Hey Vic and All, I'm an airline pilot and just returned to the states today from Europe.
The event occurred just after we coasted out off Ireland. Just barely able to get an HF SelCal check from Shanwick Radio. No joy later with Gander or New York. Listening to air to air VHF, no other flights could make contact either. Thankfully SatCom is primary for most of us today and HF secondary means of communications. There was a lot of relaying of position reports going on over the North Atlantic today for those caught out there with HF and no SatCom. Now that I'mhome and see the numbers.....WoW! Chuck K4QS From: Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco....@gmail.com> To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:54 AM Subject: [Elecraft] X-class flare Just a few minutes ago at 0925z there was a massive solar flare. The burst of X-rays totally turned off the HF bands. It sounds like my antenna fell down! Propagation will gradually return during the day, but a sudden event like this is exciting. "Region 2673 just produced a major X2.2 solar flare at approximately 09:10 UTC (Sept 6). This is the first X-Class event to be detected since May 2015. The active region is still in a decent position for Earth directed eruptions. More updates will be provided should a coronal mass ejection (CME) be associated. More to follow. Image courtesy of SDO/AIA." -- <http://www.solarham.net/> -- 73, Victor, 4X6GP Rehovot, Israel Formerly K2VCO http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to k4...@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com