Flux: 84 | Ap: 5 | Kp 3 (39 nT) at 0600 27 Jul -
Observed Space Weather 0840 27 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. -
Forecast Space Weather 0840 27 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -
Flares 0840 27 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT
6h hi C2.2(0412Z 07/27) 24h hi C2.2(0412Z 07/27) -
Sunspots 0840 27 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT
SSN: 39 (07/26/2010)
The DXZone.com
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Vertical antenna for 40 and 80m
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Antennas/Vertical
Homebrew a vertical antenna for 40 and 80 meters band based on popular HF2V model by DL7JV
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A Simple But Effective Low-Band Base Antenna
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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DL7JV 10 meter beacon list
Fetched: July 27th, 2010, 4:44am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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Solar Report 1835 26 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT
Solar Flux: 85 | Ap: 7 | Kp 0 (3 nT) at 1800 26 Jul -
Observed Space Weather 1835 26 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. -
Forecast Space Weather 1835 26 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -
Flares 1835 26 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT
6h hi B3.8(0411Z 07/26) 24h hi B3.8(0411Z 07/26) -
Sunspots 1835 26 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT
SSN: 39 (07/25/2010) -
Solar Wind 1835 26 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT
Solar Wind: 427 km/s @ 3.0 protons/cm3 Bz: -1.4 nT at 2010 Jul 26 1828Z -
Global Conditions 1835 26 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT
Global HF Propagation Conditions for 1800Z on 26 Jul, 2010 High Latitude: Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal
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Improved PL Tone encoder
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Technical Reference/Homebrew
N1HFX project to improve PL tone encoder providing a more stable frequency
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A Potpourri of Audio Amplifiers
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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7 Element Quad for 50 MHz
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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G4UCJ 6 meter report and recordings
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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Digital Modes used in Ham Radio
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Operating Modes/DSP
Article with waterfall pictures and samples of several digital modes like psk31, sstv packet pactor hellschreiber domino thor jt65 and more
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Softrock SDR and Six Meters
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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Helical Antenna for WiFi
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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Clean RF Systems
Fetched: July 26th, 2010, 2:39pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
ARRL Amateur Radio News
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The Amateur Amateur Fills-In
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 1:40pm EDT
By Gary Hoffman, KB0H
ARRL Contributing EditorMy efforts to set up an APRS station (Automatic Packet Reporting System) had come to a standstill. I had installed a program called UI-View32. It was pretty slick, with volumes of data in its Help file, but there were still plenty of parts of it that I didn’t understand. It was time to find an Elmer.
I won’t go into the serendipitous events that led m...
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John Robert Stratton, KE5ISX, Appointed West Gulf Division Vice Director
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 10:42am EDT
After review of eligibility by the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee, President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has appointed John Robert Stratton, KE5ISX, of Austin Texas, to serve as Vice Director of the ARRL’s West Gulf Division for the remainder of the current term that expires January 1, 2011. Stratton, an attorney, fills the vacancy created when John Thomason, WB5SYT, resigned the position earlier t...
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Ubuntu Linux for Hams
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 10:14am EDT
This free operating system provides your PC with all of the usual features, including lots of ham radio applications.
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ARDF Update: Radio Foxhunters Find Their Champions in Ohio
Posted: July 24th, 2010, 9:12am EDT
By Joe Moell, K0OV, Contributing Editor
ARRL Amateur Radio Direction Finding Coordinator
k0ov@homingin.comNo shack potatoes here! These radio-orienteering enthusiasts took to the beautiful woods of the Buckeye State in pursuit of transmitters and medals.
They came from 15 states and four foreign countries. In their suitcases were radio sets, antennas, sun block and running shoes, but they left som...
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ARRL Argues that Oklahoma Town’s RFI Ordinance is “Null and Void”
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 2:22pm EDT
Saying that only the Federal Communications Commission is empowered to regulate radio frequency interference (RFI), the ARRL has notified Midwest City, Oklahoma, that its local ordinance 27-3(9), seeking to regulate radio transmissions and RFI, is “null and void.” Midwest City is in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.
Midwest City’s Ordinance 27-3(9) reads: “In addition to other public nuisance...
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Solar Report 1555 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 11:58am EDT
Solar Flux: 88 | Ap: 5 | Kp 1 (9 nT) at 1500 23 Jul -
Observed Space Weather 1555 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 11:58am EDT
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. -
Forecast Space Weather 1555 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 11:58am EDT
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -
Flares 1555 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 11:58am EDT
6h hi B5.2(0019Z 07/23) 24h hi B9.8(2130Z 07/22) -
Sunspots 1555 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 11:58am EDT
SSN: 39 (07/22/2010) -
Solar Wind 1555 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 11:58am EDT
Solar Wind: 389 km/s @ 4.0 protons/cm3 Bz: 5.4 nT at 2010 Jul 23 1553Z -
Global Conditions 1555 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 11:58am EDT
Global HF Propagation Conditions for 1500Z on 23 Jul, 2010 High Latitude: Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal
ARRL Amateur Radio News
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The K7RA Solar Update
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 10:07am EDT
Sunspot activity increased recently, although it is foolish to call this a trend, since solar activity has great variability. Sunspot group 1087 was visible for 13 days over July 9-21. In millionths of a solar hemisphere, its size was 30, 100, 120, 130, 70, 100, 60, 50, 20, 10, 10, 10 and 10. On July 19, new sunspot group 1089 appeared over the eastern horizon, with a relative size of 130, 150,...
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Surfin’: Searchin’
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 9:38am EDT
By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing EditorThis week, Surfin’ searches the FCC database and finds more musical hams.
New FCC Database Search Tool
Mike Staines, WM1KE, asked me to check out his new FCC Database Search tool, so I did.
Mike says his online application “is a little different than your run-of-the-mill FCC database search.” It can search by call sign, ZIP code, within a specified radiu...
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Solar Report 0945 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT
Solar Flux: 88 | Ap: 5 | Kp 2 (15 nT) at 0900 23 Jul -
Observed Space Weather 0945 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. -
Forecast Space Weather 0945 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -
Flares 0945 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT
6h hi (none) 24h hi B9.8(2130Z 07/22) -
Sunspots 0945 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT
SSN: 39 (07/22/2010) -
Solar Wind 0945 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT
Solar Wind: 388 km/s @ 10.0 protons/cm3 Bz: 2.2 nT at 2010 Jul 23 0943Z -
Global Conditions 0945 23 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT
Global HF Propagation Conditions for 0900Z on 23 Jul, 2010 High Latitude: Fair-Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal
The DXZone.com
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Iowa City Amateur Radio Club
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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NOAA Kp Index Monitor
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Radio Association
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/Iowa
The Northeast Iowa Radio Amateur Association has been serving Blackhawk County and the surrounding area since 1928
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K0SWI SWIARC
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
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Kenwood TM-201 401 mod
Fetched: July 23rd, 2010, 5:50am EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
HFRadio.org Propagation Center
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Forecast Space Weather 1905 22 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -
Flares 1905 22 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT
6h hi B8.4(1207Z 07/22) 24h hi B8.5(1845Z 07/21) -
Sunspots 1905 22 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT
SSN: 38 (07/21/2010) -
Solar Wind 1905 22 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT
Solar Wind: 351 km/s @ 3.0 protons/cm3 Bz: -0.4 nT at 2010 Jul 22 1858Z -
Global Conditions 1905 22 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT
Global HF Propagation Conditions for 1800Z on 22 Jul, 2010 High Latitude: Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal -
Solar Report 1905 22 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT
Solar Flux: 89 | Ap: 4 | Kp 2 (13 nT) at 1800 22 Jul -
Observed Space Weather 1905 22 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
The DXZone.com
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Tecadi
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Shopping and Services/Regional/Europe/Germany
Mast systems and antenna accessories, hamrope(R) guy lines by Jurgen Simon DH5AB
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Sub-Tone Generator for repeater triggering
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Technical Reference/Repeater
If you need a cheap and easy to construct Subtone Generator for EU-model VHF-UHF rig, here is a solution that works very well.
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International 70 MHz allocations
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Ham Radio/Band Plans
The Four Metres website offer a global overview graph of the four meter band plans world wide
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Avantiradio
Fetched: July 22nd, 2010, 3:08pm EDT by The DXZone.com - Ham Radio Guide
Shopping and Services/Regional/Europe
Polish amateur radio dealer for Yaesu Icom Motorola Diamond MFJ Daiwa Lafayette
ARRL Amateur Radio News
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2010 Marks Ninth Year for ARRL Participation in Combined Federal Campaign
Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 11:49am EDT
For the ninth year running, the US Office of Personnel Management has designated the ARRL to participate in the 2010 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). In the past, this campaign for federal government civilian employees, US Postal Service workers and members of the military has generated almost $140,000 for ARRL programs since it first became an option for giving by federal employees to the Leag...
HFRadio.org Propagation Center
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Global Conditions 1945 21 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 21st, 2010, 3:49pm EDT
Global HF Propagation Conditions for 1900Z on 21 Jul, 2010 High Latitude: Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal -
Solar Report 1945 21 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 21st, 2010, 3:49pm EDT
Solar Flux: 87 | Ap: 4 | Kp 2 (10 nT) at 1800 21 Jul -
Observed Space Weather 1945 21 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 21st, 2010, 3:49pm EDT
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. -
Forecast Space Weather 1945 21 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 21st, 2010, 3:49pm EDT
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -
Flares 1945 21 Jul 2010
Fetched: July 21st, 2010, 3:49pm EDT
6h hi B8.5(1845Z 07/21) 24h hi C1.4(1338Z 07/20)