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“Marty on the Mountain” Engstrom, N1ARY (SK)
Avid radio amateur, Marty Engstrom, N1ARY, of Fryeburg, Maine, has become a Silent Key. He died on January 4, 2024. Generations of New England television viewers may know him as Marty on the Mountain from his weather reports on camera for WMTW-TV from the station’s transmitter site on Mount Washington in Gorham, New Hampshire.
Engstrom was known to quip that he was not intentionally in the weath...
The K7RA Solar Update
Only four new sunspot groups emerged over the past week, one on
December 28, another on December 31, and two more on January 2 and
3.
Solar indices sank. The average daily sunspot number declined from
114.4 to 63.4, and average daily solar flux from 172.6 to 141.9.
Average daily planetary A index rose from 8.4 to 6.7 and middle
latitude numbers from 4 to 5.1.
Predicted solar flux over the next few wee...
HamSCI 2024 Workshop
Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) will hold its sixth annual workshop on March 22 - 23, 2024, at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The event is meant to bring together the amateur radio community and professional scientists.
The 2024 workshop's theme will be "Alignments" - specifically those between the Sun, Moon, and Earth; collegiate amateur radio recreation an...
ARRL Kids Day in on January 6!
Twice a year, ARRL offers an event designed to promote amateur radio to youth. On ARRL Kids Day, which will be held this year on January 6, 2024, you can share the excitement with your own kids, grandkids, a Scout troop, a church, or the general public!
ARRL Kids Day is designed to give on-the-air experience to young people and to foster interest in getting a license of their own..
It is also i...
ARRL Audio News January 5, 2024
ARRL Audio News January 5, 2024
The K7RA Solar Update
The recent reporting week, December 21-27, saw counter-intuitive solar numbers, with solar flux rising but sunspot numbers in decline. This happens from time to time.
Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 137.4 to 114.4. Only three new sunspot groups emerged, two on December 22, and one on December 27. On Thursday, December 28 one more sunspot emerged and the sunspot number increased from...
