K K Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Hopefully, it will just cause a great northern lights show. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/severe-geomagnetic-storming-likely-continue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wd8dky Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 If you're a ham radio operator, you'd be lucky to talk to your neighbor. It causes weird reflections and absorption of the radio waves at different frequencies, goofing everything up in certain frequency ranges. Worthless trivia for all. 1 Quote http://www.weisersound.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 So that's what's been making the back of my neck tingle. Time to pull out the Faraday cage and hunker down. If Western Civ gets taken down by a mega flare rather than its own crapulent devices, I'll laugh as I fry. The irony will be savory. 2 1 Quote Lab Mode splits between contemplative work and furious experiments. Both of which require you to stay the hell away from everyone else. This is a feature, not a bug. Kraftwerk’s studio lab, Kling Klang, didn’t even have a working phone in it. ~ Warren Ellis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K K Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 Hmmm... G5 now... Calm down, Mr Sun... https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g5-conditions-observed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K K Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 1 hour ago, David Emm said: If Western Civ gets taken down by a mega flare rather than its own crapulent devices, I'll laugh as I fry. The irony will be savory. Yep, bad guys will find out who is their real boss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzpiano88 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 1 hour ago, wd8dky said: If you're a ham radio operator, you'd be lucky to talk to your neighbor. It causes weird reflections and absorption of the radio waves at different frequencies, goofing everything up in certain frequency ranges. Worthless trivia for all. Yes -- The bands are essentially shut down today. Last night I worked 5 countries including Australia barefoot from Iowa (both of us). Amazing the effect! I did make a 900 mi QSO into Georgia tonight on FT8 -- most seem to be NA and NA-SA. 1 1 Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindaru Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 As I learned from last nght, even rural areas can be thwarted by the spectacular views if even within ten miles of city lights. A couple people I know are going to go travel to the outer reaches of nowhere and hopefully bring back some cool images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 21 hours ago, K K said: Hopefully, it will just cause a great northern lights show. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/severe-geomagnetic-storming-likely-continue Awwwww. Wish I had seen this post last night. Got up this morning and so many people in my area were talking about seeing the Northern Lights. I missed it, and it is on my bucket list. That is what I get for never watching the news, peace of mind and missed opportunities. Anyway, it is really rare for it to be viewable all the way down into southeast Kentucky but some friends got really nice pictures. Edit: Just searched the web. There is a chance of seeing it again Saturday night. Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Gehrig Charles Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 I hope it is back tonight. Last night, I went out after band practice; I drove an hour west of here to get away from the city lights and of course as soon as it started to get good and dark a band of clouds rolled in and eventually it even rained a little. I have a go-to location I use for night-sky photos and I sat there in the car until after midnight and there was no break in the clouds. I finally threw in the towel and headed home, arriving there at close to 2 AM. Of course, when I got up this morning the sky was totally clear. Weather looks more promising tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjd Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 It was on my bucket list, too. Saw the Northern Lights at roughly 11 to 11:30pm outside Everett, WA (north of Seattle). Impressive as heck and left me in awe. A reminder that we live on a rock protected by a magnetic field. It's a miracle anything is living on this planet... There was a steady of stream of traffic heading away from city lights as we were heading back home. 🤩 Good luck! -- pj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K K Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 Despite aurora forecasts, we didn't see anything here last night... Too bad, but I am personally quite happy nothing horrible happened. G5 geomagnetic storms have the potential to destroy electronics everywhere and entire electrical grids. We were all very lucky that the 2012 G5 storm didn't hit Earth directly as it might have brought us back to near medieval technology for decades. Aaaah... The wonders of the universe - they can be both incredibly beautiful and incredibly destructive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K K Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 Oh and... On the subject of beautiful and destructive, did you watch this last week ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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