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= actual Solar storm activity =

On the website "http://www.n3kl.org/sun/noaa.html" you can watch an actual graphic with the solar-storm activity.<<BR>><<BR>>

Right now the solar-storm activity is :  <<BR>>
Solar X-rays:
 . [[http://www.n3kl.org/sun/images/noaa_mag_3d.gif?|{{http://www.n3kl.org/sun/images/status.gif}}<<BR>>]]<<BR>>
Geomagnetic Field: 
 . [[http://www.n3kl.org/sun/images/noaa_kp_3d.gif?|{{http://www.n3kl.org/sun/images/kpstatus.gif}}]]
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(A "Click" on the solar-storm activity displays the activity over a period of 4 days in a bar diagram.)<<BR>><<BR>>

'''IMPORTANT:''' <<BR>>
Are the bars in the diagram on "Green" everything is OK.<<BR>>
If you have yellow or red bars there might be problems with the GPS-signal and the included associated features.


= Android APP =

If you use a Android mobile phone or Tablet you can also use our "Solar Activity Monitor Widget":
[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ligi.solar_activity_monitor&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsIm9yZy5saWdpLnNvbGFyX2FjdGl2aXR5X21vbml0b3IiXQ..|APP]]


= Solar Storm =

During a solar storm substance of the sun will be thrown explosively into the space. <<BR>>
Even that the sun is about 150 Mio. kilometers far away from us those solar particles hit the earth with a speed of more than 2000 Km/sec. .<<BR>>
The most known effect of the solar storms are the Northern Lights (polar lights). <<BR>>
Normally the Earth's magnetic field protects us against solar storms. With particularly strong solar storms this magnetic field will brake and can lead to disturbances on earth.<<BR>>
And due to those solar storms in February 2011 the radio reception in south China was disrupted or in 1989 the power grid of Quebec City was paralyzed down. <<BR>><<BR>>

Right now (2012) we have the strongest solar storms since 5 years. The severe phase of solar activitiy is currently still growing. <<BR>>
The peak will be reached approximately in 2013. The effects are not estimated yet.<<BR>><<BR>>

These solar storms are also the GPS satellites in space exposed. In an interrupted GPS reception the exact location of course also affected. GPS-based systems can not function properly.<<BR>>
The Kopter cannot hold i.e. with the function PositionHold the exact position or fly to a different point with the function ComingHome or execute different other GPS-based function without any error.<<BR>><<BR>><<BR>><<BR>>



To see the GPS behavior during a solar storm the Kopter was placed in an open meadow and been '''not''' moved. <<BR>>
The received satellite data showed now no precise position. By the incorrectly transmitted data through the satellite the GPS on the Kopter thought, that the Kopter moves.<<BR>>
And that with ~10m/s in a radius of ~64mtr!<<BR>><<BR>>

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In the !MikroKopter-Forum you can read and discuss further information about solar-storms : [[http://forum.mikrokopter.de/topic-28530-1.html|Forum]]

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