DX: 24.03.2024 - Aurora (UKW)

[MikeF]

Mode Date UTC Frequency ITU Service Location Distance (km) Details RDS PI/PS
**Au 24.03.24 1735 88.30 S SR P1 Västervik/Fårhult TM 1312 Tent TX. OM talk//web

** denotes new logging (via this propagation mode)

Mike Fallon
Saltdean
East Sussex
UK
N50°48' W0°1'
IO90XT

Today’s Map: https://www.fmlist.org/fm_logmap.php?da ... 7&band=ALL

Receivers: * Elad FDM-S3 SDR * Elad FDM-S2 SDR * Sony XDR-F1HD * Airspy HF+ Discovery SDR * Airspy R2 SDR * Airspy Mini SDR * SDR Play RSPDX*

Antenna: P.Körner designed 19.4 Yagi horizontal at 11m agl / 92m asl on a Tennamast 7.6m telescopic / tiltover mast (uninterrupted sea horizon from 114° to 268°) * 50MHz halfwave dipole for FT8 * GP cut for ~30MHz * CCW Multi-Couplers feeding all SDRs * Yaesu G-1000DXC rotator *

Software: SDR# * SDR Console v3 * Elad FDM-SW2 * XDR-GTK * RDS Spy *

Propagation maps produced by FMLIST http://www.fmlist.org/ul_login.php?sprache=en

All-time Meteor Scatter Log map at https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.67503 ... TX7T_gHCLE

All-time DAB/DAB+ Log map at https://www.google.com/maps/@48.406853, ... ?entry=ttu

YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/MikeFallonSussexFMDX

[PAM]

[...]** denotes new logging (via this propagation mode) [...]

Well done!

[MikeF]

[...]** denotes new logging (via this propagation mode) [...]

Well done!

Thanks PAM

[ullibg]

Great catch Mike !

[Habakukk]

Very interesting. How does Aurora propagation sound? Are the signals more constant than Sporadic E regarding fading? And how long can you observe an Aurora signal, until it fades out? I really have no idea about this.

I heard, that Aurora signals are usually very distorted and not clear, is this true?

[MikeF]

Great catch Mike !

Thanks Ulli

[MikeF]

Very interesting. How does Aurora propagation sound? Are the signals more constant than Sporadic E regarding fading? And how long can you observe an Aurora signal, until it fades out? I really have no idea about this.

I heard, that Aurora signals are usually very distorted and not clear, is this true?

Hi,
The signals can be very distorted but this one wasn't too bad. They sometimes sound like they are off frequency too.

This one lasted for about 2 minutes and then faded. Unfortunately I was not able to record it as it caught me by surprise.

Kind regards,

Mike

[PAM]

Dieses Video kam meinen bisher wenigen Aurora-Empfängen am nächsten: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vde1PgXC- ... ggYXVyb3Jh

Bei mir hatte es stets Skandinavien hoch gerissen, zumeist Schweden und die Entfernungen lagen um oder knapp über 1000 km. Die lang anhaltende Stabilität des Empfangs, wie ihn das Video dokumentiert, hatte ich dabei nicht. Richtig gut verständlich waren die Signale meist bis zu 10 Sekunden. Hörbar - und damit mit Internetstreams zu vergleichen - durchaus über Minuten.

Klanglich ähnlich, also häufig ziemlich verzerrt, sind Empfänge via Meteor-Scatter. Hier werden tatsächlich manchmal eindrucksvolle Signalpegel erreicht, die Empfangsdauer geht aber von ein paar einstelligen Sekunden bis zumeist nicht länger als 10 bis 15 Sekunden.