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Thanks Brad. 
The thermos is just for temperature  stability. The watches (plastic casios) 
are wrapped in plastic insulator, the whole flask is enclosed in  a metal 
ammo box. So should be ok I think?
My question remains though. Does CME actually affect an unprotected quartz watch?
Best wishes.
Francis

-----Original Message-----
From: NavList@fer3.com [mailto:NavList@fer3.com] On Behalf Of Brad Morris
Sent: 01 October 2018 02:46
To: francis@pharmout.co.uk
Subject: [NavList] Re: Susceptibility of GPS to CME, Rationale for CN?

Hi Francis

As Bob indicated, the watches should be in an insulator, and then enclosed
in the metal faraday cage.

Is the top of the thermos plastic?  Then the faraday cage isn't complete.
Are the watches touching any metal of the thermos?  Then the insulator just
isn't.

Brad



On Sun, Sep 30, 2018, 9:29 PM Francis Upchurch 
wrote:

> Does CME affect quartz watches? I keep my 4 cheap backups in a thermos flask 
stowed in a metal box ("Faraday cage").Should be safe?
> I knew I might  find a practical use for my mechanical Invicta watch (cheap 
Rolex Submariner copy)  which keeps regular time + 4-8 secs per day over the 
last 2 years.
> On the philosophy of time. Enjoy life and do it now. It is later than you think!
> Francis
>
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> From: NavList@fer3.com [mailto:NavList@fer3.com] On Behalf Of Richard B. Langley
> Sent: 29 September 2018 13:46
> To: francisupchurch---.com
> Subject: [NavList] Re: Susceptibility of GPS to CME, Rationale for CN?
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> " The paucity of precise data from prior solar cycles may limit your ability 
to predict future levels of activity."
> It's impossible to predict when a strong solar flare or CME large enough to 
disrupt GNSS might occur. They can even strike near the minimum of the 
roughly 11-year solar cycle. Most outbursts are not severe enough to prevent 
GNSS being used but simply reduce positioning accuracy with the vertical 
coordinate (as is always the case) being a few times worse than the 
horizontal coordinates. Potentially more impactful are strong solar radio 
storms, which drown out the GPS signals. NOAA reported on such a storm in 
December 2006 here: 
https://web.archive.org/web/20071213212715/http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2831.htm 
(from the "Wayback Machine" as the original item is missing or got moved on 
the NOAA site).
> Much more impactful would be a repeat of the 1859 Carrington Event: 
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/06may_carringtonflare
> -- Richard Langley
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