Print pageDayton Hamvention Roundup Sunday, May 21, 2023
22-05-2023 10:33
by Mark H. Derks, KC1RVQ, ARRL Acquisitions Editor
Sunday at Dayton Hamvention® proved to be a whirlwind affair, even if the crowds had thinned considerably from Friday and Saturday’s surge. In the ARRL Expo space, a few more books sold out, along with some of the popular sizes for 2023 ARRL Field Day t-shirts. Among the staff and volunteers present, there was a sense that the event had proved a...
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Dayton Hamvention Roundup Saturday May 20, 2023
22-05-2023 09:37
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Dayton Hamvention Roundup Friday, May 19, 2023
20-05-2023 11:19
by Mark H. Derks, KC1RVQ, ARRL Acquisitions Editor
The Calm Before
The first official day of 2023 Dayton Hamvention® began with half an hour of calm on the show floor. All the transceivers and whips, the coils of coax, and bins of SMA connecters lay abed beneath their evening coverings -- white plastic tablecloth in the ARRL exhibit space, black canvas covers for neighboring Icom, and others beyo...
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The K7RA Solar Update
19-05-2023 14:46
This reporting week, May 11-17, average daily sunspot number was
nearly the same as last week, 118.6 compared to 119.3, only
marginally lower.
But average daily solar flux dropped from 167.8 to 143.2.
Geomagnetic indicators were quieter, both planetary and middle
latitude A index at 9.6. Last week the two numbers were 15.1 and
11.9, respectively.
What is the outlook for the next few weeks?
10.7 cm sola...
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T-minus 1 Day Until Dayton Hamvention – May 18, 2023
19-05-2023 09:54
by Mark H. Derks, KC1RVQ, ARRL Acquisitions Editor
The day before Dayton Hamvention® 2023, and already antennas porcupine cars at the University of Dayton Marriott. Cardstock “No Parking” signs issued by the Xenia, Ohio, police department top blonde stakes on the approach to the vendor parking at the Greene County Fairgrounds, a signal about the number of ham radio operators about to descend.
The...
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