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Ed Wilson, N2XDD, of Shirley, New York has been appointed Vice
Director of the ARRL Hudson Division by ARRL President Rick
Roderick, K5UR.  Wilson succeeds Nomar Vizcarrondo, NP4H, who was
appointed Director of the ARRL Hudson Division in March. Wilson will
serve in the position for the remainder of the 3 year term that ends
December 31, 2024.  Having developed an interest in radio as a
child, Wilson has been active in projects that developed new digital
protocols for amateur radio.  Wilson has served as an Emergency
Coordinator and Public Information Officer and is accredited as a
Volunteer Examiner.  The ARRL Hudson Division is comprised of the
ARRL Sections of Eastern New York, New York City/Long Island, and
Northern New Jersey.  An investigation by the Federal Communications
Commission results in a large fine against a California amateur
radio license holder.  A Notice of Apparent Liability Forfeiture, or
NALF, for 24,000 dollars has been filed against Phillip J. Beaudet,
N6PJB, of Burney, California.  According to the filing, the penalty
is for Beaudet willfully and repeatedly interfering with the radio
communications of the Western Amateur Radio Friendship Association,
or WARFA, while it was attempting to hold a regularly scheduled net
and for failing to provide station identification on amateur radio
frequencies.  FCC agents used direction finding techniques during
November and December of 2022 to track the interfering signals to
Beaudets home station. Agents heard him playing recordings on 3R908
MHz that caused interference to the ongoing WARFA net while failing
to provide his assigned amateur call sign, the document stated  >
Average daily solar flux values dropped over the past week, but
sunspot numbers were nearly the same, comparing May 25 to 31 to the
previous week.  Average daily solar flux declined from 161R2 to
155R3. Geomagnetic indicators were quieter, with average daily
planetary A index declining from 17R1 to 7R3, and middle latitude
numbers from 14R4 to 7R9.  Predicted solar flux is 160 on June 2,
155 on June 3 and 4, 150 on June 5 to 8, 130 on June 9 to 11, then
135, 140, 143, 145, and 150 on June 12 to 16, 155 on June 17 to 20,
150 on June 21 to 25, then 145, 140 and 135 on June 26 to 28 and 130
on June 29 to July 8.  Predicted planetary A index is 15, 12, 10 and
8 on June 2 to 5, 5 on June 6 to 17, then 22, 15, 12 and 10 on June
18 to 21, 5 on June 22 to 24, 12 and 10 on June 25 and 26, then 5 on
June 27 and 28, then 15, 12, 15, 10 and 8 on June 29 through July 3,
then 5 on July 4 through the middle of the month.  The Sun still
surprises us, it has been in the habit for billions of years, but we
only observe it for a few hundred years. So, we have a right to be
surprised by what it is doing and what we can observe with
instruments on satellites and powerful solar telescopes on Earth,
including the largest four metre one on the island of Maui in
Hawaii, which can see the very fine structures of sunspot nuclei.
Whats more, were seeing spots on the far side of the Sun that are so
big, they affect the vibration of the whole Sun. But we can only see
their structure and predict possible flares after they appear on the
eastern limb of the solar disk, which was not at all the case with
the current most active AR3315, which did not appear there. It
emerged later, thereafter began to grow rapidly.  Sunspot numbers
were 121, 127, 125, 119, 153, 144, and 147, with a mean of 133R7.
10R7 cm flux was 152R1, 149, 156R9, 151R3, 154R4, 162, and 161R4,
with a mean of 155R3.  Estimated planetary A indices were 11, 6, 4,
11, 4, 5, and 10, with a mean of 7R3. Middle latitude A index was
11, 6, 5, 11, 5, 6, and 11, with a mean of 7R9.

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