Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2134 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2003 21:55:17 -0000 Received: from murphys.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.225) by netmail00.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 12 Sep 2003 21:55:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 24003 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2003 21:54:59 -0000 X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by murphys.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 12 Sep 2003 21:54:53 -0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19xvr8-0007pg-VT for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:53:30 +0100 Received: from [194.73.73.81] (helo=tungsten.btinternet.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19xvr5-0007pX-8s for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:53:27 +0100 Received: from host213-122-137-219.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([213.122.137.219] helo=Main) by tungsten.btinternet.com with smtp (Exim 3.22 #23) id 19xvr4-0006WF-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:53:26 +0100 X-Bad-Message-ID: no DNS (Main) Message-ID: <003001c37978$311e1f80$6507a8c0@Main> From: "Alan Melia" To: "LF-Group" Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:52:37 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: Stellar flares Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0tests=noneversion=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Rating: 2 Hi All, it seems that not all the X-ray flares that affect propagation originate from the sun. See http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/12sep_magnetars.htm?list492317 for an explantaion of intense X-ray bursts from far out in space that are enough to give anamolous proagation and blackouts. It looks like the VLF boys at Stanford are onto it. Cheers de Alan G3NYK alan.melia@btinternet.com