Aurora

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Aurora is a phenomena which is most prevalent in the regions close to the so called "Aurora Belt". Depending on where you live in the world this belt may be southern Canada or the northern part of the Nordic countries. In these areas Aurora will occur a dozen times a year, even in the quiet periods of the Solar Cycle. If you live more to the south, like in Central Europe, years may pass with little or no Aurora openings.
 Finally, after a very long solar minimum, our neighbouring star has been showing activity since early 2010. Sunspots have been appearing again, but thus far there have been no major Aurora openings. However, we are interested to have infos about ANY Aurora opening occurring in the European area (other parts of the Northen and Southern hemisphere may be added later, depending on Ham and Solar activity). So if you make any Aurora QSOs on 2 metre or 70 cm, please post them into the aurora page using LOGIN, or send as a text file to pa3biy@mmmonvhf.de and pa2dw@mmmonvhf.de. The results of QSOs will be plotted on a map of Europe, and/or posted as lists of worked stations.

In order to produce an intersection map of the position of the Aurora cloud(s), we need reports from both stations who have been involved in a QSO, including an accurate beam heading. Please use LOGIN (please register), and file your list of QSOs by clicking: "Send your report" and follow the guidelines. 
 
Example log entry by PA3BIY:
12:14 PA4EME JO20WX 45
12:17 HA5CRX JN97NM 85

If you are new to VHF DX, you might want to read this small introduction article about Aurora and its relation to the Sun. Other articles related to VHF propagation can be found on the FORUM page.


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18. Feb 2020

The first Aurora in many month which made it into central Europe.
The cause of the aurora has likely been enhanced solar winds, not caused by an eruption as there are no solar spots on the vissible disk at all.



PA4VHF, Dick - JO32JE
Rig:
12el/400w
Log:
17:56 GM4VVX IO78TA 15
RA4SD, Alex - LO36WP
Rig:
FT-857d, 4*9el/700wt
ODX:
OH5LK, 1267km
Log:
15:25 UA9FDZ LO87CX 521 km
15:28 RK9CC MO06PT 817 km
15:30 RK9AMC MO05QD 856 km
15:31 R4YM LO36OD 69 km
15:35 UA4NDX LO48TO 241 km
15:35 UA9FAI LO88VC 615 km
15:40 R9BT MO05PE 850 km
15:41 RZ9AA MO05PF 849 km
15:46 UA9CCL LO96KD 678 km
15:48 RW4WE LO66PU 331 km
15:50 UA3AFV KO95BV 607 km
15:55 UA4UK LO14MA 422 km
15:56 RA1AC KO49VV 1113 km
15:58 RZ1AP KO49RW 1132 km
15:59 R4NAT LO48UO 243 km
16:03 UA3MIF KO98IB 571 km
16:06 R3UG LO17FJ 338 km
16:07 UA9FY LO88WN 632 km
16:1 1 OH5LK KP30ON 1267 km
Comment:
That was my first Aurora in 2020 season. Worked new calls from Asiatic Russia!