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		brians on Aug 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amateur Radio Sleuthing Pins Down Source of Strang... X-ray flares, which get through the ionosphere and mess with VHF and UHF. The collapse of the magnetosphere on the night side following impact of a coronal mass ejection—which not only make a lot of VHF and UHF noise, they have enough power to just break a device.

CamperBob2 on Aug 23, 2016 [–]

In 433 MHz line-of-sight comms?

On the surface of the Earth?

If that ever happens, you have much bigger problems than a malfunctioning garage door.

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