https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:27:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://twiar.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-twiarlogo512px-32x32.jpg https://twiar.net 32 32 https://twiar.net/2024/08/30/via-the-rsgb-propagation-news-1-september-2024/ Sat, 31 Aug 2024 00:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=23039 Read more at RSGB.co.uk]]> https://twiar.net/2024/07/14/via-the-arrl-the-k7ra-solar-update-50/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:30:46 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=22066 New sunspot groups, nine in all, emerged on every day of this reporting week, July...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/05/05/powerful-solar-flare-left-earth-without-radio-communication-for-30-minutes/ Sun, 05 May 2024 04:25:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=21120 On May 1, an extremely powerful solar flare occurred on the Sun, which led to...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/01/29/sunspot-ar3559-has-erupted/ Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:02:37 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=19471 Departing sunspot AR3559 erupted Monday morning, Jan 29th (0438 UT), producing a strong M6.8-class solar flare. NASA’s...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/09/03/space-weather-update-stormy-space-weather-ahead/ Sun, 03 Sep 2023 06:34:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=17337 A long duration M1.2 solar flare took place around departing sunspot region 3413 yesterday which...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/29/space-weather-update-s2-solar-raditation-storm-earth-directed-cme/ Sun, 30 Jul 2023 01:23:14 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16907 Solar protons reached the moderate S2 threshold today for the second time this solar cycle....]]> https://twiar.net/2023/07/14/space-weather-update-strong-m-flares-filament-eruption-with-cme/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 04:50:08 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=16618 Welcome to July! A month where both our American and French friends celebrate very important...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/21/space-weather-update-m-class-activity-from-sunspot-region-3311/ Sun, 21 May 2023 04:02:20 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15851 There as been a lot of M-class flare activity the past few days coming from...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/10/space-weather-update-m4-2-solar-flare-with-earth-directed-cme/ Wed, 10 May 2023 15:30:03 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15628 We have had some stormy space weather these first few days of May! Perhaps not...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/05/06/space-weather-update-m2-1-solar-flare-and-a-partial-halo-cme/ Sat, 06 May 2023 04:25:09 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15592 As you might have noticed… there has been a lot of M-class activity the past...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/04/24/space-weather-update-coronal-mass-ejection-impact/ https://twiar.net/2023/04/24/space-weather-update-coronal-mass-ejection-impact/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2023 03:34:16 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15396 The coronal mass ejection from the M1.7 solar flare that took place two days ago...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/04/24/space-weather-update-coronal-mass-ejection-impact/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2023/04/23/space-weather-update-m1-7-solar-flare-full-halo-cme/ Sun, 23 Apr 2023 07:29:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=15368 An M1.7 solar flare took place yesterday peaking at 18:12 UTC. The eruption was combined...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/02/26/space-weather-update-coronal-mass-ejection-arrival/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 04:09:32 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=14616 A coronal mass ejection has arrived at our planet. This is likely the arrival of...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/01/10/space-weather-update-x1-9-solar-flare/ https://twiar.net/2023/01/10/space-weather-update-x1-9-solar-flare/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2023 23:08:20 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13924 A lot of sunspots on our Sun today which is a promising start for what...]]> https://twiar.net/2023/01/10/space-weather-update-x1-9-solar-flare/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/12/16/space-weather-update-flares-flares-flares/ Sat, 17 Dec 2022 02:04:16 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=13609 What a crazy couple of days! After what feels like months of relative silence on...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/10/05/via-southgate-a-big-dangerous-sunspot/ https://twiar.net/2022/10/05/via-southgate-a-big-dangerous-sunspot/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:49:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=12463 One of the biggest sunspots in years has just rotated over the sun’s northeastern limb....]]> https://twiar.net/2022/10/05/via-southgate-a-big-dangerous-sunspot/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2022/10/02/space-weather-update-two-strong-m-class-solar-flares-2/ Sun, 02 Oct 2022 23:37:47 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=12398 We are not seeing much yet of the anticipated geomagnetic storming conditions but our Sun...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/10/01/space-weather-update-coronal-hole-faces-earth-m-class-solar-flares/ Sat, 01 Oct 2022 04:54:57 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=12381 A transequatorial coronal hole is currently facing our planet. The coronal hole stretches from the...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/17/space-weather-update-two-strong-m-class-solar-flares/ Sat, 17 Sep 2022 23:00:33 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11970 Signs of life from everybody’s favorite star: our very own Sun. It produced two strong...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/09/01/space-weather-update-sunspot-region-3088-departs-is-3089-about-to-take-over/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 03:13:19 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11420 Sunspot region 3088 keeps firing away as it has now has rotated behind the west...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/08/27/space-weather-update-s1-storm-cme-arrival-m-flares/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 02:38:58 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=11390 Solar activity is moderate due to numerous M-class solar flares from departing sunspot region 3088....]]> https://twiar.net/2022/07/31/via-southgate-propagation-report-from-hannes-coetzee-zs6bzp-2/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 03:06:40 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=10607 Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels....]]> https://twiar.net/2022/06/13/via-southgate-propagation-report-from-hannes-coetzee-zs6bzp/ Tue, 14 Jun 2022 03:52:12 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=9357 Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/05/04/space-weather-update-m5-7-solar-flare-from-sunspot-region-3004/ Wed, 04 May 2022 22:03:23 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8786 Sunspot region 3004 has really developed over the past 24 hours into a very nice...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/04/22/space-weather-update-m9-6-solar-flare/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:47:09 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8584 Our Sun continues with what she is good at: producing more solar flares! An M9.6...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/04/20/space-weather-update-m7-3-and-x2-2-solar-flares/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 23:49:16 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8571 With sunspot regions 2993 and 2994 we have two formidable sunspot regions on the earth-facing...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/04/16/space-weather-update-a-large-sunspot-region-is-about-to-rotate-onto-the-earth-facing-disk/ Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:04:58 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8530 Out of nowhere yesterday we were surprised by M-class solar activity. A sunspot region that...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/04/02/space-weather-update-m3-9-solar-flare-s1-radiation-storm/ Sat, 02 Apr 2022 20:58:29 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8394 M-class flaring continues today from sunspot region 2975 with an M2.9 solar flare this night...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/03/31/space-weather-update-cme-arrival-x1-halo-cme/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:31:34 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=8320 What an eventful few days we are having. Solar flares, coronal mass ejections and now...]]> https://twiar.net/2022/01/31/space-weather-update-m1-solar-flare-g2-storm-watch/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:03:09 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=7479 Sunspot region 2936 produced an M1.1 solar flare which peaked at 23:32 UTC back on...]]>