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12/26/2013 | Voice of Russia to Continue Shortwave Broadcasting in 2014
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the demise of the Voice of Russia (VOR) may have been greatly exaggerated. Earlier this year the Voice of Russia — the former Radio Moscow during the Soviet Era — appeared poised to cease shortwave broadcasts as of ...
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10/04/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity weakens, although geomagnetic activity is up
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05/08/2013 | GAREC 2013 to Precede HAM RADIO Gathering in Friedrichshafen Next Month
The 2013 Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference (GAREC) will take place June 25-27 in Zurich, Switzerland, immediately preceding HAM RADIO -- Europe’s largest Amateur Radio gathering -- in Friedrichshafen, Germany, June 28-30.
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02/22/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update
There was a modest rise in the average daily sunspot numbers over the past seven days, rising 27 points to 78.3, while the average daily solar flux was up marginally, only 1.6 points to 105.6.
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09/14/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity retreated this week, with the average daily sunspot numbers off nearly 46 points -- about 35 percent -- to 83.1, while the average daily solar flux declined 18 points to 118.9.
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04/09/2012 | April 18 Is World Amateur Radio Day
The year 2012 marks the 87th anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). To mark this occasion, the IARU and its more than 160 Member-Societies will celebrate World Amateur Radio Day on April 18. For many years, the IARU h
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09/30/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Our Sun has been very active this past week, with the average solar flux rising nearly 12 points to 155.5, while the average daily sunspot numbers dropped nearly 41 points to 96.1. This implies fewer, but more intense, sunspots. Sunspot numbers for Septem
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09/23/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Compared to the uneventful past few years, sunspot activity was truly remarkable this week. The daily sunspot number for September 16 was 173. We haven't see numbers like this in more than six years, when the sunspot number was 181, way back on July 5, 20
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