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  • … that in May 2024 the sun produced the first G5, or "extreme", geomagnetic storm since 2003?
  • … that FlexRadio's SDR-1000 grew out of a four-part QEX series called "A Software-Defined Radio for the Masses"?
  • … that amateur packet radio began with a demonstration at a Montreal radio club meeting on May 31, 1978?
  • … that the West Mountain Radio RIGblaster Nomic takes its name from "no mic", because it takes the place of the radio's microphone?
  • … that a Beverage antenna "points" toward its terminated far end, so the receiver is connected at the end facing away from the desired direction?
  • … that a mobile radio's negative lead is fused too, since starter current can return through the radio and coax if the engine's ground strap fails? See Mobile operating.