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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13. Mar 2022

A glancing blow from a full halo CME, which occurred on March 10th, was the cause of Aurora in northern and central Europe.



DL6BF, Heinz - JO32QI
Rig:
4x8 el/600W
ODX:
YL2FZ -1390 km
Log:
17:51 SM4IVE JO79 8
17:58 LA3BO JO59 8
18:00 GM4VVX IO78 10
18:05 SM7GVF JO77 10
18:09 YL2FZ KO37 22
18:38 SM6VTZ JO58 0
18:53 LA3EQ JO28 358
19:05 SM4HFI JO70 353

hrd:RK1AS,SM0KAK,GM4AFF
Comment:
hrd: RK1AS weak, SM0KAK, GM4AFF
moderate AU -opening, not mni activity ! tnx all!
PA4VHF, Dick - JO32JE
Rig:
12el/250W
Log:
15:16 SM6VTZ JO58 30
17:51 GM4VVX IO78 350
17:57 LA3BO JO59 30
17:59 SM4IVE JO79 25
18:04 SM7GVF JO77 10

50MHz
15:24 SM4AXY JO79 15
18:06 ES5QA KO38 30
Comment:
Nice to hear some very loud aurora signals upto s9..
Unfortunatly activety was (to) low with only the usual stations active.
Maybe we should start donating CW keys and CW training as an alternative to FT8...