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!
Also a new elevated energetic proton level of 10 MeV (10+o) has begun,
which is a tip of that another geo-effective (Earth Facing) Coronal Mass
Ejection (CME) is on the way and probably renewed geomagnetic storming.

73,
Thomas F. Giella, KN4LF
Plant City, FL, USA
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Thomas Giella KN4LF wrote:
Also a new elevated energetic proton level of 10 MeV (10+o) has begun,
which is a tip of that another geo-effective (Earth Facing) Coronal Mass
Ejection (CME) is on the way and probably renewed geomagnetic storming.

The likely sunspots are off to the side pretty much now, as far as direct shots go.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

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.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com