Elecraft

Solar Cycle

Classic

List

Threaded

38 messages Options

w7aqk

Solar Cycle

Hi All,

FWIW, there was a very interesting program I watched last night on PBS. The
regular program called "Nova" had a most informative discussion about the
solar cycle and how it affects us here on Earth. It won't tell you
everything you want to know about propagation, etc., but it does give a lot
of perspective as to why our communications can be so disrupted by solar
storms. They also talked a lot about "sunspots"! We tend to think the more
the better for us, but do we really understand how they form, and the effect
they have? This gives you some insight about that.

Anyway, you might want to check it out, and I think you can watch it online
at www.pbs.org/nova.

Dave W7AQK

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

ab2tc

Re: Solar Cycle

Hi Dave,

The link works but I could not find the video you mention. I put "solar circle" into their search engine and it came up with nothing from this year. Maybe you can provide some more details on how to work this site. The program sounds very interesting.

AB2TC - Knut

w7aqk wrote

Hi All,

FWIW, there was a very interesting program I watched last night on PBS. The
regular program called "Nova" had a most informative discussion about the
solar cycle and how it affects us here on Earth. It won't tell you
everything you want to know about propagation, etc., but it does give a lot
of perspective as to why our communications can be so disrupted by solar
storms. They also talked a lot about "sunspots"! We tend to think the more
the better for us, but do we really understand how they form, and the effect
they have? This gives you some insight about that.

Anyway, you might want to check it out, and I think you can watch it online
at www.pbs.org/nova.

Dave W7AQK

<snip>

ab2tc

Re: Solar Cycle

Silly me, I meant "solar cycle".

AB2TC - Knut

ab2tc wrote

Hi Dave,

The link works but I could not find the video you mention. I put "solar circle" into their search engine and it came up with nothing from this year. Maybe you can provide some more details on how to work this site. The program sounds very interesting.

AB2TC - Knut

<snip>

Bill-3

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by w7aqk

http://www.bandconditions.com/ Great for a quick glance at band
conditions and some other related stuff also.

Bill W2BLC K-Line
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

Phil Wheeler-2

Re: Solar Cycle

OTOH sometimes "no news is good news". Propagation data these days is not happy reading, Bill ;-)

Phil -- Sent from my iPhone 5S

> On Jul 21, 2016, at 13:19, Bill <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> http://www.bandconditions.com/ Great for a quick glance at band conditions and some other related stuff also.
>
> Bill W2BLC K-Line
> __________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

Mike Maloney

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by w7aqk

Can you check your PBS TV station schedule and give us the title of that NOVA program? Our station was running the RNC.

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

Wes Stewart-2

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by Phil Wheeler-2

I still do that. No boot up time required and it's location specific..

On 7/21/2016 1:53 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Time was, we just turned on the receiver and tuned across the bands.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Phil
> Wheeler
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 1:25 PM
> To: Bill
> Cc: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle
>
> OTOH sometimes "no news is good news". Propagation data these days is not
> happy reading, Bill ;-)
>
> Phil -- Sent from my iPhone 5S
>
>> On Jul 21, 2016, at 13:19, Bill <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.bandconditions.com/ Great for a quick glance at band
> conditions and some other related stuff also.
>> Bill W2BLC K-Line
>> __________________________________________
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message
> delivered to [hidden email]
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> Message delivered to [hidden email]
>

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

Augie "Gus" Hansen

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by Mike Maloney

"Secrets of the Sun"
04/25/2012 was the original broadcast date

73,
Gus

On 7/21/2016 3:25 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

> Can you check your PBS TV station schedule and give us the title of that NOVA program? Our station was running the RNC.
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> Message delivered to [hidden email]
>

Bob Nielsen-4

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by Wes Stewart-2

I did it a few days ago. I didn't hear anything.

On 7/21/16 2:26 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:

> I still do that. No boot up time required and it's location specific..
>
> On 7/21/2016 1:53 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>> Time was, we just turned on the receiver and tuned across the bands.
>>
>> 73, Ron AC7AC
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
>> Phil
>> Wheeler
>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 1:25 PM
>> To: Bill
>> Cc: [hidden email]
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle
>>
>> OTOH sometimes "no news is good news". Propagation data these days is
>> not
>> happy reading, Bill ;-)
>>
>> Phil -- Sent from my iPhone 5S
>>
>>> On Jul 21, 2016, at 13:19, Bill <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.bandconditions.com/ Great for a quick glance at band
>> conditions and some other related stuff also.
>>> Bill W2BLC K-Line
>>> __________________________________________
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> Elecraft mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>>
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>> Message
>> delivered to [hidden email]
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> Elecraft mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>>
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>> Message delivered to [hidden email]
>>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> Message delivered to [hidden email]
> .
>

Wes Stewart-2

Re: Solar Cycle

Connect an antenna.

On 7/21/2016 2:48 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> I did it a few days ago. I didn't hear anything.
>
> On 7/21/16 2:26 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> I still do that. No boot up time required and it's location specific..

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

Bill W4ZV

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by Bob Nielsen-4

"Secrets of the Sun" is free on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncphh8FWUUE

73, Bill W4ZV

Phil Wheeler-2

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by Bob Nielsen-4

Peaceful, isn't it?

On 7/21/16 2:48 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:

> I did it a few days ago. I didn't hear anything.
>
> On 7/21/16 2:26 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> I still do that. No boot up time required and
>> it's location specific..
>>
>> On 7/21/2016 1:53 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>>> Time was, we just turned on the receiver and
>>> tuned across the bands.
>>>
>>> 73, Ron AC7AC
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Elecraft
>>> [mailto:[hidden email]] On
>>> Behalf Of Phil
>>> Wheeler
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 1:25 PM
>>> To: Bill
>>> Cc: [hidden email]
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle
>>>
>>> OTOH sometimes "no news is good news".
>>> Propagation data these days is not
>>> happy reading, Bill ;-)
>>>
>>> Phil -- Sent from my iPhone 5S
>>>
>>>> On Jul 21, 2016, at 13:19, Bill
>>>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bandconditions.com/ Great for a
>>>> quick glance at band
>>> conditions and some other related stuff also.
>>>> Bill W2BLC K-Line

EricJ

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by Phil Wheeler-2

That's tougher to do these days. A lot of people are busy on the
internet or whatever and watching spots. I see this in county hunting,
SKCC and just about everywhere. During the week, I can tune the entire
CW portion of 20 meters and not hear a single station. A check on RBN
shows me hitting just about every skimmer in North America with a decent
signal, so I know I'm getting out and everything's working, but nobody
is calling CQ or in QSO. The conditions are there for stateside, but
nobody's on. Weekends light up if there is a contest. Signals will be
decent until the end of the contest, then the last one out turns off the
lights. Not a peep to be heard late Sunday afternoon. It's eerie.

I tune around 20m CW two or three times a day and call CQ if RBN shows
there's any hope of being heard somewhere, but during the week it can
get frustrating. That would be fine, but it's too damn hot to work on
projects in the garage instead.

Eric KE6US

On 7/21/2016 1:53 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Time was, we just turned on the receiver and tuned across the bands.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

k6dgw

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by w7aqk

The solar cycle originated thanks to fruitcake [Fc]. All the fruitcake
in the universe was created at the Big Bang, along with a lot of
hydrogen [H] and some helium [He]. The hydrogen and helium began to
float upward of course ... think Goodyear or Hindenburg ... but the Fc,
being the densest thing in the universe began to gather the H and He
into massive clumps using its gravity.

When the hydrogen became dense enough around the fruitcake, it began to
fuse -- two H --> one He. The helium atom weighed just a bit less than
the two hydrogen's which showed up as a lot of energy which heated the
clump until it began to emit light and other stuff [a technical term
used by astrophysicists]. Eventually two He began to fuse producing one
lithium [Li] atom and a lot more energy. This of course was the
beginning of laptop and cell phone batteries -- and Tesla.

This continued until almost all of the H and He was iron [Fe]. There
was also the fruitcake of course, nothing fuses with fruitcake. To fuse
two Fe atoms would produce negative energy which hadn't been invented
then, so with nothing left to do, the clump exploded and that was the
first solar cycle.

All that fusing produced heavier elements which drifted around in space
and eventually formed more hot, bright clumps with fruitcake at the
center. Some atoms were aluminum [Al] which formed into vast sheets
called Reynolds Wrap [Rw], and which had an affinity for the Fc,
wrapping itself around the Fc like Glad Wrap wraps around everything in
the kitchen but the dish you're trying to cover. That's how we find
fruitcake today.

With the heavier elements, the hot bright clumps settled into a pattern
of occasional explosions or semi-explosions, and that became the solar
cycle we know, love, and anxiously wait for.

There is a Conservation of Fruitcake law. You can't destroy it. You
can give it away, however it is nearly uniformly distributed in the
universe and likely will come back at some point, usually around Christmas.

Many things have a half-life ... the time it takes for half of it to
disappear or morph into something else. The half-life of both disco and
leisure suits was blessedly short. The half-life of fruitcake is forever.

Eat your heart out, NOVA.

73,

Fred K6DGW
Rocket Scientist

On 7/21/2016 12:05 PM, w7aqk wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> FWIW, there was a very interesting program I watched last night on PBS.
> The regular program called "Nova" had a most informative discussion
> about the solar cycle and how it affects us here on Earth. It won't
> tell you everything you want to know about propagation, etc., but it
> does give a lot of perspective as to why our communications can be so
> disrupted by solar storms. They also talked a lot about "sunspots"! We
> tend to think the more the better for us, but do we really understand
> how they form, and the effect they have? This gives you some insight
> about that.
>
> Anyway, you might want to check it out, and I think you can watch it
> online at www.pbs.org/nova.
>
> Dave W7AQK

Vic Rosenthal

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by Bob Nielsen-4

It just doesn't work like it did in 1957.
But then, neither does other stuff.

Vic 4X6GP

> On 22 Jul 2016, at 00:48, Bob Nielsen <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I did it a few days ago. I didn't hear anything.
>
>> On 7/21/16 2:26 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> I still do that. No boot up time required and it's location specific..
>>
>>> On 7/21/2016 1:53 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>>> Time was, we just turned on the receiver and tuned across the bands.
>>>
>>> 73, Ron AC7AC
>>>

Don Wilhelm

Re: Solar Cycle

Vic,

I was first licensed in 1955 and cycle 19 (the granddaddy of them all)
was on the rise.
Those were the times when you could work the world with 10 watts on 10
meters during the daytime hours.

Those were exciting times for ham radio, but we have not seen anything
like it since.
It appears we are declining in sunspot numbers rapidly this cycle. I
just wonder what the next few years will bring propagation wise.

Ham radio is still exciting, but the ability to work far DX contacts
with ease is not with us anymore - we just have to work harder at it,
but it is possible, pick the right band and the right time of day, and
have patience. It may force more DX operators to use CW or data modes.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 7/21/2016 8:50 PM, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
> It just doesn't work like it did in 1957.
> But then, neither does other stuff.
>
>

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

w7aqk

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by w7aqk

I’m currently traveling in Oregon, and watched it on the Portland area PBS station (Oregon Public Broadcasting). I assume it is the most current program in the Nova series, but I missed the actual title as I didn’t tune in until about 5 minutes after it started. Sometimes there is a slight lag between on air viewing and their website availability, but just about every Nova program ends up on the website for viewing online. Check the dates shown, and it should be the one for this week. If it’s not there yet, it will be, and they even said it would be available online. Also, most PBS stations broadcast Nova multiple times during the week, so check your own station’s schedule for the week. Looking at OPB’s schedule, I think the title may be “ Secrets OF The Sun”. Here it is being aired multiple times this week.

I might just add that there are few programs on TV these days that are better than Nova. It is marvelous! My other favorite is “Frontline”, but, of course, there are still other superb programs that are pure entertainment, like “Masterpiece”. If you are not a regular PBS viewer, I think you are really missing something! My satellite TV system gives me just about anything that is available, but in truth, I could probably survive quite nicely with just two channels—PBS and Turner Classic Movies! Well, I do like to watch a little golf and football! Hi.

Dave W7AQK

From: [hidden email]
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 2:25 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector ; w7aqk
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle

Can you check your PBS TV station schedule and give us the title of that NOVA program? Our station was running the RNC.

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: w7aqk <[hidden email]>;
To: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]>;
Subject: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle
Sent: Thu, Jul 21, 2016 7:05:56 PM

Hi All,

FWIW, there was a very interesting program I watched last night on PBS. The
regular program called "Nova" had a most informative discussion about the
solar cycle and how it affects us here on Earth. It won't tell you
everything you want to know about propagation, etc., but it does give a lot
of perspective as to why our communications can be so disrupted by solar
storms. They also talked a lot about "sunspots"! We tend to think the more
the better for us, but do we really understand how they form, and the effect
they have? This gives you some insight about that.

Anyway, you might want to check it out, and I think you can watch it online
at www.pbs.org/nova.

Dave W7AQK

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

tomb18

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by w7aqk

Just open a panadapter on 20m during the day...depressing. makes you wonder if it's working

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: w7aqk <[hidden email]> Date: 2016-07-21 11:37 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [hidden email], Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle
I’m currently traveling in Oregon, and watched it on the Portland area PBS station (Oregon Public Broadcasting). I assume it is the most current program in the Nova series, but I missed the actual title as I didn’t tune in until about 5 minutes after it started. Sometimes there is a slight lag between on air viewing and their website availability, but just about every Nova program ends up on the website for viewing online. Check the dates shown, and it should be the one for this week. If it’s not there yet, it will be, and they even said it would be available online. Also, most PBS stations broadcast Nova multiple times during the week, so check your own station’s schedule for the week. Looking at OPB’s schedule, I think the title may be “ Secrets OF The Sun”. Here it is being aired multiple times this week.

I might just add that there are few programs on TV these days that are better than Nova. It is marvelous! My other favorite is “Frontline”, but, of course, there are still other superb programs that are pure entertainment, like “Masterpiece”. If you are not a regular PBS viewer, I think you are really missing something! My satellite TV system gives me just about anything that is available, but in truth, I could probably survive quite nicely with just two channels—PBS and Turner Classic Movies! Well, I do like to watch a little golf and football! Hi.

Dave W7AQK

From: [hidden email]
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 2:25 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector ; w7aqk
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle

      Can you check your PBS TV station schedule and give us the title of that NOVA program? Our station was running the RNC.

      Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: w7aqk <[hidden email]>;
To: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]>;
Subject: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle
Sent: Thu, Jul 21, 2016 7:05:56 PM

      Hi All,

      FWIW, there was a very interesting program I watched last night on PBS. The
      regular program called "Nova" had a most informative discussion about the
      solar cycle and how it affects us here on Earth. It won't tell you
      everything you want to know about propagation, etc., but it does give a lot
      of perspective as to why our communications can be so disrupted by solar
      storms. They also talked a lot about "sunspots"! We tend to think the more
      the better for us, but do we really understand how they form, and the effect
      they have? This gives you some insight about that.

      Anyway, you might want to check it out, and I think you can watch it online
      at www.pbs.org/nova.

      Dave W7AQK

      ______________________________________________________________
      Elecraft mailing list
      Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
      Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
      Post: mailto:[hidden email]

      This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
      Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
      Message delivered to [hidden email]

______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:[hidden email]

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Message delivered to [hidden email]

EricJ

Re: Solar Cycle

Secrets of the Sun. Took 5 seconds on google to discover it is on
youtube.com, and blocked in my area (So Cal) on PBS.

Eric KE6US

On 7/21/2016 9:22 PM, tomb18 wrote:

> Just open a panadapter on 20m during the day...depressing. makes you wonder if it's working
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> -------- Original message --------From: w7aqk <[hidden email]> Date: 2016-07-21 11:37 PM (GMT-05:00) To: [hidden email], Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle
> I’m currently traveling in Oregon, and watched it on the Portland area PBS station (Oregon Public Broadcasting). I assume it is the most current program in the Nova series, but I missed the actual title as I didn’t tune in until about 5 minutes after it started. Sometimes there is a slight lag between on air viewing and their website availability, but just about every Nova program ends up on the website for viewing online. Check the dates shown, and it should be the one for this week. If it’s not there yet, it will be, and they even said it would be available online. Also, most PBS stations broadcast Nova multiple times during the week, so check your own station’s schedule for the week. Looking at OPB’s schedule, I think the title may be “ Secrets OF The Sun”. Here it is being aired multiple times this week.
>
> I might just add that there are few programs on TV these days that are better than Nova. It is marvelous! My other favorite is “Frontline”, but, of course, there are still other superb programs that are pure entertainment, like “Masterpiece”. If you are not a regular PBS viewer, I think you are really missing something! My satellite TV system gives me just about anything that is available, but in truth, I could probably survive quite nicely with just two channels—PBS and Turner Classic Movies! Well, I do like to watch a little golf and football! Hi.
>
> Dave W7AQK
>
>
>
> From: [hidden email]
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 2:25 PM
> To: Elecraft Reflector ; w7aqk
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle
>
> Can you check your PBS TV station schedule and give us the title of that NOVA program? Our station was running the RNC.
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: w7aqk <[hidden email]>;
> To: Elecraft Reflector <[hidden email]>;
> Subject: [Elecraft] Solar Cycle
> Sent: Thu, Jul 21, 2016 7:05:56 PM
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> FWIW, there was a very interesting program I watched last night on PBS. The
> regular program called "Nova" had a most informative discussion about the
> solar cycle and how it affects us here on Earth. It won't tell you
> everything you want to know about propagation, etc., but it does give a lot
> of perspective as to why our communications can be so disrupted by solar
> storms. They also talked a lot about "sunspots"! We tend to think the more
> the better for us, but do we really understand how they form, and the effect
> they have? This gives you some insight about that.
>
> Anyway, you might want to check it out, and I think you can watch it online
> at www.pbs.org/nova.
>
> Dave W7AQK
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> Message delivered to [hidden email]
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> Message delivered to [hidden email]
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:[hidden email]
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> Message delivered to [hidden email]

EricJ-2

Re: Solar Cycle

In reply to this post by tomb18

Secrets of the Sun. Took 5 seconds on google to discover it is on
youtube.com, and blocked in my area (So Cal) on PBS.

Eric KE6US

On 7/21/2016 9:22 PM, tomb18 wrote: