Aurora from the old log book
Another golden oldie. While reminiscing through my old logs, I note that the first contact I had on 2m via an aurora was on September 15, 1974. I made 47 QSO’s across 6 countries in the 12 hours between 3pm and 3am local time. All on SSB, all using 10 watts!
At that time I was living in Aberdeen, Scotland, and using the callsign GM8IKT. Aberdeen being over 57 degrees north of the equator was a great site for aurora – unlike my present QTH which is 30 degrees south of the equator. I’ve never heard anything auroral from here.
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