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Why do sunspots seem to enhance radio wave propagation on Earth?

April 26, 2017earth enhance Propagation radio sunspots wave

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Why do sunspots seem to enhance radio wave propagation on Earth?

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Sunspots themselves don’t enhance radio communications, but rather magnetic storms on the Sun which cause changes in the Earth’s ionosphere that enhance radio communication. For more on sunspots check out these web sites: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spaceweather/basic_facts.html (Basic Facts About Space Weather) http://www.windows.ucar.edi/spaceweather/effects3.html (Space Storms and Radio Communications) Go back to TOP.