Drop in Sporadic-E on 28 MHz - Wed 15th May 2019

Conditions on 28 Mhz on Wednesday the 15th of May 2019 were very down on recent days with only a very modest opening to Italy and Spain.

The band opened weakly at about 08:00 and closed at about 15:00 UTC.

Even though the map below shows quite a number of stations, many were very weak indeed.

Notes...

1) Just two what might be called 'DX' stations were heard. I got just one transmission from TR8CA in Gabon while I managed to get the locator from HZ1SK in Saudia Arabia.

2) Just three other multi-hop signals were heard...two is the south of Russia and one in Greece.

3) There were two minor openings to Italy and Spain....

The openings tie in with the three beacons that I heard...
EI7GL 28251.1 ED4YAK/B 11:34 15 May IO51TU ES IN80FK Spain
EI7GL 28253.2 ED5YAU/B 11:10 15 May IO51TU ES IM98WN Spain
EI7GL 28227.1 IW3FZQ/B 08:30 15 May IO51TU ES JN55VF Italy

In total, I uploaded 139 reports from 116 stations in 27 countries to the PSK Reporter website.

The stations heard are shown below...



Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
EA7PY 10m FT8 1723 km 18:01:45
EA7BZO 10m FT8 1682 km 16:18:29
F1LYV 10m FT8 1235 km 15:55:44
CT1EKD 10m FT8 1424 km 15:52:59
EI8GG 10m FT8 19 km 15:26:29
F5RD 10m FT8 1004 km 15:14:14
IK5IVP 10m FT8 1744 km 15:06:59
EA4ETF 10m FT8 1293 km 14:51:44
EA4AQQ 10m FT8 1319 km 14:49:44
LB6GG 10m FT8 1183 km 14:45:59
HZ1SK 10m FT8 5273 km 14:28:44
EB3TC 10m FT8 1395 km 14:22:29
IW5EID 10m FT8 1642 km 14:19:29
IT9PQO 10m FT8 2358 km 14:14:59
EA3HKA 10m FT8 1371 km 14:11:29
PD1DL 10m FT8 921 km 14:07:14
IZ0EGA 10m FT8 1930 km 14:06:44
EA5FWW 10m FT8 1643 km 13:58:14
EA3KR 10m FT8 1409 km 13:55:14
IZ2DMV 10m FT8 1459 km 13:49:44
DC7KM 10m FT8 1466 km 13:45:29
DK1XAM 10m FT8 1147 km 13:45:29
DL2KMK 10m FT8 1506 km 13:44:29
DL5KLX 10m FT8 1477 km 13:44:29
DO1QN 10m FT8 1053 km 13:42:59
DJ9WJ 10m FT8 1253 km 13:42:44
HB9BOS 10m FT8 1244 km 13:41:59
PD1BHZ 10m FT8 961 km 13:40:14
EA7ZY 10m FT8 1627 km 13:35:14
IZ5JNO 10m FT8 1677 km 13:33:59
OZ9RM 10m FT8 1311 km 13:33:59
EA6SK 10m FT8 1601 km 13:31:44
EA3HCE 10m FT8 1399 km 13:29:44
EA6AU 10m FT8 1603 km 13:16:29
EA3IEQ 10m FT8 1392 km 13:09:59
EA4GXJ 10m FT8 1325 km 12:23:44
PD3AFI 10m FT8 885 km 12:12:44
EA4AAI 10m FT8 1324 km 12:11:29
EA7DZ 10m FT8 1633 km 11:53:44
PD4MLS 10m FT8 947 km 11:50:29
EA5DQW 10m FT8 1508 km 11:39:59
EA4CUO 10m FT8 1499 km 11:26:29
G0OYQ 10m FT8 579 km 11:25:59
EA3HKQ 10m FT8 1391 km 11:25:44
EA1EAS 10m FT8 1232 km 11:21:44
EB5CS 10m FT8 1458 km 11:15:29
EA5SB 10m FT8 1467 km 11:04:29
SN6P 10m FT8 1792 km 11:04:14
DO2SBS 10m FT8 1537 km 10:59:44
EA3KU 10m FT8 1405 km 10:59:29
EA7CU 10m FT8 1732 km 10:58:44
IK0RMR 10m FT8 1985 km 10:56:59
EB4HDM 10m FT8 1301 km 10:55:59
EB3JT 10m FT8 1396 km 10:53:59
F6ECI 10m FT8 1053 km 10:53:14
M3ECT 10m FT8 441 km 10:52:59
EA5DNO 10m FT8 1466 km 10:46:44
EA4MD 10m FT8 1323 km 10:46:44
F1LII 10m FT8 1196 km 10:45:44
RA2FL 10m FT8 1920 km 10:29:14
IK1JGS 10m FT8 1482 km 10:15:29
MM0HVU 10m FT8 543 km 10:12:59
CS7AOM 10m FT8 1285 km 10:10:44
F6EAZ 10m FT8 1087 km 10:03:29
IZ2CPO 10m FT8 1486 km 09:58:44
OZ3AT 10m FT8 1395 km 09:55:29
EA3IDY 10m FT8 1343 km 09:50:14
IU0MBJ 10m FT8 1925 km 09:38:59
EA7AMX 10m FT8 1731 km 09:38:14
EA5UI 10m FT8 1634 km 09:37:14
IZ0ZIP 10m FT8 2039 km 09:36:14
IS0DCR 10m FT8 1823 km 09:31:44
IW1AYD 10m FT8 1396 km 09:26:44
DF4XX 10m FT8 1261 km 09:21:44
IK3VZO 10m FT8 1638 km 09:16:59
IZ3QOI 10m FT8 1717 km 09:16:44
OK4RQ 10m FT8 1538 km 09:15:29
IS0KNG 10m FT8 1940 km 09:12:55
IK2ZEC 10m FT8 1464 km 09:11:44
IK2RZL 10m FT8 1438 km 09:09:44
ON4ARJ 10m FT8 890 km 09:08:14
DO9REF 10m FT8 1121 km 09:07:29
EA3DN 10m FT8 1391 km 09:06:59
OK1DOZ 10m FT8 1694 km 09:03:59
OK1FED 10m FT8 1593 km 09:02:14
IZ0FUW 10m FT8 1834 km 09:01:29
IZ5ILD 10m FT8 1674 km 09:00:29
EA7CB 10m FT8 1727 km 08:59:29
R6AV 10m FT8 3474 km 08:58:14
DK7ZT 10m FT8 1185 km 08:55:59
I6PQE 10m FT8 1867 km 08:53:14
IU4BIP 10m FT8 1662 km 08:52:44
IZ2ODN 10m FT8 1582 km 08:48:44
IK6VEM 10m FT8 2022 km 08:48:29
9A0W 10m FT8 1883 km 08:45:44
SV1LHZ 10m FT8 2840 km 08:45:29
SP9UPH 10m FT8 1892 km 08:43:29
IK0RNU 10m FT8 1945 km 08:42:44
GD0TEP 10m FT8 365 km 08:41:44
DL3TN 10m FT8 1057 km 08:40:59
IZ4DYU 10m FT8 1620 km 08:37:14
R4AAR 10m FT8 3693 km 08:26:14
IZ0MYH 10m FT8 1791 km 08:25:29
HA7XC 10m FT8 2112 km 08:23:29
HA7ME 10m FT8 2116 km 08:23:29
IW4DLP 10m FT8 1646 km 08:18:29
IW3SGT 10m FT8 1755 km 08:13:29
E73DN 10m FT8 2169 km 08:09:44
EA7ARG 10m FT8 1611 km 07:59:14
HG8LXL 10m FT8 2129 km 07:56:44
9A3GNG 10m FT8 1875 km 07:55:59
OE1KRQ 10m FT8 1795 km 07:55:59
EB7DIJ 10m FT8 1625 km 07:44:29
HA5KN 10m FT8 2032 km 07:42:44
CT1GVN 10m FT8 1643 km 07:26:31
OZ7FOC 10m FT8 1318 km 05:46:46