Conditions on 28 MHz... Wed 10th Apr 2019

There was another Sporadic-E opening on 28 MHz on the 10th of April with a few interesting signals. It often felt during the day that the band was just about open. Beacons would appear on the band as the MUF rose and then disappear again.

In terms of DX, both VP8LP and VP8EME were heard on the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. Neither appeared on my heard list on the PSKReporter website.

143645 -12 -0.4 1889 ~  EA3AXV VP8LP RR73
143715  -6 -0.4 1889 ~  PY2UH VP8LP R+10
143945 -10  0.0  909 ~  EA3EYD VP8EME RR73
144015  -8  0.0  909 ~  OM3DX VP8EME R-19
144045  -4  0.0  908 ~  OM3DX VP8EME 73

Closer to home, there were plenty of signals from around Europe...

These are some of the FT8 stations logged...
EA1CCM 10m FT8 1066 km 16:14:59
PD1DL 10m FT8 921 km 15:56:04
HB9MEJ 10m FT8 1301 km 15:14:00
EI7HDB 10m FT8 152 km 14:12:15
PE1JRP 10m FT8 1011 km 13:12:30
EW3AA 10m FT8 2174 km 12:31:15
PC5W 10m FT8 997 km 12:12:14
PD1RO 10m FT8 995 km 12:10:44
PE5I 10m FT8 990 km 12:10:29
DL1KRI 10m FT8 1055 km 12:09:44
CS7AKZ 10m FT8 1437 km 12:07:14
S52EN 10m FT8 1803 km 12:05:59
YO7DBR 10m FT8 2557 km 12:04:29
DG4SBZ 10m FT8 1268 km 11:59:14
MM0ULL 10m FT8 703 km 11:58:14
DL1SGH 10m FT8 1350 km 11:57:29
IN3RWY 10m FT8 1541 km 11:48:59
EA3AXV 10m FT8 1389 km 11:46:44
CT1ILT 10m FT8 1223 km 11:44:14
EA7APF 10m FT8 1625 km 11:37:29
M0ZWW 10m FT8 470 km 11:20:14
EA1ERJ 10m FT8 1228 km 11:20:14
CS7AOM 10m FT8 1285 km 11:19:59
M0SSK 10m FT8 608 km 11:17:44
DJ8QX 10m FT8 1058 km 11:14:30
EA4WD 10m FT8 1447 km 11:13:44
PD5FK 10m FT8 1045 km 10:58:29
DJ4BO 10m FT8 1125 km 10:42:44
DL8MKG 10m FT8 1326 km 10:41:14
CT1IUA 10m FT8 1649 km 10:38:59
EA3GTO 10m FT8 1386 km 10:37:32

Some stations here caught my eye.
1) EW3AA... I usually don't hear Belarus on Sporadic-E. At 2174 kms and near the Polish border, he was close enough for me to hear with one hop on Sp-E.

2) YO7DBR... I heard this station in Romania at the same time I was hearing CW beacons in Germany. At 2557 kms, it is too long for one hop Sp-E so this was likely to be the first double-hop Sporadic-E of 2019 for me.

CW Beacons... These are the CW beacons that I heard...
EI7GL 28235.0 OY6BEC/B 12:26 10 Apr IO51TUIP62MB Faroe Islands
EI7GL 28285.0 DB0MFI/B 12:20 10 Apr IO51TUJN58HW Fed. Rep. of Germany
EI7GL 28257.7 DK0TEN/B 11:54 10 Apr IO51TUJN47NT Fed. Rep. of Germany
EI7GL 28205.0 DL0IGI/B 11:33 10 Apr IO51TUJN57MT Fed. Rep. of Germany
EI7GL 28279.0 DB0UM/B 11:31 10 Apr IO51TUJO73CE Fed. Rep. of Germany

Beside the FT8 signals and CW beacons, I heard just one SSB signal...
EI7GL 28500.0 EA3AQR 11:06 10 Apr IO51TUJN11BJ Spain