Gates9@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoSun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacificwww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down10
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minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoCool, that was my first guess! You specifically don’t mention controller -> plane comms, is that just because they have more powerful transmitters?
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoPlanes can talk on multiple frequencies, only some of which will be messed up, and not for long. Solar flares are of short duration, and once they stop hitting the earth, equilibrium in the ionosphere is restored fairly quickly.
Plane to controller coms.
Cool, that was my first guess!
You specifically don’t mention controller -> plane comms, is that just because they have more powerful transmitters?
Planes can talk on multiple frequencies, only some of which will be messed up, and not for long. Solar flares are of short duration, and once they stop hitting the earth, equilibrium in the ionosphere is restored fairly quickly.