On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Earl W Cunningham wrote:
> A slight decrease in the illumination of the ionosphere by the sun will
> occur on 8 June 2004 GMT. Although this might not have a noticeable
> effect on propagation, it may be of interest to radio amateurs.
Alas, in the west we can't see a thing.
>
> The planet Venus will transit across the face of the sun for the first
> time since 1882. If the sun is above the horizon for you, you will be
> able to be an eye-witness to this rare event. Venus will enter the
> eastern limb of the sun at about 0319Z and exit the western limb of the
> sun at about 1119Z. Venus will appear as a black dot about 1/30 of the
> diameter of the sun as it passes in front it.
>
> The event will be visible in the morning in Britain and most of Europe
> and Africa, later in the day in the Middle East and across Russia and
> India, and later still in the Far East, where it will be visible just
> before sunset.
>
> Use the same precautions to protect your eyes and/or telescope/binoculars
> (dark filters) as you would when viewing a solar eclipse.
>
> Will DX propagation be affected during this six-hour period? I doubt it.
>
> 73, de Earl, K6SE
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