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.
  • W6KME
    3•1 year ago

    @w0odl Okay, society might collapse, but the propagation is going to be AWESOME.

    • @ham_bitious
      3•1 year ago

      It seems like there have been more blackouts on HF since the sunspots started coming back.

      • W6KME
        2•1 year ago

        @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.

        • @ham_bitious
          1•1 year ago

          I thought flares caused the blackouts and sunspots just improved propagation

    • @w0odlOPMA
      2•1 year ago

      Less internet; more radio sounds good to me