Sunspot Numbers

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:41 pm

Sunspot numbers for August 7-13 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 0.

AmpedNow · Post by **AmpedNow** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:01 pm

Sign of the Apocalypse.

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:16 pm

Maybe the equipment wasn't working because of............ sunspots?

Cameron · Post by **Cameron** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:19 am

A sunspot is a region on the Sun's surface (photosphere) that is marked by a lower temperature than its surroundings and has intense magnetic activity, which inhibits convection, forming areas of reduced surface temperature. They can be visible from Earth without the aid of a telescope.

A sun outage is an interruption in or distortion of geostationary satellite signals caused by interference from solar radiation. The effect is due to the sun's radiation overwhelming the satellite signal. Generally, sun outages occur in February, March, September and October, that is, around the time of the equinoxes. At these times, the apparent path of the sun across the sky takes it directly behind the line of sight between an earth station and a satellite. As the sun radiates strongly at the microwave frequencies used to communicate with satellites (C-band and Ku-band) the sun swamps the signal from the satellite.

It kills me to hear that "sunspots" caused the satellite receiver to mute. Read a book. Show up for a physics class - something.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:27 am

I managed to wipe out my radio stations satellite rcvrs for a few hours with a radar detector once.
Damn l.o.. What the hell, It was only NPR.

Waveguide · Post by **Waveguide** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:16 pm

NO SUNSPOTS!!!!!
That just SUCKS

Scott Reppert · Post by **Scott Reppert** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:50 am

Waveguide wrote:NO SUNSPOTS!!!!!

"Said she was going to visit sister Flo..."

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:11 am

The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted.

The event is significant as many climatologists now believe solar magnetic activity – which determines the number of sunspots -- is an influencing factor for climate on earth.

Tom Taggart · Post by **Tom Taggart** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:27 pm

(Cue ominous music:)

The Maunder Minimum-mum-mum.....

Get your woolies out of storage.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:11 pm

Still no sunspots.

Big Media · Post by **Big Media** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:30 pm

I am starting to wonder if perhaps the 0 sunspots story isn't tied somehow to this

Waveguide · Post by **Waveguide** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:26 pm

no spots......
Still SUCKS !!!!!

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