[NLRS] 2 Meter Aurora

[Rich Westerberg]

Hi All -

A great night on the radio last night.  Thanks to Jon, W0ZQ, for the text
that alerted me the aurora was starting.

Got on 2M around 5pm and started calling.  Over the next three hours, I
worked about 80 stations.  Signals were (at times) S9 and I made a few
raspy SSB Q's as well as all the CW.  As the aurora moved south, some of
the stations were peaking at 90 degrees.  Around 0200, the aurora moved
west and I was able to work out to Colorado, and Idaho.  I was hoping to
catch Oregon but it wasn't meant to be (came one grid away).

Best DX:
K1TEO FN31 - 1063 miles
W7OUU DN22 - 1040 miles
VA2WA FN36 - 1030 miles
W2MMD FM29 - 1004 miles

States Worked: CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, NY, MD, MI, MN, MO, NE, NJ, NY,
OH, PA, VA & WI (plus VE2 & VE3)

5 New grids worked - DM58, DN22, EM88, FM09 & FN06.  Haven't had a
productive night like this in a while!

2 Meter totals - 232 grids worked and 45 states - All human decoding!

I hope everyone else grabbed some new ones.  Watch tonight as the AU may
return!

73
Rich N0HJZ
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