Opening to Africa on 28 MHz - Sun 22nd March 2020

There was a modest opening on 28 MHz to Africa on Sunday the 22nd of March 2020 with FT8 signals from Gabon and South Africa being heard. I suspect a lot more stations in Africa would have been heard if they were actually on air.

One lone decode from PU2VLW in Brazil was also heard. This is the 10th day out of the last 13 days that I have heard Brazil on the 10-metre band.

There was also a modest Sporadic-E opening to Europe.

Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
CT1FSC 10m FT8 1440 km 18:25:44
CT1IUA 10m FT8 1649 km 17:48:29
CT1EXR 10m FT8 1635 km 17:46:14
F4IDT 10m FT8 1034 km 17:29:17
MM3NRX 10m FT8 622 km 17:07:59
DJ8QX 10m FT8 1058 km 17:04:15
EI7HVB 10m FT8 90 km 16:09:29
DJ6GK 10m FT8 1196 km 16:06:59
G0MBL 10m FT8 675 km 16:06:59
EI3JB 10m FT8 96 km 15:50:29
IZ8WGU 10m FT8 2389 km 15:33:45
IU8JPG 10m FT8 2116 km 15:15:30
EA3IGU 10m FT8 1409 km 14:51:46
EA5AD 10m FT8 1650 km 14:39:29
ZS1SC 10m FT8 9645 km 14:26:59
TR8CA 10m FT8 5948 km 14:07:14
ZS1SBW 10m FT8 9913 km 13:52:44
F5FDC 10m FT8 1132 km 13:49:29
EA7D 10m FT8 1715 km 13:30:29
IZ8CPZ 10m FT8 2100 km 13:01:59
IK7LJZ 10m FT8 2146 km 12:24:44
IZ6BXV 10m FT8 1987 km 12:23:59
IU7MZC 10m FT8 2253 km 12:10:59
IU7HDQ 10m FT8 2209 km 12:00:29
I0UZF 10m FT8 1828 km 11:56:14
F4BVK 10m FT8 1171 km 10:03:16

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