Aurora Alert!

[k9rzz]

Current Solar Indicies from WWV
25-Oct-2011 at 0005 UTC
SFI = 145 A = 16 K = 6

K=6 ... that's HUGE!

Aurora visible down into Ohio.

Check 6 meters and 2 meters. FM broadcast.

The aurora curtain can block northern HF paths leaving southerly stations in the clear.

Often South American medium wave stations can be heard after strong auroras.

Keep your ears open!

 

[k9rzz]

Just caught a blurb on FB that there could be another blast coming Earth's direction in the next day or two. Keep your ear to the ground on this one.

 

[Romak3]

X-FLARE: Big sunspot AR1339 (described below) unleashed an X2-class solar flare on Nov. 3rd at 2027 UT. A movie from the Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the extreme ultaviolet flash. The flare created waves of ionization in Earth's upper atmosphere, altering the normal progagation of radio waves over Europe and the Americas. Stay tuned for updates.

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