[NLRS] [MWA] 2 Meter Aurora

[Chris Cox, N0UK]

Very nice going, Rich.

I listened to you for a little while during the evening but couldn’t hear any of the stations that you were working.  I think the S7 noise floor here Downtown was too much to overcome.  I did work one station in MI, N2CB/EN75, who responded to me CQing but heard no other evidence of the Au other than your and a couple of others CQs.

That was the first Au I’ve heard on 2m for many a year now.

Again, very well done - that is an outstanding result for one evening on 144!
Chris Cox, N0UK
chrisc at chris.org
https://www.credly.com/go/IR77aRbH2rFDdOiymuxu2w



> On Oct 11, 2024, at 07:53, <vjohnson at paulbunyan.net> <vjohnson at paulbunyan.net> wrote:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjEy6keX9g8
>  This shows the “explosive” impact of the CME.    This guy has a daily morning review of the last 24 hours of solar activity.   Usually less than 3 minutes.
>   73
> Glenn W0GJ
>    From: MWA <mwa-bounces at w0aa.org> On Behalf Of Rich Westerberg
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2024 7:02 AM
> To: Minnesota Wireless Association <mwa at w0aa.org>; NRLS Reflector <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [MWA] 2 Meter Aurora
>  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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