{"id":1976,"date":"2011-10-02T08:20:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T12:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2011-10-02T09:50:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T13:50:19","slug":"video-listening-to-sunspots-on-your-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/video-listening-to-sunspots-on-your-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Listening to sunspots on your shortwave radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Digital Journal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/article\/312033\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Journal<\/a> \u00a0reported that last weekend&#8217;s Sunspot 1302 was so strong that it had been detected via shortwave radio. \u00a0The following video marries the shortwave audio with images from the sunspot:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/25b1SJxnYPQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A little shortwave radio astronomy courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Audio recorded by Thomas Ashcraft in New Mexico. Read more at the <a title=\"DJ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/article\/312033\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital Journal \u00a0reported that last weekend&#8217;s Sunspot 1302 was so strong that it had been detected via shortwave radio. \u00a0The following video marries the shortwave audio with images from the sunspot: A little shortwave radio astronomy courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Audio recorded by Thomas Ashcraft in New Mexico. Read more at the Digital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,139],"tags":[581,25,411],"class_list":["post-1976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-radio-modifications","tag-radio-astronomy","tag-shortwave-radios","tag-sunspots"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-vS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36928,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/big-sunspost-produces-ocean-surf-sounds-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":1976,"position":0},"title":"Big Sunspot Produces \u201cOcean Surf\u201d Sounds on Shortwave","author":"Troy Riedel","date":"April 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Though sunspots have been rare this year, Sunspot AR2738 has been producing bursts which have been heard as radio static \u2013 that sounds like \u201cocean surf\u201d \u2013 on shortwave. This was posted early this morning at spaceweather.com \u2013 along with a recording: If you have a shortwave radio, you might\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33757,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/surprise-sunspot-group-g-3-geomagnetic-storm-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":1976,"position":1},"title":"Surprise sunspot group &#038; G-3 Geomagnetic Storm (Now!)","author":"Troy Riedel","date":"August 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As an avid amateur astronomer, solar observation has been quite boring during 2018.\u00a0 As a shortwave radio enthusiast, the lack of solar activity has impacted that hobby as well. Well, the catchword of the day is \u201csurprise\u201d! I was alerted yesterday evening by Spaceweather.com that a large sunspot had emerged\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"spaceweather\"","block_context":{"text":"spaceweather","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/spaceweather\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sunspots.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sunspots.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sunspots.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Sunspots.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31835,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/sunspots-are-in-short-supply-and-its-only-getting-worse\/","url_meta":{"origin":1976,"position":2},"title":"Sunspots are in short supply (and it&#8217;s only getting worse)","author":"Thomas","date":"May 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Unfortunately, this is not news to brighten your day. According to Spaceweather.com, sunspots are disappearing faster than expected: Sunspots are becoming scarce. Very scarce. So far in 2018 the sun has been blank almost 60% of the time, with whole weeks going by without sunspots. Today's sun, shown here in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/SunSpots-None.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/SunSpots-None.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/SunSpots-None.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/SunSpots-None.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31843,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/dont-buy-into-the-doom-and-gloom-low-sunspots-are-not-the-end-of-dxing\/","url_meta":{"origin":1976,"position":3},"title":"Don&#8217;t buy into the doom-and-gloom: Low sunspots are not the end of DXing!","author":"Thomas","date":"May 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to the spaceweather.com article about a lack of sunspots I posted yesterday, SWLing Post contributor, Rob Wagner (VK3BVW), replies: Oh Thomas! Really? It\u2019s not all doom-and-gloom, you know! The low-frequency part of the SW spectrum is proving very good value at the moment. 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It comes from the next solar cycle. The unnumbered spot is inset in this map of solar magnetic fields from NASA's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19735,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/some-scientists-believe-sun-may-be-crossing-into-magnetic-middle-age\/","url_meta":{"origin":1976,"position":5},"title":"Some scientists believe sun may be crossing into &#8220;magnetic middle age&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"June 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I just received the following link to a Forbes article from my buddy Charlie (W4MEC). If this research turns out to be correct--and time will only tell--it could mean very low solar activity from here on out (let's hope not!): (Source: Forbes Magazine via Charlie W4MEC) The Sun has likely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":" (SILSO data\/image, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wolfjmms.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wolfjmms.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wolfjmms.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wolfjmms.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}