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HASAN, N0AN, SAID, IF THERE IS AN AURORA, Q65 30C WIDER THAN Q65 30A
HANDLES THE DOPPLER FROM THE AURORAL CURTAIN SPREADING BETTER.  RICH
WESTERBERG, N0HJZ EN34, PUT 15 STATES IN HIS LOG ON 2 METER AURORA, AS WELL
AS VA2WA FN36 AND W1VD FN31 ON CW.  THE BZ ABRUPTLY SWUNG NORTH AT 2130
UTC, AND THE RADIO AURORA DISAPPEARED.  I NOTED SOME F2 ON 6 METERS ON DX
MAPS, BUT MOSTLY FOR STATIONS ALONG THE GULF COAST AND SOUTHWESTERN US
STATES.  THEY WORKED STATIONS IN ECUADOR, COLOMBIA, AND ARGENTINA, ALONG
WITH PJ4MM IN BONAIRE, VP8LP, AND J79WTA.  WW1L FN55 SPOTTED VY0SNO/B AT
0234 UTC ON APRIL 24.  LATER, THERE WERE SEVERAL WAVES OF AURORA.  DAVE
OLEAN, K1WHS FN43, REPORTED MAKING SOME 222R1 MHZ AURORA CW CONTACTS,
INCLUDING VE3KG, N1BUG WHOSE SIGNAL WAS LOUD, W8RU EN82, AND K9MRI EN70 AT
AROUND 0330 UTC ON APRIL 24.  HE ALSO NOTED THAT W1VD WORKED 30 STATIONS ON
2 METERS.  N0HJZ LOGGED VE4MA EN19 AND WE7L DM79 ON CW AROUND THAT TIME.
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