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The latest prediction of ‘experts’ is that Solar Cycle 24 will peak in May 2013 with a daily average 90 sunspots making it the weakest since Cycle 16 in 1928.
The first amateur radio special event station for IYA has been announced and its VE7IYOA located in Victoria, British Columbia Canada.
Scientists around the world are working hard to achieve a quantum leap in battery technology that will hopefully enable motorists to recharge battery powered or hybrid cars as quick as it now takes to
Forget about global climate change for just a moment and consider the lesser known ‘space weather’ which includes storms of radiation from the sun.
The incandescent light bulb is being phased out in Australia from November, and else in coming years including the USA, Canada the European Union, but it won’t be banned in New Zealand.
Research on the properties and functioning of the ionosphere continues unabated.
In 1927 Edward Appleton confirmed its existence and was award the Nobel Prize for his work in 1947.
