Recent reports indicate radio blackouts over the Pacific Ocean due to an X-class solar flare. Individuals like PeterVogel have been actively receiving and processing weather imagery from GOES-18 using personal ground stations, sharing their experiences and results on social media. The imagery includes full disk Earth images and mid-level moisture sequences, showcasing the impact of the solar flare on HF propagation and ionizing 'zaps' from the sun. Despite these disruptions, VHF communications seem unaffected, as demonstrated by APRS activities with the International Space Station.
GOES-18 Channel 7. Just received with my own ground station here in Metro Vanvouver. #Weather https://t.co/mEHNNaEQX4
A little APRS action with the International Space Station from a low crossing to the southeast of Metro Vancouver. 5 packets iGated. Couldn't complete an FM voice contact through the ISS repeater. @K3TripleR @whatsupwithsix @eschecter @PopShopRadio1 @SWRadiogram https://t.co/2Peut5hZhe
Yesterday, The Sun Suddenly Erupted Explosive Prominence https://t.co/3oD3OIJ54Y
GOES-18. 20-panel sequence, roughly noon through midnight. As received and processed here in Vancouver with my own @Nooelec groundstation. A few artefacts :) @CadiereGerald @ElijahBman @Weatherman2709 @WestSeaWx @eschecter @whatsupwithsix @K3TripleR @ZSsixSHN @SV2HWM @_VA7LM https://t.co/CG01m6tDQV
Some late NWS weather "faxes" as received cirectly from GOES-18 with my home ground station. https://t.co/l4xAKGIFxN
Lots of VE7 action on the pass of the ISS over Metro Vancouver moments ago. Managed to get one APRS packet digipeated (I'm VE7AFV) and also managed to make on FM voice repeater contact (KK7OVF in Milwaukie OR). At least VHF isn't impacted by the solar flare event! @TamithaSkov https://t.co/CMnOxAzOkB
Biggie! Another ionizing "zap" from the sun ca. 2117 UTC. And HF propagation across the Pacific is impacted (Img 1). Immediately noticed at my QTH here in Vancouver. @bobmackin @bc_news_addict @CadiereGerald @SWRadiogram @ZSsixSHN @TamithaSkov @WhidbeyWXGuy https://t.co/lPiRMdLUhC
Biggie! Another ionizing "zap" from the sun. And HF propagation across the Pacific is impacted. Immediately noticed at my QTH here in Vancouver. @bobmackin @bc_news_addict @CadiereGerald @PopShopRadio1 @SWRadiogram @K3TripleR @eschecter @ZSsixSHN @TamithaSkov @WhidbeyWXGuy https://t.co/qToj5UvgKK
Experimenting. GOES-18. https://t.co/MR25hXEbek
GOES-18, mid-level moisture sequence (Ch09 enhanced). 11 full-disk panels from the past 18 hours or so. Received and processed with my own @Nooelec ground station here in Metro Vancouver. @bc_news_addict @ElijahBman @WhidbeyWXGuy @HowesNathan @jwhittalTWN @RandySmall @Zach_wx https://t.co/Zta4COU9Xj
Clear skies enabled recent #NOAA20 VIIRS measurements of Sea Surface Temperatures revealing distinct patterns like warm Loop Currents in the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Stream flowing up the East Coast. More imagery and info on the CIMSS Satellite Blog at https://t.co/fogxdgW8Rb https://t.co/0Ld1pZZ8a4
Latest Channel 9 (enhanced) from GOES-18. https://t.co/2S3nGrdYca
Latest Channels 8 and 9 (enhanced) from GOES-18. https://t.co/lOR7lCT3pq
Latest weather "faxes" from the National Weather Service via GOES-18 and my home groundstation. Wonderful to see these every few hours. https://t.co/vnMODe2ILO
These software processes (black rectangles, image 2, background from https://t.co/BAxjBhzUcQ), running on a Raspberry Pi computer, produce the gorgeous full disk Earth image just received via radio signal from GOES-18. @CadiereGerald @carlreinemann @PopShopRadio1 @drmna_info https://t.co/RKc0au1uvr
Gorgeous full color disk image just received from GOES-18 with my home ground station. 18 is centered over the Pacific. North America is on the far right. @bc_news_addict @ElijahBman @WhidbeyWXGuy @Weatherman2709 @carlreinemann @CadiereGerald https://t.co/WHAli7bRgn
Reports of radio blackouts over the Pacific Ocean caused by yesterday's X-class solar flare https://t.co/ABeHkq2CU1
Four National Weather Service "fax" images, as received minutes ago through GOES-18 and my home ground station. @CadiereGerald @PopShopRadio1 @ElijahBman @WhidbeyWXGuy https://t.co/ncjAeYgDxS
Latest imagery hot off the GOES-18 antenna here at home. Thanks @Nooelec for an amazing system: antenna, SDR, LNA. I added the Raspberry Pi and @carlreinemann helped tweak the GOEStools software. @CadiereGerald @RandySmall @WhidbeyWXGuy @ElijahBman https://t.co/TT66eKVfzv