It appears that the x-ray flux sensors became saturated by this latest super solar flare. Because of the duration saturation of the sensors this super solar flare probably exceeded X30-40 and has probably become the largest ever measured by humans. Truly historic.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Giella KN4LF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Glenn Hauser WOR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "a Shortwaves eGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "a HCDX eGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "a Cumbre DX eGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "a ABDX eGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "a Topica FT-840 eGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "a PSK31 es eGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "a PSK31 eGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "a My FT-840 E-Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "a MixW eGroup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Alan Melia, G3NYK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Howard Oakley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tomas, NW7US" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tad Cook, K7RA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "a HCDX Prop Channel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 3:03 PM Subject: X18+ Super Flare At 1955 UTC In case you haven't noticed a massive daylight side 35,000 KC plus radio blackout began at approximately 1955 UTC in association with a long duration X18+ super solar flare. Absolutely amazing. 73, Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF Plant City, FL, USA EL87WX Yaesu FT-840 Digital Modes Website & E-List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yaesu_ft840 KN4LF 160 Meter Amateur Radio Resources & More: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf.htm KN4LF Daily Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive Plus Daily HF/MF Radio Propagation Outlook: http://www.kn4lf.com/kn4lf5.htm Florida Space & Atmospheric Weather Institute: http://www.kn4lf.com/fsawi.htm --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free Thanks To Grisoft AVG. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.536 / Virus Database: 331 - Release Date: 11/3/2003 ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt