The sun may affect communications!

[BADDOG]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/0....ap/index.html

According to this articlesome communications on earth could be affected by solar flair activity, just goes to show the awesome power of the sun!!!!

Regards

[SilentTrigger]

And the news is? Not to be rude but if its a new article, the issue has been known for a long time.

Well read the article and i guess there havn't been such a large one before, but the discovery is old

[atholon]

Maybe they are predicting a large flare

[BADDOG]

Originally posted by SilentTrigger*MFA*
And the news is? Not to be rude but if its a new article, the issue has been known for a long time.

Well read the article and i guess there havn't been such a large one before, but the discovery is old

Perhaps the rest of the world is not so prescient as you appear to be......

Regards

[atholon]

Also may show how it affects the communication...

[Sal UK]

Originally posted by atholon
Maybe they are predicting a large flare

Funny you should say that...lol
This is todays news on Nasa:

Huge Solar Flare Spotted


Above: Wednesday's solar flare is visible on the left side of this solar image taken by the Earth-orbiting GOES Solar X-Ray Imager (SXI). Credit: NOAA.

"Scientists are currently tracking a large sunspot that has so far unleashed three major solar flares: an X-17-category blast on Sept. 7, an X-5 on Sept. 8, and an X-1 on Sept. 9. To say this is powerful is an understatement; Wednesday's X-17 flare was the fifth largest ever observed.

With the exception of brief radio blackouts, the flares have had little effect on Earth, although the NOAA Space Environment Center warns that as the spot moves toward Earth, agencies impacted by space weather storms may experience disruptions over the next two weeks. These include spacecraft operators, electric power systems, high frequency communications, and low-frequency navigation systems.

This sunspot is the same one that erupted in mid-August, sparking strong auroras as far south as Utah and Colorado. Over the past two weeks, the active region produced a series of significant solar eruptions as it made its way around the back-side of the Sun (facing away from Earth). This time, auroras are likely in Canada, Alaska, and other northern spots.

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) -- associated giant clouds of plasma in space -- are the largest explosions in the solar system and can pack the force of a billion megaton nuclear bombs. They are caused by the buildup and sudden release of magnetic stress in the solar atmosphere above the giant magnetic poles we see as sunspots.

The NASA/ESA SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), missed the events due to routine orbit maneuvers and instrument maintenance. Its coronagraphs are now back in operation."

[-Tigger-]

i knew the sun could have an effect on lots of things, but never thought about communications

interesting

[General Nuisance]

i seen that yesterday.. didnt have time to post.. cnn is slow...

cnet had it yesterday

[Sal UK]

Yes BB it used to be a pain when I used to use CB Radio (CitizenBand Radio) It produces lots of static noise and can come over pretty strong wipeing out any comunication you might be having. worse on FM than AM but it did effect both.

[Hellfighter]

Originally posted by SilentTrigger*MFA*
And the news is? Not to be rude but if its a new article, the issue has been known for a long time.

Well read the article and i guess there havn't been such a large one before, but the discovery is old

it maybe not new news' but it do mean were in for more big Hurricanes.

water temp go higher and the hurricanes feed off that.

thanks for the heads up anyways BADDOG

[BADDOG]

Your welcome Chief and it looks as if the sun may be going through a unusual amount of sun spot activity according to some scientists!

Warm Regards to all!!!!

[SilentTrigger]

I guess we are to spoiled with our nother light hehe.

The sun can effect all electrical aplications, if i'm not misstaken.