Re: NOAA warning for rf communications

[Robert Mathews <mathews () hawaii edu>]

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Rodney Joffe wrote:

> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:22:04 -0700
> From: Rodney Joffe <rjoffe () centergate com>
> To: NANOG <nanog () merit edu>
> Subject: NOAA warning for rf communications
>
>
> I'm surprised that there has been no warning or discussion on NANOG...
>
> There is a high likelihood that things like 802.11, licensed and
> unlicensed microwave links, and certainly satellite links will sustain
> interference over the next few days. I assume that everyone on the list
> is both aware, and prepared ;-)
>
> Oh, perhaps an alternative to paging or cellphone notifications to
> support folks is a good idea ;-)
>
> http://www.astrobiology.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12850
>
> The NOAA links seem saturated... http://www.sec.noaa.gov/
> --
> Rodney Joffe
> CenterGate Research Group, LLC.
> http://www.centergate.com
> "Technology so advanced, even we don't understand it!"(R)



Rodney, All:

See:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:32:10 -1000 (HST)
From: Richard Crowe - ASTRONOMY
Subject: Large sunspot!!
To: Robert Mathews - NATLSEC


> There's a very large spot group on the sun today. Yesterday it
> covered 0.17% of the visible disk; it's at least no smaller today.
>
> A new full-disk image is at
> http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/MWLT/Today/latest.jpg
>
> The spot group is magnetically quite complex, has produced several
> large flares since sunday, and is easily resolvable with the naked eye
> (except, of course, the sun is too bright to look at...)
> --
>
> --Don Mickey <mickey () ifa hawaii edu>


If interested, there are more links that people can follow through UH - Institute For
Astronomy's Website.


Regards,
Robert.
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