[CQ-Contest] NW7US Alert: Precursor to Geomagnetic Storm detected (0640 UTC 17-I-2005)

[NW7US, Tomas]

Energetic Ion Enhancement Event ( see  
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2004/2003JA010044.shtml )

At 0640 UTC 17-I-2005, ACE detected a proton flux exceeding 1.0e+05 p/cm2  
- which simply indicates the probable arrival of the plasma cloud expected  
 from the flare events reported earlier.  It is highly expected that  
geomagnetic storm activity will begin over the next 24 hours.

73 de Tomas, NW7US (AAR0JA/AAA0WA)

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73 de Tomas, NW7US (AAR0JA/AAA0WA)

: Propagation Editor for CQ, CQ VHF, Popular Communications :
: Creator; live propagation center http://prop.hfradio.org/ :
: Associate Member of Propagation Studies Committee of RSGB :
: US Army Miltary Affiliate Radio Service (MARS) SMD AAA0WA :
: 122.93W 47.67N / Brinnon, Washington USA CN87 CW/SSB/DIGI :
: Website/software/database design http://newwebmakers.com/ :
: 10x56526, FISTS 7055, FISTS NW 57, Lighthouse Society 144 :