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  • Solar Cycle 24 Begins!

    From W8ZZU@VERT/SCANNER to All on Friday, January 04, 2008 17:37:00
    Solar physicists have been waiting for the appearance of a reversed-polarity sunspot to signal the start of the next solar cycle. The wait is over. A magnetically reversed, high-latitude sunspot emerged today. This marks the beginning of Solar Cycle 24 and the first step toward a new solar maximum. Intense solar activity won't begin right away. Solar cycles usually take a few years to build from solar minimum (where we are now) to Solar Max (expected in 2011 or 2012). It's a slow journey, but we're on our way!


    Jason - W8ZZU
    Total Logged Contacts = 1620
    Last Contact: K2BET on 40 CW. Location: MI. 12/15/07 at 19:21 UTC

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  • From Phantomrage@VERT/PRS to W8ZZU on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 00:47:00
    Solar physicists have been waiting for the appearance of a reversed-polarity sunspot to signal the start of the next solar cycle. The wait is over. A magnetically reversed, high-latitude sunspot emerged today. This marks the beginning of Solar Cycle 24 and the first step toward a new solar maximum. Intense solar activity won't begin right away. Solar cycles usually take a few years to build from solar minimum (where we are now) to Solar Max (expected in 2011 or 2012). It's a slow journey, but we're on our way!

    Contacts here we come... ;)

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  • From W8ZZU@VERT/SCANNER to Phantomrage on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 22:11:00
    Re: Re: Solar Cycle 24 Begins
    By: Phantomrage to W8ZZU on Wed Jan 09 2008 12:47 am

    Solar physicists have been waiting for the appearance of a reversed-polarity sunspot to signal the start of the next solar cycle. The wait is over. A magnetically reversed, high-latitude sunspot emerged today. This marks the beginning of Solar Cycle 24 and the first step toward a new solar maximum. Intense solar activity won't begin right away. Solar cycles usually take a few years to build from solar minimum (where we are now) to Solar Max (expected in 2011 or 2012). It's a slow journey, but we're on our way!

    Contacts here we come... ;)

    Yeah, it is going to be awesome!!!


    Jason - W8ZZU
    Total Logged Contacts = 1620
    Last Contact: K2BET on 40 CW. Location: MI. 12/15/07 at 19:21 UTC

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