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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Solar Cycle 24 Update
« on: July 29, 2013, 1352 UTC »
Recently, a number of newspaper articles spoke of the potential of cycle 25 to be   “Weakest Solar Cycle In Almost 200 Years”. “We’re in a new age of solar physics,” said David Hathaway of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.



The F10.7 flux shows that Solar Cycle 24 is quite a weak cycle relative to the ones that have preceded it in the instrumental record. In terms of F10.7 flux, Solar Cycle 24 peaked two years ago.


Full article: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/07/28/solar-cycle-24-update-2/
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Re: Solar Cycle 24 Update
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2013, 0701 UTC »
LW/MW DX'ers, REJOICE! :D
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