Tweak up those low band antennas! 73, Zack W9SZ
On 6/15/11, Bill Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought we just came out of that! > Bill W5EC > > BREAKING - major AAS solar announcement: Sun's Fading Spots Signal Big Drop > in Solar Activity > The American Astronomical Society meeting in Los Cruces, NM has just made a > major announcement on the state of the sun. Sunspots may be on the way out > and an extended solar minimum may be on the horizon. > > From Space.com reporting from the conference: > > Some unusual solar readings, including fading sunspots and weakening > magnetic activity near the poles, could be indications that our sun is > preparing to be less active in the coming years. > > The results of three separate studies seem to show that even as the current > sunspot cycle swells toward the solar maximum, the sun could be heading into > a more-dormant period, with activity during the next 11-year sunspot cycle > greatly reduced or even eliminated. > > Currently, the sun is in the midst of the period designated as Cycle 24 and > is ramping up toward the cycle's period of maximum activity. However, the > recent findings indicate that the activity in the next 11-year solar cycle, > Cycle 25, could be greatly reduced. In fact, some scientists are questioning > whether this drop in activity could lead to a second Maunder Minimum, which > was a 70-year period from 1645 to 1715 when the sun showed virtually no > sunspots. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to > > [email protected] > > In the message body put either > > unsubscribe dx-chat > > or > > subscribe dx-chat > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org > ----------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [email protected] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
