According to incoming reports from Tha Dood, 1620 AM in Poca, West Virginia, the worst solar flare of the year took place yesterday, April 11, 2013. This video was submitted to the Low Power In the News Room
http://www.space.com/20613-strong-solar-flare-erupts-towards-earth-video.html
The coronal mass ejection from the sun
ia coming toward the Earth and will get
here around April 17 or 18, I think.
This proton/electron/magnetic mess
is not as big as some that have gotten
here. I bet it won't do much. But I
would be very interested in being
proven wrong.
The radio blackouts that happen when
these things hit can sometimes be fun if you are
listening to the AM or SW bands. Sometimes
stations you normally hear will disappear and
others that are rarely heard will be present
instead.
Carl, what is your KDX emergency plan
for this kind of situation?
Bruce, The Dog Radio Group
When the big wad of EMP (Electro Magnetic Pulsation) from the sun comes storming into the toolshed, wiping out years of low power archives and causing antenna melt, I intend chosing a scapegoat to blame it on. I'm going to blame it on Microsoft.
An older plan that failed was to blame it on living in sin, but I think it was unfair to sin, which is often the most fun you'll ever have.