Via the RSGB: Radio Auroras 3rd Edition

Radio amateurs know that radio auroras vary propagation on both VHF and HF so this book is designed to provide an understanding what is going on and how to take advantage of them. This 3rd edition has been updated to include the increase in activity in Sunspot Cycle 25 and new modes that take advantage of this phenomenon in an easy-to-understand and useful way.

Covering nearly 25 years, Radio Auroras – 3rd Edition remains the best book available on such propagation. The original edition written by Charlie Newton in 1991 stands the test of time with the science as relevant today as it always has been. New material has been added by well-known VHF DXer, contester and aurora operator Andy Cook, G4PIQ. Although CW is arguably still the mode of choice for auroral working, Andy covers the use of new digital modes such as Q65, part of the WSJT-X suite of data mode programs, as well as summarising radio auroras that took place between 2013 and 2024. This is supplemented by coverage of the auroras from 2000-2012. Andy also looks at new Internet tools that can be used to predict when auroras might take place, something that G2FKZ could only have dreamt about when he wrote the original Radio Auroras book. […] Radio Society of Great Britain – Main Site – Read More