We had a small Aurora opening tonight. Seems it already started in the afternoon but I just recognized it after coming home from QRL this evening and switching on the rig to chase W1AW/1 in ME and wondering why condx were so bad, especially compared to yesterday. 😉 The reflection zone has not been very stable, signals were there for a few minutes, then silence, then sigs coming up again … back & forth. Besides this the activity was not very high, too. Nevertheless I managed to work the following nice QSOs on 2 m:
QSOÂ by DH8BQA on 2 m. Type of propagation: AURÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mode: All mode From 27/08/2014 to 27/08/2014Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Distance over: 0 Km. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Â Â DATEÂ Â Â Â TIME CALLSIGNÂ Â Â Â Â LOCATORÂ TXÂ Â Â Â RX MODEÂ Â Â Â Â QRB ------------------------------------------------------------------ 27/08/2014 16:33 LA3BOÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â JO59CDÂ Â 59AÂ Â Â 56A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 707 27/08/2014 16:38 SM5DFFÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â JO88CNÂ Â 59AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 610 27/08/2014 16:43 SM5KWUÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â JO89IPÂ Â 57AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 734 27/08/2014 16:50 YL2FZÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â KO37QIÂ Â 52AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 952 27/08/2014 16:53 LA6OJÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â JO38HQÂ Â 55AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 771 27/08/2014 17:01 SP1DFZÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â JO84REÂ Â 52AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 241 27/08/2014 17:04 GM3WOJÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â IO77WSÂ Â 55AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â 1257 27/08/2014 17:09 SP2CNWÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â JO93AIÂ Â 55AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 255 27/08/2014 17:12 SM7EOIÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â JO86FPÂ Â 59AÂ Â Â 59A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 410 27/08/2014 17:30 RZ1APÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â KO49VWÂ Â 42AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â 1209 27/08/2014 17:46 SM6LJPÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â JO68WIÂ Â 54AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 575 27/08/2014 17:57 ES3RFÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â KO29IFÂ Â 55AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 932 27/08/2014 18:25 SM7GVFÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â JO77GAÂ Â 57AÂ Â Â 55A CWÂ Â Â Â Â Â 427 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of QSO listed: 13
For those of you who might never have heard how Aurora signals sound like here are a few audio recordings …
LA3BO & SM6LJP, both via Aurora:
ES3RF:
SM5KWU:
LA6OJ:
SM7GVF:
SK4MPI/B, the Aurora warning beacon:
Sorrily there was nothing at all on 6 m this time, I did not even hear any beacons via Aurora. That’s kinda strange …