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Sun Fires Solar Storm Directly at Earth [but only Aurora activity is expected]
space.com ^
| August 20, 2013 02:18pm ET
| Mike Wall, Senior Writer
Posted on 08/21/2013 11:46:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Therapsid
That was a lucky shot, yeah. A lucky shot.
What’s the old saying Lightning don’t strike twice in the same place?
To: struggle
Yep, misleading article title. If one reads the article it says it's going to miss us by a bit, BUT Earth will pass through it's trail....
Unlikely to have much affect at all on radio wave propagation ... DAMN!
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posted on
08/21/2013 4:28:06 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: usconservative
Yeah, all these people talk about how propagation was banging in the 60s and 70s and my little 100 watt Yaesu isn’t going anywhere.
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:40:51 PM PDT
by
struggle
To: struggle
I managed to work Israel yesterday (4Z5LA) with nothing more than 100 watts and my tri-bander. Took awhile to break through the pile-up to him without my amplifier.
Sent that off for repair last week, haven't had much of a need for it since....
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posted on
08/21/2013 7:43:57 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: usconservative
Yeah, I’ve been working Europe and even Australia! recently. Far Asia seems a reach though.
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posted on
08/21/2013 9:39:55 PM PDT
by
struggle
To: Kip Russell
High cirrostratus clouds and a full moon washed out the entire sky except for a dozen or so of the brightest stars.
No hope of seeing an aurora.
And it’s been cloudy on and off today and is raining now.
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posted on
08/22/2013 5:31:32 PM PDT
by
metmom
(For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
To: metmom
Bummer...we're at a peak in the current Solar Cycle (#24 for those who are counting), so there should be plenty of other opportunities in the near future.
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posted on
08/22/2013 6:33:46 PM PDT
by
Kip Russell
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Kip Russell
I hope so. I understand that for some reason, March and September are peak aurora months.
I’ll keep an eye out.
Thanks.
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posted on
08/22/2013 8:53:29 PM PDT
by
metmom
(For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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