Faroe Islands 10m beacon heard for the first time in 2020

Friday 1st May 2020. The Sporadic-E season seems to be full swing at the moment with openings every day on 28 MHz.

The map for FT8 looked pretty identical as the 30th of April with most of Europe covered and a small opening to the Caribbean and South America.

A total of 16 beacons were heard and are listed below.

The unusual ones were....

OY6BEC/B in the Faroe Islands. This is the first logging of this beacon this year for me which seems late. Last year in 2019, I heard it on the 10th. 24th & 26th of April.

PI7ETE/B in the Netherlands is always a nice one to hear. First off, it's about 1,000kms away and it's a sign of short skip and a high MUF. Second, it only runs 300 milliwatts to a small vertical in an attic of a house! When I hear that beacon then I know conditions on 28 MHz must be good.

EI7GL 28271.0 OZ7IGY/B 20:25 01 May IO51TUJO55WM Denmark
EI7GL 28298.0 SK7GH/B 20:24 01 May IO51TUJO77BF Sweden
EI7GL 28277.3 DM0AAB/B 20:22 01 May IO51TUJO54GH Fed. Rep. of Germany
EI7GL 28227.2 IW3FZQ/B 18:20 01 May IO51TUJN55VF Italy
EI7GL 28241.6 F5ZUU/B 15:08 01 May IO51TUJN24IL France
EI7GL 28235.0 OY6BEC/B 15:06 01 May IO51TUIP62MB Faroe Islands
EI7GL 28255.8 C30P/B 10:00 01 May IO51TUJN02SM Andorra
EI7GL 28301.8 PI7ETE/B 09:33 01 May IO51TUJO22QD Netherlands
EI7GL 28194.0 IW4EIR/B 09:30 01 May IO51TUJN54AS Italy
EI7GL 28245.2 DB0TEN/B 09:06 01 May IO51TUJO42UV Fed. Rep. of Germany
EI7GL 28241.6 F5ZUU/B 08:31 01 May IO51TUJN24IL France
EI7GL 28251.4 ED4YAK/B 08:30 01 May IO51TUIN80FK Spain
EI7GL 28322.6 F1VJT/B 08:27 01 May IO51TUJN33CI France
EI7GL 28279.0 DB0UM/B 08:26 01 May IO51TUJO73CE Fed. Rep. of Germany
EI7GL 28257.8 DK0TEN/B 08:25 01 May IO51TUJN47NT Fed. Rep. of Germany
EI7GL 28205.0 DL0IGI/B 08:23 01 May IO51TUJN57MT Fed. Rep. of Germany