Re: [DX-NEWS] Maunder Minimum
At 01:26 AM 7/5/2007, Art RX9TX wrote: Hello , If you think it is bad now imagine being an HF operator during the Maunder Minimum. True, but 160 and 80 would have been amazing grin! Cheers, Peter, W2IRT -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
RE: [DX-NEWS] Maunder Minimum
Boy, I remember 1671 when 160 was quiet as a mouse and I had paths from Spain to the New World almost nightly. American native savage, Mr. Sparks In The Sky, often gave me 573. BTW, I did tell Chris to turn right to hit the big land, but did he listen! Charles Harpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ http://liveearth.msn.com -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
Re: [DX-NEWS] Maunder Minimum
Very interesting Art. I played golf years ago with a fellow named Maunder and he sometimes forgot to count all of his strokes. I wonder if they were related!! 73, Chris, ACØM Art RX9TX wrote: Hello , If you think it is bad now imagine being an HF operator during the Maunder Minimum. From Wikipedia... The Maunder Minimum is the name given to the period roughly from 1645 to 1715, when sunspots became exceedingly rare, as noted by solar observers of the time. It is named after the solar astronomer Edward W. Maunder (1851√1928) who discovered the dearth of sunspots during that period by studying records from those years. During one 30-year period within the Maunder Minimum, for example, astronomers observed only about 50 sunspots, as opposed to a more typical 40,000√ 50,000 spots. The Maunder Minimum occurred between 1645 and 1715 when only about 50 spots appeared as opposed to the typical 40√50,000 spots. The minima counts for 10-year periods from 1610√1681 are as follows: Decade Sunspots 1610 9 1620 6 1630 9 1640 2 1650 3 1660 1 1670 0 1680 1 During the Maunder Minimum enough sunspots were sighted so that 11- year cycles could be extrapolated from the count. The maxima occurred in 1674, 1684, 1695, 1705 and 1716 -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
Re: [DX-NEWS] Maunder Minimum
Chris, ACØM wrote: he sometimes forgot to count all of his strokes Hand all these years, I thought that one was to count only every other stroke, not all of them? I suppose that explains why I could always shoot in the 80's? :) C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
