Return-Path: X-Spam-DCC: paranoid 1481; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on lipkowski.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL, FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK,HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.1.3 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by paranoid.lipkowski.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id u7PGeS52023212 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 18:40:28 +0200 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1bcxd7-0003eX-Da for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:35:49 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1bcxd6-0003eO-Ng for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:35:48 +0100 Received: from rgout0405.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk ([65.20.0.218]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.87) (envelope-from ) id 1bcxd3-0008Mm-Iq for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:35:47 +0100 X-OWM-Source-IP: 86.135.56.12 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: alan.melia@btinternet.com X-Junkmail-Premium-Raw: score=40/50,refid=2.7.2:2016.8.25.162118:17:40.733,ip=86.135.56.12,rules=__HAS_MSGID, __SANE_MSGID, MSGID_32HEX_LC, INVALID_MSGID_NO_FQDN, __MSGID_32HEX, __HAS_FROM, __FRAUD_WEBMAIL_FROM, __TO_MALFORMED_2, __TO_NO_NAME, __REFERENCES, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ, __BOUNCE_NDR_SUBJ_EXEMPT, __MIME_VERSION, __CT, __CTYPE_MULTIPART_ALT, __CTYPE_HAS_BOUNDARY, __CTYPE_MULTIPART, __HAS_X_PRIORITY, __HAS_MSMAIL_PRI, __HAS_X_MAILER, USER_AGENT_OE, __OUTLOOK_MUA_1, __USER_AGENT_MS_GENERIC, __ANY_URI, __URI_WITH_PATH, __CP_URI_IN_BODY, __SUBJ_ALPHA_NEGATE, SUPERLONG_LINE, __URI_IN_BODY, __HTML_BOLD, __HTML_AHREF_TAG, __HTML_FONT_BLUE, __HAS_HTML, BODY_SIZE_10000_PLUS, BODYTEXTH_SIZE_3000_MORE, __MIME_HTML, __TAG_EXISTS_HTML, RDNS_GENERIC_POOLED, __URI_NS, SXL_IP_DYNAMIC[12.56.135.86.fur], HTML_70_90, HTML_FONT_INVISIBLE, RDNS_SUSP_GENERIC, __FRAUD_WEBMAIL, __OUTLOOK_MUA, RDNS_SUSP, FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK, REFERENCES, NO_URI_HTTPS Received: from gnat (86.135.56.12) by rgout04.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk (8.6.122.06) (authenticated as alan.melia@btinternet.com) id 57BF1DC800001046 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:34:52 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=btinternet.com; s=btcpcloud; t=1472142945; bh=OTWcudYlt+1b0VccBgC2d/sSwmpm7m+kxKpVAmf4ME0=; h=Message-ID:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:X-Mailer; b=dq5dBdJOFhow3ykxFCNtfPwLIAzR0bbMULaAIpdobHQibCjzGnnQo+LjrE54/P5YLWlzaec+xhTeUA8HwmRpNt2WSFN1u8Eoz8G6QR6yL2YxMSd0WBP04RLUZNAIxzCHbfrABHSoPXRzqSZ2PyrME1kJx3gPwSdGatlqvNvO67E= Message-ID: From: "Alan Melia" To: References: <579355A36AEE9D4FA555C45D556003AB5D7D12CE@servigilant.vigilant.local> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:32:12 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Scan-Signature: 852e9a9ee930056348c0102e6df31911 Subject: LF: Re: RE: sensors that predict when the Northern Lights will be visible in the UK. Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0086_01D1FEF6.9D7426E0" X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 10.1.3.11 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 8622 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0086_01D1FEF6.9D7426E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Luis that is another case (microwaved pies) where you might have = thought technical minds would have realised what it was sooner. I = remember two cases where I was called in to telephone exchange failures = (these new transistor thingies :-)) ) In both cases the failures = occured over-night.....my first query was "who was on night shift those = nights?" .....and yes it was something a particular person was doing, = probably to allay the boredom, in both cases. It did not turn out to be = a reliability problem at all. Alan ----- Original Message -----=20 From: VIGILANT Luis Fern=E1ndez=20 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org=20 Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 3:54 PM Subject: LF: RE: sensors that predict when the Northern Lights will be = visible in the UK. Very similar to what happened in Parkes :-) = http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/microwave-ovens-spark-radio= -signals-peryton-05122015/ 73 de Luis EA5DOM -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- De: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org = [mailto:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] En nombre de Graham Enviado el: jueves, 25 de agosto de 2016 15:20 Para: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Asunto: LF: sensors that predict when the Northern Lights will be = visible in the UK. 73-G, )) A lawnmower has been blamed for wrongly triggering sensors that = predict when the Northern Lights will be visible in the UK. A red alert issued via the Aurora Watch mailing list was withdrawn = after sensor readings were found to be "spurious". An investigation revealed a lawnmower had got too close to one sensor, = triggering a "massive spike" in data. Aurora Watch said it was looking into ways to avoid the incident being = repeated. The bogus alert was issued during the afternoon of 23 August, after a = magnetometer at the University of Lancaster recorded a surge in = geomagnetic activity. Trim grass Aurora Watch is run by scientists at the university and takes readings = from lots of magnetometers to work out when the aurora borealis will be = visible across Britain. The project draws on magnetometers in Lancaster, Aberdeen, the Faroe = Islands and further field. The alert was withdrawn four hours after being released as it emerged = only one sensor had recorded the spike in activity. A later update posted to the Aurora Watch webpage said an = investigation had revealed that a groundskeeper using a "sit-on mower" = to trim grass had been driving too close to the sensor, prompting the = spike. "We'll work with the facilities team to try and avoid an incident such = as this occurring in the future," said the scientists. They explained any metal placed on the instrument or machinery = operating nearby could trick it into recording more activity than was = actually present. Readings from the Lancaster sensor were not typically used to trigger = alerts, they said, but problems with the main sensor in Aberdeen on 23 = August meant it had become the lead monitor. ------=_NextPart_000_0086_01D1FEF6.9D7426E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Luis that is another case = (microwaved=20 pies) where you might have thought technical minds would have = realised what=20 it was sooner. I remember two cases where I was called in to telephone = exchange=20 failures (these new transistor thingies :-))  ) In both cases the = failures=20 occured over-night.....my first query was "who was on night shift those = nights?"=20 .....and yes it was something a particular person was doing, probably to = allay=20 the boredom, in both cases. It did not turn out to be a reliability = problem at=20 all.
 
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 VIGILANT = Luis=20 Fern=E1ndez
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 = 3:54=20 PM
Subject: LF: RE: sensors that = predict=20 when the Northern Lights will be visible in the UK.

Very similar to what happened in Parkes=20 :-)
 
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astron= omy-news/microwave-ovens-spark-radio-signals-peryton-05122015/=
 
73 de Luis
EA5DOM

De: owner-rsgb_lf_group@bl= acksheep.org=20 [mailto:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] En nombre de=20 Graham
Enviado el: jueves, 25 de agosto de 2016=20 15:20
Para: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org=
Asunto:=20 LF: sensors that predict when the Northern Lights will be visible in = the=20 UK.

73-G,=20 ))

A lawnmower has been blamed for = wrongly=20 triggering sensors that predict when the Northern Lights will be = visible in=20 the UK.

A=20 red alert issued via the Aurora=20 Watch mailing list was withdrawn after sensor readings were = found to=20 be "spurious".

An=20 investigation revealed a lawnmower had got too close to one sensor, = triggering=20 a "massive spike" in data.

Aurora=20 Watch said it was looking into ways to avoid the incident being = repeated.

The=20 bogus alert was issued during the afternoon of 23 August, after a = magnetometer=20 at the University of Lancaster recorded a surge in geomagnetic = activity.

Trim grass Aurora=20 Watch is run by scientists at the university and takes readings from = lots of=20 magnetometers to work out when the aurora borealis will be visible = across=20 Britain.

The=20 project draws on magnetometers in Lancaster, Aberdeen, the Faroe = Islands and=20 further field.

The=20 alert was withdrawn four hours after being released as it emerged only = one sensor had recorded the spike in activity.

A=20 later update posted to the Aurora Watch webpage said an investigation = had=20 revealed that a groundskeeper using a "sit-on mower" to trim grass had = been=20 driving too close to the sensor, prompting the spike.

"We'll=20 work with the facilities team to try and avoid an incident such as = this=20 occurring in the future," said the scientists.

They=20 explained any metal placed on the instrument or machinery operating = nearby=20 could trick it into recording more activity than was actually = present.

Readings=20 from the Lancaster sensor were not typically used to trigger alerts, = they=20 said, but problems with the main sensor in Aberdeen on 23 August meant = it had=20 become the lead monitor.

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