[South Florida DX Association] Solar activity is about to increase...

[Bill Marx]

Space Weather News for Nov. 7, 2006

Solar activity is about to increase--or so it seems.  An active sunspot is 
hiding just behind the sun's eastern limb.  For the past three days, it has 
been erupting, throwing clouds of magnetized gas high above the sun's 
surface where they can be seen from Earth.  Some of these explosions have 
also produced strong radio bursts heard in the loudspeakers of ham-radio 
rigs.  Soon, perhaps later today or tomorrow, the sun's rotation will turn 
the sunspot toward Earth, providing a direct view of the active region.  If 
it is indeed a big spot, we could be in for some stormy space weather in the 
days ahead.