Thomas Giella KN4LF wrote:
As of approximately 1710 UTC today we are experiencing a new huge X8+
class solar flare and associated shortwave blackout on the sun light side of
Earth centered on the America's. D layer absorption is impacting as high as
30,000 KC and climbing rapidly. I was listening to the BBC on 21470 kc when
it abruptly disappeared!

SWF here in Nashville at 1120 CST - I guess that's 1720 UTC? 14 and
21MHz ham bands went completely dead (except local groundwave signals)
over a period of about 5 minutes. Checking further, 7 and 28MHz were
dead as well.

I've been a ham since 1973 and this is the first time I've ever heard
the 7MHz band completely dead!

Lasted roughly an hour - things seem pretty much back to normal now.
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com