Westlakes ARC Holds Open Day to ‘Demonstrate the Joys of Amateur Radio’:

eHam.net News – Lake Macquarie boasts one of the largest amateur radio clubs in the country, and in April the York Street club threw open their doors for a ‘come-and-look’ open day. The Westlakes Amateur Radio Club (WARC), based in Teralba, uses its open days to show what the club does on a regular basis, and to “introduce visitors to the joy of amateur radio”. As well as undertaking radio electronic fox-hunts and demonstrations of radio communications in the club’s ‘radio shack’, participants were able to test out satellite communication, amateur television transmissions and play with microcomputer construction.

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NOAA: Solar Cycle 24 Status and Solar Cycle 25 Upcoming Forecast:

eHam.net News – Current solar cycle 24 is declining more quickly than forecast. The smoothed, predicted sunspot number for April to May, 2018 is about 15; however, the actual monthly values have been lower. Will solar minimum be longer than usual or might solar cycle 25 begin earlier? Leading solar and space science experts will convene a meeting in the coming years and attempt to predict solar cycle 25. The “official” solar cycle forecast includes the month, year, and intensity of that maximum (peak, average sunspot number). The consensus forecast is the result of collaboration by a solar cycle prediction panel of solar and space scientists from around the world. Typically, the panel considers all new, relevant research results, observation trends, and model predictions available when the panel is convened.

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