Aurora Storm over Norway created woldwide propagation on 40 and 30m

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W0AEW said: ↑

To follow up my comments on WSPR about two-way contacts, it's an exchange of call, tx power level, rx signal strength, grid squares, and other info except your name. A bit more than most contest exchanges, but I don't think you can apply for DXCC with WSPR! It's all done automagically since you just hook up the computer to the rig and away it goes! There's no personal interaction at all.

It's great for testing antennas, getting instant snapshots of propagation, and using yet another mode for seeing how far you can get with how little. But you're very unlikely to snag a particular rare one.

WSPR may not be very exciting for many, but I'm old and slow, and playing whackamole with FT8 and similar modes is just not for me!
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I have been having fun with the FT8.

K2HAT, Dec 23, 2017

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ft 8 contacts are not contacts. its a computer reaching out and touching another computer.... BIG DEAL....

K2NED, Dec 23, 2017

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I concur. There is worldwide propagation on 40 meters nearly every day. And this time of year the JAs and other Pacific signals come through on the long path. In a single two hour session a few weekends back I worked 105 DX stations on 5 different continents on SSB.

W4FID said: ↑

I work SSB DX on 40 at night routinely. Into Europe easily and into the Pacific often. I have a plain vanilla GAP vertical under a couple trees that are over 60 feet high and cover it and the entire house and run 100 watts most of the time. So I am not location or antenna blessed. Occasionally I fire up the amp and run 500 watts, especially on contest weekends. On PSK and CW I run 25 or 30 and 50 to 75 watts respectively. The bands are more open that we realize a lot of the time.
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K4HX, Dec 25, 2017

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Hi Everybody;

So this is what a "Aurora Storm" creates!!! (the picture is from Spaceweather.com)

If you where in Europe and clear sky the Auroras were incredible to see, but there was another worldwide effect that you have to be a HAM to notice and appreciate!

This was the perfect storm for radio Amateurs able to work 40 and 30m. Here in Lynn Valley we managed to set up our new TS-590 for monitoring WSPR on 40m and we were not disappointed. Running of a 5m (15ft.) vertical dipole mounted on my balcony and using the WSJT-X software the contacts registered all night long. (see pictures below, 30m worldwide and 40m North American wide )

Where as the 40m band was mainly showing North American stations on 30m (which we did not monitor) worldwide connections where recorded WSPR spotting service at: http://wsprnet.org/drupal/wsprnet/map

Below you see a listing of all the 40m contacts that the test station in Lynn Valley using WSPR could record. The WSPR program was running in receive only.

To check out our RF-Seismograph page go to:
http://users.skynet.be/myspace/mdsr/

All the best and keep those transceivers humming!!!

Alex - VE7DXW
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It was just normal 40 meter radio wave propagation conditions, nothing special was happening concerning the aurora. Usually 40 meter RF signals will if anything experience absorption when traversing polar regions at the E layer altitude which coincides with the altitude of visible aurora.

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Thomas F. Giella, W4HM
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W4HM, Dec 26, 2017

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Aurora Storm over Norway created woldwide propagation on 40 and 30m

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