Gates9@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoSun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacificwww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkSun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacificwww.space.comGates9@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoWhat services might people have noticed being unusable because of this?
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoPlanes can talk on multiple frequencies, only some of which will be messed up, and not for long. Solar flares are of short duration, and once they stop hitting the earth, equilibrium in the ionosphere is restored fairly quickly.
What services might people have noticed being unusable because of this?
Plane to controller coms.
Planes can talk on multiple frequencies, only some of which will be messed up, and not for long. Solar flares are of short duration, and once they stop hitting the earth, equilibrium in the ionosphere is restored fairly quickly.