Re: [BVARC] FW: EMERGENCY: X-Class Solar Flare with CME

2017-09-06 Thread JP Pritchard via BVARC
The Space Weather Prediction Center says the watch for the effects of this event extend through today. But the analysis seems to indicate the strongest effects will be considerably north of here. Read it here...

Re: [BVARC] FW: EMERGENCY: X-Class Solar Flare with CME

2017-09-06 Thread Scott Royall via BVARC
Tony, CMEs are matter (plasma), not light. From: BVARC [mailto:bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org] On Behalf Of Tony BenBrahim via BVARC Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 14:25 To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: Tony BenBrahim ; JP Pritchard

Re: [BVARC] FW: EMERGENCY: X-Class Solar Flare with CME

2017-09-06 Thread Gary Sitton via BVARC
OK guys, a few facts here:    1) EM radiation (visible light, IR, UV, X/Gamma rays) from     the Sun travel at the speed of light at c = 186,000 miles/sec.,    2) CME are plasma masses which move much slower     at most 1000 miles/sec. which is slower than c, and    3) 48 hours would correspond

[BVARC] Fwd: Ham Radio equipment

2017-09-06 Thread Cam via BVARC
Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: vince slominski > Date: September 6, 2017 at 11:50:19 AM CDT > To: bvarc-ow...@bvarc.org > Subject: Ham Radio equipment > > To whom it may concern > > I live in Caldwell, TX and recently was given the radio equipment

Re: [BVARC] FW: EMERGENCY: X-Class Solar Flare with CME

2017-09-06 Thread Tony BenBrahim via BVARC
It already happened: https://www.space.com/38057-sun-unleashes-decades-strongest-solar-flare.html The sun is 8.3 light minutes from Earth, not 48 hours Tony K5DEV On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 2:09 PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC wrote: > Anything we need to do to protect gear? > >

Re: [BVARC] FW: EMERGENCY: X-Class Solar Flare with CME

2017-09-06 Thread JP Pritchard via BVARC
Anything we need to do to protect gear? JP K5JPP Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 6, 2017, at 12:42 PM, Scott Medbury via BVARC wrote: > > > > From: Bill Crowell, N4HPG [mailto:n4...@comcast.net] > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 12:38 PM > To: Glenn Scott; Pat Cameron;

[BVARC] FW: EMERGENCY: X-Class Solar Flare with CME

2017-09-06 Thread Scott Medbury via BVARC
From: Bill Crowell, N4HPG [mailto:n4...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 12:38 PM To: Glenn Scott; Pat Cameron; n5xz; Glen Jenkins; Dan Bates; Hannah Crowell; John A. Chauvin; Michael DeMarco; Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF; Gerald N5KT; Winfield Hill; Paul Horowitz; Iveta Swaim;