Hello friends,
In last week's email, I wrote "It will be hot enough, soon enough." Well, as I type this, it is 90°F/32°C in Arlington, Virginia. And we obstinately have not turned on our house's air conditioning. The AC is for when it really gets hot. Which will be soon enough.
Our front yard is green, thanks to a variety of weeds, enough to support a botany thesis. Mixed in among these are occasional blades of grass. And not, I suspect, the most desirable species of grass. Ah, summer.
Dramatic events in space weather continue, but generally, we were lucky last week with propagation during the Shortwave Radiogram transmission times. Our surprise mode DominoEX 22 usually showed some errors, a reminder of why we don't use this mode more often.
A video of last week's Shortwave Radiogram (program 351) is provided by Scott in Ontario (Wednesday 1330 UTC). The audio archive is maintained by Mark in the UK. An analysis is provided by Roger in Germany.
Here is the lineup for Shortwave Radiogram, program 352, 2-8 May 2024, in MFSK modes as noted:
1:45 MFSK32: Program preview
2:52 MFSK32: New lily species is first in 110 years*
7:52 MFSK64: Bacteria-spore-loaded plastic eats itself*
12:14 MFSK64: This week's images*
27:56 MFSK32: Closing announcements
*with image(s)
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