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==SOLAR UPDATE
Ra the Sun god Tad "Sunshine of Your Love" Cook, K7RA, Seattle, Washington,
reports: Just last week we saw no sunspots. Then on November 13 we saw
Sunspot 822 peek around the eastern side of the visible solar disk. By
November 15 we could tell it was a big one and should be squarely facing
Earth by the weekend. Since the interplanetary magnetic field is pointing
south, Earth is vulnerable to any solar flares from Sunspot 822.
The daily sunspot number rose from 26 on November 14 to 32, 58 and 62 on
November 17. This weekend is the ARRL November Sweepstakes (SSB) contest
<http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2005/novss.html. Sunspot numbers and
solar flux both are expected to remain relatively high, with solar flux
remaining around 100 for the next week.
Geomagnetic activity is expected to remain low over the weekend, with the
planetary A index for November 18-21 at 5, 5, 7 and 12. Geophysical
Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions on November 24, quiet to
unsettled November 20, 22 and 23, and unsettled November 18, 19 and 21.
Sunspot numbers for November 10 through 16 were 0, 0, 11, 16, 26, 32 and 58,
with a mean of 20.4. The 10.7 cm flux was 77.9, 78.6, 83.1, 87.8, 92.4, 100,
and 94, with a mean of 87.7. Estimated planetary A indices were 2, 5, 10,
14, 10, 4 and 3, with a mean of 6.9. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were
1, 3, 7, 12, 7, 5 and 1, with a mean of 5.1.
==IN BRIEF:
* This weekend on the radio: The BIG event is the ARRL November Sweepstakes
(SSB) <http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2005/novss.html. Also on tap: the
NA Collegiate ARC Championship (SSB) that runs in conjunction with SS, the
LZ DX Contest, the EUCW Fraternizing CW QSO Party, the All Austrian
160-Meter Contest, and the RSGB Second 1.8 MHz Contest (CW) are the weekend
of November 19-20. JUST AHEAD: The CQ World Wide DX Contest (CW) is the
weekend of November 26-27. See the ARRL Contest Branch page
<http://www.arrl.org/contests/ and the WA7BNM Contest Calendar
<http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/index.html for more info.
* ARRL Certification and Continuing Education course registration:
Registration remains open through Sunday, November 20, for these ARRL
Certification and Continuing Education (CCE). Program on-line courses:
Emergency Communication Level 1 (EC-001) Antenna Design and Construction
(EC-009), Technician Licensing (EC-010), Radio Frequency Interference
(EC-006), Digital Electronics (EC-013) and Analog Electronics (EC-012).
Classes begin Friday, December 2. To learn more, visit the CCE Course
Listing page <http://www.arrl.org/cce/courses.html or contact the CCE
Department <cce@arrl.org.
* "Ham Aid" funds available to help replace storm-damaged emcomm systems:
Thanks to a Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) grant
extension, limited ARRL Ham Aid funds are available to help cover the cost
of replacing hurricane-damaged Amateur Radio emergency communication
systems. This assistance applies to ARES group or club-owned open-access
repeaters, critical Amateur Radio infrastructure or other essential
communication backbone equipment damaged by hurricanes Katrina, Rita or
Wilma. The goal is to restore critical Amateur Radio emergency communication
systems in hurricane-prone areas, and especially in cases where equipment
damage has compromised Amateur Radio's disaster-response capability. Funds
will be dispersed on a first-come, first-served basis, and interested groups
or organizations should be prepared to document the loss and provide a
replacement budget. Contact ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart,
K1MMH <mhobart@arrl.org; 860-594-0397 for complete application details and
requirements. Hobart says Ham Aid funds also remain available to cover
limited out-of-pocket expenses for Amateur Radio volunteers who deployed to
the field during hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Application guidelines
are on the ARRL Web site <http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/cncs/.
Time is of the essence! The grant extension expires December 31, 2005!
* Revised restrictions on 70 cm bear repeating: In 2004, a revised Footnote
US7 in Part 2.106 of the Code of Federal Regulations went into effect,
further expanding the 50 W maximum output power restriction in place for the
420-450 MHz band in the US Southwest. (The applicable Part 97 Amateur
Service rule is §97.303, which incorporates §2.106 by reference.) "In
talking to people at hamfests and other Amateur Radio meetings, I've found
that very few people are aware of this rule," says Bill Kauffman, W5YEJ, of
the New Mexico Frequency Coordinating Committee. While the previous version
of §2.106(a), essentially covered the White Sands Missile Range area of New
Mexico, language effective as of January 2004 expanded it to include all of
New Mexico and Texas lying west of 104° W. The 70 cm band is a shared
allocation in the US, and federal government users are primary. Amateur
Radio, as a secondary occupant, may not cause interference to primary
government stations and must tolerate any interference from government
stations. The 50 W restriction continues to apply to all of Arizona and
Florida as well as parts of several other states, including California,
Nevada, Massachusetts, Alaska, North Dakota, Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina. Exceptions to the power limit must be expressly authorized by the
FCC after mutual agreement, on a case-by-case basis, between the FCC
District Director in the applicable district and the Military Area Frequency
Coordinator at the applicable military base.
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