[GCARC] Solar events impacting HF in polar regions

[Jim n2gxj]

Notice anything odd about HF communications these past 24 hours?

For the space weather enthusiasts out there, there is a polar cap
absorption (pca) event underway due to a solar CME earlier this week.

You can find a brief write up here, on this archive page, if interested in
learning more:
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=16&month=03&year=2023

Tonight, some viewers might be able to see the northern lights from
locations in the lower 48 states.  Typically when this happens, they'll
post readers pictures on the next day's page, accessible from the base
url:  https://spaceweather.com/   We can look for those on Friday.