SILENT KEYS (SK)

Following DXers passed away during the past weeks: Les Morgan (G0WDG), Giovanni Scotti (I2JZS), Andrej Prosvetov (UA3ICK), Geoff Chance (M0GRC, organizer of the International Marconi Day), Vladimir I. Solodovnikov (UA9MAZ), Valentin N. Bojko (UY5EI), Tom O’Donnell (EI4Z), Ronald Cooper (G0MSM), Munir Nahhas (VE3MYN), Antonio Tarantola (IK1IZB), Wayne E. Gingerich (W6EUF), Mauro Santini (IN3SAU, member of…

Ham operator at work

WALLINGFORD – In the afternoons, the den of Paul Ciezniak’s home has a way of sounding like an aquarium. It’s the low humming, and a kind of gurgling, emitting from his ham radio equipment. It’s the faint sound of Morse code, with the volume turned low. As Ciezniak adjusts a dial, the sound can leap…

The sun is waking up from a deep slumber

Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that’s new to human history. To make preparations, authorities in Washington DC are holding a meeting: The Space Weather Enterprise Forum at the National Press Club on June 8th. Many technologies of the 21st century are vulnerable to solar storms. Richard Fisher, head…