[NLRS] Aurora Last Night & Tonite?

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On 2m only CW has worked for me in the past half century. CW works best 
on 6m but occasionally 6m SSB is copiable. The aurora reflector is not 
fixed in position, its always moving and adding frequency modulation to 
the reflected signal. Too much FM on 2m for copying SSB.

It was cloudy here near central Iowa last night. I have looked a bit 
before sunset which was about 15 minutes ago and not  seen anything. 
I'll look again now. I don't have a view of the northern horizon from my 
house north facing windows because of a wind break of 35 or 40 foot tall 
trees and a Morton building along my north back yard property line. 
Havn't seen aurora from here since I bought the place in October 2009 
and moved in the next year.

Thunder storms were forecast last night so I unhooked all the antennas 
to protect the radios.

73. Jerry, K0CQ

On 5/15/2019 7:06 AM, Barry Malowanchuk wrote:
>
> Good Morning All,
>
> Widespread reports of the Aurora being seen last night across Canada and even in Iowa. I wonder if anyone caught it?
>
> The big question is "where would I look for activity ( SSB, CW, FT-8?) " I am not sure FT-8 would even work on Aurora
>
> Anyway Heads up !
>
> Best 73
> Barry VE4MA
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