“Our Sun is popping some big flare potential this week, with no less than seven numbered regions on the Earth-facing disk (up that to nine, as of this afternoon!) Plus more are rotating into Earth view as we speak. This is translating into great radio propagation on Earth’s dayside with solar flux back in the triple digits again!
Of course with lots of active regions comes radio blackouts, which we are already noticing with one M-class flare earlier today! M-class flare risk tops 20% over the next few days and could very well increase.
We even have a small risk for X-class flares as well, mainly from regions 2907 and 2908 so we are keeping a close eye on how things develop. In addition, we also have some solar storms brewing, the first is the fast solar wind hitting Earth now, which has bumped us to storm levels once, and could do so again over the next few days.
The next is due to an Earth-directed solar storm that was launched with the M-class flare today. Preliminary analysis indicates this solar storm could hit Earth by December 24! So, while aurora puts on a show at high latitudes now, by the 24th, we could have a decent show down to mid-latitudes as well! Learn the details of all this budding activity, including the fast solar wind, the coming solar storm, and the big flare players, find out when and where aurora might be visible, and see what else our Sun has in store!”
Antenna
InLogis RF-PRO-1B Active Magnetic Loop Antennas RF-PRO-1B
Loop Antennas HF Receive Antenna Type:Shielded Magnetic Loop HF Receive Antenna Remote Mounting Position:Elevated HF Receive Antenna Style:One-pie... Read more
Slim Jim Antenna Project
Slim Jim Antenna The Slim Jim is a vertically polarized omnidirectional end-fed antenna having considerable “gain” and this is concentra... Read more
New AAS-300 3-way antenna splitter
AAS-300 3-way Antennasplitter up to 300 MHz The AAS-300 antenna splitter can distribute the signal of a receiving antenna to up to 3 recipients. About... Read more
Hybrid Double Quad Antenna 2m 2/HDQ5
HYBRID DOUBLE QUAD ANTENNA 2M Double quad antenna amateurradio 2m Antenna for Amateurradio, Hamradio 2m-band VHF (frequency 144.000 MHz – 146... Read more
Kojinsha KA1-406 – Yagi Antenna 7 to 28MHz
VERSA BEAM VERSATILE Antenna to cover all the sky in the world ! 100% designed and proof tested in Japan When planning your new antenna syst... Read more
Review
From the Array Solutions Lab: OM Power 2500A amplifier Selecting Antennas and Filters
Showing how the OM-Power Automatic amplifiers like the OM-2500A, OM-4000A, can control the selection of up to ten antennas driving an antenna switch a... Read more
Deciphering Decibels Tell All for Ham Radio
“Decibels got you down? Are dBm and dBW giving you headaches? Is it confusing when sometimes an antenna gain is given in dBi and other times in... Read more
Chameleon CHA F-Loop 2.0 Set Up On The Porch, My Current Setup
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Tools for Every Ham [ ARRL PODCAST ]
The Doctor discusses basic tools that every amateur should have in his or her station. Read more
Introducing the PRAS and HPS
Bob Heil talks about the new Parametric Receive Audio System and Heil Powered Speaker for Amateur Radio. PRAS – Parametric Receive Audio System The... Read more
Equipment
TOKYO HY-POWER HL-1.5KFX HF/50MHz Desk Top Linear
Features: Small footprint Light weight- lightest 1kW amplifier in its class Internal power supply 2 antenna output ports 6 meter operation Automatic b... Read more
Palstar LA-1K – 1 kw LDMS Solid state amplifier
LA-1K 1 kw LDMS Solid state amplifier – coming soon! RF Sensing 1000 Watt Amplifier covering 160m to 6m bands with LCD touch-screen display to... Read more
Palstar HF-AUTO 1800 – Automatic Antenna Tuner
The Palstar HF-AUTO 1800 watt automatic antenna tuner covers 160 to 6 Meters with a power rating of up to 1800 watts PEP. Hams have enjoyed the... Read more
Introducing SDRconnect – SDRplay Hamvention 2022 demo
This video shows the demo we are showing this weekend (May 20-22) at Hamvention in Dayton, Ohio. This demonstrates the core underlying technology behi... Read more