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The 11 year solar cycle may be explained by solar tides caused by planetary alignment. The
12 minute video is a bit too basic in the beginning but it gets interesting after ~3 minutes. The "A Model of a Tidally Synchronized Solar Dynamo" paper referred to can be downloaded as a PDF from this https://export.arxiv.org/pdf/1803.08692 link. Personally I have to read around the advanced math within, but nevertheless interesting.
This explanation was something I don't recall reading about.
On a personal note, I doubt I will ever see another solar cycle like the huge 1957-58 maximum (aka IGY). Those months of solar maximum were amazing, and taught me a lot about propagation by participating in the ARRL-IGY Propagation Research Project.
This explanation was something I don't recall reading about.
On a personal note, I doubt I will ever see another solar cycle like the huge 1957-58 maximum (aka IGY). Those months of solar maximum were amazing, and taught me a lot about propagation by participating in the ARRL-IGY Propagation Research Project.