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POTA and SOTA: Why I still log to paper
by Thomas (K4SWL) Many thanks to Marc (KE2MT), who reached out on my YouTube channel with a question about logging. Marc noted that he used to log contacts on paper when he first started learning CW because writing down callsigns helped him copy them accurately. But over time, he shifted to logging on his phone … Continue reading POTA and SOTA: Why I still log to paper


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The ARRL Solar Update

Solar activity was very low to low. Only low-level C-class activity
was observed from Regions 4384 and 4389. Slight growth was observed
in Regions 4384 and 4391. New Region 4392 was numbered. The rest of
the spot groups were either stable or in decay. No Earth-directed
CMEs were observed. Solar activity is expected to be at low levels,
with a slight chance for M-class (R1-R2/minor-moderate) flares,
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