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Wednesday, April 25, 2018
QSL preview – 3D2EU
3D2EU activity from Rotuma took place during February 23 to March 16, 2018. QSL card is now ready.
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Daily solar report: Current Sunspot Cycle 24 Activity and Space…
Daily solar report: Current Sunspot Cycle 24 Activity and Space Weather
Sunspot count: Sun Spots: 19 as of 04/24/2018
10.7-cm Radio Flux: 73 SFU (SFU=Solar Flux Units)
Estimated Planetary A-index (Ap): 5 | K-index (Kp): 0
Solar Wind: 337 km/s at 1.0 protons/cm3, Bz is 1.0 nT
(Apr 25, 2018 at 1816 UT)
X-ray Solar Flares:
6h hi [B2.1][2137Z 04/24] 24h hi [B2.1][2137Z 04/24]
Background X-ray Level, Last Six Days
Apr 24 2018 :: A4.3
Apr 23 2018 :: A4.7
Apr 22 2018 :: A5.3
Apr 21 2018 :: A6.2
Apr 20 2018 :: A5.7
Apr 19 2018 :: A3.7
Global HF Propagation Conditions for 1800Z on 25 Apr, 2018
High Latitude: Normal
Middle Latitude: Normal
Low Latitude: Normal
Geomagnetic Latitude Ranges: High: 60-90 degrees, Middle: 20-60 degrees, Low: 0-20 degrees
For live data and images, visit http://SunSpotWatch.com
This report has been prepared by your space weather and radio propagation reporter, Tomas ( amateur radio operator, NW7US, http://NW7US.us )
Check out the stunning view of our Sun in action, as seen during the last five years with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO):
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Today’s Sun, seen through a filter of…
Today’s Sun, seen through a filter of ‘visible’ light (remember: NEVER look directly at the Sun!), as viewed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), by the Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI). This image is known as a ‘continuum’ image; a continuum image is formed by filtering portions of the visible light part of the spectrum. The SDO HMI is designed to study oscillations and the magnetic field at the solar surface, or photosphere.
The continuum images allow us to track the evolution of sunspots. These images are important as they allow us to better understand the dynamic nature of the solar atmosphere.
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iHeart Names First EVP of Advanced Audio and Data Revenue
Also taps new Baltimore market president
iHeartMedia has named Justin Nesci as executive vice president of advanced audio and data revenue, and the company’s Baltimore cluster has promoted Aaron Hyland to market president.
In his newly created role, Nesci will report to President of Digital and Audience Segment Revenue Strategy Carter Brokaw. Nesci will be responsible for developing a variety of data-driven, audio strategies across iHeartMedia’s vast array of platforms. He will help steer SmartAudio, the company’s data infused, cloud-based audio planning and buying platform, according to the announcement.
Nesci’s consulting practice J/T/N Advisors has helped media companies with revenue generation, specializing in digital and social media. He previously served as the SVP for digital sales for Fox Network Group, managing the national digital sales and marketing responsibilities for Fox Broadcasting, Fox Cable and Fox Sports properties. He also held executive roles in digital sales, strategy and marketing for Viacom, Federated Media and Warner Music Group. Nesci began his career as a management consultant for Lochridge & Co. and is a graduate of Brown University.
In Baltimore, Aaron Hyland will be responsible for overseeing the market’s programming, advertising and operations across its platforms. He will also continue to oversee sales for the Washington Region as regional senior vice president. In this capacity, Hyland will continue to report to iHeartMedia Region Pres. Michael Preacher.
iHeartMedia Baltimore owns and operates WQSR(FM), WPOC(FM), WZFT(FM) and WCAO(AM).
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International Amateur Radio Regulatory Developments Announced
ARRL –
Several countries recently have proposed or instituted changes or announced developments with respect to Amateur Radio regulation.
- In China, according to the Chinese Radio Amateurs Club (CRAC), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in Beijing has announced that radio amateurs will gain access to a 60-meter band starting on July 1. The latest edition of PRC Radio Frequency Division…
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Poll – DXCC Honor Roll
Since the last poll attracted nearly 3000 votes, here’s another one for the reader of DX-World. Simply click which bracket you are in. Feel free to leave comments.
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Inside the April 25 issue of Radio World
Featuring an investigation of iHeart’s Chapter 11 filing, the FCC’s new approach to pirate radio operators and more
Randy Stine explores the implications of iHeartMedia’s Chapter 11 filing, and lawyers from the Pillsbury firm write about the FCC’s new hardline approach to pirate radio operators and what it really means. We also share excerpts from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s address to the NAB Show earlier this month.
TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY
Radio Automation Grows With the Times
Twenty years ago, as consolidation among radio companies was running rampant, automation systems became even more important. Radio companies were promising new efficiencies, and automation provided one way to achieve that. Most manufacturers that work in this space have developed at least several generations of new systems since, with dramatically more power and functionality.
21st CENTURY PD
Is There Life After 55 for Radio?
“As of 2018, 90.6 million Americans are now over the age of 55 — 28 percent of the population. Most are Baby Boomers who have been passionate about radio throughout their lives. They are adopting new audio technologies but at a slower rate than younger people. They’re not stuck in the past, but some observers might say radio is,” Dave Beasing argues in his latest column.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
With Video, Do What You Already Do Best: Tell Stories
Remembering Maj. James Andrew White, Radio Pioneer
If You’re a Professional, Look Sharp, Be Sharp
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Today’s graph, plotting the SESC sunspot number, the…
Today’s graph, plotting the SESC sunspot number, the 10.7cm Radio Flux, and the Estimated Planetary A Index, for the last 30 days.
The numbers are:
Date | Sunspots | 10.7-cm Flux | Ap ========================================== 2018/04/24 | 19 | 73 | 5
2018/04/23 | 22 | 74 | 6
2018/04/22 | 20 | 76 | 5
2018/04/21 | 34 | 77 | 12
2018/04/20 | 14 | 73 | 47
2018/04/19 | 14 | 71 | 3
2018/04/18 | 0 | 71 | 6
2018/04/17 | 0 | 69 | 4
2018/04/16 | 0 | 69 | 3
2018/04/15 | 0 | 71 | 6
2018/04/14 | 11 | 70 | 6
2018/04/13 | 14 | 70 | 9
2018/04/12 | 13 | 70 | 9
2018/04/11 | 0 | 68 | 14
2018/04/10 | 0 | 69 | 18
2018/04/09 | 0 | 69 | 11
2018/04/08 | 0 | 68 | 5
2018/04/07 | 0 | 67 | 5
2018/04/06 | 0 | 67 | 4
2018/04/05 | 0 | 66 | 9
2018/04/04 | 0 | 69 | 5
2018/04/03 | 0 | 68 | 4
2018/04/02 | 0 | 68 | 5
2018/04/01 | 0 | 69 | 5
2018/03/31 | 12 | 69 | 7
2018/03/30 | 11 | 69 | 5
2018/03/29 | 0 | 69 | 4
2018/03/28 | 0 | 69 | 3
2018/03/27 | 0 | 68 | 9
For complete live data and images visit http://SunSpotWatch.com
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Check out the stunning view of our Sun in action, as seen during the last five years with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXN-MdoGM9g
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Dial Report and Ad-ID Seek to Standardize Radio Spot Tracking
Collaboration is intended to “illustrate the effectiveness” of radio ads
TagStation subsidiary Dial Report said it is collaborating with Ad-ID to establish tracking standards for the radio industry.
“It is clear that the radio industry would benefit from having the same tracking standards that the TV and digital industries enjoy today,” said Dial Report Senior Vice President of Revenue Generation Lisa Pike in an announcement. TagStation is part of Emmis Communications but is seeking to build a data-based ecosystem to serve the broader radio industry, in part built around user data collected via its NextRadio app.
Ad-ID Executive Director Harold Geller said the collaboration is intended to “illustrate the effectiveness” of radio ads through spot tracking.
According to the announcement, spot tracking provides insight into how radio drives consumer action and correlates this information to “when the spot aired, what stations it played on” and listeners’ behavioral and demographic information. The addition of Ad-ID codes will help to fill in gaps in information previously left by “antiquated advertising asset codes within station trafficking,” the companies said.
“The first and most valuable step in our data attribution process is to verify that all spots, across our entire network of broadcasters, belonging to a brand are identified correctly,” said Dial Report Senior Vice President of Product Development Ben Husmann. “Dial Report uses the Ad-ID API to fill in the blanks and expand spot metadata to include accurate and complete information such as advertiser, product, copy points and more. It’s particularly helpful when we need specifics on multiple creative from one brand.”
TagStation describes Dial Report as a first-party data platform measuring radio performance. Ad-ID is an ad industry joint venture of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (“4As”) and the Association of National Advertisers.
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Did you know? Here’s a space weather and radio…
Did you know? Here’s a space weather and radio propagation educational tidbit – from http://SunSpotWatch.com – at 14:00 UTC on 2018-04-25:
X-ray flares are classified by x-ray brightness in wavelength range 1 to 8 Angstroms. Three main categories for X-ray flares: ‘C’ ’M’ and ‘X’; C-class=minor,X-class=major.
X-class flares are big! A flare that is measured in the X-class range is a major event that could trigger planet-wide radio blackouts. An X-class flare could also cause a long-lasting radiation storm and proton event. The effect on the ionosphere may last many hours, when the flare is extremely powerful.
M-class flares are medium-sized; they can cause brief radio blackouts (lasting mere minutes, or a few hours). Minor radiation storms sometimes follow an M-class flare.
By the way, a Polar Cap Absorption (PCA) Event is caused by the radiation storms triggered by flares, and the bigger the flare, the more intense the PCA may become.
Compared to X- and M-class events, C-class flares are small. They have a minor effect on the ionosphere, and therefore on radio communications are not so terribly affected.
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Today’s Sun (artificially-colored in yellow) seen at the…
Today’s Sun (artificially-colored in yellow) seen at the 171-angstrom wavelength (Extreme Ultraviolet, or EUV), as viewed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA).
At this wavelength, at a wavelength not seen by the un-aided eye, we observe the Sun with the 17.1 nm (171 A) filter. This Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) waveband is used to monitor the corona and upper transition region. With this filter, we can see the myrid of massive magnetic field lines, from simple to complex, that weave and twist throughout the Sun.
The image is a ‘false color image’, meaning that observed data are in a range outside of what human eyes can see, so the data are digitally recast into colors that emphasize physically important features. This view is created from data gathered by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite that flies above Earth’s atmosphere in an inclined geosynchronous orbit.
Emissions captured in this image come from iron (Fe), a trace element in the solar atmosphere that emits Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) light when heated to temperatures in excess of one million deg K. In the solar corona the temperatures are so high that most chemical elements have lost many of their electrons. Some of the remaining electrons still attached to the atom emit EUV radiation in narrow wavebands or lines.
The 17.1 nm filter, or channel, is dominated by emissions from highly ionized iron: 8 times ionized (missing 8 electrons) iron–Fe IX. The roman numeral descriptors are consistent with spectral notation: the level of ionization for a given roman numeral is one unit larger that the actual number of missing electrons. The temperatures associated with this level of ionization is about 6 x 10^5 K.
The bright regions in this image correspond to regions of closed magnetic field loops that trap the hot, emitting plasma. Large bright regions are often called active regions. The dark regions correspond to cooler temperatures and possibly to locations where magnetic field lines open into the heliosphere, and thus, do not trap hot plasma.
View live data and images at http://SunSpotWatch.com
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NOTICE: When you buy this (or any item after starting with this link), you are helping us keep our SunSpotWatch.com and other resources “on the air” (up and running!). In other words, you are helping the entire community. So, check out this book:
Here is the link to Amazon:
http://g.nw7us.us/fbssw-aSWSC
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Visit our live space weather and radio propagation web site, at: http://SunSpotWatch.com
See the live aurora mapping is at http://aurora.sunspotwatch.com
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Latest TEC map from NASA. What is TEC? Total Electron Content…
Latest TEC map from NASA. What is TEC? Total Electron Content (or TEC) is an important descriptive quantity for the ionosphere of the Earth. TEC is the total number of free electrons integrated between two points, along a tube of one meter squared cross section, i.e., the electron columnar number density. Affected by solar activity, Total Electron Content (TEC) describes the total number of free electrons present within one square meter between two points (i.e. between the receiver and satellite involved in measuring TEC).
These maps are also used to monitor ionospheric weather, and to nowcast ionospheric storms that often occur responding to activities in solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere as well as thermosphere.
View live data and images at http://SunSpotWatch.com
Follow: https://Twitter.com/NW7US and https://Twitter.com/hfradiospacewx
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And: Check out the stunning view of our Sun in action, as seen during the last five years with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXN-MdoGM9g
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BOOK SALE: Space Weather and Sun Science – get these from Amazon, and help us stay online!
NOTICE: When you buy this (or any item after starting with this link), you are helping us keep our SunSpotWatch.com and other resources “on the air” (up and running!). In other words, you are helping the entire community. So, check out this book:
Here is the link to Amazon:
http://g.nw7us.us/fbssw-aSWSC
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Latest TEC map from NASA. What is TEC? Total Electron Content…
Latest TEC map from NASA. What is TEC? Total Electron Content (or TEC) is an important descriptive quantity for the ionosphere of the Earth. TEC is the total number of free electrons integrated between two points, along a tube of one meter squared cross section, i.e., the electron columnar number density. Affected by solar activity, Total Electron Content (TEC) describes the total number of free electrons present within one square meter between two points (i.e. between the receiver and satellite involved in measuring TEC).
These maps are also used to monitor ionospheric weather, and to nowcast ionospheric storms that often occur responding to activities in solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere as well as thermosphere.
View live data and images at http://SunSpotWatch.com
Follow: https://Twitter.com/NW7US and https://Twitter.com/hfradiospacewx
Facebook: http://NW7US.us/swhfr
And: Check out the stunning view of our Sun in action, as seen during the last five years with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXN-MdoGM9g
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BOOK SALE: Space Weather and Sun Science – get these from Amazon, and help us stay online!
NOTICE: When you buy this (or any item after starting with this link), you are helping us keep our SunSpotWatch.com and other resources “on the air” (up and running!). In other words, you are helping the entire community. So, check out this book:
Here is the link to Amazon:
http://g.nw7us.us/fbssw-aSWSC
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See the live aurora mapping is at http://aurora.sunspotwatch.com
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