Solar activity is ramping up faster than scientists predicted. Does it mean an "internet apocalypse" is near?
Solar activity is ramping up faster than scientists predicted. Does it mean an "internet apocalypse" is near?
When a major solar storm hit in 1859, "telegraph systems worldwide went haywire." Here's what to know if such an event were to hit today – and how likely it is to happen.
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@w0odl Okay, society might collapse, but the propagation is going to be AWESOME.
It seems like there have been more blackouts on HF since the sunspots started coming back.
@ham_bitious Sunspots=blackouts-propagation. We don't get propagation without noise.
The key for hams is that the noise drops at night, but the ionosphere takes more hours to deionize itself, and the propagation persists for a few hours.
But you don't get reach without noise.
I thought flares caused the blackouts and sunspots just improved propagation
Less internet; more radio sounds good to me