[NLRS] Last evenings AU

[Chris Cox, N0UK]

I couldn’t find any Au on 2m.  I looked up to the top of the beacon band but heard very little - just N0KP/B with the usual T9 tone plus what sounded like a 1.5kHz wide Auroral-soounding carrier around 144.285 that is still present this morning and is probably some local noise source.

I worked one 6m AuE QSO right before the propagation faded with VE6WWW in DO20.  Otherwise, head only locals calling CQ on CQ and K2JVI on SSB.  I didn’t bother looking for any digital.

First time ever seeing colored aurorae in Minneapolis.  Did once see streaking white au around 20 years ago in South Minneapolis whilst taking a break from an intense 2m opening.

More this evening, perhaps.

Chris Cox, N0UK
chrisc at chris.org
https://www.credly.com/go/IR77aRbH2rFDdOiymuxu2w



> On Nov 12, 2025, at 08:57, Jon Platt via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> I got off of a Zoom call last night at 7:45pm local and glanced over to see 6m FT8 looking like 20m.  Signals were pure tone at this time so as Barry suggests it was probably Aurora Es as the Kp had rocked to an 8.   Will see if attachments come through the reflector as I attached what the predicted visual aurora zone from NWS Space Weather site looked like at the time.  I was on 6m working east and west, Maine to Oregon, with S9 signals.  The two coasts were working each other too.  There was some 6m CW/SSB activity as well.  Then by about roughly 8:30 pm or so the propagation faded way down leaving only a few weak, ghostly, more aurora like signals on 6m.  FT8 was largely ineffective at this time due to the smearing.  Also interesting was that while the Es were strong on 6m I never heard any 2m signals whatsoever.  In that later evening time slot I did heard K9MRI and one or two others very weak on 2m CW with classic aurora tones, but weak.  I think that the radio aurora was way to south for us (at that time?).  I have a nice picture of a red aurora band or ribbon over my antennas, kinda cool.  
> 
> NWS/NOAA still maintains a level G4 watch for today.
> 
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
> 
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