Super-active sunspots this weekend! AR1748

[Philpoh]

"Sunspot Blasting Out Major Solar Flares Will Face Earth Soon
The super-active sunspot responsible for unleashing the three most powerful solar flares of 2013 within a 24-hour stretch this week is slowly rotating toward Earth and will likely be facing our planet by the weekend, experts say."

Sunspot Blasting Out Major Solar Flares Will Face Earth Soon

May have to take Friday off and try and get a solar tan!

Philip

 

[cjruger]

I think it started today, im in NY and around 10-11 this am it was like a switch going on and off, pretty quiet then all of a sudden half a dozen stations from california blasting in. And boom gone all of
A sudden. Then back on all over the west coast. I havnt heard west coast in a while

 

[Philpoh]

Great conditions on 20m tonight - little noisy.

Couple contacts after 10pm all 5/9 with only 70w on my dipole:
9K2GS Kuwait
LA5FHA Norway
5F8SIA Morocco
Z81B Rep of South Sudan - new one for me
HZ1TT Saudi Arabia
EI3GAB Ireland
4Z5KA Israil

Philip

 

[Philpoh]

Had dentist appointment today so I was able to get on 20m from 7am till 8am.
Again great conditions and better solar numbers this mourning into Ohio.

Got one new one P29FR Papa New Guinea 5/7 and VK2PJF Australia 5/8 all with low power.

Heard YB8P Indonesia and 3D2MP Fiji but could get through.

Philip