SDRs vs Sun Spot Number

[ChrisSmolinski]

[jFarley]

Perhaps the ritual sacrifice of a virgin SDR will appease the Sun God?  We could tie it to a boatanchor and pitch both into the Sacred Cenote at Chichen Itza.

[rdla4]

Based on the graph, and the "law" of supply and demand, I am expecting to hear radio commercials that advise you to sell gold and buy SDRs. Lucky me, I got in on the ground floor of this investment

[skeezix]

Well, its pretty clear from that graph that the SDRs are interfering with the sun creating them things. SDRs are unnatural and the sun knows it, so its denying us propagation.


jFarley has inspired an idea- Instead of tying an SDR to a boatanchor, what if instead, make an analog SDR with vacuum tubes? Not only may it appease the sun god, but would also survive an EMP (don't bring up the point that the computer & power grid wouldn't. Next step is an analog computer made from vacuum tubes. We've done that before, and can do it again in 2014, better...stronger...faster. ).

Yes... yes.... Analog SDR sends the data to the control unit, which is some form of embedded SDR s/w. Tuners, home entertainment systems, and car stereos. Portable radios may be a bit tricky, so need to invent better power source than chemical batteries.
 
The sunspots will return!

[ka1iic]

time to stock up on 12AU7's for that next fun computer thingie ;-)  Don't forget the 6080's too also <grin>

[Fansome]

Once again, science vindicates Fansome. It's too bad it took this long; the situation is probably irreparable. We'll probably never see a sunspot again, and now we know whom to blame.