Thursday, June 17, 2021

3000km+ opening on 144 MHz from Spain to the Ukraine & Russia - 16th June 2021


Wednesday 16th June 2021: There were extensive Sporadic-E openings on 144 MHz on the 16th with many parts of Europe working other regions. The FT8 map above shows what looks like a double hop Sporadic-E opening from the south of Russia to the east coast of Spain, a distance well over 3000 kms.

The map below for EA5WU in the east of Spain shows the extent of the openings and again, it shows the double hop Sporadic-E to Russia and the Ukraine.


You'll notice that the Russian and Spanish stations were both hearing plenty of stations at the mid-point suggesting that it was double hop Sporadic-E in this instance.

Just for the record, I have put some of the logs from the PSK Report website below and there are some DX-Cluster spots at the end of the post.


 Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
RZ6DD EC5CIA 2m FT8 3432 km 08:53:15
EC5CIA RZ6DD 2m FT8 3432 km 07:52:29
RZ6DD EA5WU 2m FT8 3391 km 08:53:12
RZ6DD EA3DBJ 2m FT8 3287 km 09:16:14
EA3DBJ RZ6DD 2m FT8 3287 km 08:49:29
RZ6DD EB3FRN 2m FT8 3247 km 09:16:12
EA3NJ RZ6DD 2m FT8 3190 km 09:16:29
EB3JT RZ6DD 2m FT8 3186 km 08:49:59
RZ6DD EA3BS 2m FT8 3163 km 08:52:14
RZ6DD EA3GLE 2m FT8 3154 km 08:52:11
EA3GLE RZ6DD 2m FT8 3154 km 08:37:59

Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
R6AM EC5CIA 2m FT8 3436 km 08:35:44
RZ6DD EC5CIA 2m FT8 3432 km 08:53:15
EC5CIA RZ6DD 2m FT8 3432 km 07:52:29
RK6BAG EC5CIA 2m FT8 3279 km 08:52:29
R6AS EC5CIA 2m FT8 3161 km 08:26:29
EC5CIA US5VAC 2m FT8 2835 km 09:08:12
TA2NC EC5CIA 2m FT8 2812 km 07:13:44

Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
R6AM EA5WU 2m FT8 3396 km 07:46:26
RZ6DD EA5WU 2m FT8 3391 km 08:53:12
RK6BAG EA5WU 2m FT8 3239 km 08:06:26
EA5WU US4IEK 2m FT8 3127 km 09:03:14
R6AS EA5WU 2m FT8 3120 km 07:48:56
EA5WU TA2NC 2m FT8 2779 km 07:05:26
EA5WU OY1OF 2m FT8 2505 km 10:17:14

Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
EA3DBJ R6FFB 2m FT8 3448 km 08:51:29
EA3DBJ R6AM 2m FT8 3291 km 08:49:29
EA3DBJ RZ6DD 2m FT8 3287 km 08:49:29
RV6BH EA3DBJ 2m FT8 3138 km 09:06:10
EA3DBJ RA6C 2m FT8 3091 km 09:07:59
EA3DBJ US4IEK 2m FT8 3016 km 09:13:26
EA3DBJ R6AS 2m FT8 3016 km 09:17:12
EA3DBJ US5VAC 2m FT8 2678 km 09:07:56

EB3FRN
Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
R6AM 2m FT8 3252 km 09:21:12
RZ6DD 2m FT8 3247 km 09:16:12
RX6DN 2m FT8 3099 km 09:04:12
RK6BAG 2m FT8 3095 km 08:48:29
RA6C 2m FT8 3051 km 09:06:42
UA6BAC 2m FT8 2992 km 09:04:42
R6AS 2m FT8 2977 km 09:07:42

EA3NJ
Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
R6FFB 2m FT8 3352 km 08:56:59
R6AM 2m FT8 3195 km 09:07:29
RZ6DD 2m FT8 3190 km 09:16:29
RX6DN 2m FT8 3042 km 09:04:29
RA6C 2m FT8 2994 km 09:00:30
R6AS 2m FT8 2920 km 09:06:56

Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
R6AM EC5CIA 2m FT8 3436 km 08:35:44
R6AM EC5WR 2m FT8 3411 km 08:28:44
R6AM EA5WU 2m FT8 3396 km 07:46:26
R6AM EA3DBJ 2m FT8 3291 km 08:49:10
R6AM EB3FRN 2m FT8 3252 km 09:21:12
EA3NJ R6AM 2m FT8 3195 km 09:07:29
R6AM EA3WD 2m FT8 3167 km 07:34:12
EA3GLE R6AM 2m FT8 3159 km 08:39:29

Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
EA3GLE R6AM 2m FT8 3159 km 08:39:29
EA3GLE RZ6DD 2m FT8 3154 km 08:37:59
RK6BAG EA3GLE 2m FT8 3002 km 08:50:57
UA6BAC EA3GLE 2m FT8 2898 km 09:05:12
R6AS EA3GLE 2m FT8 2884 km 08:55:27
EA3GLE US4IEK 2m FT8 2882 km 09:29:29

Cluster
de dx freq obs time
EA3NJ R6AS 144174 tnx qso 73 0910z 16 Jun
EB2FJN RX6DN 144174 IN83<>KN94 tnx b-13 3317km 0817z 16 Jun
EA5WU RZ6DD 144174 [LoTW] FT8 IM99WU<>LN04MX 0748z 16 Jun
EA5WU R6AM 144174 FT8 IM99WU<>LN05NA 0746z 16 Jun

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