[UK-CONTEST] RSGB 144mhz contest & C class

Dave H davekh at gmail.com
Mon Aug 2 07:24:15 PDT 2010


Anyone think the C class flare will hit Earth in time to make the 144MHz
UKAC interesting tommorrow night? I got home too late to catch the DX on
last weeks 50MHz contest so would like to have this for the contest - even
if it means losing HF for a while after.

http://spaceweather.com/

"*COMPLEX ERUPTION ON THE SUN: * On August 1st around 0855 UT, Earth
orbiting satellites detected a
C3-class<http://spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html?PHPSESSID=er0hnidk4evp5crotfg25mddb2>solar
flare. The origin of the blast was sunspot 1092. At about the same
time, an enormous magnetic filament stretching across the sun's northern
hemisphere erupted. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the action:"

Dave
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73s Dave H
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