My first task when I joined the National Research Council in 1975 was to complete the computer control system for our solar radio telescopes. These automatically track the sun and measure the radio flux density at 10 cm (2.8 GHz). These telescopes are now located in Penticton and provide the Solar Flux Index (SFI) reported in the Propagation Forecast on our home page.
Simon VA7BIX did a crazy POTA on May 11th during the G5 storm when the A-index was 272 and the K-index was 9. He was on 20 meters with a ton of static. He’s running 100 watts with a 10db gain on the salt water. He starts CQing at 15 minutes in the video. And makes contacts! In fact, he gets a pile-up!
Check out his “on-the-ocean” YouTube video.
What a great get-together! Lots of laughter and friendship. We even talked a little bit about radio. Don’t miss the next one in June: The second Monday, which is June 10th.
