Photos That was a lot of fun! Radio folks actually heard this solar event before the news even picke

Written: March 24, 2025

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That was a lot of fun! Radio folks actually heard this solar event before the news even picked it up.

Late Friday night, I had my radio tuned to the 11-meter band. Normally, at night, the ionosphere isn't strong enough for long-distance signals--everything's pretty quiet. But then, in under a minute, it was like someone flipped a switch. Suddenly, the noise floor dropped out, and signals from the West Coast and even Australia came in loud and clear, like direct phone calls.

So we were using the charged ionosphere, then those charged particles get pushed to the poles and cause the ski to light up... Space Weather, pretty cool.
That was a lot of fun! Radio folks actually heard this solar event before the news even picked it up.
Late Friday night, I had my radio tuned to the 11-meter band. Normally, at night, the ionosphere isn't strong enough for long-distance signals--everything's pretty quiet. But then, in under a minute, it was like someone flipped a switch. Suddenly, the noise floor dropped out, and signals from the West Coast and even Australia came in loud and clear, like direct phone calls.
So we were using the charged ionosphere, then those charged particles get pushed to the poles and cause the ski to light up... Space Weather, pretty cool.

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