Really good question Fred.
Unfortunately I don't know the answer.
At this latitude any visible aurora or auroral propagation is rare.
All the auroral propagation events I have been able to take part in were
usually late afternoon/early evening and still too light to see any aurora.
-Scott AA5AM
On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM Fred Stefanik <n1dpmfred@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is there if any correlation between visible AU and AU based
> propagation?
> When I was first on VHF and UHF back in the early 1980s there was LOTS of
> aurora propagation on almost a regular basis with virtually rare visible
> aurora here in western Massachusetts (FN32QB). Over the past couple of
> years there have been a number of, at least for here, spectacular aurora
> light displays with little propagation resulting.
> I for one am interested if there is any real scientific correlation
> between the two.
> 73
> Fred
> K1FMS
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025, 12:34 PM Scott Armstrong <aa5am.scott@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> There may be more visible Au and Au induced propagation later
>> today/tonight.
>> The CME that was launched from the X5.1 flare yesterday morning is
>> expected
>> to hit sometime today.
>>
>> Little to no Au induced propagation was observed on 6m and none on 2m last
>> night in NTX. Even though the aurora was quite visible here.
>>
>> -Scott AA5AM
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM mikflathead--- via VHFcontesting <
>> vhfcontesting@contesting.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Are you looking for that tonight also? Mike
>> > On Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 10:10:59 AM EST, Ron Klimas WZ1V
>> <
>> > wz1v@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > We had 6M double-hop Auroral-E to the Pacific Northwest last night.
>> > Here's a screenshot of the Aurora curtain at that time:
>> >
>> > https://www.newsvhf.com/au2025nov11.jpg
>> >
>> > 73 Ron WZ1V
>> >
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