Winnipeg Senior Citizens Radio Club

04/25/2026

More on magnetars .. given that WSC has recorded a gamma ray burst from one!

Geoff VE4AE

46K likes, 1.8K comments. "Magnetars: Neutron Stars but Scarier!"

04/24/2026

https://youtube.com/shorts/gw-uimKEzjY?si=Uww9a_nvMulvkOTb

Magnetar Short .. see previous post regarding SID depiction of x and gamma ray disturbance to ionosphere. Geoff VE4AE

38K likes, 529 comments. "Replacing the Sun with a Magnetar 😱 "

04/24/2026

Sanford Solar Center Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance Monitor # 9532 has been operated at WSC since 2023.

On April 19th 2026 at 14:00 UTC it captured the ionospheric disturbance resulting from a magnetar flare.

A magnetar is a neutron star and the most magnetic object in the universe. When it unleashes energy (x and gamma rays) from breaking magnetic fields it outdoes the sun (by far) in energy release.

We usually see the disturbance of the ionosphere when the magnetic field between magnetically paired sunspots snaps thus creating a solar flare. This is the first time we have directly imaged a singular extra solar event. We regularily image background “cosmic ray” noise at night.

Geoff VE4AE,
Winnipeg Seniors Amateur Radio Club.

04/18/2026

Week 2 of the Advanced amateur radio course at the WSC. 12 students in the course including online. Plus one other auditing.

04/05/2026

GOES ground station block diagram. WSC Training room.

Geoff VE4AE

04/05/2026

Brad ve4bsc installing Linux on SID computer. Windows 11 has proven to be too unstable.

Geoff VE4AE

04/05/2026

April 4 2026 data from Sudden Ionospheric Disruption (SID) station (Stn # 9532). Three flares detected from Hawaiian station (NPM 21400 KHz, 1 MW). Class M flare, 7.5, Class C 7.9, Class M 1.0.

Monitoring Station is at Winnipeg Seniors Club and nominal runs 7 X 24 with data sent daily to Stanford Solar Center, Stanford University.

The photo is Stanford representation of WSC-Winnipeg (9532) data.

Geoff VE4AE

04/05/2026

Working on antenna of GOES ground station .. Proggy’s ve4zwr on the roof installing LNA..

LOL … we need to target GOES 19 .. GOES 16 was put into retirement orbit.

Geoff VE4AE

01/30/2026

The Annual General meeting of the WSC is being planned for March 18th in the club rooms and via zoom. Inforamtion will be in a newsletter coming out at the beginning of March

01/30/2026

Advanced Amateur Radio Course
The WSC in the old firehall will be putting on a 10 week Advance Amateur Radio course
Time: Saturday mornings starting April 11 until June 27 (exam day).
Cost: $180.00 which includes the study guide and the exam.
$105.00 without the study guide.

Register: Send an email to [email protected] with Student name, Student email address & Student phone number. Please indicate if the student wants a study guide or not.
Payment: Interac transfer the course fee to [email protected]

An email will come out approx. 1-2 weeks before the course starts with document lists and links as well as information needed before the start of the first class.