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Daylight Satellite Passes for Field Day 2024

Posted on June 15, 2024 by robert

The document attached has all the current FM and Linear Satellite passes during daylight hours for FN41 (Rhode Island) Field Day 2024 Satellite Passes

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Gold Medal for CWops 2023 Arrived

Posted on June 15, 2024 by robert

2024 is my fourth year of participating in CWT contests, and the gold medal (participating in at least 120 CWT contest for the year) arrived yesterday.

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VARA FM and SATPC32 Setting Conflict

Posted on June 15, 2024 by robert

I had been having some issues with SATPC32 and my iCOM IC-9700.  Whenever I was running SATPC32 and RS-44 was active, for some reason if I used the rig’s VFO knob to tune around the passband, it would sometimes caused … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready For Field Day Satellite

Posted on June 7, 2024 by robert

I haven’t made a satellite contact in a few years as another club member was nice enough to step up.  However, he had to back out this year, and I was left flat footed when everyone else took a step … Continue reading →

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2024 Hurricane Season Underway: Are You Prepared?

Posted on June 3, 2024 by robert

NOAA has announced a much greater than normal Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook with 17 to 25 named storms and 4-7 major ones. With this in mind, are you ready for this year’s hurricane season?  Do you have a plan for … Continue reading →

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Operator To Operator Award with W1LY

Posted on May 17, 2024 by robert

Willy, W1LY, is a dear friend of mine.  He’s the sort of person who is always looking to help, and has serious skills to make things happen.  Here at casa WB4SON, for example, he launched a 160-meter Inverted-L antenna in … Continue reading →

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A POTA Aurora?

Posted on May 11, 2024 by robert

Aurora watching turned into a thing when the largest Geomagnetic Storm in more than two decades gave us Earthlings a spectacular view of the power and majesty of our sun last night.  Sadly, Rhode Island weather wasn’t as cooperative as … Continue reading →

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Amazing Times for Solar Cycle 25

Posted on May 10, 2024 by robert

The Kp index reached a value of 8 today, after the planet was struck by one or more CMEs, pushing the planet into a Severe Geomagnetic Storm (G4), something we haven’t seen for 20 years.  Multiple additional CMEs are headed … Continue reading →

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Operator To Operator 400 for K4NYM

Posted on May 4, 2024 by robert
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And after Bear Cave comes Fishing Hole?

Posted on May 1, 2024 by robert
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