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.
    • ham_bitious
      3·
      1 year ago

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

      • W6KME@mastodon.radio
        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