Zero Sunspots: First Since 1913
From today's Daily Tech comes news that helps explain recent unusual world band reception:
"The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted.
"This year — which corresponds to the start of Solar Cycle 24 — has been extraordinarily long and quiet, with the first seven months averaging a sunspot number of only 3. August followed with none at all. The astonishing rapid drop of the past year has defied predictions, and caught nearly all astronomers by surprise."
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