Ugh, that's just more dipoles and verticals with little or no gain or directivity. But really, 40M was once again beautiful, now that its without the foreign broadcasters ! What's a kid on a city-lot to do ? 73, Dennis, W2IU
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:39:43 -0500 > Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Sun's Spots Fading > From: w9sz.z...@gmail.com > To: dx-chat@njdxa.org > > > Tweak up those low band antennas! > > 73, Zack W9SZ > > > On 6/15/11, Bill Hawkins <bhw...@hughes.net> wrote: > > > > I thought we just came out of that! > > Bill W5EC > > > > BREAKING - major AAS solar announcement: Sun's Fading Spots Signal Big Drop > > in Solar Activity > > The American Astronomical Society meeting in Los Cruces, NM has just made a > > major announcement on the state of the sun. Sunspots may be on the way out > > and an extended solar minimum may be on the horizon. > > > > From Space.com reporting from the conference: > > > > Some unusual solar readings, including fading sunspots and weakening > > magnetic activity near the poles, could be indications that our sun is > > preparing to be less active in the coming years. > > > > The results of three separate studies seem to show that even as the current > > sunspot cycle swells toward the solar maximum, the sun could be heading into > > a more-dormant period, with activity during the next 11-year sunspot cycle > > greatly reduced or even eliminated. > > > > Currently, the sun is in the midst of the period designated as Cycle 24 and > > is ramping up toward the cycle's period of maximum activity. However, the > > recent findings indicate that the activity in the next 11-year solar cycle, > > Cycle 25, could be greatly reduced. In fact, some scientists are questioning > > whether this drop in activity could lead to a second Maunder Minimum, which > > was a 70-year period from 1645 to 1715 when the sun showed virtually no > > sunspots. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to > > > > imail...@njdxa.org > > > > In the message body put either > > > > unsubscribe dx-chat > > > > or > > > > subscribe dx-chat > > > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to > > imail...@njdxa.org > > In the message body put either > > unsubscribe dx-chat > > or > > subscribe dx-chat > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org > ----------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
