15,000km Opening on 50 MHz between Western Australia and Europe - 16th June 2021

Wednesday 16th June 2021: There was another opening on the 50 MHz band between Australia and Europe on the 16th. This one was slightly different in that it went from the west coast of Australia to the UK & Ireland.

The distances to Western Europe are in the region of 14,000 to 15,000 kms. If we subscribe to the idea that it was via multi-hop Sporadic-E all the way then at least 7 hops are required. I suspect though that the large TEP (Trans-Equatorial Propagation) zone centred either side of the geomagnetic equator may have been a factor.

It would be interested to hear if anyone experienced skewed paths.

I have included a list of stations heard on FT8 below.

Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
EI4DQ VK6KXW 6m FT8 15119 km 07:19:14
EI8KN VK6KXW 6m FT8 15058 km 07:33:14
G8BCG VK6KXW 6m FT8 14873 km 07:18:14
VK6KXW G8BCG 6m FT8 14873 km 06:39:27
G1SDX VK6KXW 6m FT8 14802 km 07:32:14
G3XTT VK6KXW 6m FT8 14745 km 07:33:29
G4VPD VK6KXW 6m FT8 14689 km 06:47:29
G4CCZ VK6KXW 6m FT8 14593 km 07:23:59
F4BKV VK6KXW 6m FT8 14555 km 07:35:14
F5LNU VK6KXW 6m FT8 14427 km 07:36:29
ON8DM VK6KXW 6m FT8 14356 km 07:12:44
F6GCP VK6KXW 6m FT8 14323 km 07:23:59
F5BZB VK6KXW 6m FT8 14313 km 07:19:14
F6AGM VK6KXW 6m FT8 14305 km 08:25:29
ON4IQ VK6KXW 6m FT8 14270 km 07:00:14
ON4AOI VK6KXW 6m FT8 14269 km 06:48:14
PE5T VK6KXW 6m FT8 14159 km 06:43:14
DF2UU VK6KXW 6m FT8 13883 km 06:27:44
IZ1LBG VK6KXW 6m FT8 13867 km 07:34:44
IZ2MHO VK6KXW 6m FT8 13796 km 07:41:44
II4SWE VK6KXW 6m FT8 13712 km 07:18:59
IK4IYC VK6KXW 6m FT8 13712 km 07:05:59
DK1MAX VK6KXW 6m FT8 13700 km 06:59:44
IZ5IMD VK6KXW 6m FT8 13652 km 05:37:29
IS0AWZ VK6KXW 6m FT8 13612 km 07:33:14
I3QDK VK6KXW 6m FT8 13573 km 06:45:44
IZ0RVI VK6KXW 6m FT8 13489 km 07:39:29
OE3DSB VK6KXW 6m FT8 13472 km 06:36:14
IK0YVV VK6KXW 6m FT8 13466 km 08:04:44
S57RR VK6KXW 6m FT8 13454 km 06:22:14
IK0MHR VK6KXW 6m FT8 13443 km 07:55:29
OK1ADT VK6KXW 6m FT8 13422 km 07:02:44
IW0BSQ VK6KXW 6m FT8 13382 km 07:03:44
OE6IMD VK6KXW 6m FT8 13379 km 06:26:44
I6WJB VK6KXW 6m FT8 13313 km 07:33:44
IK6VEM VK6KXW 6m FT8 13294 km 08:25:29
9A4BT VK6KXW 6m FT8 13279 km 06:24:44
IU8FRF VK6KXW 6m FT8 13259 km 07:27:29
IZ8VYU VK6KXW 6m FT8 13259 km 07:04:14
IK8GYS VK6KXW 6m FT8 13258 km 07:56:44
IK8DYD VK6KXW 6m FT8 13253 km 05:46:14
9A6R VK6KXW 6m FT8 13180 km 07:09:14
E73S VK6KXW 6m FT8 13000 km 07:05:14
E73DPR VK6KXW 6m FT8 13000 km 06:48:44
4O3A VK6KXW 6m FT8 12971 km 06:35:44
UT7UV VK6KXW 6m FT8 12513 km 05:01:14
UX1UA VK6KXW 6m FT8 12495 km 05:51:14
UT5UGR VK6KXW 6m FT8 12462 km 05:37:14
UY7QN VK6KXW 6m FT8 12021 km 07:02:14
UR0MC VK6KXW 6m FT8 11898 km 05:07:14
UT8IO VK6KXW 6m FT8 11840 km 05:20:44