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Author Topic: Solar maximum is shaping up to be the weakest in 100 years  (Read 1359 times)

Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Solar maximum is shaping up to be the weakest in 100 years
« on: July 13, 2013, 2329 UTC »
This year's solar maximum is shaping up to be the weakest in 100 years and the next one could be even more quiescent, scientists said Thursday (July 11). "It's the smallest maximum we've seen in the Space Age," David Hathaway of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., told reporters in a teleconference. "We're seeing fields that suggest the next sun cycle will be even weaker than this one," Hathaway said.

Full article: http://www.livescience.com/38154-sun-solar-weather-peak-is-weak.html?cmpid=514627
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Re: Solar maximum is shaping up to be the weakest in 100 years
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2013, 1124 UTC »
That's good news for Medium Wave and lower SW band DXers.  ;D
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Re: Solar maximum is shaping up to be the weakest in 100 years
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2013, 0837 UTC »
Quote from: BoomboxDX on July 15, 2013, 1124 UTC
That's good news for Medium Wave and lower SW band DXers.  ;D

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