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  • April 2020 Rambler

    The April 2020 Rambler is now available!

  • Please Join The Fight

    Hi folks, This weeks AMSAT news included an item advising that Stanford University is now dedicating its "folding@home" distributed computing application to determining the protein binding mechanism of the COVID-19 virus which, it is hoped, would lead to development of a vaccine or other mitigating therapy.  You can find the link easily enough by searching…

  • OVMRC March Meeting Cancelled.

    The Science and Technology Museum has issued a notice to the General Public that its facilities are closed until further notice, presumably due to the COVID-19 virus containment situation. As all facilities are closed, this includes the OVMRC meeting room, therefore the March OVMRC meeting is cancelled by authority relayed to me by Norm, VE3LC,…

  • March 2020 Rambler

    The March 2020 Rambler is now available!

  • The 80m. Noise Measurements Continue...

    Now that we've gone through the December solstice and are approaching the March equinox. I figure it's about time to update what's happening with the 80 metre band noise trends.  The solar flux remains quite low and constant, essentially unchanged from a nominal value of 70 since July 2019.  Despite this, the band does open…

  • February 2020 Rambler

    The February 2020 Rambler is now available!

  • January 2020 Rambler

    The January 2020 Rambler is now available!

  • December 2019 Rambler

    The December 2019 Rambler is now available! Everyone is reminded that starting with the January 2020 Rambler, the Back Issues for 2020-2029 will start appearing on a new page.