Surfin’: Chasing Aurora

Aurora and the quest for that phenomena is the topic of this week’s installment of Surfin’.

ARRL Board Adopts Guidelines and Recommendations on the Appropriate Use of Amateur Radio

On Friday, September 25, the ARRL Board of Directors adopted guidelines on the appropriate use of Amateur Radio on behalf of commercial, non-profit and government entities, as well as recommendations for additional steps to be taken by the ARRL to educate radio amateurs and others on how to prepare and train for public service and emergency communications while complying with the current FCC Rules.

The K7RA Solar Update

This week we had a double-dose of good news: Right at the time of the autumnal equinox on Tuesday, September 22, sunspot 1026 — a new Solar Cycle 24 sunspot — came into view over the Sun’s eastern horizon. We watched this emerge a week ago on the Sun’s far side via the STEREO project.

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