Commercial AM radio was acting strange this morning. A station that I only receive at night time (DX) was covering a daytime station that I don't usually have an issue with. That was backwards to what I thought would happen during a solar event.
Chris KQ6UP On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM, <wa4...@comcast.net> wrote: > RADIATION STORM IN PROGRESS: Solar protons accelerated by this morning's > M9-class solar flare are streaming past Earth. On the NOAA scale of radiation > storms, this one ranks S3, which means it could, e.g., cause isolated reboots > of computers onboard Earth-orbiting satellites and interfere with polar radio > communications. An example of satellite effects: The "snow" in this SOHO > coronagraph movie is caused by protons hitting the observatory's onboard > camera > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
