[AK-VHF] Auroral propagation

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Howdy,

I'm moving back to AK (specifically the Fairbanks area) shortly and should soon have disposable time and income to apply to operating on VHF.

Does anyone have experience operating via auroral propagation on 2 and 6m in AK? Are there enough operators within range to have success or is 6m sporadic-E the only practical option for terrestrial weak signal VHF in AK? Or is there another propagation mode I'm overlooking?

Thanks and 73,
Hudson Spillers, KL4LJ