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Observatory (SOHO). The many speckles are solar protons striking the spacecraft's digital camera. [More] Proton storms cause all kinds of problems. They interfere with ham...
, photographed Feb. 7th by amateur astronomer Gary Palmer of Los Angeles. He used an 11" telescope and a digital camera. Many ham radio operators have heard these...
they were pelted by fast-moving solar protons. Our planet's magnetic field recoiled from the onslaught, and ham radio operators experienced a strong shortwave blackout....
,' " explains Rob Suggs, the leader of the MSFC Space Environments Team and one of the show's co-organizers. "It's basically a TV antenna and a ham radio receiver. Whenever a...
the decaying Proton rocket on Dec. 2nd at 0417 UT. The 217 MHz radar signal was transmitted by the Naval Space Surveillance Radar in Kickapoo, Texas. Nelson detected the echo...
ionosphere fits safely inside our planet's much-larger magnetosphere, solar wind erosion is not a problem. That's good news for ham radio operators who depend on the radio-...
Luther Burbank School in southwest Chicago after students there received a call from space. It wasn't a hail from alien creatures, but the radio transmissions were...
in the morning! But if clouds, rain, or city lights threaten to spoil your pre-dawn stargazing adventure, NASA scientists are prepared to help. Before dawn on Saturday, Nov...
NASA's Space Amateur Radio Experiment is connecting students and ham radio operators on Earth with astronauts in Earth orbit. August 21,...
the day of the shower's expected maximum. Of course, just because you can't see these meteors doesn't mean they aren't there. As proof, you can listen to the...