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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26. Oct 2019

Aurora



PA4VHF, DICK - JO32JE
Rig:
400W/12EL
Log:
15:24 GM4VVX IO78TA 30

6m
15:32 SM6MUY JO67AK 30
Comment:
first aurora since oct 7, 2018 here in JO32je.
Opening lasted from abt 1520-1540utc
RA4SD, Alex - LO36WP
Rig:
FT-857d, 4x9el, 150wt
ODX:
UA9CFH, 841 km
Log:
15:36 UA9FDZ LO87CX 57A 57A 20° 521 km
16:07 UA4NDX LO48TO 58A 57A 20° 241 km
16:08 UA9CFH MO07UA 59A 57A 20° 841 km
16:11 RA9FMT LO87BW 57A 58A 20° 516 km
16:12 UA9FU LO88ED 57A 55A 20° 535 km
Comment:
Nice Aurora after 27-day cycle from last one! QSO with Ural region was after long time.