Dr. Tamitha Skov to discuss cycle 25, space weather, and more

Excellent show, thanks. I enjoyed hearing of Dr. Skov’s background and how she became interested in - and persevered - in science. Her comments and perspectives on the various solar metrics were helpful, more meaningful to me as a ham than the just the bare definition one usually finds.

 

fantastic just loved it thank you to everyone involved 73

 

Pluto has been known for just under a hundred years. Certainly not for thousands.

Pluto is a planet by many measures. Go learn something about the politics of why a small minority of the IAU tried to make it a non planet. Not many people agree. Their idea does not represent scientific consensus, so do not misrepresent it as such.

Larger asteroids used to be considered minor planets, as they were discovered in the 1800s. Things move on though, get over it

 

That's silly, billions of years is a lot of data! Here's my prediction:. The sun will rise in the east tomorrow, because it always has, for billions of years. I doubt you can find a counter example!

I really am surprised at the anti science bent in the comments here.

 

Sunspots, Solar Flux, and Coronal Holes are certainly part of the story. When you consider Earth is a gigantic dipole with a rotating iron core which has magnetic lines proceeding outward from the poles, and the fact that the thermosphere, the seasons, the tilt of the Earth, and magnetic drift all impact propagation, the inescapable conclusion is that we have a lot more to learn by exploring related topics.

These topics are (among others): the magnetopause (topology and microscopic theories of structure, dynamical effects due to interplanetary magnetic fields and solar-wind pressure changes), the plasmasphere (topology, theories of origin, time variations, plasmaphysical processes), the proton radiation belt (origin, theory of particle motion in the geomagnetic field using invariants), wave-particle interaction (simplified theory, experimental verification), the electron radiation belt (origin, transport, losses), excitation of waves (velocity space instabilities, applications and experimental verification), aurorae (origin, plasmaphysical effects associated with barium cloud releases in the ionosphere), the plasmamantle and the plasmasheet (topology, possible connection between the two phenomena), and finally a brief overview of magnetospheres in the Solar System which have been accessible to 'in situ' investigation using space probes.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-8949/36/2/024
https://www.zmescience.com/science/...ole-is-now-officially-moving-towards-siberia/
https://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/historical_declination/ (check the bottom 2 boxes at top left)
https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/GeomagneticPoles.shtml
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-8949/1987/T18/026/pdf

 

Thats right, that there is much more to get to know for a good forecast. For example the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission of NASA, which explains the distortion of the magnetic field of the Earth. And what effect this got in cause of and to the magnetic reconnection. Because the magnetic field of the Earth is always pulsing, distort by particles and not standing still. And that there are magnetic fields too, which are hard as stone and dont move, so that nothing get through physical. Much work anymore for scientist to do.

 

This is not this hard. Your QTH determines what you will be able to hear or transmit ... second, propagation predictions aside, the atmosphere gases thwart whatever the geophysical or solar characteristics may provide...third, using local software for real-time or HF ALE Link map, you can see what is happening now. Theory is good for classrooms when we have today's tools & the internet.

 

What!?!?!