Sunday, January 12, 2020

28 MHz wide open again - Sun 12th Jan 2020


28 MHz was wide open to Europe again today with loads of Sporadic-E signals on the band. Despite the fact that it's the middle of January, the band was as good as many days during the summer months.

The skip distance was slightly longer today compared to yesterday with not too many from the Netherlands making it through.

There were a few long distance stations heard which I assume were via double hop Sporadic-E but I guess you can never be too sure on 28 MHz. It's just possible some of the more southerly ones were via F2.

Two signals that stood out were LA5SJA way up in the north of Norway. I'd guess he must be in almost 24 hours of darkness at the moment. Also heard was R9XM deep into Russia.

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