Topics for September 30
Topics for September 30
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In September 1911 Violet Jessop, a stewardess, was aboard the RMS Olympic, one of the Titanic's sister ships, when it collided with another ship. The Olympic was damaged, but made it back to port with no casualties. Less than six months later, Jessop was aboard the Titanic, when it sank. After that, Jessop served aboard the HMS Britannic during WWI. There was an unexplained explosion (thought to be a deep-sea mine), causing the boat to sink quickly. Jessop had to jump out of the lifeboat she was on in order to avoid being sucked under the ship's propellors, and suffered a head injury in the process.
Despite all this, she returned to work for the same shipping line, White Star, about 4 years later.
Sept 30, 2004 The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo. The digital pictures not only show how Architeuthis attacks its prey, but suggest that the animal is more aggressive than previously thought. It’s length was estimated to be a little over 26 feet.
Sept 30, 2004 The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo. The digital pictures not only show how Architeuthis attacks its prey, but suggest that the animal is more aggressive than previously thought. It’s length was estimated to be a little over 26 feet.
Sept 2019 a 315 billion-tonne, 30 x 19 nautical mile iceberg named D28 calved from Amery ice shelf, Antarctica. Experts advise that calving events like this one are normal and unlikely to be a result of climate change. On March 19, 2020, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Iceberg D28 floating in the waters off of the Amery Ice Shelf.
Sept 2019 a 315 billion-tonne, 30 x 19 nautical mile iceberg named D28 calved from Amery ice shelf, Antarctica. Experts advise that calving events like this one are normal and unlikely to be a result of climate change. On March 19, 2020, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Iceberg D28 floating in the waters off of the Amery Ice Shelf.
Topics for September 29
Topics for September 29
On 29 September 1940, a mid-air collision occurred over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia. The accident was unusual in that the aircraft involved, two RAAF Avro Ansons, remained locked together after colliding, and then landed safely. The collision stopped the engines of the upper Anson, but those of the machine underneath continued to run, allowing the aircraft to keep flying. The navigators of both planes and the pilot of the lower Anson bailed out. The pilot of the upper Anson found that he was able to control the interlocked aircraft with his ailerons and flaps, and made an emergency landing in a nearby paddock. All four crewmen survived.
Amateur Radio and ballooning share a rich history. In 1977, Massachusetts hams provided communications support to the Double Eagle -- a hot air balloon attempting a transatlantic crossing -- by relaying weather updates from the tracking center in Bedford, Massachusetts to the launch site in Marshfield, about 30 miles away. The Double Eagle reached as far as Iceland before deteriorating weather forced it down. The next year, the Double Eagle II succeeded in crossing the Atlantic, again with the help of Amateur Radio.
Did you know?: the entire five-person crew of shuttle Atlantis flight STS-37 in 1991 were ham radio licensed and on the air from space.
Did you know?: the entire five-person crew of shuttle Atlantis flight STS-37 in 1991 were ham radio licensed and on the air from space.
Topics for September 28
Topics for September 28
On Sept 28, 1918 – with the Spanish Flu causing an estimated 30 million deaths worldwide Philadelphia lost another 12,000 after the Liberty Loan parade.
On Sept 28, 1918 – with the Spanish Flu causing an estimated 30 million deaths worldwide Philadelphia lost another 12,000 after the Liberty Loan parade.
September 28, 1951 The science-fiction classic “The Day The Earth Stood Still” was released. It starred Michael Rennie as an alien with a message for earth and Patricia Neal who had to keep her wits about her and remember to say “Klaatu barada nikto.
September 28, 1951 The science-fiction classic “The Day The Earth Stood Still” was released. It starred Michael Rennie as an alien with a message for earth and Patricia Neal who had to keep her wits about her and remember to say “Klaatu barada nikto.
On the night of Wednesday, September 28th 1994, in a storm with high winds and rough seas the ferry ship MS Estonia was crossing the Baltic Sea, en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stockholm, Sweden when the huge door at the bow where cars are loaded broke apart and she took on water. The bridge was far enough back that the bow could not be seen and they relied instead on indicator lights in spite of loud metallic bangs. She quickly sank and of the 989 people onboard only 137 survived. It was the 2nd deadliest accident in European waters since the Titanic.
Topics for 9/27
Topics for 9/27
With returning GI's and the end to the war people are trying to buy new cars with little success as many of the factories have not been converted back to automobile production. Prices range from $1,125 for a Chevrolet to $2,000 for a Cadillac.
With returning GI's and the end to the war people are trying to buy new cars with little success as many of the factories have not been converted back to automobile production. Prices range from $1,125 for a Chevrolet to $2,000 for a Cadillac.
I’ve been noticing more leaves on the ground and some trees with bright yellows and oranges. Is anyone planning on going on a drive for some leaf peeping?
I’ve been noticing more leaves on the ground and some trees with bright yellows and oranges. Is anyone planning on going on a drive for some leaf peeping?
Topics for 9/26
Topics for 9/26
On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov disobeyed procedures and ignored electronic alarms indicating five incoming nuclear missiles, believing the US would launch more than five if it wanted to start a war. His decision prevented a retaliatory attack that would have begun a nuclear war between the superpowers.
On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov disobeyed procedures and ignored electronic alarms indicating five incoming nuclear missiles, believing the US would launch more than five if it wanted to start a war. His decision prevented a retaliatory attack that would have begun a nuclear war between the superpowers.
Did you know? The world’s largest pumpkin pie was made on Sept. 25, 2010, in New Bremen, Ohio, at the New Bremen Pumpkinfest. The pie consisted of 1,212 pounds of canned pumpkin, 109 gallons of evaporated milk, 2,796 eggs, 7 pounds of salt, 14.5 pounds of cinnamon, and 525 pounds of sugar. The final pie weighed 3,699 pounds and measured 20 feet in diameter!
Did you know? The world’s largest pumpkin pie was made on Sept. 25, 2010, in New Bremen, Ohio, at the New Bremen Pumpkinfest. The pie consisted of 1,212 pounds of canned pumpkin, 109 gallons of evaporated milk, 2,796 eggs, 7 pounds of salt, 14.5 pounds of cinnamon, and 525 pounds of sugar. The final pie weighed 3,699 pounds and measured 20 feet in diameter!
Question of the day: do you like pumpkin pie and if so, do you like it plain or with whip cream or
Question of the day: do you like pumpkin pie and if so, do you like it plain or with whip cream or
with ice cream? Do you make your own or buy it at the store or bakery?
with ice cream? Do you make your own or buy it at the store or bakery?
Cat and Battleship on Right are Connected
Cat and Battleship on Right are Connected
Did you know?: about this cat in WWII? He started as a ship's cat aboard the Bismarck, which was sunk by the HMS Cossack in 1941. The British crew found the cat floating on a board hours after the ship sank, took him aboard, and named him Oscar. Later in the war, HMS Cossack sank after being hit by a torpedo. Oscar survived again, was rescued along with the remaining crew, and was given the nickname "Unsinkable Sam." His last service was aboard the HMS Ark Royal, an aircraft carrier that was ALSO torpedoed. Oscar survived that attack as well, and afterward retired to Belfast. Oscar died in 1955, a full 14 years after the sinking of the Bismarck.
On Sept 25th 1992, NASA’s Mars Observer, a robotic space probe, was launched on a $980 million mission to the red planet. It disappeared like a blip on the radar just before entering Martian orbit in August 1993. Attempts to re-establish contact with the spacecraft were unsuccessful.
On Sept 25th 1992, NASA’s Mars Observer, a robotic space probe, was launched on a $980 million mission to the red planet. It disappeared like a blip on the radar just before entering Martian orbit in August 1993. Attempts to re-establish contact with the spacecraft were unsuccessful.
Topics for 9/24
Topics for 9/24
Sept 23, 1911 Earle Lewis Ovington (an American aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor, and a lab assistant to Thomas Edison) piloted the first official airmail flight in the United States. He carried a sack of mail from Garden City, New York to Mineola, New York. He circled at 500 feet and tossed the bag over the side of the cockpit and the sack burst on impact scattering 640 letters and 1,280 postcards.
Sept 23, 1911 Earle Lewis Ovington (an American aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor, and a lab assistant to Thomas Edison) piloted the first official airmail flight in the United States. He carried a sack of mail from Garden City, New York to Mineola, New York. He circled at 500 feet and tossed the bag over the side of the cockpit and the sack burst on impact scattering 640 letters and 1,280 postcards.
Sept 22, 1888 The first issue of the National Geographic Magazine was published and was initially a scholarly journal sent to 165 charter members of “the Society.”
Sept 22, 1888 The first issue of the National Geographic Magazine was published and was initially a scholarly journal sent to 165 charter members of “the Society.”
Sept 21, 1938 – a hurricane known as the Great Hurricane of New England or the Long Island Express makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500–700 people. It hit Long Island, New York, and New England. The Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, registered sustained winds of 121 mph (195 km/h) and a peak gust of 186 mph (299 km/h), which is the strongest hurricane-related surface wind gust ever recorded in the United States. A 50 ft (15 m) wave, the tallest of the storm, was recorded at Gloucester.
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Topics for 9/22
Topics for 9/22
Did you know? The hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe. The "octo-" prefix refers to the eight points on the popular symbol, but the "thorpe" is a mystery. One theory claims that it comes from the Old English word for "village," based on the idea that the symbol looks like a village surrounded by eight fields!
Topics for 9/21
Topics for 9/21
Did you know?: the rhombic antenna is a wire curtain that is made of 4 wires, each several wavelengths long connected to form a "diamond" or rhombus shape. It is said that during WW II a classified HF listening station used rhombics to eavesdrop upon German submarines during the war. This station was said to be involved in the breaking of the German Enigma codes. It was located on the top of Chopmist Hill, not far from the highest spot in Rhode Island. Chopmist Hill station had 85,000 feet of wire antenna curtains aloft. The poles were typically 80 feet high and were still aloft in 1968.
Question of the day: have you heard of the Tap Code? It was a code commonly used by prisoners to communicate with one another. The method of communicating is usually by "tapping" either the metal bars, pipes, or walls. Each letter was communicated by tapping two numbers. The first designated the horizontal row and the second designated the vertical row (5 rows each).
Question of the day: have you heard of the Tap Code? It was a code commonly used by prisoners to communicate with one another. The method of communicating is usually by "tapping" either the metal bars, pipes, or walls. Each letter was communicated by tapping two numbers. The first designated the horizontal row and the second designated the vertical row (5 rows each).
The next time you call something "as American as apple pie," you might want to consider the fact that neither apple pies nor most apples originally came from America. Apples are in fact native to Asia, and the first recorded recipe for apple pie was actually written in England. Apples were introduced to North America by colonists in the 17th century, and the first apple orchard on the North American continent was planted in Boston in 1625. The only apples native to North America are crab apples, which were once called "common apples".
The next time you call something "as American as apple pie," you might want to consider the fact that neither apple pies nor most apples originally came from America. Apples are in fact native to Asia, and the first recorded recipe for apple pie was actually written in England. Apples were introduced to North America by colonists in the 17th century, and the first apple orchard on the North American continent was planted in Boston in 1625. The only apples native to North America are crab apples, which were once called "common apples".
Question of the day: the apples are great now. I just bought a bag of Macintosh apples from Shaw’s that were perfectly crunchy. Does anyone have plans to go to an Apple farm?
Question of the day: the apples are great now. I just bought a bag of Macintosh apples from Shaw’s that were perfectly crunchy. Does anyone have plans to go to an Apple farm?
Sept 20th 1784 the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily founded by John Dunlap, the first daily publication in America, appears on the streets.
Sept 20th 1784 the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily founded by John Dunlap, the first daily publication in America, appears on the streets.
Topics for 9/20
Topics for 9/20
Did you know?: not every Model T was black. For the first few years of production, Ford's famous car came in gray, green, blue, and red. It was only after 1914 that customers could order "any color so long as it is black," as the dark paint dried faster than other hues.
Question of the day: is there a database of the clubs with clubhouses in the US? Found so far:
Question of the day: is there a database of the clubs with clubhouses in the US? Found so far:
Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association, Gloucester, MA W1GLO, Steel City ARC in Carnegie, PA W3KWH, Cleveland ARC in Cleveland, TN W4GCX, Radio Club of Tacoma in Tacoma, WA W7DK, Dayton ARC in Dayton, OH N9YO, Playground ARC in Okaloosa County, FL W4ZBB, The York County Amateur Radio Society in Rock Hill, SC YCARS K4YTZ
Cape Ann Amateur Radio Association, Gloucester, MA W1GLO, Steel City ARC in Carnegie, PA W3KWH, Cleveland ARC in Cleveland, TN W4GCX, Radio Club of Tacoma in Tacoma, WA W7DK, Dayton ARC in Dayton, OH N9YO, Playground ARC in Okaloosa County, FL W4ZBB, The York County Amateur Radio Society in Rock Hill, SC YCARS K4YTZ
Topics for 9/19
Topics for 9/19
Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published today, Sept 19th in 1937. In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
I lived with my sister for 6 months. One thing we joked about is that each thought the other hung the toilet paper roll on wrong. She wanted it to go under whereas I insisted it should come over the top. I win! The inventor of the perforated toilet paper roll was Seth Wheeler (Albany, NY) and his 1891 patent shows it hanging over the roll not under it.
Question of the day: where are your flashlights right now in case the power goes out and when was the last time you checked them? Do you have spare batteries & bulbs? Mine have ended up in a box or a bag and the last time I tried to use one it was dead. Time to clean up that piece of my emergency preparedness! How about you and what flashlights do you recommend? … Ordinary battery, rechargeable, hand held, lantern, headlamps?
Taken from Big Bang Theory episode “The Power’s Out.”
Topics for 9/18
Topics for 9/18
Left: Today on September 18, 1977, as it headed toward the outer solar system, Voyager 1 looked back and acquired a stunning image of our Earth and moon. Previous images had shown a part of the Earth, and a part of the moon, together. But – until this image by Voyager 1, we’d never seen the Earth and moon as whole worlds in space, in the same frame and in color.
All About Shawmut--Kinda
All About Shawmut--Kinda
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Who was your favorite teacher and who was your worst teacher? My favorite was my 3rd grade teacher “Miss Laslie.” She had to break up a fight I was having in the playground with a bully who said something bad about her. When my family had to move from Gloucester to Danvers she gave me a sweater and a bracelet. My worse teacher was my first grade teacher, “Miss Noise.” She was talk, skinny, gray haired and cranky if memory serves and she use to grab kids by the ear and march them to the principal’s office.
Who was your favorite teacher and who was your worst teacher? My favorite was my 3rd grade teacher “Miss Laslie.” She had to break up a fight I was having in the playground with a bully who said something bad about her. When my family had to move from Gloucester to Danvers she gave me a sweater and a bracelet. My worse teacher was my first grade teacher, “Miss Noise.” She was talk, skinny, gray haired and cranky if memory serves and she use to grab kids by the ear and march them to the principal’s office.
Wallace's Butterflies v. Darwin's Finches
Wallace's Butterflies v. Darwin's Finches
How Are These
5 Images Connected to Each Other?
How Are These
5 Images Connected to Each Other?
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Death of Henry H. Bliss
Death of Henry H. Bliss
IN 1899 NINETY PERCENT OF NEW YORK CITY’S TAXI CABS WERE ELECTRIC VEHICLES
IN 1899 NINETY PERCENT OF NEW YORK CITY’S TAXI CABS WERE ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Topics for September 14 Net
Topics for September 14 Net
Is there an electric car in your future?
Is there an electric car in your future?
Topics for September 13
Topics for September 13
Left: Peg Wesson
Left: Peg Wesson
Center: Michael Faraday
Center: Michael Faraday
Below: Arsenic and Old Lace
Below: Arsenic and Old Lace
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Teenagers Discover Ancient Cave Paintings On this day in 1940, four teenagers followed their dog down
Topics for September 12
Topics for September 12
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Click Photos for Background
The ”October Gale” of 1841
The ”October Gale” of 1841
Metal filings coherer designed by Guglielmo Marconi
Topics of September 10th
Topics of September 10th
Left: The X Files
Left and Below: Tropospheric Ducting
Experienced Over Last Two Days
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9/11/01: “This is Not a Test.”
9/11/01: “This is Not a Test.”
Net Topic on 9/11/20 Click Image for ARRL Story
Net Topic on 9/11/20 Click Image for ARRL Story
DX Infocenter Tropospheric Conditions/Predictions
DX Infocenter Tropospheric Conditions/Predictions
Rescued Radio Amateur Says, “Ham Radio Saved My Life”
Rescued Radio Amateur Says, “Ham Radio Saved My Life”
06/22/2020 ARRL.ORG 6 O'Clock Net Topic 9/9/20
ARRL member Alden Sumner Jones IV, KC1JWR, of Bennington, Vermont, is thankful for amateur radio, after he suffered a medical incident and lost consciousness on June 15 while hiking with others along a remote section of the Long Trail, not far from his home. An EMT from Appalachian Mountain Rescue (AMR), who was hiking nearby, saw Jones pass out but was unable to connect with 911 via his cell phone. Jones, 41, regained consciousness and was successful in contacting Ron Wonderlick, AG1W, via the Northern Berkshire Amateur Radio Club’s K1FFK repeater on Mount Greylock, and Wonderlick initiated what turned into an 8-hour effort to get Jones off the trail and to a medical facility, acting as a relay among Jones, emergency crews, and other agencies involved. As the Bennington Post reported, “The Vermont State Police also received assistance from several licensed amateur radio operators who helped facilitate communications, greatly assisting in the rescue.”
Matthew Sacco, KC1JPU, headed to a staging area where rescue crews were gathering. When he could not make it into the repeater, he employed some ham radio ingenuity to fashion a J-pole antenna from some window line he had on hand, casting it into a tree using a fishing pole. That did the trick. An individual on site was able to obtain an accurate location for Jones using the GPS on his cell phone.
Topics for September 8th
Battle of Gloucester (1775),
Battle of Gloucester (1775),
Premiere of the Original Star Trek,
Premiere of the Original Star Trek,
Winter Field Day.
Winter Field Day.
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On September 6, 1776, the first functioning submarine, called the Turtle, attacked the HMS Eagle anchored in New York Harbor.
On September 6, 1776, the first functioning submarine, called the Turtle, attacked the HMS Eagle anchored in New York Harbor.
Anticipated Topic 9/7/20
Hammond Castle, Gloucester (left) and Pirate Radio (above and right) were two subjects of discussion on September 5th.
Cross-Band Repeater Activated
Cross-Band Repeater Activated
SS Athenia -- Click Photo for more information.
At 01:02 GMT on September 2 a cross band FM amateur radio repeater with a downlink on 437.800 MHz was activated on the International Space Station.
Initial operation of the new radio system is in FM cross band repeater mode using an uplink frequency of 145.990 MHz with an access tone [CTCSS] of 67 Hz and a downlink frequency of 437.800 MHz. System activation was first observed at 01:02 UTC on September 2. Special operations will continue to be announced.
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On THIS DAY September 3, in 1939, the SS Athenia was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine forces.
Athenia was the first UK ship to be sunk by Germany during World War II, and the incident accounted for the Donaldson Line's greatest single loss of life at sea, with 117 civilian passengers and crew killed. The sinking was condemned as a war crime. Among those dead were 28 US citizens...
Net topic for September 3 is Field Day. "Steeped in tradition and mystery, today’s Field Day evolved from humble beginnings in the Golden Age of Radio. Anything but stable, Field Day rules and practices have changed radically since the 1930s. " Read More from QST
Net topic for September 3 is Field Day. "Steeped in tradition and mystery, today’s Field Day evolved from humble beginnings in the Golden Age of Radio. Anything but stable, Field Day rules and practices have changed radically since the 1930s. " Read More from QST
Second part of a speech made by Guglielmo Marconi on the occasion of the unveiling of the 'Fisk Memorial' at Wahroonga, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 14 December 1935 (the disc is incorrectly labelled). The 'Fisk Memorial' commemorates the first direct wireless message sent from the U.K. to Australia, in 1918.
In the speech, Marconi forecasts the impact that wireless communication will have on ship navigation, but also the world economy generally. Would he be surprised by how accurate he was in his prediction that 'no country can make much headway' without such technology?
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Andrea Gail on the Left
Andrea Gail on the Left
International Space Station on the Right
International Space Station on the Right
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Click on Photos for related stories
Leander M. Haskins Hospital, Rockport
Leander M. Haskins Hospital, Rockport
Here are two views of the former Leander M. Haskins Hospital, which stood at the top of Summit Ave., on what is now known as Hospital Hill. As I’ve previously noted in posts here and here, Haskins was a prominent Rockport businessman and civic leader and this was his home. When he died in 1905, his will left the house to the town to be used as a hospital and park. The hospital opened in 1906 and operated until 1918.
RAISING THE TITANIC’S RADIO ROOM
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Guglielmo Marconi Click Photo
After some discussion on the net, K1TAT finally offered incontrovertible evidence that Marconi's mother, who funded some of his R&D, was related to the Jameson (Whiskey) family. K1TAT was assisted in his research by NQ1W.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [a] (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. Gagarin became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, his nation's highest honour.
Born in the village of Klushino near Gzhatsk (a town later renamed after him), in his youth Gagarin was a foundryman at a steel plant in Lyubertsy. He later joined the Soviet Air Forces as a pilot and was stationed at the Luostari Air Base, near the Norwegian border, before his selection for the Soviet space programme with five other cosmonauts. Following his spaceflight, Gagarin became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre, which was later named after him. He was also elected as a deputy of the Soviet of the Union in 1962 and then to the Soviet of Nationalities, respectively the lower and upper chambers of the Supreme Soviet.
Vostok 1 was Gagarin's only spaceflight but he served as the backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission, which ended in a fatal crash, killing his friend and fellow cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. Fearing for his life, Soviet officials permanently banned Gagarin from further spaceflights. After completing training at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy on 17 February 1968, he was allowed to fly regular aircraft. Gagarin died five weeks later when the MiG-15 training jet he was piloting with his flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin crashed near the town of Kirzhach.
K1KL's Fair Weather Operating Position for the 6'Oclock Net
K1KL's Fair Weather Operating Position for the 6'Oclock Net
First Telephone Book, New Haven, CT 1878
K1TP Blogs 6 O'Clock Net
K1TP Blogs 6 O'Clock Net
Welcome to Ham Radio's Daily Satirical Newsletter since 1990
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THURSDAY EDITION: The hurricane net is interesting to listen to, link here, it hit land at 140mph and is dumping 8-12 inches of rain....Never a dull moment in Montana...
THE 6 OCLOCK NET: A new net has been running for 6 months on the 145.130 CAARA repeater located in Gloucester, MA and has become quite the success. It now runs every night from 6pm and usually runs well after 7pm, these guys and gals love to yack. Ruth-WW1N is the net control and starts the net with a fact from history and also a question/topic for the net. Ruth as well as net members provide the topics for discussion.
This is a feel good ragchew net with no controversial topics and has become a wild success. This net was originally the brain child of Bill- W1WMM and myself and we called it the "Covid Net." We discussed the virus, assorted ham topics, and provided the opportunity for hams to converse with each other during the quarantine period, and check on each others health and well being. It lasted 6 months and Bill decided to step down and take a break from it all.
The decision to close the net was not what the 60+ regular members wanted to hear , they wanted it to keep going. Ruth-WW1N decided to pick up the net and rename it the "6 O'Clock Net" and run it 7 days a week. Kevin- K1KL from Hampton, NH has been helping in the background with a list of check-ins and provided us with a website. If you are in the MA-NH-ME area, please listen in and check-in if you like, the more the merrier!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Main article: Laika
Laika on a Romanian post stamp
Laika (Лайка, "Barker") became the first living Earth-born creature (other than microbes) in orbit, aboard Sputnik 2 on 3 November 1957.[2] Some[who?] call her the first living passenger to go into space, but many sub-orbital flights with animal passengers passed the edge of space first, for instance the rhesus macaque Albert II. She was also known as Zhuchka (Жучка, "Little Bug") and Limonchik (Лимончик, "Little Lemon"). The American media dubbed her "Muttnik", making a play-on-words for the canine follow-on to the first orbital mission, Sputnik. She died between five and seven hours into the flight from stress and overheating.[13] Her true cause of death was not made public until October 2002; officials previously gave reports that she died when the oxygen supply ran out.[9] At a Moscow press conference in 1998 Oleg Gazenko, a senior Soviet scientist involved in the project, stated "The more time passes, the more I'm sorry about it. We did not learn enough from the mission to justify the death of the dog...".[14]
Enthusiasm Undimmed for International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
Enthusiasm Undimmed for International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
Credit ARRL News
08/20/2020
The 23rd International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) takes place this weekend. The 2-day event begins at 0001 UTC on August 22 and continues until 2400 UTC on August 23. Each year, participants set up portable stations at, or as close as possible to, lighthouses and lightships around the world. This year’s event is a week later than usual to avoid on-the-air activities marking the 75th anniversary of victory in the Pacific during World War II. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has failed to dampen the enthusiasm of 340 registered participants in 43 countries, said ILLW Coordinator Kevin Mulcahy, VK2CE. Last year, 426 registered.
“There have been some cancellations due to changes in lockdown rules, but it is great to see so many weathering the storm,” said Mulcahy, who inherited the job of running the ILLW from the event’s founder, Mike Dalrymple, GM4SUC.
ILLW guidelines regarding proximity to a lighthouse or lightship have been relaxed slightly to suit the local situation, but, Mulcahy says, “the station should still be within, say, 1,000 yards and in sight of the lighthouse.” Some lighthouse/lightship stations operate with special event call signs.
“Participation from home or clubs is encouraged, even if only to offer support for those who have made the effort to set up at or near a lighthouse,” Mulcahy said. “Hopefully, 2021 will see some kind of normality return to the planet. Condolences to those who have been forced to cancel operating from a lighthouse precinct and sincere thanks and admiration to those who will be activating a lighthouse or lightship over the weekend. The number listed is far more than we originally expected.”
New research suggests Solar Cycle 25 could be strongest in 50 years
New research suggests Solar Cycle 25 could be strongest in 50 years
Credit SpaceWeatherLive.com
Posted July 3, 2020
A new study with a novel method of solar cycle prediction has just been released last week, it can be read in full here.
I will try to summarize the findings in an understandable way, as they have used quite an interesting but complicated method.
Obviously, the thing that stands out the most is that they predict a massive cycle, similar to the solar cycles 19, 21 and 22, which were some of the strongest of the modern era of solar observations. The actual SSN they have predicted is 233, twice the size of the previous SC24 and about 50% stronger than the cycle before that one, SC23 (which peaked in around 2001).
The implications if this were to come true would be very significant - with potentially 2-3 times as many big aurora events as the previous cycle, and a much higher risk for 'super flares'.
The purple line represents the prediction of this new study - 233 (McIntosh et al., 2020)
Key Points of the research:
Solar Cycle 25 could be one of the strongest since records began - with an SSN of 233. 95% confidence that it will be between 153 and 305 spots.
Calculations were made by correlating the length of time between 'termination events', marking the start and end of sunspot and magnetic activity cycles. From what I understand, a termination event is when a moving, discernible latitude band on the sun that produces sunspots completes its journey from the solar polar regions to the solar equator and cancels out. This takes 19 years on average.
The length of time between each terminator event inversely correlates with the strength of the upcoming cycle. For example, the terminator length prior to SC24 starting was about 12.8 years (happened in 2011) - leading to rather weak cycle. The SC25 terminator is expected to occur this year (9 years gap) - and that correlates with a strong cycle. The average seems to be around 10.5 years.
In any case, we will wait and see what happens, and if it turns out to come true that's good news for us aurora chasers!
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