Opening to South America & Africa on 28 MHz - Thurs 11th Apr 2019

It's probably safe to say that the Summer Sporadic-E season has well and truly started with the third big opening on 28 MHz in as many days.

Thursday the 11th of April was the best of the three days this week with a total of 119 stations heard on FT8 on 28 MHz. That's pretty remarkable considering it was the early afternoon on a Thursday.

Even though I wasn't able to tune around the band that often, I didn't hear one other signal...no SSB, no CW, no beacons. Maybe I was just listening at the wrong time but it seemed unusual to hear nothing on the band after hearing 119 stations on FT8.

The DX stations heard were UW5EJX/MM off the coast of Angola, 6W/IK5BSC in Senegal, XT2AW in Burkina Faso as well as two stations in Brazil and South Africa.

These were the European stations heard...

Outside Europe highlighted below in Bold



PD1DL 10m FT8 921 km 15:55:14
OZ6CM 10m FT8 1380 km 15:43:44
EA5WO 10m FT8 1509 km 15:29:14
ZS6S 10m FT8 9354 km 14:55:29
DD1UN 10m FT8 1274 km 14:55:14
EA1JAZ 10m FT8 1131 km 14:53:44
EA7AHG 10m FT8 1668 km 14:51:44
IZ8XQC 10m FT8 2147 km 14:47:14
XT2AW 10m FT8 4439 km 14:46:29
EA1UY 10m FT8 1070 km 14:43:15
EA3HUI 10m FT8 1352 km 14:43:14
EB3JT 10m FT8 1396 km 14:42:29
F5UJQ 10m FT8 993 km 14:31:30
EA3CAZ 10m FT8 1405 km 14:30:59
PD0LK 10m FT8 874 km 14:30:59
PA1CC 10m FT8 926 km 14:30:44
SP9TPL 10m FT8 1954 km 14:28:59
G4YBI 10m FT8 592 km 14:25:44
M1BXF 10m FT8 605 km 14:25:30
EA1IQT 10m FT8 945 km 14:24:00
HF9D 10m FT8 1898 km 14:21:29
EA7CU 10m FT8 1732 km 14:19:44
ZS6CR 10m FT8 9453 km 14:17:44
EA3FHP 10m FT8 1365 km 14:15:59
EI7HDB 10m FT8 152 km 14:12:29
PY5KD 10m FT8 9469 km 14:12:14
HB9CQK 10m FT8 1317 km 14:11:44
PY2LCD 10m FT8 9172 km 14:11:30
HB9BIN 10m FT8 1275 km 14:10:44
HB9DFP 10m FT8 1204 km 14:07:45
EA4EQ 10m FT8 1313 km 14:07:29
PY2KP 10m FT8 9172 km 14:05:29
OK1KT 10m FT8 1580 km 14:03:14
F4FSY 10m FT8 1206 km 14:00:44
I1YTO 10m FT8 1443 km 13:58:14
EB5JSX 10m FT8 1489 km 13:56:29
PD1BHZ 10m FT8 961 km 13:54:29
F5OYC 10m FT8 1196 km 13:52:29
HB9CQL 10m FT8 1246 km 13:51:59
OE5VIP 10m FT8 1647 km 13:44:29
EA3AVQ 10m FT8 1387 km 13:44:14
S51NM 10m FT8 1854 km 13:40:59
M0SSK 10m FT8 608 km 13:32:29
F8DBF 10m FT8 475 km 13:31:15
G7BXU 10m FT8 512 km 13:31:14
G7ANK 10m FT8 608 km 13:31:14
DG5RCT 10m FT8 1522 km 13:29:14
DL1SMA 10m FT8 1258 km 13:26:59
F5PPG 10m FT8 1132 km 13:25:59
EA5CMW 10m FT8 1486 km 13:21:14
DO8AW 10m FT8 1423 km 13:20:29
IW3QBN 10m FT8 1757 km 13:19:59
OE9KFV 10m FT8 1384 km 13:18:59
OE5KE 10m FT8 1664 km 13:18:29
G0OYQ 10m FT8 579 km 13:15:14
DL2IAU 10m FT8 1201 km 13:14:59
IV3XNF 10m FT8 1671 km 13:13:14
EA5AD 10m FT8 1650 km 13:12:59
EA5IKP 10m FT8 1619 km 13:08:29
DC1VKR 10m FT8 1108 km 13:06:59
DL4KG 10m FT8 1289 km 13:04:59
DL3RL 10m FT8 1427 km 13:02:59
DL1FAM 10m FT8 1212 km 13:01:29
IK2FIR 10m FT8 1446 km 12:56:29
DK1MAX 10m FT8 1455 km 12:56:29
DJ5AS 10m FT8 1114 km 12:55:00
F5POE 10m FT8 823 km 12:54:59
IK2IQC 10m FT8 1467 km 12:53:59
DK8VR 10m FT8 1116 km 12:53:14
IW3IOD 10m FT8 1630 km 12:51:59
DQ1F 10m FT8 1217 km 12:51:44
IN3YGW 10m FT8 1546 km 12:49:29
DL1ZU 10m FT8 1194 km 12:47:44
DO2SBS 10m FT8 1537 km 12:47:14
S58T 10m FT8 1780 km 12:46:14
DO8WA 10m FT8 1084 km 12:45:29
DL1EZ 10m FT8 1145 km 12:41:44
DL1KRI 10m FT8 1055 km 12:34:59
PD1RO 10m FT8 995 km 12:32:44
F5OHM 10m FT8 919 km 12:29:44
OK1HEH 10m FT8 1700 km 12:23:14
DL3HWD 10m FT8 1384 km 12:20:59
EA5BN 10m FT8 1680 km 12:18:29
OK1AWC 10m FT8 1605 km 12:17:29
DO3FRH 10m FT8 1100 km 12:08:44
DD5ZZ 10m FT8 1185 km 12:06:14
DG1KDD 10m FT8 1061 km 12:05:44
F2YT 10m FT8 776 km 11:59:29
PE5I 10m FT8 990 km 11:59:00
DJ8QP 10m FT8 1567 km 11:55:14
PD5FK 10m FT8 1045 km 11:51:59
EA5CMP 10m FT8 1620 km 11:48:44
DC8GY 10m FT8 1560 km 11:48:29
EA5HRV 10m FT8 1505 km 11:47:59
DO2UDO 10m FT8 1100 km 11:41:14
OZ7JZ 10m FT8 1285 km 11:22:59
DF4XX 10m FT8 1261 km 11:05:14