After talking with EMA, we agreed to cancel our meeting due to weather concerns, as such, tonight’s meeting of the HVARC scheduled for 1900 is cancelled.  We will meet in two weeks at 1900 at the EOC, April 16 (our radio night time)  I will do the 4/3 net tomorrow until we can meet and assign Net Control operators. The 4/10 net is open for volunteers.

Via Brad, KD8AJG:

There has been world-wide reporting of the work done using amateur radio WSPR signals in an attempt to pinpoint the location of missing flight MH370

In addition to the Times and other national UK newspapers the story has also been covered by 9 News in Australia.
The surge of publicity on December 1 came as the result of the claim by Richard Godfrey that he had pinpointed the precise location of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at the bottom of the southern Indian Ocean.
9 News says:
Mr Godfrey’s research, which he claims will lead to the discovery of MH370 next year, is based on Global Detection and Tracking of Any Aircraft Anywhere (GDTAAA) software and Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) data.
WSPR can be best visualised as laser beams which criss-cross the world, with any disturbances logged in a database.
According to Mr Godfrey’s research, GDTAAA combined with WSPR data provided hundreds of trackable radio signals every two minutes during the flight of the Boeing 777, allowing him to zero in on a critical search zone.
Read the full 9 News story and watch the TV Report at
https://www.9news.com.au/national/mh370-crash-location-pinpointed-in-indian-ocean-new-research-claims/9769769c-6a71-4dd4-8dcc-6206396a66c3

Space Weather Message Code: WATA50
Serial Number: 74
Issue Time: 2024 Mar 23 1840 UTC

WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G3 Predicted

Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day:
Mar 24: G2 (Moderate) / Mar 25: G3 (Strong) / Mar 26: G1 (Minor)

THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT

NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at
www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation

Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of
50 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude.
Induced Currents - Power system voltage irregularities possible,
false alarms may be triggered on some protection devices.
Spacecraft - Systems may experience surface charging;
increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites and orientation
problems may occur.
Navigation - Intermittent satellite navigation (GPS) problems,
including loss-of-lock and increased range error may occur.
Radio - HF (high frequency) radio may be intermittent.
Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon.

Two sunspots erupted into a Class X1 solar flare aimed right at the earth at about 9:30 PM last 
night.  The CME is expected to hit the earth in the early hours of Monday, March 25.
 
Long wire and HF antennas without good surge protection should be disconnected and/or
grounded by 10 PM tonight, and remain disconnected/grounded well into the day tomorrow to 
avoid equipment damage.  
 
Geomagnetic storms that may disrupt HF communications are expected through Monday.
 
Auroras may be visible at our latitude after midnight tonight.

The club will be holding its annual Christmas Party on Tuesday, December 5th.  Dinner begins at 6PM with a social preceding at 5-ish.

Directions:
Follow US-33 W to Chieftain Dr. Take the OH-180/County Road 33A exit from US-33 W
5 min (4.9 mi)Continue on Chieftain Dr to your destination
3 min (1.3 mi)Antioch Alliance Church
11947 Antioch Rd, Logan, OH 43138

We need at least 6 operators to work from 10 -2 on Saturday 12/2/2023  at the Hocking
County Fairgrounds.  Please meet at the fairgrounds before 10 AM.  We will
be operating on FRS frequencies so we can more easily communicate with
volunteers from the Chamber of Commerce, who will be working with us.

Please wear warm clothes suitable for the weather that day, or shorts, this
is Ohio after all, and you can never tell. The Club will provide reflective
vests.  You may want to bring a chair if you get assigned to a gate
position. Bring an FRS capable radio(s) if you have them, I will have a
limited number available to loan out.

Please let me know if you have any questions and if you can attend and help.

During times that hurricanes are approaching, or on the mainland of the US,
be mindful of the Hurricane Watch frequencies of 14.325 MHz daily, and 7.268 at
night.  Stay clear of these frequencies unless you are actively participating in
hurricane relief activities.  Other frequencies may be activated as conditions
warrant.  WX4NHC is net control for the Hurricane Watch net.

A filament eruption and associated coronal mass ejection (CME) were observed on 
UT day 30-Aug.  This CME is expected to impact Earth from 1800 UT +/- 12 hours on 
02-Sep, with impacts possibly rolling into UT day 03-Sep. G1-G2 geomagnetic 
conditions are expected over this time, with a chance for periods of G3 conditions.
Blackouts could occur as well as enhanced or unusual propagation conditions will
occur through Sept. 4 on the HF bands, and enhanced propagation may be observed
on the 6 and 2 meter bands as well.