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Solar Storm to Hit Earth Today Causing GPS and Radio Disruption (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I know amateur radio operators who have emergency equipment stashed in containers designed to keep the radiation out so they have a backup in case literally everything else they have goes down.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

smart idea but but maybe even better to leave the cities if everything is going to be dark for seasons.

[–] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Radio works outside the city too, and most of the time I see people tossing a HF mobile rig in there. A solid one of those can run 100w off a car battery and if you can get a random wire antenna over a 35-40 foot high branch you'd probably be able to cover the country on the lower bands so long as the ionosphere isn't too irregular. You can even get car appropriate sized antennas for the higher frequency, shorter range bands.