12-05-2014, 01:35 AM
Parsons you are absolutely right. I'm a Ham Operator. (My call sign is KF2VM).
You verbalized in one sentence what I was trying to say in my whole rambling post.
I can't tell you how many times a solar flare has wiped us out, especially on some of the lower bands we operate. We can hear the first effects within 8 to 10 minutes of the flare.
Then, when night time comes, the lower two layers (D/E) of the ionosphere de-ionize, the F1/F2 recombine into one layer.
But they are so unstable due to the flare, that the multi-path and doppler effect of the "freaked out" ionosphere make the signals sound like a Leslie Speaker on acid.
So yes, the Van Allen belt is a great natural shield against the harmful effects of our Sun, but radio waves pass through it completely unaffected in both directions.
Parsons, thanks for putting it into a more concise narrative.
You verbalized in one sentence what I was trying to say in my whole rambling post.
I can't tell you how many times a solar flare has wiped us out, especially on some of the lower bands we operate. We can hear the first effects within 8 to 10 minutes of the flare.
Then, when night time comes, the lower two layers (D/E) of the ionosphere de-ionize, the F1/F2 recombine into one layer.
But they are so unstable due to the flare, that the multi-path and doppler effect of the "freaked out" ionosphere make the signals sound like a Leslie Speaker on acid.
So yes, the Van Allen belt is a great natural shield against the harmful effects of our Sun, but radio waves pass through it completely unaffected in both directions.
Parsons, thanks for putting it into a more concise narrative.
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