Solar activity is ramping up faster than scientists predicted. Does it mean an "internet apocalypse" is near?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/solar-activity-is-ramping-up-faster-than-scientists-predicted-does-it-mean-an-internet-apocalypse-is-near/
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W6KME@mastodon.radio · 2 pts · 3y
@w0odl Okay, society might collapse, but the propagation is going to be AWESOME.
ham_bitious@lemmy.radio · 2 pts · 3y
It seems like there have been more blackouts on HF since the sunspots started coming back.
W6KME@mastodon.radio · 2 pts · 3y
@ham_bitious Sunspots=blackouts-propagation. We don't get propagation without noise.
The key for hams is that the noise drops at night, but the ionosphere takes more hours to deionize itself, and the propagation persists for a few hours.
But you don't get reach without noise.
ham_bitious@lemmy.radio · 1 pts · 3y
I thought flares caused the blackouts and sunspots just improved propagation
w0odl@lemmy.radio · 1 pts · 3y
Less internet; more radio sounds good to me