Massive Sunspot Launches Big Solar Storm at Earth: Solar Storm Forecast 07-15-2017

“Space Weather this week has gotten extremely busy with a new M-flare player on the Sun. Region 2665 has already fired off two M-class flares, a radiation storm, and a massive solar storm that should hit earth by July 17. All of this is causing moderate issues with the amateur radio bands and issues with GPS/GNSS are expected, especially at high latitudes. On the positive side, when the solar storm hits, we could get a spectacular chance of seeing aurora down to mid-latitudes. See details of the coming solar storm, learn how the ongoing radiation storm might affect your flight plans, and find out what else the Sun has in store.For daily and often hourly updates (during active times) visit me on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TamithaSkov “

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New 2700km+ IARU Region-1 tropo record on 23cms between Ireland and the Canary Islands – 17th July 2020

August 07, 2020 in: News No comments

On the 17th of July 2020, there was an opening between the Canary Islands and the UK & Ireland on the VHF & UHF bands. A remarkable contact was made on 1296 MHz between EA8CXN and EI2FG which turned out to be a new IARU Region-1 tro... Read more