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Offline Meatwad

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Re: NOAA warning for Wednesday ,June 8th
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2011, 06:12:52 PM »
Think back in the late 90's or early 2000's there was some aurora here. Just enough to be seen with a long exposure on film but it was a dull red color and might of been one that was a dull green low on the horizon
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Re: NOAA warning for Wednesday ,June 8th
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2011, 08:27:33 PM »
Think back in the late 90's or early 2000's there was some aurora here. Just enough to be seen with a long exposure on film but it was a dull red color and might of been one that was a dull green low on the horizon


There was one PHENOMINAL Aurora in 84/85 but I was north of Chicago in Lake COunty at the time.  The main solar wind blast hit during the day, IL time and it was a 3-ring circus on 28 mHz!  (I didn't have 50 or 144 mHz equipment at the time).  The books tell you that Aurora is mainly a VHF deal, but I had fluttery/watery SSB signals from both coasts, all S-4/5.  I could contact both coasts but the coasts could not hear each other.  SSB Aurora is "supposed" to be a CW only affair but SSB worked just fine if folks talked slowly and distinctly.  FM was a washout due to mere bandwidth.

We never get Aurora down this far south  :(

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Re: NOAA warning for Wednesday ,June 8th
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2011, 09:09:50 PM »
A few nights ago there was some aurora activity on 6 meters according to vhfdx.info, but it was too far north for me to receive. Lately I have been missing some of the good openings
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