Current sunspot cycle activity, space weather, solar storm and geomagnetic conditions and radio propagation forecasts. Formflow 2.3 Download. This page was rendered on 0. Dec 1. 7 1. 65. 1 UTC. This page was first created in 1. Tomas David Hood NW7. USCurrent Sunspot Cycle 2. Wind energy is sporadic and unreliable, especially when it is needed most. And when it isnt needed, wind power tends to put destructive surges on the power grid. BLADE. The 2018 Blade Pro is a result of working with Philip Koster to refine an already incredible sail. The 5 batten layout combined with the HyperSpider tech. Tesla installing worlds largest battery at South Australian wind farm. Tesla and the South Australian government have partnered to demonstrate energystorage. Activity and Space Weather How you can help this website. Sun Spots 0 as of 1. Flux 7. 2. SFUSolar Flux Units3. Minutes of Dazzling SunUltra high Definition 4k View. An Intimate View of the Sun, Every Day of 2. Year 6 of SDO UHD 4k. Watch Five Very Intense X class X ray Flares Erupt, Back to backFrom the largest sunspot region in 2. Check out the X2. X ray Flare May 5 2. Biggest of 2. 01. See highlights of the last five years of the Sun, as seen by SDOPlanetary A index Ap 4. Planetary K index Kp 0. Solar Wind 3. 23 kms at 3. Bz is 3. 0 n. TDec 0. UT. X ray Solar Flares 6h hi none 2. Category 5 Hurricane Irma is currently barreling through the Atlantic Ocean and is now considered the strongest recorded storm in the Atlantic basin outside of the. HOBOware features comparison. See full comparison. HOBOware HOBOware Pro Support for all HOBO data loggers Quickly generate presentationquality graphs. Background X ray Level, Last Six Days. Dec 0. 2 2. 01. 7 A3. Dec 0. 1 2. 01. 7 A4. Nov 3. 0 2. 01. 7 A4. Nov 2. 9 2. 01. 7 A4. Nov 2. 8 2. 01. 7 A4. Nov 2. 7 2. 01. 7 A5. Check out the current Aurora Oval and activity. What is the difference between the CB and Amateur Radio Services, in the USA Here are some thoughts on the portrayal of the Amateur Radio Service by the Hit TV Series, NCIS, and a clarification of the difference between CB radio and ham radio. Skip to timecode 1 3. Here is a video introduction to shortwave HF amateur radio what is it that we amateur radio oprators listen to If you have not yet been introduced to this world, this is a very basic introduction. If you are using software utilities such as Ace HF, that require a smoothed sunspot numberReferred to as the SSN, or, the smoothed 1. Radio Flux Index,use the following predicted values in this following table. Segoe Script Bold Font. Predicted SMOOTHED Sunspot Number And Radio Flux Values. With Expected Ranges. Smoothed Sunspot Number. PredictedHighLow. Smoothed 1. 0. 7 cm Radio Flux. PredictedHighLow. To understand more about the Maximum Usable Frequencies, and related science, please read the MUF Basics Page. Global HF Propagation Conditions. Global HF Propagation Conditions for 1. Z on 0. 3 Dec, 2. High Latitude Normal. Middle Latitude Normal. Low Latitude Normal. Geomagnetic Latitude Ranges High 6. Middle 2. 0 6. 0 degrees. Low 0 2. 0 degrees. At 0. 80. 5 UTC, on 9 August 2. X6. 9 X ray flare the strongest yet in this current solar cycle Cycle 2. Here is a HD Movie of the event Videos of Interest Space Weather, Solar Dynamics Observatory, STEREO, and more. NW7. US You. Tube Channel. Click on the small image to launch the video. Video Voyager Finds Magnetic Foam at Solar Systems Edge. Video Zoom View of Prominence Eruption and X Ray Flare M2. Magnitude June 7 2. Video X Ray Flare, Coronal Mass Ejection, Proton Storm M2. Magnitude June 7 2. Close up of the video, above. Video Stunning Close up View of M3 X Ray Flare 2. February 2. 01. 1Video On How NCIS TV Show Maligned Amateur Radio Service Full UHD Version. Whats the difference between CB and amateur ham radio Video June 2. Serial Eagle Point 2011 more. Mhz JT6. 5A Coverage Map of NW7. US Radio Signal. The NW7. US Current Sunspot and Geophysical Activity Report. The observations, prognastications, and comments by NW7. USNW7. US is Tomas David Hood, Propagation and Space Weather Columnistfor CQ Communications. More about Background X rays. The hard X ray energy present from the wavelengths of 1 to 8 Angstroms provide the most effective ionizing energy throughout all of the ionospheric layers in our atmosphere. The GEOS satellites measure these wavelengths and the resulting measurements are reported as the background X ray level throughout the day. A daily average is reported, as well. Just like X ray flares, the background hard X ray level is measured in watts per square meter Wm. A, B, C, M, and X. These letters are multipliers each class has a peak flux ten times greater than the preceding one. Within a class there is a linear scale from 1 to 9. If one records the daily background X ray levels for the course of a sunspot cycle, one would discover that the background X ray levels remained at the A class level during the sunspot cycle minumum. During the rise and fall of a solar cycle, the background X ray energy levels remained mostly in the B range. During peak solar cycle periods, the background energy reached the C and sometimes even M levels. Armed with this information, can we discover any clues as to the current status of Sunspot Cycle 2. Below is a graph plotting the background hard X ray energy reported by the GEOS satellites since the end of Sunspot Cycle 2. Clearly, we see a noticeable rise in Cycle 2. Were seeing the energy mostly in the B level more often, supporting the view that Cycle 2. Overall, the monthly average background hard X ray level is rising as seen by the following plot, showing a change from deep solar cycle minimum. We are certainly in the rising phase of Sunspot Cycle 2. While it has been a slow up tick over the last eighteen months, I expect to see a more rapid rise during mid to late 2. Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity. Covering the period 2. November 2. 01. 7. Solar activity was at very low levels. Region 2. 69. 8 N1. L1. 08, classarea Cao0. Nov, the only spotted region on the disk, was quiet throughout the period. A filament structure, located in the NE quadrant, was observed erupting beginning at about 2. UTC. A subsquent CME was observed in LASCO C2 imagery lifting off the E limb, first visible at 2. UTC. Analysis, and follow on WSA Enlil model output, suggested the CME has a potential glancing blow at Earth early to midday on 2. Nov. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 Me. V electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels on 2. Nov and again on 2. Nov. Moderate levels were observed on 2. Nov and again on 2. Nov. A maximum flux of 4,6. UTC. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to minor storm G1 Minor levels. The period began with quiet conditions through most of 2. Nov. Late on 2. 0 Nov, activity levels increased to unsettled to active and persisted through 2. Nov into early 2. Nov. G1 geomagnetic storm levels were also observed early on 2. Nov. This increase in activity was due to effects from a recurrent, positive polarity CH HSS. Solar wind speeds reached a peak of near 6. UTC, total field hit a maximum of 1. T early on 2. 1 Nov, while the Bz component reached a maximum southward extent of 1. T at 2. 10. 40. 0 UTC. The remainder of the period witnessed a slow, gradual decrease in wind speeds to finish the summary period near 3. The geomagnetic field responded with mostly quiet to unsettled levels through the remainder of the summary period. Monthly and smoothed sunspot number The monthly mean sunspot number blue and 1. You can see that this current cycle, Cycle 2. Click to see actual sizeDaily and monthly sunspot number last 1. Daily sunspot number yellow, monthly mean sunspot number blue, smoothed monthly sunspot number red for the last 1. SC red dots prediction method based on an interpolation of Waldmeiers standard curves It is only based on the sunspot number series. CM red dashes method from K. Denkmayr and P. Cugnon combining a regression technique applied to the sunspot number series with the aa geomagnetic index used as a precursor improved predictions during the minimum phase between solar cycles.