I am getting into ham radio - enjoying the learning and looking forward to being on the air. I was a late night FM DJ when I lived in Boston for two college stations and had a blast doing it.
I am also very much into meteorology and am very much an Anthropogenic Global Warming skeptic - the computer models that the warmists are using are just plain bad science - something cobbled together to support a political agenda (as well as tap some of that sweet sweet Federal grant money - our tax dollars at work). Yes, we had been leaving a cold period for the last 300 years - but there has been currently an 18+ year hiatus on warming.
One aspect of ham radio is working long distances with very low power - this is a direct function of our Sun and its activity. High solar activity energizes the various layers of our ionosphere (D, E, F1 and F2) and these layers will reflect a radio signal and bounce it hundreds to thousands of miles along the surface of our planet. Makes for some interesting contacts!
Our Sun also is the prime contributer of our warmth - something many of the climate models fail to incorporate. The irony is that from every indication, we are entering a solar lull. Last time this happened, we had the Maunder Minimum. The great rivers of Europe froze over in winter.
Long distance ham radio operation will suck for a hundred years or so if this is what is actually happening...
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