[AK-VHF] [uksmg] Digital QSO via Aurora

[Lance Collister, W7GJ]

I understand people in the TEP Zone also have had some good success with Q65 on 
warbly TEP signals... GL and VY 73, Lance

On 5/28/2022 19:43:16, Paul Kiesel via groups.io wrote:
> Thanks, Chris. We'll try Q65 next time.
>
> 73, Paul K7CW
>
> On Saturday, May 28, 2022, 11:31:54 AM PDT, Chris G4IFX <g4ifx at uksmg.org> wrote:
>
>
> Fascinating, Paul, and well done. For info,  ac while ago I asked Joe Taylor which 
> modes might work better than FT8 on aurora and he suggested one of the wider spaced 
> Q65 variants would cope with it well. Might try it one of these days!
> 73
> Chris
> G4IFX
>
> On Sat, 28 May 2022, 18:08 Paul Kiesel via groups.io <http://groups.io>, 
> <k7cw=yahoo.com at groups.io> wrote:
>
>     Howdy All,
>
>     Yesterday afternoon and evening, the solar flux was at a level of five and
>     sporadic E propagation was pretty much subdued around the PNW. Around 0145 UTC,
>     W7FI alerted me to the presence of auroral signals on 50.313 MHz. I went down
>     to the shack to check it out, as I had been hoping to complete a digital QSO
>     via aurora for a number of years as just a personal quest, so to speak. I had
>     been thinking that I would need to use JT4 to do it, since JT4 has been
>     effective in decoding EME signals at 10 GHz and higher. At those frequencies
>     EME signals tend to be fluttery like auroral signals.
>
>     When I got to the shack, I found an auroral signal on 313. It was not decoding
>     via FT8. I turned the antenna to get the best signal strength. I found it best
>     at a heading of 43 degrees. When I got the antenna to that place, the signal,
>     which was a hiss, decoded and it was VE7DAY calling CQ. I called, but John
>     didn't reply. I called him on the land line. He said he only heard a strong
>     noise that didn't decode. We tried again and then John did get decodes and we
>     quickly completed a QSO.
>
>     For PNWVHFS Distance Scoreboard purposes, this contact is a record setter for
>     50 MHz, Digital, Auroral at 336.7 km distance. As far as I know, it is the
>     first claimed digital auroral QSO to have been made on the VHF bands. Not that
>     it is all that significant, but it is notable.
>
>     I made an entry onto the PNWVHF Distance Scoreboard. (Don't forget to refresh)
>
>     We are into the spring/summer sporadic E season and some interesting DX
>     contacts have already been made on six meters. The rules for PNWVHFS members
>     submitting a distance record claim are listed on the Distance Scoreboard page.
>     Good DXing!
>
>     https://www.qsl.net/k7cw/pnwvhfs/distancescoreboard.html
>
>     73, Paul K7CW
>
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