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Solar maximum could hit us harder and sooner than we thought
- hilbert42 3y agoWhilst a solar maximum is likely risky for modern infrastructure, satellites, etc. I'd bet radio amateurs will be pleased. Solar max generally means the ionosphere is in a much more excited state and that means good to excellent HF communications. Even low VHF frequencies get reflected by the E-layer. (When I was a kid I recall watching NZ TV in Australia by sporadic E-layer transmissions during a solar maximum. Auckland and Dunedin TV could be viewed thousands of miles away in NSW.)