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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27. Sept 2017
This Aurora opening was caused by a recurring Coronal hole.


LA0BY | SO3Z


LA0BY, Stefan - JO59IX
Rig:
IC-821H + PA 180W + 9-ele-yagi
ODX:
UA1ANA KO69BW 1187 km
Log:
21:09 RX1AS KO59XW 55A 55A 1178 km 30
21:24 UA1ANA KO69BW 52A 55A 1187 km 20
21:40 RX1AS KO59XW 59A 59A 1178 km 40 SSB
21:52 RM1A KO59BU 55A 57A 1078 km 30
Comment:
Hrd also RN3DKQ in KO85 but too weak to get through the pile-up.
The Aurora became stronger and continued during the night. But I had to go and get some sleep before work.

73, Stefan
SO3Z, Andy - JO82LJ
Rig:
IC7100, GS35B, LNA, 14el OWL, remoterig
ODX:
ES3RF KO29IF 900km
Log:
23:15 SM5EPO JP80MC 858km
22:15 SM0NUE JO99CQ? 816km
22:13 ES3RF KO29IF 900km
15:17 SM5DFF JO88CN 687km
15:14 SM7GVF JO77GA 537km
15:12 SM6BFE JO68DQ 758km
15:08 SM4IVE JO79SD 756km
Comment:
all QSO between 015deg to 040deg as usual high noise level
In second openning tropo helps to catch Aurora during that also:
SK4MPI 57A
OH2VHF 53A
Heard also R3CT KO86, SM5DWF, ES2DF KO29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luEa3LJA5ic