[NLRS] AU from EN37ed

[Bill Davis via NLRS]

GM all
   Played around a bit on AU after my NLRS post that 6m was open. The 6m activity was very good, lots of strong signals, mostly out east but a few out west too, as far east here as CT and NJ. The antennas seemed to do their best around 45deg or so, but some good Qs straight east. As soon as nightfall arrived I was out on the lake quite a bit watching the light show. The visual aurora at times was very bright. The color remained yellow green here (excited oxygen at 60-180 miles up). A few good search lights, but mostly "blobs" and bands of color. The light pollution to the north was at last washed out somewhat by the brightness of the AU and the loss of snow in the parking lots / streets.
  2 meters was a bit slow on the uptake, but once it arrived it was quite strong. The biggest problem is that it seemed like EVERYONE wanted to operate around 144.180-144.190... QRM!! Two stations worked on 222 (KU8Y and  WD8BGA) KU8Y was very loud for close to an hour, but nothing else heard. There were reports of good 432 AU, but I think I was too late for that here. Not sure if the AU was just too far south or what.
  No great DX here but I consider that every contact was "special". A surprising number of NEW CALLS and lots of "old" friends. In the end .... 31 Qs on 6meters, 23 Qs on 2meters and 2 on 222. All 2 and 222 QSOs were CW and almost all on 6m were SSB. 

 Main opening ... First Q at 21:23z on 2m (KM0T!!!!)  last Q 02:35z (6m)
73  Bill  K0AWU