Commercial AM radio was acting strange this morning. A station that I only receive at night time (DX) was covering a daytime station that I don't usually have an issue with. That was backwards to what I thought would happen during a solar event.

Chris KQ6UP

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM, wa4hfn@comcast.net wrote:

RADIATION STORM IN PROGRESS: Solar protons accelerated by this morning's M9-class solar flare are streaming past Earth. On the NOAA scale of radiation storms, this one ranks S3, which means it could, e.g., cause isolated reboots of computers onboard Earth-orbiting satellites and interfere with polar radio communications. An example of satellite effects: The "snow" in this SOHO coronagraph movie is caused by protons hitting the observatory's onboard camera _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb