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. Apr 2024

Coronal hole CH1215 was the likely cause of the disturbance which caused the auroral activities this evening.

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DL6BF, Heinz - JO32QI
Rig:
4x8 el, 600W
ODX:
775 km
Log:
15:15 LA3BO JO59cd 11 ODX
15:21 SM6VTZ JO58UJ 25
16:04 SM7SPG JO66MD 44
16:36 SM6OPX JO58RG 24
Comment:
litle AU opening, total hrd 7stn in AU-sound.
tnx all !
DL8KX, Tommy - JO53CL
Rig:
9 ele + 200W
Log:
15:24 LA3BO JO59CD 030
15:28 DK0IZ JO43SX 030
15:30 SM6VTZ JO58UJ 030