PA0O ham radio

today Friday 17  complete radio blackout not a single 10m spot 80/160 max 2000kM  Rusian spots maximum Moderate storm A=43  even tropo is absent  LX0FOUR  OZ7IGY  70021 no signal...  best DX this morning   nomore VK HS ZL... Timestamp Call MHz SNR Drift Grid Pwr Reporter RGrid km az  2015-04-15 13:18   PA0O   28.126034   -6   0   JO33hg   1   EA8BVP   IL28fd   3331   222 10m best dx ! after weeks of VK's 160m   1Watt  greyline peak  2015-04-15 20:14   G8DYK   1.838112   -21   0   IO85te   5   VK2KRR   QF34mr   16800   59   2015-04-15 20:28   PA0O   1.838036   -24   0   JO33hg   1   VK7DIK   QE38cu   16733  ...

This afternoon Aurora was reported. Could it be that tonight there was a chance  for propagation to VK on 160 and 80 m ?  I was expecting this at sunset/ sunrise in Australia And could  you believe it, this type of propagation seems a bit predictable! Many weeks  we hardly  saw DX  above 1000km in Europe on low bands. it is very clear that weak aurora temporary opens the low band DX path by sweeping away the summer D-layer absorption. Thanks to WSPR this rare type of propagation was noticed. Timestamp Call MHz SNR Drift Grid Pwr Reporter RGrid km az  2014-04-30 19:54   PA0O   1.838082   -23   0   JO33hg   10   VK2KRR   QF34mr   16351   73   2014-04-30 19:36   PA0O   1.838082   -28   0   JO33hg   10   VK2KRR   QF34mr   16351   73...