This article in Nature forecasts that we're approaching a grand solar minimum -- similar to Maunder Minimum -- starting in 2020 and lasting for three solar cycles. I hope these scientists are wrong...
www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45584-3 An international panel of experts coordinated by the NOAA and NASA released its preliminary s olar cycle 25 forecast in April, 2019 forecasting that cycle 25 will peak between 2023 and 2026 with a sunspot number between 95 and 130. I hate forecasts, especially about the future... 73 Frank W3LPL _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector