but Christer was a steady 589, not much weaker than Ron, and the
strongest I have ever heard him.  They had an excellent chat and exchanged
589 reports and I think they were each surprised at how good signals were.
Whether this is related to the auroral conditions I don't know.

Hi Dave,

I'm sure it has. I noticed enhanced propagation toward OH1TN at 'auroral
days' ever since I'm active on LF. It wasn't unusual for Reino's signal to
be 10-15dB stronger at such occasions. I have the impression that this
effect is more effective on a north-south path than on an east-west path.

73, Rik  ON7YD