[Elecraft] X-class flare

[Stephen Prior]

I had just dragged a coax cable through to the lounge to play with my KX2
in a comfy chair and could hear nothing!  That explains it!  There is a
small amount of activity on 20m FT8 and JT65 that I can see, all close Eu
stuff though.

73 Stephen G4SJP

On 6 September 2017 at 10:49, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco.vic at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just a few minutes ago at 0925z there was a massive solar flare.
> The burst of X-rays totally turned off the HF bands. It sounds like my
> antenna fell down!
>
> Propagation will gradually return during the day, but a sudden event like
> this is exciting.
>
> "Region 2673 just produced a major X2.2 solar flare at approximately 09:10
> UTC (Sept 6). This is the first X-Class event to be detected since May
> 2015. The active region is still in a decent position for Earth directed
> eruptions. More updates will be provided should a coronal mass ejection
> (CME) be associated. More to follow. Image courtesy of SDO/AIA."
> -- <http://www.solarham.net/>
>
> --
> 73,
> Victor, 4X6GP
> Rehovot, Israel
> Formerly K2VCO
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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