Blind Man Reaches World Audience Through Radio:

eHam.net News – “There’s nothing you can’t do.” That’s the message a Welland resident hoped to convey when he set out to write VA3DV: Vincent’s Diary, a book about his life. Vince Dellemonache, is a 78-year-old blind man born in Penne, Italy, and raised in a farm house containing his parents, sister, grandparents and aunt. He and his family emigrated to Canada when he was 12. Suffering from retinis pigmentosa did not keep him from leading a happy, normal life. He and his wife Mary have been married nearly 52 years and together they had three children – Anthony, Mauro and Angela. Dellemonache taught himself to clean, do laundry and cook to care for his daughter Angela while his wife was away working. Angela was severely disabled from birth and did not speak. Under her father’s care, she miraculously learned to walk. Angela passed away five years ago; she was 46. Dellemonache became interested in amateur radio and obtained a certificate of proficiency in 1982. Through radio frequencies, Dellemonache connected with people around the globe. “I’ve got friends all over,” he said. In 2005 he founded HandiHam Radio, a club that educated and equipped people with disabilities with computers and Ham radio equipment so they, too, could connect with the world around them.

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Blind Man Reaches World Audience Through Radio:

“There’s nothing you can’t do.” That’s the message a Welland resident hoped to convey when he set out to write VA3DV: Vincent’s Diary, a book about his life. Vince Dellemonache, is a 78-year-old blind man born in Penne, Italy, and raised in a farm house containing his parents, sister, grandparents and aunt. He and his family emigrated to Canada when he was 12. Suffering from retinis pigmentosa did not keep him from leading a happy, normal life. He and his wife Mary have been married nearly 52 years and together they had three children – Anthony, Mauro and Angela. Dellemonache taught himself to clean, do laundry and cook to care for his daughter Angela while his wife was away working. Angela was severely disabled from birth and did not speak. Under her father’s care, she miraculously learned to walk. Angela passed away five years ago; she was 46. Dellemonache became interested in amateur radio and obtained a certificate of proficiency in 1982. Through radio frequencies, Dellemonache connected with people around the globe. “I’ve got friends all over,” he said. In 2005 he founded HandiHam Radio, a club that educated and equipped people with disabilities with computers and Ham radio equipment so they, too, could connect with the world around them.

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‘Rogue’ Sunspots Spoil Chances for Long-Term Space Weather Forecasting:

eHam.net News – The number of solar spots and eruptive phenomena connected to them show cyclical variations with a mean period of 11 years. The strength of these solar cycles, however, varies considerably. We know about periods in the past, called Grand Minima, when no sunspots were observable for decades. This was also the case during the Maunder Minimum in the second half of the 17th century, which thought to be associated with the “Little Ice Age.” On the other hand, we observed a period of very strong cycles, known as Modern Maximum at the end of the last century. The currently-ongoing Cycle 24 is breaking this series with an amplitude much lower than the typical values during Modern Maximum. Forecasting these long-term, cycle-to-cycle variations is the Holy Grail of solar dynamo theory, the discipline studying the origin of solar activity. In recent years, our understanding of the driving mechanisms of the solar dynamo has developed significantly, however, sadly, the new results also pointed out the limits of predicting the properties of the upcoming solar cycle.

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‘Rogue’ Sunspots Spoil Chances for Long-Term Space Weather Forecasting:

The number of solar spots and eruptive phenomena connected to them show cyclical variations with a mean period of 11 years. The strength of these solar cycles, however, varies considerably. We know about periods in the past, called Grand Minima, when no sunspots were observable for decades. This was also the case during the Maunder Minimum in the second half of the 17th century, which thought to be associated with the “Little Ice Age.” On the other hand, we observed a period of very strong cycles, known as Modern Maximum at the end of the last century. The currently-ongoing Cycle 24 is breaking this series with an amplitude much lower than the typical values during Modern Maximum. Forecasting these long-term, cycle-to-cycle variations is the Holy Grail of solar dynamo theory, the discipline studying the origin of solar activity. In recent years, our understanding of the driving mechanisms of the solar dynamo has developed significantly, however, sadly, the new results also pointed out the limits of predicting the properties of the upcoming solar cycle.

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