Via Brad, KD8AJG:
There has been world-wide reporting of the work done using amateur radio WSPR signals in an attempt to pinpoint the location of missing flight MH370 In addition to the Times and other national UK newspapers the story has also been covered by 9 News in Australia. The surge of publicity on December 1 came as the result of the claim by Richard Godfrey that he had pinpointed the precise location of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at the bottom of the southern Indian Ocean. 9 News says: Mr Godfrey’s research, which he claims will lead to the discovery of MH370 next year, is based on Global Detection and Tracking of Any Aircraft Anywhere (GDTAAA) software and Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) data. WSPR can be best visualised as laser beams which criss-cross the world, with any disturbances logged in a database. According to Mr Godfrey’s research, GDTAAA combined with WSPR data provided hundreds of trackable radio signals every two minutes during the flight of the Boeing 777, allowing him to zero in on a critical search zone. Read the full 9 News story and watch the TV Report at https://www.9news.com.au/national/mh370-crash-location-pinpointed-in-indian-ocean-new-research-claims/9769769c-6a71-4dd4-8dcc-6206396a66c3 Space Weather Message Code: WATA50
Serial Number: 74 Issue Time: 2024 Mar 23 1840 UTC WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G3 Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: Mar 24: G2 (Moderate) / Mar 25: G3 (Strong) / Mar 26: G1 (Minor) THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 50 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Power system voltage irregularities possible, false alarms may be triggered on some protection devices. Spacecraft - Systems may experience surface charging; increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites and orientation problems may occur. Navigation - Intermittent satellite navigation (GPS) problems, including loss-of-lock and increased range error may occur. Radio - HF (high frequency) radio may be intermittent. Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon. Two sunspots erupted into a Class X1 solar flare aimed right at the earth at about 9:30 PM last
night. The CME is expected to hit the earth in the early hours of Monday, March 25. Long wire and HF antennas without good surge protection should be disconnected and/or grounded by 10 PM tonight, and remain disconnected/grounded well into the day tomorrow to avoid equipment damage. Geomagnetic storms that may disrupt HF communications are expected through Monday. Auroras may be visible at our latitude after midnight tonight. |