Courage Center Handiham System

This July 2, 2010 segment on the Science Friday podcast had some interesting tidbits for ham radio operators, including speculation on larger solar cycle fluctuations than the familiar 11 year cycle that we all know and love. Guest Dr. David Hathaway, a solar astronomer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, talks about some of the more difficulties in forecasting solar activity trends, and even apologizes to ham radio operators for missing the mark in his several years ago prediction that the coming solor cycle would produce much more activity! The possibility of another "Maunder Minimum" was even brought up. Don't know what that is? You'll just have to pay a visit to NPR to either read the transcript or, better yet, listen to the archived audio.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128268488&ft=2&f=51...