Solar Radio Interference

[Bruce MacMillan]

[QUOTE=Phil Waterman;244871rom all over the world.
Bruce the link to the article is a great one some interesting reading. Was there a major solar flare cycle that coincided mid 50s Geophysical Year. I remember my dad talking about it and taking us out to see the Aurora Borealis one very cold night we drove over to the Chesapeake Bay to get away from the city lights.
Cheers Phil[/QUOTE]

Hi Phil, Yes, solar activity was strong as the IGY of 1957 was chosen because it was the peak of Cycle 19. For those unfamiliar with solar activity, sun spots and coronal mass ejections can greatly disturb the ionosphere for radio propagation.

I recall the peak of cycle 20 was when I got my first CB set. I could "hear" stations from the Yukon down to southern California.