[VHFcontesting] [222Activity] [yccc] Earth-Directed Explosion on the Sun

Sun Apr 23 16:00:11 EDT 2023

I was on CW 100% of the time in March for the aurora. There were so few 
stations that I did not experiment. My headings for Toronto and Chicago 
were between 295 and 305 degrees.

Dave K1WHS

On 4/23/2023 12:18 PM, Bill Olson wrote:
> Hi Dave and all, so the K index is already up to 5 and appears to be 
> headed UP yahoo.. I will be monitoring 222 and 2 meters today and 
> tonight. Can I assume Au  activity is "old school" i.e. actual CW, or 
> is there some digital mode that we are using for Aurora now? 
> Frequencies? Chat on ON4KST 144,432 region 2 ?
>
> bill, k1DY FN54JQ Maine
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> Hi Marshall
>
> I have a table front and center for live bluegrass music Sunday, and 
> the music ends at 0000 UT  or 8 PM. EDST. I will be tearing home and 
> start monitoring 222 MHz in hopes of any possible aurora. I should be 
> home by 00:30 UT Sunday evening. Now, normally, things don't work out 
> when you think they will, but that does not mean that you should not 
> pay attention!  I remember corresponding with Ed Tilton after a 
> fantastic aurora and he mentioned that you don't get conditions like 
> that every day. Within a few more days, we had an aurora to end all 
> auroras and I was up all night working AU buzz and Au Es until dawn.  
> You never know!!
>
> The grass is bluegrass in Kentucky.
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
> On 4/22/2023 1:29 PM, Marshall-K5QE wrote:
>> What's wrong with you, boy??  Grass is green, not blue.....73 Marshall
>>
>> On 4/22/2023 12:36 PM, David Olean wrote:
>>>
>>> Just a heads up.  If another aurora shows up, please check 222 MHz 
>>> this time. It might be open. The big AU in late March sent the K 
>>> Index to 7 or so, and 222 was alive and well. The CME speed is about 
>>> 580 km/s  and it is projected to hit Earth at 0000 on 24 April. That 
>>> is 7 PM on early Sunday evening. I will be ready and have my 
>>> generator all gassed up (or dieseled up)  I am supposed to be out 
>>> for dinner and bluegrass music at 2200 UT but Auroras are more rare 
>>> than bluegrass.
>>>
>>>
>>> K1WHS
>>>
>>>
>>> A CME is heading straight for our planet
>>>
>>> *Space Weather News for April 22, 2023*
>>> https://spaceweather.com 
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>>>
>>> *AN EARTH-DIRECTED EXPLOSION ON THE SUN: *Yesterday (April 21st), a 
>>> large magnetic filament snaking across the sun's southern hemisphere 
>>> exploded, hurling a CME straight toward our planet. Estimated time 
>>> of arrival: April 24th. Minor to strong geomagnetic storms are 
>>> possible when the CME strikes. Updates @ Spaceweather.com 
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>>> *Above:* An extreme ultraviolet image of the filament exploding on 
>>> April 21, 2023. Credit: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory
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