Gates9@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoSun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacificwww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down10
arrow-up1273arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoWhat services might people have noticed being unusable because of this?
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 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.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoCool, that was my first guess! You specifically don’t mention controller -> plane comms, is that just because they have more powerful transmitters?
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.
Cool, that was my first guess!
You specifically don’t mention controller -> plane comms, is that just because they have more powerful transmitters?