+woof n lulu Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Paul Harveys radio broadcast today said that scientist report the largest formation of sunspot concentrations seen in years...it should reach and effect satallite reception tomorrow 10/24...for all cell phone and GPS users. Just thought you might like to know, if you are going caching you might have a fun time with your GPS. Aging is not for wimps ! Hey, my gray hair is just a disquise ! Quote
+sept1c_tank Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Any idea how long it might last? ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** . Quote
DiverMan Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Checkout this news Link According to this, another one is on the way. DiverMan Dive Down, Dive Deep Quote
+EScout Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2003 Oct 23 1810 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 October follow. Solar flux 154 and mid-latitude A-index 28. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 23 October was 3 (31 nT). Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong. Radio blackouts reaching the R3 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is expected to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are expected. A bunch of sites to learn more than you ever wanted to: http://www.eham.net/DX/propagation Quote
+woof n lulu Posted October 23, 2003 Author Posted October 23, 2003 Originally posted by sept1c_tank:Any idea how long it might last? Don't know Sept1c, but there a plenty of site links showing up that might be able to tell you. They are very interesting, and if you are planning a hike or 2day trek its nice to have a site like these to check forecast...specially if you are tracking your course... Aging is not for wimps ! Hey, my gray hair is just a disquise ! Quote
McKenna Family Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 www.spaceweather.com They have some good information, and most of it is well explained. Patti and Matthew McKenna, Watsonville California Garmin 72 Quote
+Tazwalker & Zachman10 Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Lasting 12-18 hours go to http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/23/solar.forecast/index.html Quote
+Team GPSaxophone Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Wow, this is only the third thread about sunspots today! See here and here Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote
+AmishHacker Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Dagg:http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html Thanks Dagg...I was once on this site and thought it to be very cool.....I forgot all about it. .-=Amish_Hacker=-. Quote
+EScout Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 To answer the question in the closed "Geostorm!" thread, I do not think it will affect GPS usage much. However, I am excited about what the numbers mean for my other hobby. Solar Flux at 183 and going to 195 tomorrow and A index down to 10 may mean some nice world-wide propagation on the bands (HF frequencies). Quote
+EScout Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 On further research, It looks like the A Index (Absorbtion) is climbing and will probably make HF propagation difficult wihtin 24 hours. Quote
+cachew nut Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Hold on to something that's nailed down, it's starting. Quote
+Kealia Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 Saw the title and just had to post my avatar to thsi thread. Sorry, back on topic - Quote
Vacman Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 I am having some dif cul y n w wit y typ ng now, wil h ve to try later.... -------------------------------------------------- When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. Quote
+woof n lulu Posted October 23, 2003 Author Posted October 23, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Kealia:Saw the title and just had to post my avatar to thsi thread. Sorry, back on topic - Thanks for posting Kealia.. Now do you see spots ? Aging is not for wimps ! Hey, my gray hair is just a disquise ! Quote
+Leapin' Lizards Posted October 23, 2003 Posted October 23, 2003 The other half just strolled by the office door. I announced to him, "Hey, guess what? HF propagation is gonna be difficult within 24 hours." His eyebrows shot into his hairline and he declared that if any sort of propagation was going to be a no-go tomorrow, we were certainly wasting our time surfing the forums.... I have to go now. Quote
+cachew nut Posted October 26, 2003 Posted October 26, 2003 Well believe it or not, I got to witness some error today, 50 to 70 feet. Found a cache 50 feet off the mark, and my "HOME" coordinate 74 feet off today, the largest error I've ever seen. Coincidence? Quote
+Johnnie Stalkers Posted October 26, 2003 Posted October 26, 2003 We have had a tough time finding caches all weekend, must be the sun spots. Oh wait, maybe I'm just a noob. Understand what? My purpose? You know that. To find the Tower is my purpose. I'm sworn. -Roland, The Gunslinger Quote
+Wacka Posted October 26, 2003 Posted October 26, 2003 My GPSr was right on Saturday morning. In fact one I found where it zeroed out. Took my stick to put in ground as a reference and it hit the cache hidden under dried weeds. Quote
LowranceTracker1 Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 quote: To answer the question in the closed "Geostorm!" thread, I do not think it will affect GPS usage much. Ummmm... yeah. I didn't think so either, but it has. Just tonight I went to a cache with a friend (I had done it before and coordinates etc were great) but tonight GPS showed us off by 200 feet...... Now that's an ERROR!] If it isn't hard, it isn't worth doing right? Quote
+New England n00b Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 quote:Ummmm... yeah. I didn't think so either, but it has. Just tonight I went to a cache with a friend (I had done it before and coordinates etc were great) but tonight GPS showed us off by 200 feet...... Now that's an ERROR!] And I was gonna do a couple of runs today. Oh well, what's a little getting lost gonna hurt? I like rain. I like lost. I like hypother.... wait, no... We'll find out how it goes and report back, but I don't anticipate any real problems, the trails are well marked. *crossed fingers* --------------------- It wasn't me. Quote
+briansnat Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 I found 5 caches on 10/24 without a problem (though one was about 80 feet away from what my GPS said was ground zero). I did get some very fluky readings on Sunday (10/26). The needle was pointing towards the cache, but as I walked towards it, the distance was going up...to as much as 300 feet. Then it would drop to 100 feet and jump back up again. At one point it said the cache was 16 feet away and that's where I found it, but when I picked up my GPS I noticed that it said I was 200 feet away...and I hadn't move a foot. "You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm Quote
Cire Yamel Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 There is suppose to be another solar storm hitting us around Noon EDT, October 29. They said it's almost 10x as big as the one last week and may be the third most powerful ever recorded. Quote
DiverMan Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 Here's the news article DiverMan Dive Down, Dive Deep Quote
+woof n lulu Posted October 28, 2003 Author Posted October 28, 2003 Holy rubber duck Batman...I better plug my pacemaker into wall outlet tomorrow.... Just kidding ... Aging is not for wimps ! Hey, my gray hair is just a disquise ! Quote
+woof n lulu Posted October 28, 2003 Author Posted October 28, 2003 Everyone have their aluminum hat ready for tomorrows solar storm... last reported it was gonna be a 17+...upgraded from 10+ earlier... Aging is not for wimps ! Hey, my gray hair is just a disquise ! Quote
+RobertM Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 I hope we will be able to see the Aurora thing here in Vancouver. I've never seen it. Quote
+sept1c_tank Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 RobertM, I can see your "Aurora thing" from here. Welcome back to the forums! ==============="If it feels good...do it"================ **(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")** . Quote
+RobertM Posted October 28, 2003 Posted October 28, 2003 quote:Originally posted by sept1c_tank:RobertM, I can see your "Aurora thing" from here. Welcome back to the forums! Who says I'm back? Quote
Wanderingson Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 Thank goodness I ordered my solar flare protective beenie in time for the big event. "I cache; therefore I am" Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 hmm... I wonder if we will see any good mutations from the storm?? Just in time for Halloween too!! Didn't night of the living dead start out this way??! Free your mind and the rest will follow Quote
+bthomas Posted October 29, 2003 Posted October 29, 2003 At sunrise on 10/22 road tripping across the hazy San Joaquin Valley, we could see an enormous sunspot by eye. The day of the first flare warning, we did a 40 cache day in Las Vegas and always had good signal. For today's 3rd largest flare warning, I'm just sitting, logging 150 caches. Here's the satellite link, though I wonder if the advisories are stale. http://www.schriever.af.mil/GpsSupportCenter/advisories.htm Quote
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