Big time aurora

[W8ACR]

Major display of Northern lights tonight in North Dakota. They extended from the northern horizon to directly overhead. Beautiful.

Ron W8ACR

[AJ1G]

Thought something was up - was playing around with the QRP Mobile K1 on 40 CW in the ARRL DX Corntest while out and about about an hour ago and noted most of the signals had severe AU flutter on them.  Several hours earlier signals were very solid and much stronger.  Spaceweather.com says Kp is at 4 (unsettled).

[WA3VJB]

Somewhat noticed in Maryland with some rapid fluttery fades tonight down low on 80M.

Stations to the north of me were affected more than those to the south or west, but none was as pronounced as I've heard on auroras past.

[Steve - K4HX]

Ah! It's confirmed. We were speculating about this earlier on 3707. I heard some flutter on 15 meters signals around sunset on Saturday and in the early evening on 40 meters too.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Feb 18 in Minnesota:

[flintstone mop]

It really charges up the ionosphere.....Afterwards the short wave really comes to life.