Hi Kevin,
Please share with us how you're begun to think that Cycle 24 will be looked at as the beginning of a new Maunder Minimum. Thanks 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Stover" <kevin.sto...@mediacombb.net> To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2016 3:40:53 PM Subject: Re: Topband: VANISHING SUNSPOTS (http://spaceweather.com/) Thanks Bill. I think Cycle 24 will be looked at as the beginning of a new Maunder Minimum. If so then Cycle 24 will be as good as it gets for the next 70 years on the high bands. On 6/5/2016 10:05 AM, Jeff Kinzli N6GQ wrote: > Bill, good reads, thank you. > > It seems that the consensus is that cycle 25 will be less active than > cycle 24, with some projections putting it at the lowest in many > cycles. I think the theory is that the speed of the conveyor belt is > an indicator the vigor of the coming cycle. > > Do we have any predictions that are gaining acceptance that give us > any clues on what the rest of cycle 24 will look like, and the > beginning of cycle 25? I guess its no mistake you posted this on > topband - meaning we've got a nice topband future for the coming > years, but maybe highbands not so much? > > Very interested in continued discussion... > > 73 de N6GQ > > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 5:47 AM, Bill Tippett <btipp...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: >> Something interesting is happening on the sun. Yesterday, June 3rd, the >> sunspot number dropped to 0, and the solar disk is still blank on June 5th. >> Latest images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory reveal no significant >> dark cores. >> >> What does this mean? The solar cycle is like a pendulum, swinging back and >> forth between periods of high and low sunspot number every 11 years. >> Today's blank sun is a sign that the pendulum is swinging toward low >> sunspot numbers. In other words, Solar Minimum is coming. >> >> The spotless state of today's sun is just temporary. Underneath the visible >> surface of the sun, the solar dynamo is still churning out knots of >> magnetism that will soon bob to the surface to make new sunspots. The >> current solar cycle is not finished. It is, however, rapidly waning >> <http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression>. >> >> http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression >> >> Forecasters expect the next Solar Minimum to arrive in 2019-2020. Between >> now and then, there will be lots of spotless suns. At first, the blank >> stretches will be measured in days; later in weeks and months. Don't expect >> space weather to grow quiet, however. Solar Minimum brings many interesting >> changes. For instance, as the extreme ultraviolet output of the sun >> decreases, the upper atmosphere of Earth cools and collapses. This allows >> space junk to accumulate around our planet. Also, the heliosphere shrinks, >> bringing interstellar space closer to Earth. Galactic cosmic rays penetrate >> the inner solar system with relative ease. Indeed, a cosmic ray surge >> <http://news.spaceweather.com/cosmic-rays-continue-to-intensify-feb-2016/> >> is >> already underway. Goodbye sunspots, hello deep-space radiation! >> >> http://news.spaceweather.com/cosmic-rays-continue-to-intensify-feb-2016/ >> _________________ >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H ARRL FISTS #11993 SKCC #215 NAQCC #3441 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband