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03/01/2013 | Surfin’: Following MeteorsThis week, Surfin’ chases meteors at the Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin website.
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12/12/2012 | Catch the Geminids and Chat with NASA Meteor Experts
The annual Geminids meteor shower, scheduled to reach its peak on December 13 and 14, is slated to be the most intense shower of the entire year. This is also prime time for amateurs who enjoy bouncing their VHF signals off the ionized trails of these spa
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08/10/2012 | Surfin’: Falling Meteors and AcornsThe sky is falling, but that could be a good thing or a bad thing, according to this week’s installment of Surfin’.
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08/07/2012 | Perseid Meteor Shower Should Be Fun for Meteor Scatter Enthusiasts and Viewers AlikeOn the night of Saturday, August 11 and well into the next day, Earth will be at the peak of its annual passage through the bulk of the debris shed by a comet known as Swift-Tuttle.
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10/21/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Our Sun continues to be very active, with most days revealing more sunspots. We saw one new sunspot group on October 9, another on October 10, two more on October 11 and two more on October 12. But that’s not all: There was another on October 13, two more
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08/09/2010 | “Dark Time” Is the Right Time for the Perseids
The last time the annual Perseid meteor shower happened during a run of moonless nights -- known by astronomers as “dark time” -- was in 2007; there is a new moon on August 10, so this is a prime time to view a spectacular sky show. Not only are the meteo
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08/05/2009 | Prepare for the Perseids!
On the night of August 11 and well into the next day, Earth will make its annual passage through the bulk of the debris shed by a comet known as Swift-Tuttle. Much of the debris is composed of dust-sized grains, but when these fragments come plunging into
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02/26/2009 | WSJT Monthly Sprints to Begin this Weekend
The first monthly WSJT Sprint contest will be held this Saturday, February 28 between 4 AM and noon (local time).WSJT is a popular software suite created by Joe Tayl
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