From kd4efm1 at verizon.net Sun Aug 7 22:43:24 2011 From: kd4efm1 at verizon.net (Evans F. Mitchell; KD4EFM / WQFK 894) Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:43:24 -0400 Subject: Solar stuff..... Message-ID: <277901cc558e$176a2110$463e6330$@verizon.net> Wanted to pass this along... Evans Mitchell News story about Solar goings on in space..... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three large explosions from the Sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of satellite, telecommunications and electric equipment to prepare for possible disruptions over the next few days. "The magnetic storm that is soon to develop probably will be in the moderate to strong level," said Joseph Kunches, a space weather scientist at the Space Weather Prediction Center, a division of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He said solar storms this week could affect communications and global positioning system (GPS) satellites and might even produce an aurora visible as far south as Minnesota and Wisconsin. An aurora, called aurora borealis or the northern lights in northern latitudes, is a natural light display in the sky in the Arctic and Antarctic regions caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere. Major disruptions from solar activity are rare but have had serious impacts in the past. In 1989, a solar storm took down the power grid in Quebec, Canada, leaving about six million people without power for several hours. The largest solar storm ever recorded was in 1859 when communications infrastructure was limited to telegraphs. The 1859 solar storm hit telegraph offices around the world and caused a giant aurora visible as far south as the Caribbean Islands. Some telegraph operators reported electric shocks. Papers caught fire. And many telegraph systems continued to send and receive signals even after operators disconnected batteries, NOAA said on its website. A storm of similar magnitude today could cause up to $2 trillion in damage globally, according to a 2008 report by the National Research Council. "I don't think this week's solar storms will be anywhere near that. This will be a two or three out of five on the NOAA Space Weather Scale," said Kunches. SOLAR SCALE The NOAA Space Weather Scale measures the intensity of a solar storm from one being the lowest intensity to five being the highest, similar to scales that measure the severity of hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes. The first of the three solar explosions from the sun this week already passed the Earth on Thursday with little impact, Kunches said, noting, the second was passing the Earth now and "seems to be stronger." And the third, he said, "We'll have to see what happens over the next few days. It could exacerbate the disturbance in the Earth's magnetic field caused by the second (storm) or do nothing at all." Power grid managers receive alerts from the Space Weather Prediction Center to tell them to prepare for solar events, which peak about every 12 years, Tom Bogdan, director of the center said. He said the next peak, called a solar maximum, was expected in 2013. "We're coming up to the next solar maximum, so we expect to see more of these storms coming from the sun over the next three to five years," Bogdan sa _____ avast! Antivirus : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 08/07/11 Tested on: 08/07/11 23:02:32 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gagnon at tampabay.rr.com Thu Aug 18 16:50:09 2011 From: gagnon at tampabay.rr.com (WZ1P) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:50:09 -0000 Subject: Net Announcement Message-ID: Due to severe thunder and lighting overhead at 19:00 this evening I was unable to start the net. Please look for us next week at the usual time. Sorry about this folks but I had to bail at the last minute when a good one hit real close. 73, Dan WZ1P Net Manager. From ki4nbe at yahoo.com Thu Aug 18 18:05:36 2011 From: ki4nbe at yahoo.com (George Gafford Sr) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:05:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [LakelandARC] Net Announcement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1313715936.11287.YahooMailNeo@web38604.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Very understandable Dan, Was listening in doors on HT. ? 73 de George/KI4NBE ________________________________ From: WZ1P To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:50 PM Subject: [LakelandARC] Net Announcement ? Due to severe thunder and lighting overhead at 19:00 this evening I was unable to start the net. Please look for us next week at the usual time. Sorry about this folks but I had to bail at the last minute when a good one hit real close. 73, Dan WZ1P Net Manager. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kd4efm1 at verizon.net Fri Aug 19 14:12:33 2011 From: kd4efm1 at verizon.net (Evans F. Mitchell; KD4EFM / WQFK 894) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:12:33 -0400 Subject: F/S: 100 watt Wide Band FM Motorola Maratrac's for sale (POLK COUNTY) Message-ID: <02d801cc5eb4$b72dfb70$2589f250$@verizon.net> I have 12 Maratrac's 100 watt mobiles for $75.00 (with cables and control heads) For anyone locally who wants a high power mobile. They are in operative condition, and are currently programed with 147.375 pl 127.3, one channel 1 only. THEY ARE NOT DOA RADIOS. For the Digital mode people, this would be a deal of a lifetime to have a 100 watt VHF APRS / AX.25 Packet radio. You can modify the radio for single channel, TX/RX on 144.390 or any programmed frequency for packet. I have done that to my personal one already and set to 75 watts for 144.990 packet and for FL-SEDAN use. Can be used for 2 meter operation or your choice. Email me or call my cell if you have it, if interested. I do not currently have the software to program the radio, laptop died on me But I can refer you to N4KEG for programming. Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / WQFK 894 Florida D-star Tech Support http://www.florida-dstar.info Polk County Florida ARES Group http://www.polkemcomm.org From ad4ih at arrl.net Sat Aug 27 08:39:48 2011 From: ad4ih at arrl.net (Joe Pirkle) Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:39:48 -0400 Subject: Labor Day Meeting? Message-ID: <4E590FC4.8090203@earthlink.net> Will the September 5 meeting be held as scheduled? Joe - AD4IH From kg4yni at arrl.net Sat Aug 27 08:44:11 2011 From: kg4yni at arrl.net (Ernie) Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:44:11 -0400 Subject: [LakelandARC] Labor Day Meeting? In-Reply-To: <4E590FC4.8090203@earthlink.net> References: <4E590FC4.8090203@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <4E5910CB.9090306@arrl.net> Yes sir. On 8/27/2011 11:39 AM, Joe Pirkle wrote: > > > Will the September 5 meeting be held as scheduled? > > Joe - AD4IH > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ad4ih at arrl.net Sat Aug 27 10:05:28 2011 From: ad4ih at arrl.net (Joe Pirkle) Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:05:28 -0400 Subject: [LakelandARC] Labor Day Meeting? In-Reply-To: <4E5910CB.9090306@arrl.net> References: <4E590FC4.8090203@earthlink.net> <4E5910CB.9090306@arrl.net> Message-ID: <4E5923D8.5090706@earthlink.net> That is a _GOOD_ thang,,, On 8/27/2011 11:44 AM, Ernie wrote: > > > Yes sir. > > On 8/27/2011 11:39 AM, Joe Pirkle wrote: >> >> >> Will the September 5 meeting be held as scheduled? >> >> Joe - AD4IH >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From patrickboneil at juno.com Tue Aug 30 18:51:11 2011 From: patrickboneil at juno.com (Patrick) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:51:11 -0000 Subject: Monday Night Meeting and Net Information Message-ID: Hello Everyone, I want to remind everyone that we will have our monthly meeting on Labor Day, Monday, September 5th, 2011 at 7pm. Also, I need to get some information from our members that could be presented in a future meeting. We would like to know what nets our members are involved with. The nets can be presently used or nets that you have used in the past. Any information that you can send me would be greatly appreciated. Remember, they can be VHF/UHF or HF nets. Our goal is to present the compiled information to the club. Please send your information to me via email( patrickboneil at juno.com ) or bring it to our meeting on Monday. See you on Monday, Thanks, Patrick O'Neil KI4CDY From kg4yni at arrl.net Wed Aug 31 07:33:19 2011 From: kg4yni at arrl.net (Ernie) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:33:19 -0400 Subject: Fwd: September Club Meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E5E462F.4000900@arrl.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: September Club Meeting Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:51:08 -0400 From: Tom Evans To: Ernie KG4YNI Haynes Fellow club members, Christy and I won't be able to attend the September LARC meeting since we will be driving home from Tennessee that day and we won't be getting home until later that evening. Since Christy has the refreshments container and the attendance clipboard, they will not be available unless she can pass them to someone else for that night. Is there someone that can handle this in her absence? Thanks, Tom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: