Topband: Solar Activity

[Pete Smith]

On the other hand, auroral activity is also trending up strongly, 
currently at 8.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/20/2010 4:03 PM, Trent Fleming wrote:
> Remember, I am new to topband.  Apart from the obvious . . . when the flares
> create SID that impacts the low bands, what else should I look for in terms
> of Topband impact from the renewing solar activity?
>
> Wow sunspot group #11041 has produced four M class solar flares so far
> today, a new record for solar cycle 24. They are M3.4 at 1722 UTC, M1.9 at
> 1054 UTC, M1.7 at 0744 UTC, M1.0 at 0710 UTC.
>
> The M3.4 solar flare created yet another sudden ionosphere disturbance (SID)
> that absorbed radio signals causing a radio black out that reached as high
> as 12000 kc on the sun light side of the Earth.
>
> Geomagnetic storming (Kp-5) has commenced in association with new northern
> hemisphere coronal hole #389.
>
> Posted Wednesday January 20, 2010 at 0330 UTC
>
> Recurrent solar cycle 24 sunspot group #11039 has risen above the SE limb of
> the sun near 27 degrees south. It has been re-numbered #11041 by NOAA/SWPC.
> It appears as though this sunspot group will be very active and entertaining
> in future days and possibly push the sunspot count to new record highs.
>
>