For those of you braving the Solar Maximum AL Observing Challenge or the new Space Weather Observing Program, you may have noticed that your homemade Soda-Bottle Magnetometer is not working the way we all expected it to.  We have uncovered (with the help of many of you…) that there are some challenges facing us.   This link will share what we have learned.  Good luck – and keep on observing.  https://www.astroleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Magnetometers-Challenges.pdf