FCC Seeks Data on Effect of May Solar Storm
The FCC Public Safety Bureau asked for comment on the effects of the May 7-11 geomagnetic storm, which peaked on the 11th. Comments should be filed in docket 24-161 and are due June 24. Coronal mass ejections from the sun…
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can distort the propagation of RF waves, the Friday notice said. On May 11, the FCC High Frequency (HF) Direction Finding Center “observed significant disturbance in the propagation of HF radio signals,” the bureau said. The bureau encouraged commenters “to provide any available evidence, particularly electromagnetic spectrum analyses, imagery, or chronological logs relating the storm’s impacts.” Comments should “include the description of the impacts; make and model of affected communications equipment, which could include transmitters, receivers, transceivers, switches, routers, amplifiers etc.; make, model, and type of affected antennae and their composition; frequencies affected; type and composition of cable adjoining communications equipment and the antennae, if applicable; duration of the impact; and any residual effects observed in the hours following restoration,” the notice said.