Big opening on 28 MHz - Fri 3rd May 2019

There was another big Sporadic-E opening on 28 MHz on Friday the 3rd of May with the MUF extending up as far as 50 MHz as well.

The band was pretty much open for a full ten hours from about 09:00 to 19:00 UTC.

The opening was especially good to the south with strong signals from Spain and Portugal. I heard a lot of traffic from South America as well which isn't the best direction from here due to a local hill.

The map below shows the closer signals in more detail. Some of the signals not uploaded to PSK Reporter are shown as extra pink dots.

Notes...
1) The single hop limit is shown by a Yellow dotted line. The signals to note here are the double hop ones to Western Sahara, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria and Ukraine. However on closer inspection, there aren't that many to the east.
2) There was single hop Sporadic-E into Germany but the number of stations for a country of that size was low.
3) While it was a widespread opening with different areas of Europe being heard at the same time, most of the signals were modest. The signals from the south however was especially strong.
4) I wasn't listening on the FT8 frequency all of the time. I did tune around a few times and I did work some of the Spanish AM70 stations on cw. However, the radio was probably on the FT8 frequency for at least 90% of the day so it's a good reflection on what was happening on the band.

Beacons...These are the beacons that I heard and they reflect the very good conditions to the south. The ED4YAK beacon near Madrid was noticeably the strongest of the lot.

EI7GL 28253.3 ED5YAU/B 18:24 03 May IO51TUIM98WN Spain
EI7GL 28215.7 SR5TDM/B 18:21 03 May IO51TUKO01KX Poland
EI7GL 28298.1 SK7GH/B 17:45 03 May IO51TUJO77BF Sweden
EI7GL 28241.7 F5ZUU/B 15:39 03 May IO51TUJN24IL France
EI7GL 28255.8 C30P/B 13:27 03 May IO51TUJN02SM Andorra
EI7GL 28251.1 ED4YAK/B 13:25 03 May IO51TUIN80FK Spain
EI7GL 28169.3 ZB2TEN/B 13:17 03 May IO51TUIM76HD Gibraltar

The band was also open much further south with 9J2BO in Zambia being heard on cw.
EI7GL 28025.1 9J2BO 13:22 03 May IO51TU<>KH44CP Zambia

The special event AM70 stations in Spain were really strong and I worked AM70O, AM70R, AM70P and AM70L on cw.

I heard someone on RTTY as well which seemed unusual, especially for 28 MHz.

One odd signal was an illegal fishing buoy on 28.029 MHz.

50 MHz... I did check 50 MHz at one stage and I heard a beacon in Portugal.
EI7GL 50035.6 CS5BALG/B 15:34 03 May IO51TUIM67AH Portugal

While I was there, I didn't hear any other signals except for the FT8 frequency.

According to the PSK Reporter website, I uploaded 456 reports for 28 MHz from 311 different stations in 41 different countries. A list is show below.



Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC) (2000km plus in bold)
E73S 10m FT8 2240 km 20:33:14
S57CNT 10m FT8 1785 km 20:27:44
OK1VRV 10m FT8 1562 km 19:21:29
PU2NPK 10m FT8 9181 km 19:16:29
OE6IWG 10m FT8 1765 km 19:12:59
CT2GLG 10m FT8 1373 km 19:10:59
SP9VEY 10m FT8 1987 km 19:03:29
PY4PDO 10m FT8 8923 km 18:59:44
PY2KNK 10m FT8 9306 km 18:59:29
SQ6VIA 10m FT8 1753 km 18:58:44
DO5UH 10m FT8 1526 km 18:58:44
HA7ME 10m FT8 2116 km 18:48:59
SP6CC 10m FT8 1822 km 18:48:59
OZ1HFG 10m FT8 1431 km 18:48:44
SQ8NGO 10m FT8 2108 km 18:48:14
OZ1GNN 10m FT8 1437 km 18:47:44
SP6RGB 10m FT8 1648 km 18:47:29
CT1EGW 10m FT8 1459 km 18:47:29
LY2J 10m FT8 2117 km 18:47:14
SO9P 10m FT8 1902 km 18:46:45
SP9TTG 10m FT8 1900 km 18:46:44
SA7CJO 10m FT8 1680 km 18:46:29
EA7KGK 10m FT8 1729 km 18:46:14
OE1KRQ 10m FT8 1795 km 18:45:59
SP9WTC 10m FT8 2072 km 18:45:44
SQ9IWA 10m FT8 1881 km 18:44:59
DO1MKH 10m FT8 1414 km 18:42:14
EI4DQ 10m FT8 15 km 18:41:44
DO2SBS 10m FT8 1537 km 18:41:15
SP6JUD 10m FT8 1776 km 18:41:15
LU1DX 10m FT8 10964 km 18:40:44
DO1UDF 10m FT8 1575 km 18:39:44
CT1APN 10m FT8 1343 km 18:38:44
PY4DY 10m FT8 8694 km 18:36:59
HG6WF 10m FT8 2069 km 18:35:14
SP3JDW 10m FT8 1630 km 18:33:14
HF7ST 10m FT8 2051 km 18:31:59
SP8LBK 10m FT8 2175 km 18:30:14
LY2SA 10m FT8 2141 km 18:29:14
EA7DT 10m FT8 1715 km 18:26:29
PD7WL 10m FT8 914 km 18:14:29
LY1CT 10m FT8 1974 km 18:14:29
M6XDN 10m FT8 494 km 18:14:29
CT1CWF 10m FT8 1377 km 18:13:44
DF5KB 10m FT8 1529 km 18:13:29
EA1IWI 10m FT8 1184 km 18:12:29
SP7JLH 10m FT8 2006 km 18:12:14
EA7CL 10m FT8 1710 km 18:11:29
PU1JDX 10m FT8 8992 km 18:10:29
SQ9NFC 10m FT8 1925 km 18:09:14
EA3KK 10m FT8 1407 km 18:06:29
EA5KE 10m FT8 1503 km 18:05:59
SQ7BCL 10m FT8 2012 km 18:05:14
ES3AT 10m FT8 2143 km 18:04:29
SQ5DM 10m FT8 1997 km 18:03:59
SP5OAB 10m FT8 1966 km 18:03:44
IS0GFT 10m FT8 1913 km 18:03:44
CS7AOM 10m FT8 1285 km 18:01:59
F4GAJ 10m FT8 632 km 18:01:14
OK1HEH 10m FT8 1700 km 18:00:29
EB5CUZ 10m FT8 1461 km 18:00:29
SP6NIF 10m FT8 1735 km 17:59:14
SP6UKF 10m FT8 1799 km 17:57:44
SM6AID 10m FT8 1476 km 17:57:14
R2FAQ 10m FT8 1933 km 17:54:29
SP9SCZ 10m FT8 1987 km 17:54:29
CT1CFX 10m FT8 1190 km 17:53:44
EA5DNO 10m FT8 1466 km 17:53:44
F1BFB 10m FT8 1164 km 17:52:29
F8DBF 10m FT8 477 km 17:50:14
PY5OD 10m FT8 9374 km 17:49:14
SM6MVE 10m FT8 1509 km 17:48:59
EA1IVQ 10m FT8 1047 km 17:48:44
EA5HRV 10m FT8 1505 km 17:48:29
CT1GYD 10m FT8 1192 km 17:42:14
EA5AMC 10m FT8 1567 km 17:41:14
SP7FFY 10m FT8 2048 km 17:38:44
IS0KNG 10m FT8 1940 km 17:38:44
M0CFV 10m FT8 555 km 17:38:29
EA5GHD 10m FT8 1622 km 17:38:29
CT1GTI 10m FT8 1188 km 17:38:14
SQ6JFR 10m FT8 1679 km 17:38:14
ES6DO 10m FT8 2264 km 17:37:29
LY3DE 10m FT8 2247 km 17:36:59
SQ9RFI 10m FT8 1971 km 17:36:59
EA4GXJ 10m FT8 1325 km 17:35:29
LA3BO 10m FT8 1416 km 17:35:14
DL1REM 10m FT8 1071 km 17:34:29
OK1UU 10m FT8 1593 km 17:33:44
EA1CN 10m FT8 1233 km 17:33:44
SQ7LQJ 10m FT8 2002 km 17:33:29
SQ6VRS 10m FT8 1786 km 17:27:59
SM4DDS 10m FT8 1695 km 17:27:44
LU5VV 10m FT8 11990 km 17:25:44
EA1AAE 10m FT8 1207 km 17:25:15
EB5EEV 10m FT8 1566 km 17:23:44
RA2FL 10m FT8 1920 km 17:22:44
EA1SAL 10m FT8 1227 km 17:21:59
GJ6EFW 10m FT8 526 km 17:21:44
DG0OCZ 10m FT8 1325 km 17:21:14
ES1JA 10m FT8 2205 km 17:20:15
EI8GS 10m FT8 7 km 17:19:29
PU2MVE 10m FT8 9171 km 17:13:14
SP7MOW 10m FT8 2031 km 17:12:44
PY1FR 10m FT8 8973 km 17:11:44
PY1KB 10m FT8 8980 km 17:10:14
DM2RR 10m FT8 1555 km 17:09:44
F1RAD 10m FT8 1273 km 17:08:44
DO1KRT 10m FT8 1105 km 17:07:14
EA6ACX 10m FT8 1601 km 17:06:44
EA7RY 10m FT8 1577 km 17:05:44
CT1EQQ 10m FT8 1190 km 17:02:44
IW1DQS 10m FT8 1391 km 16:55:59
EA3HWE 10m FT8 1392 km 16:55:44
PY2BW 10m FT8 9245 km 16:55:15
EB2FJN 10m FT8 1055 km 16:55:14
EA5RW 10m FT8 1503 km 16:55:14
EA1CCM 10m FT8 1066 km 16:55:14
PY2EBD 10m FT8 9084 km 16:44:14
CT1PT 10m FT8 1466 km 16:44:14
EA7CU 10m FT8 1732 km 16:44:14
F4ECA 10m FT8 1162 km 16:43:14
F5JQF 10m FT8 1194 km 16:41:14
IU2EWY 10m FT8 1427 km 16:40:29
EB5VT 10m FT8 1601 km 16:40:14
IZ5FSA 10m FT8 1708 km 16:39:59
EB5CFH 10m FT8 1507 km 16:36:44
7X2TT 10m FT8 1902 km 16:35:44
PD1DL 10m FT8 921 km 16:35:14
IX1CLD 10m FT8 1340 km 16:35:14
EB4DMH 10m FT8 1358 km 16:34:44
EA5HA 10m FT8 1643 km 16:34:14
F5OYC 10m FT8 1196 km 16:33:44
PY5VB 10m FT8 9472 km 16:31:45
IZ4VSD 10m FT8 1609 km 16:31:45
EA3VM 10m FT8 1407 km 16:30:14
MW0CRI 10m FT8 254 km 16:29:59
F6FEF 10m FT8 987 km 16:28:59
PU2OOC 10m FT8 9191 km 16:28:59
DJ3AK 10m FT8 1288 km 16:28:59
SM0ULC 10m FT8 1825 km 16:28:29
EA1IVD 10m FT8 1026 km 16:27:59
S52EN 10m FT8 1803 km 16:27:59
HB9GZS 10m FT8 1453 km 16:27:44
M1BXF 10m FT8 605 km 16:25:44
EA4WD 10m FT8 1447 km 16:25:29
CT2FEY 10m FT8 1263 km 16:25:14
EA4BU 10m FT8 1333 km 16:24:44
EA4DAU 10m FT8 1330 km 16:24:29
EA3HRU 10m FT8 1398 km 16:24:29
DK2KW 10m FT8 1261 km 16:24:29
OM7ZM 10m FT8 1912 km 16:24:29
OK1AAM 10m FT8 1548 km 16:24:29
PD0LK 10m FT8 874 km 16:15:59
YT2AAA 10m FT8 2342 km 16:14:59
EA1SI 10m FT8 947 km 16:12:29
SM6YNO 10m FT8 1469 km 16:12:14
OK1FRG 10m FT8 1695 km 16:11:59
EA7ON 10m FT8 1618 km 16:11:44
IW2MYH 10m FT8 1505 km 16:11:29
PA0RDY 10m FT8 909 km 16:10:44
SV3QUP 10m FT8 2777 km 16:10:44
IV3OSC 10m FT8 1660 km 16:10:29
MI1ERL 10m FT8 338 km 16:10:29
EA3CQ 10m FT8 1384 km 16:10:29
4X4DK 10m FT8 4120 km 16:09:44
EA1EU 10m FT8 1066 km 16:09:29
F6COZ 10m FT8 1274 km 16:09:29
IW2OGQ 10m FT8 1454 km 16:09:14
IU2LVV 10m FT8 1422 km 16:01:14
EA1MX 10m FT8 991 km 15:52:29
EB5BQC 10m FT8 1601 km 15:51:14
PD7RF 10m FT8 916 km 15:49:14
M0TZZ 10m FT8 587 km 15:48:44
F1BFC 10m FT8 1323 km 15:48:29
DO1KHW 10m FT8 1104 km 15:42:44
EA1HM 10m FT8 1049 km 15:29:59
SM3LBN 10m FT8 1813 km 15:28:44
EA1QR 10m FT8 1069 km 15:27:44
HB3YFC 10m FT8 1263 km 15:26:15
CS7AKZ 10m FT8 1437 km 15:26:14
EA1DWI 10m FT8 1057 km 15:24:44
F5USK 10m FT8 1130 km 15:24:14
EA5IG 10m FT8 1461 km 15:23:14
DM3VPJ 10m FT8 1387 km 15:21:14
EB3TC 10m FT8 1395 km 15:21:14
EA2DVR 10m FT8 1066 km 15:21:14
IU5GVH 10m FT8 1659 km 15:21:14
EA4ZM 10m FT8 1449 km 15:19:44
SV3DCX 10m FT8 2780 km 15:19:14
EA3AXV 10m FT8 1389 km 15:18:44
CU5AAC 10m FT8 2084 km 15:18:44
IN3XUG 10m FT8 1617 km 15:06:44
EA5XY 10m FT8 1509 km 15:06:44
IZ8GCP 10m FT8 2105 km 15:05:59
ON2TRK 10m FT8 943 km 15:05:29
F2YT 10m FT8 776 km 15:04:44
DD7RN 10m FT8 1486 km 15:04:14
ON6VL 10m FT8 927 km 15:03:14
DK3GI 10m FT8 1376 km 15:02:59
O1FHQ 10m FT8 1238 km 15:02:59
EB5JSX 10m FT8 1489 km 14:58:14
EA6ZS 10m FT8 1624 km 14:58:14
PY2TMV 10m FT8 9037 km 14:57:59
EA5ICV 10m FT8 1507 km 14:55:44
PY2UG 10m FT8 9174 km 14:55:29
EA3NP 10m FT8 1415 km 14:53:14
F5OHM 10m FT8 919 km 14:51:44
CT7ANG 10m FT8 1635 km 14:45:59
IW5EID 10m FT8 1642 km 14:45:29
EA5CMW 10m FT8 1486 km 14:42:29
M0LED 10m FT8 354 km 14:29:29
LZ2HM 10m FT8 2542 km 14:29:14
EA7CXJ 10m FT8 1617 km 14:27:44
OH3NE 10m FT8 2204 km 14:25:59
F5LVR 10m FT8 1146 km 14:25:29
S01WS 10m FT8 2862 km 14:23:44
DG3NAF 10m FT8 1385 km 14:14:29
EA4NX 10m FT8 1321 km 14:14:14
EA4ETF 10m FT8 1293 km 14:13:14
CT1ETL/P 10m FT8 1533 km 14:13:14
G6ZYF 10m FT8 526 km 14:00:44
M1KMC 10m FT8 466 km 13:54:14
EA1VIL 10m FT8 1229 km 13:40:59
CT7AQS 10m FT8 1340 km 13:36:14
PA7EY 10m FT8 899 km 13:34:14
2I0KXY 10m FT8 308 km 12:58:29
EI7HDB 10m FT8 152 km 12:48:29
EC7AT 10m FT8 1733 km 12:32:14
OZ3AT 10m FT8 1395 km 12:21:14
DJ1AA 10m FT8 1256 km 11:59:00
MU0FAL 10m FT8 488 km 11:52:44
DF7EF 10m FT8 1135 km 11:50:14
EA5FSJ 10m FT8 1611 km 11:49:14
DL3RL 10m FT8 1427 km 11:49:14
DL5NDA 10m FT8 1402 km 11:46:44
F6BNX 10m FT8 1468 km 11:45:59
EC2UT 10m FT8 1269 km 11:45:29
PA2W 10m FT8 911 km 11:44:44
DL2ZT 10m FT8 1206 km 11:44:14
EA5GL 10m FT8 1506 km 11:43:29
DK6IM 10m FT8 1276 km 11:43:29
DO2STA 10m FT8 1239 km 11:41:59
EA7AN 10m FT8 1619 km 11:41:29
EA4GTY 10m FT8 1377 km 11:41:29
EA7YT 10m FT8 1709 km 11:38:44
F6KFH 10m FT8 1102 km 11:38:30
F4IAA 10m FT8 1016 km 11:38:29
DC5ROK 10m FT8 1407 km 11:38:29
EA7AHA 10m FT8 1684 km 11:38:29
EA3EYD 10m FT8 1392 km 11:37:29
G4UGB 10m FT8 452 km 11:37:14
DD1UN 10m FT8 1274 km 11:36:44
DH1TT 10m FT8 1424 km 11:35:59
F6ECI 10m FT8 1053 km 11:34:59
I2RIB 10m FT8 1489 km 11:34:29
EA5RT 10m FT8 1466 km 11:34:29
DL4SCW 10m FT8 1294 km 11:34:14
EA7KDW 10m FT8 1570 km 11:33:29
DL3ZZ 10m FT8 1273 km 11:32:44
EA5UI 10m FT8 1634 km 11:32:44
IK4UXA 10m FT8 1561 km 11:31:14
DK0VE 10m FT8 1254 km 11:31:14
DG6UAX 10m FT8 1252 km 11:30:59
EB5CS 10m FT8 1458 km 11:29:29
EA3KE 10m FT8 1417 km 11:28:29
EA4DCU 10m FT8 1396 km 11:28:29
EA7GVZ 10m FT8 1709 km 11:27:59
DM5TI 10m FT8 1531 km 11:27:59
OZ1ZD 10m FT8 1211 km 11:26:29
DL3HBT 10m FT8 1290 km 11:24:29
IZ4JMA 10m FT8 1628 km 11:23:14
9A4ZM 10m FT8 1808 km 11:21:14
HB9JNM 10m FT8 1320 km 11:20:29
HB9FUX 10m FT8 1281 km 11:18:59
IK2UCK 10m FT8 1468 km 11:12:59
IW2KIC 10m FT8 1410 km 11:10:44
F8AXO 10m FT8 1257 km 11:10:44
EA1EUI 10m FT8 1167 km 10:59:14
ON7DM 10m FT8 813 km 10:53:59
I2MHR 10m FT8 1448 km 10:53:29
IZ8XXE 10m FT8 2096 km 10:47:29
IK5ZAI 10m FT8 1655 km 10:43:29
IZ0GYP 10m FT8 1927 km 10:41:44
IK5FQX 10m FT8 1700 km 10:40:14
IK0DWJ 10m FT8 1862 km 10:32:44
EA2KR 10m FT8 1129 km 10:31:59
IU8FRF 10m FT8 2107 km 10:30:14
G1OCN 10m FT8 436 km 10:28:44
EA4AAI 10m FT8 1324 km 10:23:59
EA1ERJ 10m FT8 1228 km 10:23:29
IZ0EGA 10m FT8 1930 km 10:22:59
IK1NLZ 10m FT8 1445 km 10:17:59
IK1XPK 10m FT8 1443 km 10:12:59
IZ5EKW 10m FT8 1708 km 10:11:29
EA3ZD 10m FT8 1403 km 09:55:44
EI2IV 10m FT8 2 km 09:42:29
IS0DCR 10m FT8 1823 km 09:41:44
TK5IH 10m FT8 1705 km 09:29:59
IK2CRY 10m FT8 1478 km 09:23:44
9A3CX 10m FT8 1773 km 09:19:44
LA1QCA 10m FT8 1473 km 09:19:29
S58T 10m FT8 1780 km 09:14:44
IK0ZTL 10m FT8 1860 km 09:14:29
HB9DFP 10m FT8 1204 km 09:12:29
GU0SUP 10m FT8 488 km 09:11:29
IZ2ODN 10m FT8 1582 km 09:06:14
9A7JCY 10m FT8 1949 km 08:38:44
G4RQI 10m FT8 517 km 08:23:44
G7RAU 10m FT8 304 km 07:58:14
OZ7FOC 10m FT8 1318 km 07:57:14
G8IXN 10m FT8 284 km 06:17:44
PD1BHZ 10m FT8 961 km 06:08:45