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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19. Jan 2026
On January 18th, solar group AR14341 produced an X1.9 flare. Its transit speed was incredibly high, as it took only 26 hours to reach Earth (source: Solar terrestrial Activity Report). The impact on January 19th at 20:40 UTC initially caused the Z-component to turn south (Bz of -50!), but alas, soon after it swung to the North again, which obliterated the Aurora which was present at mid latitudes.


DL8KX | SM7SPG


DL8KX, Tommy - JO53CS
Rig:
2 x 4 ele + 500W
Log:
21:10 SM6YNO JO67GG QTF 45
21:14 SM6VTZ JO58UJ QTF 45
21:25 SM7LCB JO86GH QTF 45
21:28 YL2FZ KO37QI QTF 45
21:30 SM6EHQ JO67AR QTF 45
21:37 SM7SPG JO66MD QTF 45
21:42 DL8YE JO32TC QTF 45
21:44 SP2HHX JO94HI QTF 45
21:45 G4PIQ JO02OD QTF 45
21:47 OK1DSZ JN79AT QTF 45
21:54 PA0JMV JO21PM QTF 45
21:56 DK8MM JO53CL QTF 45
22:06 HB9DKM JN37SL QTF 45
22:08 OK2WO JN89IH QTF 45
22:16 S51ZO JN86DR QTF 45
22:21 DL1HTT JO61FR QTF 45
22:24 HB9FAP JN47PH QTF 45
22:26 DL1KDA JO30EP QTF 45
Comment:
Late AU opening on this day. But nice activity despite the late time during the week!
Visual AU this night was really great - I think the best I have ever seen.
Thanks for all the QSOs! 73
SM7SPG, Per - JO66MD
Rig:
IC-9700, 400W + 12el Yagi @9mAgl
ODX:
OM4CW/JN88un = 901km
Log:
DATE TIME CALL FREQ MODE SENT RCVD GRID QRB QTF
20260119 21:36:52 DL8KX 144,060 CW 59A 59A JO53cs 320 28
20260119 21:37:51 ON4KHG 144,060 CW 59A 59A JO10xo 860 28
20260119 21:39:45 DL4DTU 144,060 CW 53A 55A JO61tb 566 28
20260119 21:41:36 OM4CW 144,060 CW 55A 55A JN88un 901 28
20260119 21:42:36 OK2WO 144,060 CW 57A 59A JN89ih 798 28
20260119 21:43:41 OK1TEH 144,060 CW 57A 59A JO70fd 673 28
20260119 21:44:51 DK2YCT 144,060 CW 59A 58A JO32rg 563 28
20260119 21:46:40 PA0JMV 144,060 CW 55A 57A JO21pa 764 28
20260119 21:49:05 OK1HMP 144,060 CW 55A 59A JO70eb 682 28
20260119 21:49:47 OK1MWW 144,060 CW 57A 57A JN89dw 723 28
20260119 21:51:37 OK1FPR 144,060 CW 59A 59A JO80ce 695 28
20260119 21:52:57 OK2IPW 144,060 CW 55A 55A JN99cs 788 28
20260119 21:53:59 OK1DSZ 144,060 CW 57A 58A JN79at 707 28
20260119 21:55:26 SP2HHX 144,060 CW 57A 59A JO94hi 406 28
20260119 21:57:14 DL3LA 144,060 CW 55A 55A JO51tk 531 28
20260119 21:58:22 DJ2TX 144,060 CW 59A 55A JO43hb 445 28
20260119 22:00:06 PC3M 144,060 CW 55A 55A JO22qe 664 28
20260119 22:01:58 DL9BDM 144,060 CW 55A 54A JO33vf 467 28
20260119 22:03:01 SP2DDV 144,060 CW 57A 55A JO83ve 448 28
20260119 22:04:03 DF2ZC 144,060 CW 57A 59A JO30rn 722 28
20260119 22:05:09 DL1KDA 144,060 CW 55A 55A JO30ep 753 28