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QSOs with Stations in Israel, Palestine and Lebanon
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2026-05-08 - Again for Israel, Palestine (Gaza and the West Bank) and Lebanon, Google AI reveals the following information. Again keep in mind that radio transmissions can be subjected to direction-finding and the transmitting station could be targeted:
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QSOs with Stations in Iran
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2026-05-08 - Amateurs making contacts (QSOs) with stations in Iran should exercise caution due to ongoing hostilities between Iran, Israel and the United States. Remember that their stations can be subjected to direction-finding and targeted. So a contact, like for Ukraine, could place the Iranian station in real danger. The following is what Google AI reveals (but strangely it does not urge caution and safety):
QSOs with Stations in Ukraine
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2026-05-08 - This is old news but recently some of our members were asking about contacts (QSOs) with other amateur radio operators in Ukraine. Members (and amateur radio operators generally) are advised to read the response and adjust their operating practices accordingly. Spelling/typographical errors are left in deliberately. A quick Google AI query returned the following response.
FCC Approves AST Space Mobile's License for Operations in 430–440 MHz
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IARU 2026-04-29 - On April 21st, 2026, the FCC granted AST Space Mobile permission to conduct emergency Telemetry, Tracking & Control (TT&C) operations outside the United States in the 430–440 MHz amateur radio band for all their planned 248 satellites. More than 2,500 comments were submitted by ARRL, AMSAT, other IARU societies and individual radio operators during the FCC review period. The license allows emergency operations when no other bands are available for up to 24 hours on the center frequencies of 430.5 MHz, 432.3 MHz, 434.1 MHz, 435.9 MHz, and 439.5 MHz (each with 50 kHz bandwidth), and was granted by the FCC pursuant to Article 4.4 of the ITU Radio Regulations.
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HAM Radio Asserting Canadian Sovereignty - What AI says...
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WordPerfect on Linux
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Retrofuturism - Anachronistic Technology and HAM Radio
The figure above may seem rather silly. It shows WordPerfect 8.0 for UNIX running - roughly the equivalent of WordPerfect 4.2 for MSDOS - mid to late 1980s. WordPerfect 6.0 for MSDOS is shown running in the DOSBOX, an emulator for MSDOS - late 1990s). Finally WordPerfect X.13 is shown running in a virtual machine that is running Windows 7. All of these are running under Linux Mint 21.x. The laptop on which they are running is an old ASUS X55U, with motherboard manufactured in 2013.
Aurora Borealis
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What is the Aurora?
The aurora borealis or Northern Lights is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs in the northern hemisphere of the planet. It also occurs in the southern hemisphere where it is known as the aurora australis. Aurora are known to exist on comets, brown dwarfs, other planets and on some moons. Aurora are caused by solar wind interacting with magnetic fields and atmospheric particles. Atmospheric particles become energized and form what is known as plasma. Plasma is energized or ionized gas. It is the fourth state of matter and has been so identified since about 1972. Yes, your high school teachers who taught you the three states of matter were...well...not current in their physics. You see plasma every day when you see the sun, an operating fluorescent light or an operating neon light.