Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Opening to Algeria and Saudi Arabia on 28 MHz - Tues 7th Apr 2020


Tuesday 7th April 2020. This was one of those days where there was hardly a murmur out of the radio on the FT8 frequency on 28 MHz yet there were still a good number of stations recorded.

Most of the 59 stations heard were probably via Sporadic-E although it's heard to be sure about HZ1SK in Saudi Arabia as that could have been multi-hop Sp-E or F2.

As we move further into April, we should start seeing more Sporadic-E openings.

List of stations heard in order of distance...



Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
HZ1SK 10m FT8 5273 km 11:18:29
IW8PQU 10m FT8 2391 km 13:03:44
IZ8WGU 10m FT8 2389 km 12:27:14
IZ7NQN 10m FT8 2181 km 10:56:59
IZ8XQC 10m FT8 2147 km 11:35:59
IZ8OFO 10m FT8 2141 km 12:29:44
IZ8DUD 10m FT8 2123 km 11:57:59
IK8OZZ 10m FT8 2122 km 12:24:29
IU8CDL 10m FT8 2098 km 12:31:59
IZ0GIY 10m FT8 1979 km 12:05:44
IW0HBY 10m FT8 1924 km 11:47:59
IK6FAW 10m FT8 1919 km 11:26:59
7X2KF 10m FT8 1868 km 15:09:59
SM0MLZ 10m FT8 1867 km 12:37:44
IW0RQJ 10m FT8 1849 km 11:27:44
I4SJZ 10m FT8 1727 km 11:12:00
I5GJK 10m FT8 1685 km 11:59:14
EA5AD 10m FT8 1650 km 11:42:59
IW4AZY 10m FT8 1647 km 14:24:59
EA6EA 10m FT8 1631 km 14:12:59
EA5GJT 10m FT8 1623 km 15:34:59
EA5CLH 10m FT8 1600 km 15:12:29
IU2KXV 10m FT8 1489 km 11:27:44
EA5WU 10m FT8 1477 km 15:24:44
IZ2LSP 10m FT8 1475 km 15:06:29
EA5RU 10m FT8 1466 km 15:11:59
IK2GSO 10m FT8 1452 km 11:44:14
DO2VI 10m FT8 1448 km 12:31:14
I1YTO 10m FT8 1443 km 11:47:59
EA3NP 10m FT8 1415 km 14:15:14
EA3NW 10m FT8 1410 km 14:45:29
EA3GNR 10m FT8 1409 km 14:25:44
EA3GZL 10m FT8 1401 km 14:01:44
I1JTQ 10m FT8 1401 km 10:54:14
EB3DKE 10m FT8 1389 km 15:13:44
EA3AXV 10m FT8 1389 km 14:47:59
EA3HKA 10m FT8 1369 km 14:30:44
OZ3BEN 10m FT8 1367 km 12:04:29
EA3FHP 10m FT8 1365 km 14:47:44
EA3IGW 10m FT8 1352 km 15:14:29
DL8MKG 10m FT8 1327 km 12:04:59
DO1LM 10m FT8 1285 km 12:27:29
DH2LAB 10m FT8 1261 km 12:30:59
F8AXO 10m FT8 1257 km 13:15:14
F5RRS 10m FT8 1251 km 14:46:14
PD0ADC 10m FT8 1028 km 13:31:59
DL4CQ 10m FT8 1028 km 10:38:29
PA3GPU 10m FT8 968 km 13:01:29
PD1BHZ 10m FT8 961 km 11:33:29
M1BXF 10m FT8 605 km 13:30:59
G0OYQ 10m FT8 579 km 13:00:59
G8FEK 10m FT8 566 km 13:30:59
M0NPT 10m FT8 507 km 13:31:44
2E0EEY 10m FT8 502 km 13:33:29
M6XDN 10m FT8 494 km 13:31:14
M0TTT 10m FT8 470 km 11:16:29
G6TAI 10m FT8 465 km 13:33:44
M5JPG 10m FT8 456 km 13:00:59
EI7JQ 10m FT8 261 km 13:00:29

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