[time-nuts] Solar flare alert

[Joseph Gray]

Perhaps some of the cellular bands aren't affected, perhaps some are.
I don't know the specific cause of yesterday's loss.. GPS uses around
1200/1500 MHz. The phone in question uses 850/1900 Mhz bands, so I
think we're in the neighborhood.

Joe Gray
W5JG

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Alan Melia <alan.melia at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Joe, Cellphone frequencies are little affected by ionospheric effects, so I
> would be surprised if that was an effect though GPS is a different matter,
> or sat-phone.
>
> Alan
> G3NYK
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Gray" <jgray at zianet.com>
> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
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> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Solar flare alert
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>
>
>> I read about it yesterday. I suspect that we may already be seeing
>> some radio interference. At work this afternoon, my cell phone lost
>> signal entirely a few times. Although I don't get a great signal at
>> work, it has never lost signal completely before.
>>
>> Joe Gray
>> W5JG
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Mark Sims <holrum at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> There was a blurb on the news tonight about a big honkin' solar flare
>>> that is due to arrive around 6:00 AM tomorrow morning.   It's supposed to be
>>> strong enough to produce auroras visible as far south as the Gulf of Mexico
>>> and to mess up GPS...
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