Northern Lights

[Greg T.]

Across Little Bay De Noc last night

 

[AlwaysWrite]

Dear Greg T:

Thanks for sharing. The Northern Lights are quite a spectacle. I've only seen them in person once, and that was at about age 5 when living in northern Illinois.

 

[Greg T.]

Dear Greg T:

Thanks for sharing. The Northern Lights are quite a spectacle. I've only seen them in person once, and that was at about age 5 when living in northern Illinois.

It's quite common around here. We can normally see them 5 or 6 times a year. Depending upon the conditions, it could be much more.

 

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Greg can you hear it in the HF receiver?

 

[Greg T.]

Greg can you hear it in the HF receiver?

It's hard for me to say because I live in the heart of the city where I have a minimum of 4+ S units for noise floor. Some days it's much worse, some days not, but never below S4.

 

[REVerse °]

It's hard for me to say because I live in the heart of the city where I have a minimum of 4+ S units for noise floor. Some days it's much worse, some days not, but never below S4.

If you have access to 6m band try listening around 50.120- 50.130 ish USB. 10-11m HF is possible too. Beam N NW most of the time for a QUICK contact. It sounds creepy unlike normal band noise. You can bounce off the aurora like the ionosphere! Conditions are very sporadic and last seconds to less than a minute most of the time.

 

[Greg T.]

If you have access to 6m band try listening around 50.120- 50.130 ish USB. 10-11m HF is possible too. Beam N NW most of the time for a QUICK contact. It sounds creepy unlike normal band noise. You can bounce off the aurora like the ionosphere! Conditions are very sporadic and last seconds to less than a minute most of the time.

I've got only one radio left. Sold my FT-990 and my FT-757. All I have left is a modified Stryker 955 so I have 12 thru 10 meters.