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  • Artemis II: NASA targets April 1 for the launch

    Further to a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) that took place this week, NASA held a press conference today to highlight the progress made toward the Artemis II crewed test flight around the Moon. Work is continuing on the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft in NASA Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) after a helium flow issue was encountered in February. In addition to addressing this issue, technicians also installed new batteries and retested the flight termination system and avionics and control systems. The mission management team was satisfied with the thorough discussions about risks and the overall results of the FRR and determined that they would try to launch as early as April 1, 2026, pending completion of all required work in the VAB and at the launch pad. The launch window opens at 6:24 pm ET.

  • Monitoring radiation for astronaut health

    Radiation is one of the key challenges faced by astronauts living and working beyond the protective shield of Earth’s atmosphere. As Canada and its international partners advance plans for missions to the Moon, and eventually Mars, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) continues to invest in technology to better understand exposure levels. The CSA has awarded a contract of $5.5 million to Bubble Technology Industries for the continued development of the CANS, a compact and autonomous instrument designed to measure neutron radiation exposure in space.

  • Artemis II: NASA prepares to roll back rocket to assembly building, will not launch in March

    NASA will be rolling back the Artemis II SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida observing interrupted flow of helium in the rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS). Weather pending, the roll back will take place on Tuesday, February 24. NASA is investigating potential faults, but accessing and remediating any of these issues can only be performed in the VAB. This removes the March launch opportunities from consideration.

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Report of 2023 Wildfires and Response by YARS

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[2024-06-17] From about May to October 2023 a series of wildfires occurred across the Northwest Territories.  The wildfires were wide-spread geographically and coincided with abnormally high temperatures and a major drought.  Significant loss of forests occurred as did loss to private property including homes and infrastructure (roads, fibre optic cables, hydro-electrical transmission lines etc.).  The community of Enterprise was consumed.  Fort Smith, Hay River, Enterprise, Kátł'odeeche First Nation, Yellowknife, Behchokǫ̀ etc. were all evacuated amongst other locations.  Fortunately there was no direct loss of life.

RAC/ARRL Field Day 2024

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Update - 2024-06-23 - The Society did not set up a Field Day station this year.  

Field Day 2024 is taking place,

  • from 1800 UTC Saturday June 22, 2024 to 2059 UTC Sunday June 23, 2024; or
  • alternatively from 1800 UTC Saturday June 22, 2024 to 1800 UTC Sunday June 23, 2024 if one begins setting up the station before 1800 UTC on the Saturday.

We have yet to decide on a place and how we will approach the event.

Figure - Field Day 2023 at the Sand Pits outside Yellowknife (G5RV on a 60ft Mast)

The information packet is available at:  https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Field-Day/2024/2024%20Field%20Day%20Packet%20v1.pdf .

WordPerfect on Linux

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Retrofuturism - Anachronistic Technology and HAM Radio

Figure 1 - Screenshot with 3 Different Versions of WordPerfect Running under Linux Mint

The figure above may seem rather silly.  It shows WordPerfect 8.0 for UNIX running - roughly the equivalent of WordPerfect 4.2 for MSDOS - mid to late 1980s.  WordPerfect 6.0 for MSDOS is shown running in the DOSBOX, an emulator for MSDOS - late 1990s).  Finally WordPerfect X.13 is shown running in a virtual machine that is running Windows 7.  All of these are running under Linux Mint 21.x.  The laptop on which they are running is an old ASUS X55U, with motherboard manufactured in 2013. 

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