Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert...not quite

2012-07-14 Thread Alan Melia
:-)) Alan G3NYK - Original Message - From: Mark Sims hol...@hotmail.com To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 3:50 AM Subject: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert There was a blurb on the news tonight about a big honkin' solar flare that is due to arrive around 6:00 AM tomorrow

Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert

2012-07-14 Thread Alan Melia
measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:40 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert I read about it yesterday. I suspect that we may already be seeing some radio interference. At work this afternoon, my cell phone lost signal entirely a few times. Although I don't get

Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert...not quite

2012-07-14 Thread Said Jackson
:50 AM Subject: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert There was a blurb on the news tonight about a big honkin' solar flare that is due to arrive around 6:00 AM tomorrow morning. It's supposed to be strong enough to produce auroras visible as far south as the Gulf of Mexico and to mess up

Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert

2012-07-14 Thread Joseph Gray
of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:40 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert I read about it yesterday. I suspect that we may already be seeing some radio interference. At work this afternoon, my cell phone lost signal entirely

Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert

2012-07-14 Thread Jim Lux
On 7/14/12 9:19 AM, Joseph Gray wrote: Perhaps some of the cellular bands aren't affected, perhaps some are. I don't know the specific cause of yesterday's loss.. GPS uses around 1200/1500 MHz. The phone in question uses 850/1900 Mhz bands, so I think we're in the neighborhood. GPS signals

[time-nuts] Solar flare alert

2012-07-13 Thread Mark Sims
There was a blurb on the news tonight about a big honkin' solar flare that is due to arrive around 6:00 AM tomorrow morning. It's supposed to be strong enough to produce auroras visible as far south as the Gulf of Mexico and to mess up GPS...

Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert

2012-07-13 Thread Joseph Gray
I read about it yesterday. I suspect that we may already be seeing some radio interference. At work this afternoon, my cell phone lost signal entirely a few times. Although I don't get a great signal at work, it has never lost signal completely before. Joe Gray W5JG On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:50

Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert

2012-07-13 Thread Ron Ward
Of Mark Sims Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 7:50 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert There was a blurb on the news tonight about a big honkin' solar flare that is due to arrive around 6:00 AM tomorrow morning. It's supposed to be strong enough to produce auroras visible