[Hallicrafters] NASA Forecast

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lopez" <n8azc at sssnet.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 6:28 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] NASA Forecast


> This is from a NASA statement of Jan. 5, 2009 . Either I'm 
> reading this
> wrong, or this is the dumbest statement I've ever heard 
> coming out of NASA :
>
>
>
> "The sun is currently near the minimum of its 11-year 
> activity cycle. It is
> expected that solar storms will increase in frequency and 
> intensity toward
> the next solar maximum, expected to occur around 2012."
>
>
>
> Mike N8AZC

     Just what is wrong with it?  See the chart at:
http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml

Which shows activity from 1995 to the present with a 
prediction to 2020. This shows a minimum at 2009 and the 
current prediction is for a maximum at about 2013.

     See also: 
http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SunspotCycle.shtml  for a 
more general statement.

     There are also other reliable sources of similar 
information on the web. I think maybe NASA is more on the 
ball than you give them credit for.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
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