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Early estimates of midday to late June 13 look to be spot on, at least with the NOAA/SWPC prediction. Here is their latest model run that captures the two eastward travelling solar storms. As for the south-westward filament launch, I am not so ready to dismiss that particular storm (I will discuss that in a later post). Without running the visualizer yet for the storm launched by Region 4465, the expected G1-level for this set of storms is a good estimate. My thoughts may change after I get those results.

Wednesday Wings Quiz: How many people remember how to use one of these?

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👊The Little Tube That Pushed the Bands Higher Before the black box, there was the tube. 🛑From the W6SL Memorial Ham Radio Magazine Collection: an RCA electron tube ad from the early Cold War radio age. “17 watts input…to 175 Mc!” ▶️That line carried folklore. A thumb-sized tube. A homebrew bench. A ham chasing higher bands while America’s technical culture raced upward into radar, VHF, military communications, and the coming space age. ▶️The RCA-5763 was sold as small but mighty: RF amplifier, multiplier, oscillator, VHF driver. ▶️This was amateur radio when parts had personalities and operators knew their stations from the socket up. ▶️W6SL’s QSL cards show where the signal went. ▶️These magazines show the world that made the signal possible. This is not nostalgia. This is recovery. ☢️73, Scot KA3DRR CQ like you mean it. Contest like you own it.

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JRC NRD-515 HF/VHF Receiver with NDH-518 Memory Unit. The JRC NRD-515 receiver and the NDH-518 memory unit were introduced in the early 1980s by the Japanese company Japan Radio Co. (JRC), becoming highly regarded among shortwave listeners and DX enthusiasts worldwide.

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Just when everyone thinks the recent set of solar storm fizzles were all we were going to have this week, WHAM! Region 4461 fires a massive blast and launches a fast moving solar storm towards Earth. Looking closely at the region just before the eruption, a very dense core filament is what erupts. These core filaments contain very dense plasma & high strength magnetic fields. So, aurora photographers get ready for impact some time on June 8, as this storm could easily outperform the others that hit earlier this week.

The BBC has announced that its Long Wave service on 198kHz, currently transmitting BBC Radio 4, will close on 27 June 2026 at 1am BST. The Long Wave transmitters at Droitwich in Worcestershire, Westerglen near Stirling, and Burghead overlooking the Moray Firth, will be closed that day. Together with the BBC Amateur Radio Group, we will be marking this occasion on the air and are looking for volunteers to activate a special call sign in the week leading up to and including the day of the closure. In addition, three radio clubs have volunteered to activate special call signs to celebrate the almost-92 years of these historic transmitters on the day that they are finally turned off. More information at rsgb.org/longwave-transmitte… #amateurradio #hamr #longwave

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We revealed the X-026 during @hamvention 2026. Let's have one more look. What do you think it'll be? Let us know in the comments! #Icom #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #x026

Direct Hit! The solar storm launched during the M9.3-flare is indeed Earth-directed! Since this is the second significant eruption from Region 4455 while in the Earth-strike zone, this means this second storm could get "held up" in "traffic" on its way to Earth. The NASA solar storm prediction shows the second storm arrival by late June 4. However, the first storm will precede this so expect some impact starting around mid-day June 4 with the stronger storm arriving close behind!

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A real blast from the past