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Ham Radio Auction and Flea Market Feb. 21 at New Providence High School:
Posted: 02 Feb 2014 04:03 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31669
NPARC -- the Amateur Radio Club of the Watchung Mountain Area will hold its
annual Auction and Flea Market on Friday evening Feb. 21, with a snow/rain
date of Feb. 28. Doors will open at 6 with the auction to start at 7 p.m.
This event will take place in the New Providence High School Cafeteria, 35
Pioneer Drive. This is a new location. There will be a large array of ham
radio and other electronics equipment on display. After about two hours of
auction, remaining items will become available for direct sale as at a flea
market. Members and non-members of the club are encouraged to bring items
for sale, to bid on items offered at the auction, or just to come and be
part of the activities. There is plenty of free parking in the area, and a
wide range of refreshments will be available.
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MSU Joins Worldwide Effort to Better Understand the Sun:
Posted: 02 Feb 2014 04:03 PM PST
http://www.eham.net/articles/31668
Montana State University will be a major player in a new international
program to better understand solar activity and its effect on the Earth.
MSU solar physicist Piet Martens is one of the leaders of a team that will
investigate a solar paradox, extreme solar events and solar dynamo
activity. One of the other two co-chairs is Dibyendu Nandi, a former MSU
researcher who continues to collaborate with the MSU Solar Physics Group.
He is now Dean of Science at the Indian Institute of Education and Research
in Kolkata, India. "I am pretty sure that this is the first time that MSU
has been involved in this worldwide scientific effort that includes yearly
summer schools for graduate students from developing countries, as well as
regular international meetings in geographically diverse locations to
encourage participation from various regions," Martens said. "It is my
intent to organize one of the meetings in Bozeman." The new five-year
program, "Variability of the Sun and its Terrestrial Impact," was launched
Jan. 13 by the Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics. A news
release from the group said VarSITI will focus on the declining solar cycle
activity, with the current cycle being the weakest in 50 years. The program
will involve scientists and students from around the world working on four
main projects, each with a different theme.