As the Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather

NASA Science News ^ | June 4, 2010 | Dr. Tony Phillips

[JRandomFreeper]

I lived for sunspots.

What did you do after you went SK? ;)

/johnny

[AlexW]

“What did you do after you went SK? ;)”

Hey, I am not SK, yet !!!!!!

Anyway, a fire destroyed my home and station.
I never recovered, other then to buy a Yaesu 890
for chat with my old DX club friends.
I have been totally inactive since leaving the USSA in Jan. 2005.

[JRandomFreeper]

You did mention 'lived' in the past tense. ;)

And anyway, it's hard to tell sometimes. I asked at the last meet and greet if anyone knew how to convert a Collins aircraft radio from 400 hz mains to 60 hz.

Yep. Everyone.

I started my ham career in the early '70s, and I've still got an ARC-5 with a cat's eye tube out in the garage.

We don't ever really die, the electrolyte just slowly leaks out.

/johnny (still hoarding 6146s)

[AlexW]

“I’ve still got an ARC-5”

One of my first accomplishments, before getting my license
in 1958, was to take an ARC-5 and make it work, figuring out which pins, from where the dynamoter was mounted, were fil.,
B+ and grond.

A few years later I was running RTTY on a ART-13.
I had a fetish for the old military gear up to my last days
in 2005.

[JRandomFreeper]

That's easy. Ground is ground. Filament may tingle. B+... well, that will set you on your can.

/johnny

[Domangart]

They just are bumping their budget like last year, the year before and on.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks rdl6989. Coulda sworn we had an earlier topic about this. :')

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[rdl6989]

Coulda sworn we had an earlier topic about this. :')

Doh! :')

[CatDancer]

That’s okay; we’ve prepared before and TWAWKI didn’t TEOT. I do wish they were right about more sun spots due. The consensus seems to be that they’re not.

[WKUHilltopper]

Haven’t these guys been predicting “solar flare doomsday” for the last couple years now? Sounds like y2k part II.

[shibumi]

As a matter of fact, just this week, C2CAM replayed a show featuring Ed Dames (Dr. Doom) from four years ago in which he spoke with certainty about a “kill shot” from the sun. (His source? Remote Viewing.)

I only posted this story as a matter for conversation, not because I believe in the doomsayers.

[WKUHilltopper]

Yeah...that’s what I thunk...thanks.