Resonant Frequency

RRA EP 47 Basic Propagation 5 Solar Cycle

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RRA EP 46 Basic Propagation 5 Solar Cycle
  • Intro
  • Welcome
  • Donations
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      • Doin’s in the club
        • Still working on ARES and Club
        • Ratified club constitution
        • Voting on dues
        • sat around with some new club members and talked about radios
        • go hang out at a local club
        • Borrowing a different repeater to improve coverage
        • Our repeater ideas have fallen through
        • We’ve been offered a 100 foot tower if we had something to put on it
        • Simulate emergency Test
        • W2CEW working on Winlink
        • Solar Cycle
          • Sunspots
          • Solar Cycle runs about 11 years
          • more sunspots at the peak of the cycle
          • The sun is more active when the solar cycle is up
          • more radiation to creates charged particles in the ionosphere
          • denser ionosphere means more refraction
          • Richard’s Story Time
          • When it’s up it’s great
          • Higher ionization helps radio waves propagate more efficiently
          • MUF Maximum Usable Frequency
          • Solar Flares and Coronal Holes are bad
          • Protons are charge killers
          • Easy on the Jargon with the new guys
          • Geomagnetic Storm bad too!
            • It can even charge the D Layer and disrupt Lower HF Frequencies
            • New Hams are getting frustrated
            • You can’t fight the sun
            • Make sure your station is ready for when the cycle comes back
            • We are currently at Solar minimum
            • Next Sunspot peak will max around 2023 -2026
            • Usable propagation before them
            • Florida and California, Damn!
            • Use WWV, International Broadcast, to get your receive up to snuff
            • Don’t forget the dummy load
            • I hear snoring
            • Stay tuned for more to come
            • He’s nagging again
            • 73 everybody

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