FM Loggings July 17 - Aurora

An aurora opening with refracted, distorted signals occurred around 19:30Z, only audible on the antenna pointing NW. As usual, only stations from mid- and northern Sweden and Finland were heard, typically 400 to 600 km away. Those positively identified (no RDS) are shown below.

K indices at the time were around 5, and the auroral oval was quite strong over the area, as shown below. Later on, the proton flux went through the roof.

 A bit later a couple of stations from Iceland showed up through normal Es propagation.

FM Loggings July 11, 2023

Relatively early opening this day for about an hour from 07:30Z, starting off in Russia with several  Nizhniy Novgorod stations. After a pause, conditions changed towards the eastern (and mostly Russian-speaking) part of Latvia, before shifting back towards Ivanovo and Cherepovets in Russia. Nothing else noted that day. 1350 to 1750 km Es.