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Solar Storms are a fact of life. An enormous solar storm struck Earth around 591 BC

Discussion in 'Amateur Radio News' started by K1LPI, Mar 12, 2019.

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  1. W1YW

    W1YW Ham Member QRZ Page

    Them protons are killahs!

    Here's hopin' we don't see a major proton event in our lifetime.

    73
    Chip W1YW

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  2. KD0CAC

    KD0CAC Ham Member QRZ Page

    Dang , I wanted to conner the market on protons , with my new home brew proton collector ;)
    The I could trade propagation other goodies
     
  3. NU4R

    NU4R XML Subscriber QRZ Page

    "CE?"

    Et tu Bonnie?
     
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  4. K7RHT

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    What a bunch of comedians, LOL
     
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  5. KW0U

    KW0U Ham Member QRZ Page

    True, though according to https://www.space.com/7224-150-years-worst-solar-storm.html the Carrington was three times as bad as 1989. And I wonder about all the unshielded electronics in cars, aircraft, PCs, hospitals, factories, etc. I've read science fiction stories where aliens (or a major foreign power) used a super electromagnetic pulse to fry the world's "nervous system."
     
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  6. GM0SCW

    GM0SCW Ham Member QRZ Page

    I'm sure I lived then, and still haven't conquered Morse. GM0SCW Bob.
     
  7. G4RJA

    G4RJA Ham Member QRZ Page

    I remember it well!
     
  8. K6RAH

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    I'm not too worried about high energy protons. It's the high energy morons that have me scared!
     
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  9. GM4BRB

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    Here's a Borg Cube, as chased off by the Ice-Age Solar Proton storm.

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    *borg cube. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Travel
    Melted cubes may re-appear, again, later, at different locations in the freezer.
    Nuts!!!!
     
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  10. NJ1S

    NJ1S Ham Member QRZ Page

    I remember cycle 21 well. 5 watts terrene wide. Those were good days and im sure the cycles from before that were amazing!
     
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  11. K4KYV

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    But that one missed earth, as the vast majority of them do. Relatively speaking, we're a small target. But like a 500-year flood, it's a matter of when, not if, one will hit.
     
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  12. AA5CT

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    @KW0U
    re: "And I wonder about all the unshielded electronics in cars, aircraft, PCs, hospitals, factories, etc."

    Long lines, higher latitudes. Those are the common denominators that spell "trouble".

    e = -L * di/dt and the sine of the Latitude.
     
  13. W4MHZ

    W4MHZ Ham Member QRZ Page

    The thing people fail to understand about 500 year floods is that there is a 50% probability that one will happen during any 250 year period. o_O
     
  14. WQ4G

    WQ4G Ham Member QRZ Page

    Better concentrate on using tree rings... the ice in Greenland is melting.

    Oh, wait.... I remember now. That's a hoax according to one non-authoritative source. The ice isn't really melting. That's just your over active imagination making you think it's melting.

    Dan kI4AX
     
  15. N0TZU

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    And a 1/500 chance in any given year.
     

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