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

2017-09-06 Thread JP Pritchard via BVARC
c.org> Cc: Scott Royall <roy...@conchbbs.com> Subject: Re: [BVARC] FW: EMERGENCY: X-Class Solar Flare with CME 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

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

2017-09-06 Thread Scott Royall via BVARC
chard <jppn...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [BVARC] FW: EMERGENCY: X-Class Solar Flare with CME 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, 2

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

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;