I was on CW 100% of the time in March for the aurora. There were so few
stations that I did not experiment. My headings for Toronto and Chicago
were between 295 and 305 degrees.
Dave K1WHS
On 4/23/2023 12:18 PM, Bill Olson wrote:
Hi Dave and all, so the K index is already up to 5 and appears to be
headed UP yahoo.. I will be monitoring 222 and 2 meters today and
tonight. Can I assume Au activity is "old school" i.e. actual CW, or
is there some digital mode that we are using for Aurora now?
Frequencies? Chat on ON4KST 144,432 region 2 ?
bill, k1DY FN54JQ Maine
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Hi Marshall
I have a table front and center for live bluegrass music Sunday, and
the music ends at 0000 UT or 8 PM. EDST. I will be tearing home and
start monitoring 222 MHz in hopes of any possible aurora. I should be
home by 00:30 UT Sunday evening. Now, normally, things don't work out
when you think they will, but that does not mean that you should not
pay attention! I remember corresponding with Ed Tilton after a
fantastic aurora and he mentioned that you don't get conditions like
that every day. Within a few more days, we had an aurora to end all
auroras and I was up all night working AU buzz and Au Es until dawn.
You never know!!
The grass is bluegrass in Kentucky.
Dave K1WHS
On 4/22/2023 1:29 PM, Marshall-K5QE wrote:
What's wrong with you, boy?? Grass is green, not blue.....73 Marshall
On 4/22/2023 12:36 PM, David Olean wrote:
Just a heads up. If another aurora shows up, please check 222 MHz
this time. It might be open. The big AU in late March sent the K
Index to 7 or so, and 222 was alive and well. The CME speed is about
580 km/s and it is projected to hit Earth at 0000 on 24 April. That
is 7 PM on early Sunday evening. I will be ready and have my
generator all gassed up (or dieseled up) I am supposed to be out
for dinner and bluegrass music at 2200 UT but Auroras are more rare
than bluegrass.
K1WHS
A CME is heading straight for our planet
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