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The K7RA Solar Update 05/14/2021 Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Sunspot activity returned last Friday, May 7, and has held steady since. Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 11.9 to 21.1, and average daily solar flux was up 2.1 points to 74.3 for the reporting week ending May 12. Geomagnetic activity was quiet until Wednesday, May 12, when the planetary A index went to 41 as the result of a coronal mass ejection (CME) that blasted out of the sun on May 9. It was not expected to be ve...

Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office supports grant to bolster mental health services initiative KATC photo and last updated 2021-05-14 12:41:40-04 The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office is supporting a grant to bolster mental health services initiatives. LPSO says the grant would help further its collaboration with Beacon Community Connections which is a community integrated health network. According to a release Beacon Community Connections is applying for the Administration for Commun...

QRZ Callsign Search Latest RASA QTC magazine published The latest issue of QTC is available for download as an electronic magazine or pdf file at In this edition: The Australian regulator ACMA have decided Amateur Radio will not be permitted secondary access to the 60-metre band. Whilst this is disappointing, President Glenn VK4DU tells us that it is not surprising. There may be major changes for VK callsigns next year – the connection between the callsign numeral (following the VK prefix) ...