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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by vk3pa[/i] [br]SOLAR CYCLE 24 (Good News for DXers!). Scientists are predicting that the next solar cycle (24) will be BIG. Solar Physicist David Hathaway of the Marshall Space Flight Center states [blue][i][b]solar cycle 24 is due to peak in 2010 or 2011, [/b][/i][/blue]and "looks like its going to be one of the most intense cycles since record-keeping began almost 400 years ago." He also states that the geomagnetic storms may be so extreme, it could "cause power outages and make compass needles swing in the wrong direction." Their analysis shows the[blue][i][b] next Solar Maximum should peak around 2010 with a sunspot number of 160 plus [/b][/i][/blue]or minus 25 making this the strongest solar cycle in the past fifty years — possibly one of the strongest in recorded history. For the complete story, please visit the founding Web page at: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/21dec_cycle24.htm?list50675 [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.