[NZ4O Spaceweather] Huge Cycle 24 Sunspot Group Forms

Edward Brown emb at jetcom.org
Wed Apr 1 09:21:12 PDT 2009


It had my heart beating a little faster as well. I'm so ready for the next
solar cycle to start.

Ed
W2ER

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:44, Tim Holmes <w8tahradio at gmail.com> wrote:

> LOL - nice april fools joke -- u almost had me going for a second there
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:14 AM, <nz4o at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > A huge solar cycle 24 sunspot group has formed near E30N80 in the
> northern
> > hemisphere of the Sun. It has pushed the solar flux index up from 71 to
> 155
> > and 6 meters is open globally via F2 layer propagation.
> >
> > With a complex beta-gamma-delta magnetic configuration sunspot group
> #10115
> > has the potential to release a huge X class solar flare with attendant HF
> > radio black outs, polar cap absorption and a geomagnetic storm reaching a
> Kp
> > of 9, extreme geomagnetic storming.
> >
> > You can see the sunspot group at
> > http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mdi_mag/512
> >
> > 73 & GUD DX,
> > Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
> > Lakeland, FL, USA
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Ed Brown
W2ER


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