[NLRS] Sunday's 2meter AU

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

I found a few years ago on a strong aurora that with a 5wl yagi on 2m 
that I could swing it south of the peak and find signals at greater 
distances, like Connecticut which I worked, but when asked what I had 
worked so someone could plot the strength of the auroral reflector I 
didn't supply data because I was definitely not peaked on the strongest 
reflector.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 3/18/2013 3:55 PM, Bill Davis wrote:
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>    I haven't seen anyone one else post, so I will. Gary W0GHZ called yesterday afternoon with the news that he was hearing AU signals on 2m but his shack was
> in a condition that didn't allow him to chase any signals. My rotator on the big tower now refuses to move, so my initial reaction was that I was out of luck. NO ... I have the 13elem EME yagi in the yard at 12 ft ... AU .. up, so I went out and put in 7deg of elevation, swung it to the NE (30deg) and took a listen.
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>    In the end I worked 9 stations on 2m AU (all CW) ranging from S1 to S7.
> W9EWZ EN52, W9BYA EN70, K9MRI EN70, N9XG EN60, K9SLQ EN70,N0KK EN35,K8MD EN82
> K8MM EN83, N8IEZ EN82
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>    First Q at 21:07Z (4:07pm) and last 22:52Z (5:52pm) signals were in and out over most of the period. Word was that out OH way AU QSOs were being made on 222 and 432 also. The house is in the way for headings north of 30deg. The signals peaked at about 30deg due to either the house or the AU path. I must manually set elevation from the yard and only 7deg was used.
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> 73  Bill K0AWU
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