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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Solar Radio Bursts
« on: May 06, 2019, 1810 UTC »
The Sun is producing solar flares as I type this, including radio bursts, here are some I just copied with my RSP1A SDR and a dipole antenna:



They were also seen/heard as low as the 43 meter band. Just before 1800 UTC.
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Re: Solar Radio Bursts
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2019, 1959 UTC »
Sun farts!

The band just melts away as these things impinge upon our hapless ionosphere.
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