Sunday, February 15, 2009

Global Disaster Network


I would like you to join me and many others at Global Disaster Network.
Global Disaster Network has 25 active members and is growing. The members are not all Armature Radio Operators, they are however Meteorologist, Geologist, Volconologist, Firefighters and Law Enforcement officers, Members of Media Organizations and hobbyist.
The Global Disaster Network has members throughout the United States, New Zealand, Germany, India and Thailand. We try to post daily about events and hold professional discussions about current events.
Information and Education in regards to World Wide Disasters and events to include warnings and updates for:Drought, Earthquakes, Flooding, Health Threats, Hurricanes, Landslides, Severe Weather Warnings, Solar Flares, Space Weather, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Wildfires and to also discuss thoughts in the many areas of Geophysics.

Global Disaster Network Discussion Page

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Monday, February 9, 2009

Preparing for Mayo Clinic

Friday afternoon I received a phone call from Mayo Clinic. The have me scheduled for March 23rd. At this point and after much thought and discussions with the family it will be my Dad taking me to Rochester Minnesota.
My wife is going to stay home and tend to our children and animals. I have no idea how long I will be at Mayo Clinic. They said anywhere to 2 days and up. Depends on what all they find and surgery.
I’m not really looking forward to this trip now. Mayo needs 5 grand up front. (Ouch). It really sucks not having insurance. With the wife having been out of work for the last 4 months things have become very tight. At least we are not in the same position many people are in as far as losing there home and vehicles. Those are the things we pay on first. Last payment is now due on our truck. Pretty cool, I have been off work for 3 years and got both vehicles paid off. Not to mention all the work we have had done to our home. So yes, I thank the good Lord for providing for us.
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Friday, February 6, 2009

What happened to January?

Wow, January went by pretty fast. I spent most of the month in bed, had been pretty sick. I did have one week where I felt pretty good. I even managed to get out with my brother for the afternoon on Jan 22.
We went to the Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum. It was pretty cool. They have only been open for a few months and are still working on exhibits. They have several models of different ships and also have several torpedoes on display. One of them has been opened up and shows you how it works.
According to my brother they plan on having an amateur radio station in the museum. They did have a station on the Silversides at one time but had removed it for some reason.
After the museum we went for lunch the new stopped to visit an amateur radio friend at his place of employment. We sat a rag chewed for an hour then it was time for me to call it a day.
So that is what has been going on with me. I am feeling pretty good this morning even though I have had only 3 hours of sleep. Yesterday was a real rough one though.
I added "Southgate Amateur Radio Club" news feed to the side bar this morning. It is a great source of news and events for amateur radio.
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HOW TO READ PROPAGATION NUMBERS

The A index [ LOW is GOOD ]

  • 1 to 6 is BEST
  • 7 to 9 is OK
  • 11 or more is BAD

Represents the overall geomagnetic condition of the ionosphere ("Ap" if averaged from the Kp-Index) (an average of the eight 3-hour K-Indices) ('A' referring to amplitude) over a given 24 hour period, ranging (linearly) typically from 1-100 but theoretically up to 400.

A lower A-Index generally suggests better propagation on the 10, 12, 15, 17, & 20 Meter Bands; a low & steady Ap-Index generally suggest good propagation on the 30, 40, 60, 80, & 160 Meter Bands.

SFI index [ HIGH is GOOD ]

  • 70 NOT GOOD
  • 80 GOOD
  • 90 BETTER
  • 100+ BEST

The measure of total radio emissions from the sun at 10.7cm (2800 MHz), on a scale of 60 (no sunspots) to 300, generally corresponding to the sunspot level, but being too low in energy to cause ionization, not related to the ionization level of the Ionosphere.

Higher Solar Flux generally suggests better propagation on the 10, 12, 15, 17, & 20 Meter Bands; Solar Flux rarely affects the 30, 40, 60, 80, & 160 Meter Bands.

K index [ LOW is GOOD ]

  • 0 or 1 is BEST
  • 2 is OK
  • 3 or more is BAD
  • 5 is VERY VERY BAD

The overall geomagnetic condition of the ionosphere ("Kp" if averaged over the planet) over the past 3 hours, measured by 13 magnetometers between 46 & 63 degrees of latitude, and ranging quasi-logarithmically from 0-9. Designed to detect solar particle radiation by its magnetic effect. A higher K-index generally means worse HF conditions.

A lower K-Index generally suggests better propagation on the 10, 12, 15, 17, & 20 Meter Bands; a low & steady Kp-Index generally suggest good propagation on the 30, 40, 60, 80, & 160 Meter Bands.

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