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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Last update: 30. Jan 2026 at 21:22 UTC
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20. Jan 2026
During the night the Bz component remained strongly yo the north, but started to fall during the morning hours. Around noon the first Aurora QSOs were reported again at mid latitudes. Despite the falling strength of the total magnetic field strong aurora up to OK, HA and central France is reported.


DG7AC | DL8KX | F4CKV | F5MGD | IV3NDC | OK1SC


DG7AC, Pom - JO52AJ
Rig:
500 W @ 10.4 dBd / 63 m asl / 11 m agl
ODX:
G8VHI IO92 784
Log:
13:00 PA1BVM JO21ro 25
13:01 SM7LCB JO86gh 25
13:16 DL9BDM JO33vf 25
14:20 DL8KX JO53ci 25
14:22 SM6GFR JO66os 25
14:24 SM7XWX JO65mo 25
14:50 PE1BIW JO32bl 25
15:00 oz1kef JO56bc 25
15:04 G8VHI IO92fm 25
16:15 OZ4VW JO45ut 25
16:35 M5BFL IO92rj 25
Comment:
All SSB
DL8KX, Tommy - JO53CS
Rig:
2 x 4 ele + 500W
ODX:
RO3X 1594km
Log:
10:46 SP3TLJ JO82TM QTF 45
10:49 SM7SPG JO66MD QTF 45
10:52 PA5DD JO22IC QTF 45
11:15 SM6AZZ JO58RJ QTF 45
11:18 LA8HGA JO59LX QTF 45
11:22 DL8YE JO32TC QTF 45
11:56 LA0GE JO59KF QTF 45
11:59 LA3PK JO59FT QTF 45
12:03 OK1TEH JO70FD QTF 45
12:18 SP6CPF JO71PD QTF 45
12:26 OE5XBL JN68PC QTF 45
12:29 OK1SC JO70OB QTF 45
12:30 PA3CWN JO33AH QTF 45
12:35 YL2AJ KO16OX QTF 45
12:37 SM5NZY JO78OD QTF 45
12:38 SM7OJH JO87IV QTF 45
12:40 SM7FCU JO76RE QTF 45
12:41 DL4SZB JO63BO QTF 45
12:44 SM4IAZ JO79NC QTF 45
12:45 OK2WO JN89IH QTF 45
12:46 LY2LE KO06NA QTF 45
12:47 GM4ILS IO87IP QTF 45
12:50 OK1MDK JN79TO QTF 45
12:51 GM4GUF IO85EP QTF 45
12:52 HB9FAP JN47PH QTF 45
12:54 G0SYP IO83TK QTF 45
12:55 DL1VDL JO61WB QTF 45
12:56 S51ZO JN86DR QTF 45
12:58 SM6EHQ JO67AR QTF 45
13:00 SM0DFP JP90JC QTF 45
13:03 PA2RU JO32LT QTF 45
13:06 OM4CW JN88UN QTF 45
13:07 DF5HC JN49HT QTF 45
13:10 DF8AE JO41GX QTF 45
13:11 DK8MM JO53CL QTF 45
13:13 F6DCD JN38RQ QTF 45
13:31 HA1FV JN87JJ QTF 45
13:34 OK2PWY JN89KW QTF 45
13:58 SM0PYH JO99DK QTF 45
14:00 LA6AFA JO59IL QTF 45
14:02 G4SFY JO02RV QTF 45
14:04 GM0WDD IO85LV QTF 45
14:06 YL2FZ KO37QI QTF 45
14:08 DK7XX JO53NM QTF 45
14:14 DL6ED JO31MH QTF 45
14:20 DG7AC JO52AJ QTF 45 SSB
14:30 PA1BVM JO21RO QTF 45 SSB
14:36 IV3GTH JN65RT QTF 45
14:42 SM7FVB JO76TE QTF 45
14:44 SM6EHY JO67CL QTF 45
14:47 G0JJG JO02ME QTF 45
14:49 OE5KE JN78EG QTF 45
14:50 SP2HMT JO94FQ QTF 45
14:54 EU7SV KO43HH QTF 45
14:55 EU6AF KO35LA QTF 45
14:58 F5MAI JN19TM QTF 45
15:00 GM4ILS IO87IP QTF 45
15:01 PD0JHM JO22TI QTF 45
15:04 LA8ZIA JO59QD QTF 45
15:07 F5DQK JN65RV QTF 45
15:10 IV3NDC JN65RV QTF 45
15:18 OK1DXQ JO70NO QTF 45
15:28 SM7GTD JO77KV QTF 45
15:31 SM4HFI JP70TO QTF 45
15:35 ON4PS JO20KQ QTF 45
15:37 G4ITR IO95CA QTF 45
15:39 SM6DHD JO67MQ QTF 45
15:56 SM4LMV JO79OC QTF 45
16:01 SM4GGC JO69RK QTF 45
16:15 RO3X KO73FU QTF 45
16:20 DK9TF JO31NF QTF 45
16:22 DL7PV JO62NL QTF 45
16:31 DL6UHA JO71HR QTF 45
16:33 DK2CF JO41IK QTF 45
16:35 S51ZO JN86DR QTF 45
16:40 SP2ERZ JO94HI QTF 45
16:46 SM4FPX JO79QA QTF 45
16:48 F5JNX JN37PV QTF 45
16:52 GM3WOJ IO77WS QTF 45
16:56 PA4EG JO20WX QTF 45
16:57 SM7NDX JO77DR QTF 45
17:16 SM6DHD JO67MQ QTF 45
17:18 DL4CH JO43 QTF 45
17:19 OK1PGS JN69RS QTF 45
17:29 DL3IAS JN49EJ QTF 45
17:32 DL9UO JO62SO QTF 45
Comment:
Great AU. The best since the May 2024 storm.
The storm from Januar 19 continued on January 20 and AU appeared quite early in northern DL @ 10:30 UTC.
I wish there would be more activity in the balticum, like ES, YL and UA1.
ODX was - like always in bigger events - RO3X.
AU was not far south like in May 2024. But a good activity!
Thanks everybody for the nice QSOs! CU next AU!
F4CKV, Pierre - JN16NL
Rig:
BIG-WHEEL @21mASL
ODX:
GM4GUF - IO85 - 1130KM
Log:
DF2ZC - 52A - JO30 - 554 km
PA0JMV - 52A - JO21 - 582 km
DK8MM - 52A - JO53 - 927 km
DM4MP - 52A - JO40 - 683 km
GM4GUF - 53A - IO85 - 1130 km -ODX
DK4TG - 52A - JO31 - 581 km
PC0A - 52A - JO32 - 687 km
PA0O - 52A - JO33 - 795 km

OK1TEH 539 - JO70 - 930 km
F6ETI JN05
F5DE JN05
F5DQK JN18
F6DRO JN03
F6DKW JN18
ON4PS JO20
I1DMP JN34
F6KRK JN18
F8CRM JN25
HB9DKM JN37
Comment:
All stations heard with a big-wheel, only, on the central France Websdr : https://cmwebsdr.com
F5MGD, Stéphane - JN19KK
Rig:
IC7400 + big wheel
ODX:
hrd GM4YXI
Log:
22:02 GM4YXI 41a only heard
Comment:
Big Wheel
IV3NDC, Massimo - JN65RV
Rig:
500W, BF981, 14 ele BV
Log:
15:11 DL8KX JO53CS 10
Comment:
Only one station heard, and worked. High noise this side.
Nothing heard in the night of Jan 19, but visual aurora in IV3.
73, Massimo
OK1SC, Jan - JO70OB
Rig:
FT847+PA300Wo to 10eY
ODX:
G3WZT 1101km
Log:
11:56 SM7EQL JO65NR QTF 30
12:29 DL8KX JO53CS 30
12:36 LY2LE KO06NA 40
12:42 PA0O JO33HG 25
12:46 PA0O JO33HG 30
12:48 OZ6TY JO55XE 30
12:52 OZ1HDF JO55UN 30
13:00 OK2WO JN89IH 50
13:07 DL9BDM JO33VF 25
14:51 SM6GFR JO66OS 10
15:00 LY2LE KO06NA 25
15:07 SM6DHD JO67MQ 00
15:09 SM6YNO JO67GG 00
15:15 DL4WK JO63SQ 00
15:20 G3WZT IO90UX 320
15:44 SM6YNO JO67GG 05
15:50 OZ1LPR JO44UW 00
16:20 SM6ESG JO67CC 10
16:25 SM7EQL JO65NR 355
16:27 SM7ECM JO66RJ 355
17:07 OZ8ZS JO55RT 00
17:19 SM7LCB JO86GH 00
Comment:
The aurora was long, but not very strong. I made QSOs on shorter distances, mainly OZ,SM. OZ1HDF, DL8KX and SM7EQL were heard strongly all the time. Kjell SM7GVF was missing. I also heard LA0GE JO59KF and G0SYP IO83TK, but I didn't get to. Thank you all for the nice QSOs Jan OK1SC Since 1964