Opening to Angola on 28 MHz - Thurs 16th May 2019

Thursday the 16th of May 2019 was really a day of two halves on 28 MHz.

In the morning, it was really quiet with nothing being heard. It reminded me of one of those days in November when the band can seem totally dead.

It was only really around 15:00 UTC that the Sporadic-E appeared on the band with stations in Italy being heard mainly.

Notes...

1) In terms of DX, several stations from Brazil were heard as well as SU9JG in Egypt and UW5EJXX/MM off the coast of Angola.

2) The last European station from Portugal was heard was at 18:46 UTC. UW5EJX/MM was the only signal on the band until it closed at 19:12 UTC.

3) The map below shows the European stations heard and the pickings were slim. The opening to Italy seemed to be reasonable while it was a lot more patchy to Spain.

This is reflected in the beacons heard on 28 MHz with just two from Italy
EI7GL 28218.0 IQ5MS/B 15:56 16 May IO51TU JN54AB Italy
EI7GL 28240.0 IZ8RVA/B 14:57 16 May IO51TUJN70LI Italy

Ever since the big opening last Sunday, it seems as if every day is getting progressively worse.

In total, I uploaded 117 reports from 83 stations in 17 countries to the PSK Reporter website.

These are the stations heard...



CT1PT 10m FT8 1466 km 18:35:29
CS7AFM 10m FT8 1478 km 18:34:29
CT7AQS 10m FT8 1340 km 18:12:59
CT1ILT 10m FT8 1223 km 18:03:15
EI7HDB 10m FT8 152 km 18:01:59
EA1CCM 10m FT8 1066 km 17:59:14
IZ8OFO 10m FT8 2141 km 17:59:14
EA7FKY 10m FT8 1741 km 17:57:44
IU0MBJ 10m FT8 1925 km 17:54:14
EA7FMT 10m FT8 1625 km 17:53:14
CN8AM 10m FT8 2023 km 17:52:44
IZ0ZIP 10m FT8 2039 km 17:48:14
7X2TT 10m FT8 1902 km 17:46:59
EA3BKI 10m FT8 1400 km 17:43:29
PY4AZ 10m FT8 8616 km 17:43:15
PY2RSA 10m FT8 9073 km 17:42:29
IW8RPQ 10m FT8 2343 km 17:39:59
EA1YV 10m FT8 1084 km 17:35:14
IZ0AEC 10m FT8 1916 km 17:34:59
PY2GIG 10m FT8 9187 km 17:34:59
IK6UGD 10m FT8 1887 km 17:34:30
IS0GFV 10m FT8 1830 km 17:26:00
IZ4JMA 10m FT8 1628 km 17:25:44
CT7AQD 10m FT8 1297 km 17:21:14
EA5SB 10m FT8 1467 km 17:20:14
DL8ALH 10m FT8 1405 km 17:18:14
IK8OZZ 10m FT8 2123 km 17:16:59
EA8AE 10m FT8 2696 km 17:14:14
EA5IKP 10m FT8 1619 km 17:14:00
CT1APN 10m FT8 1343 km 17:13:05
IZ0PMP 10m FT8 1976 km 17:12:44
IU5GVH 10m FT8 1659 km 17:11:29
IW8AOF 10m FT8 2109 km 17:08:59
EA5ICV 10m FT8 1507 km 17:07:59
EA6SB 10m FT8 1647 km 17:07:14
EA5XY 10m FT8 1509 km 17:06:59
IK0VTG 10m FT8 1935 km 17:05:59
IK0RMR 10m FT8 1985 km 17:05:29
EA5AMC 10m FT8 1567 km 17:02:14
IZ5JNO 10m FT8 1677 km 17:00:44
PU5BOY 10m FT8 9550 km 16:59:29
EA5ICS 10m FT8 1588 km 16:58:59
EA5UI 10m FT8 1634 km 16:57:29
PY2CX 10m FT8 9164 km 16:56:30
IU8GWJ 10m FT8 2147 km 16:49:59
IZ5EKW 10m FT8 1707 km 16:49:30
EA5AIM 10m FT8 1632 km 16:46:59
PY4WL 10m FT8 8715 km 16:46:30
EA5FSJ 10m FT8 1611 km 16:45:59
IW5BHU 10m FT8 1615 km 16:45:18
IU7AFF 10m FT8 2235 km 16:44:14
EC6DX 10m FT8 1647 km 16:40:44
IZ4IRX 10m FT8 1708 km 16:34:59
IK0RNU 10m FT8 1945 km 16:34:14
IK6GZM 10m FT8 1919 km 16:33:59
SV9RNG 10m FT8 3271 km 16:30:59
EA3VM 10m FT8 1407 km 16:30:59
F6BNX 10m FT8 1468 km 16:27:30
EB3ENW 10m FT8 1393 km 16:27:14
EB3TC 10m FT8 1394 km 16:27:14
IW0AEN 10m FT8 1929 km 16:23:59
PY2XRP 10m FT8 9132 km 16:21:59
EA6AAB 10m FT8 1607 km 16:20:29
I4WQH 10m FT8 1662 km 16:17:59
I7UNU 10m FT8 2258 km 16:15:44
EA6AU 10m FT8 1603 km 16:08:59
PD1BHZ 10m FT8 961 km 16:07:59
IZ0EGA 10m FT8 1930 km 16:07:44
SU9JG 10m FT8 4036 km 16:00:59
IZ0MON 10m FT8 1940 km 15:57:14
I0MOM 10m FT8 1923 km 15:42:14
EA5FWW 10m FT8 1643 km 15:41:44
IW0RQJ 10m FT8 1847 km 15:40:44
IS0DCR 10m FT8 1823 km 15:36:44
IZ0HAP 10m FT8 1882 km 15:35:59
IW9HRZ 10m FT8 2480 km 15:31:29
F5OHM 10m FT8 919 km 15:27:14
IS0ANW 10m FT8 1950 km 15:25:59
EA5IBI 10m FT8 1578 km 15:14:44
IZ8VYU 10m FT8 2076 km 15:10:59
IZ0GYP 10m FT8 1927 km 15:06:44
IK8HVO 10m FT8 2115 km 14:58:59
IW0FEK 10m FT8 1945 km 14:48:16
RA2FL 10m FT8 1920 km 14:36:14