/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2798139
>If I try to use my SDR or shortwave radio during this, is there a chance I could damage it?
Not at all.

>Is there anything you recommend doing to take advantage of this event? Anything fun I might regret not doing later?
You'll hear a lot of 'Dawn Chorus' emissions on ELF. Check out the VLF region for enhanced propagation.

Point a 6m yagi at the aurora and listen to the watery sounding CW signals. It gets weird. SSB might be too distorted to understand but worth a try. Swing the beam at different parts of the auroral curtain, some weird reflections can be had. One time with the beam pointed true north, we could hear stations to the south of us. Then minutes later we're getting sigs from Denmark for just a minute or so (over the pole). Then we're hearing JA's for a few brief moments.