Blast from the Sun

[John K5PRO]

Space Weather News for May 16, 2007
http://spaceweather.com

RADIO-ACTIVE SUNSPOT: A new sunspot is growing near the sun's eastern limb, and it is crackling with solar flares.  Yesterday, one of the flares, a C1-class explosion, unleashed a radio burst heard in loudspeakers of shortwave radios across the United States.  Ham radio operators may wish to point their antennas at the sun in the days ahead in case this activity continues.

Visit http://spaceweather.com to hear the sounds of this "radio-active" sunspot.

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[AF9J]

Hmmm,

A bit more energetic (say a proton event, or a Class X flare), and I could be working Aurora on 6, 2, and (if it really hs some ooph) 432.

Ellen - AF9J

[Mike/W8BAC]

Ham radio operators may wish to point their antennas at the sun in the days ahead

It isn't easy but I'll see if I can turn the 80 meter doublet this afternoon 

[WA1GFZ]

mine faces the sun ....up