The mega-filament collapsed in a gorgeous cascade of hot plasma between noon and 2 p.m. EST. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a beautiful movie of the eruption (above). The explosion does not appear to be aimed at Earth, so we shouldn’t expect any magnetic storms or satellite troubles. The loop of hot plasma has been…
DetailsThe bodies of famed hot-air balloonist Richard Abruzzo, KC5VWK, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a companion were discovered on Monday, December 6 deep underwater off the coast of Vieste, Italy. Abruzzo, 47, and Carol Rymer-Davis, 65, of Denver, Colorado, had been missing since September 29 when they lost contact with officials during a balloon race,…
DetailsDo you remember the entity grouping FS and FJ islands ? In those days, they were both communes of the department of Guadeloupe, and obviously did not meet the criteria to be counted as 2 separate islands. Do you remember that on 14 December 2007, FJ was added to the list of DXCC entities, following…
DetailsFASTRAC-1, FASTRAC-2, NanoSail-D2, O/OREOS and RAX were launched at 01:24 UT on Saturday Nov 20, reports of the signals are needed. So far signals have been reported from FASTRAC-2 (Emma), O/ORES and RAX. Nominal Frequencies: – FASTRAC-1 “Sara Lily” 437.345 MHz FM AX.25 1200bps – FASTRAC-2 “Emma” 145.825 MHz FM AX.25 1200bps – RAX-1 437.505…
DetailsMessage from Mamuka Kordzakhia, 4L2M – President of the National Association Radio Amateurs of Georgia. I would like to inform you that all amateur radio stations working from Abkhazia with prefix UF6 are illegal. All UF6V… calls are pirates, because UF6 is a Russian prefix – Abkhazia is part of Georgia – and all amateur…
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