Something interesting is happening on the sun. Yesterday, June 3rd, the sunspot number dropped to 0, and the solar disk is still blank on June 5th. Latest images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observator
Bill, good reads, thank you. It seems that the consensus is that cycle 25 will be less active than cycle 24, with some projections putting it at the lowest in many cycles. I think the theory is that
Author: Kevin Stover <kevin.stover@mediacombb.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 10:40:53 -0500
Thanks Bill. I think Cycle 24 will be looked at as the beginning of a new Maunder Minimum. If so then Cycle 24 will be as good as it gets for the next 70 years on the high bands. It seems that the co
Thats not all bad. It gives me plenty of time to finish getting my towers and antennas up, here at my new QTH. Bud, W2RU _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_top
Hi Kevin, Please share with us how you're begun to think that Cycle 24 will be looked at as the beginning of a new Maunder Minimum. Thanks 73 Frank W3LPL -- Original Message -- From: "Kevin Stover" <
Author: Kevin Stover <kevin.stover@mediacombb.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 14:50:21 -0500
I did a general Google search on the Maunder minimum and clicked on the Wikipedia page describing the phenomena. Looking at some of the references for that article leads me to believe what I do. if c
Author: Kevin Stover <kevin.stover@mediacombb.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2016 14:59:32 -0500
It turns out that there have been two cycles back to back with what we would consider bad numbers. They started in 1800 and it lasted three cycles. It's called the Dalton minimum. https://en.wikipedi