Opening on 28 MHz between Alaska and Europe - 30th June 2021

Wednesday 30th June 2021: This was an unusual day in that there was an opening between Alaska and Europe on the 28 MHz band. The map above shows the 24 hour plots for KL7J for the FT8 digital mode. 

Usually signals passing over the Arctic region have a distinctive distortion so it's interesting to see the digital FT8 signals getting through.

I wonder if there are similar openings but nobody notices because the FT8 signals get too distorted?

Here are the DX-Cluster spots...

Spotter Freq. DX Time Info Country

SV2AEL 28074.0 KL7J 17:23 30 Jun tu 73! Alaska
PG7M 28074.0 KL7J 16:53 30 Jun What a surprise !!, tnx Alaska
KL7TC 28074.0 5B4AMM 09:10 30 Jun Cyprus
DO2HQS-@ 28074.0 KL7XO 07:20 30 Jun -08 73s Alaska

Some of the logs from the PSK Reporter website...

KL7XO
Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
LA7DFA 10m FT8 5644 km 07:21:44
DL4KCW 10m FT8 6984 km 07:19:44
PD1B 10m FT8 6784 km 07:19:41
SP7QJF 10m FT8 7172 km 07:14:42
LY5GT 10m FT8 6725 km 07:10:14
DO2HQS 10m FT8 6968 km 07:10:12
DL4SA 10m FT8 6724 km 07:09:42
SM2GHI 10m FT8 5488 km 07:09:30
KL2R 10m FT8 39 km 07:09:11

Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
KL7TC SM2GHI 10m FT8 5447 km 09:13:15
KL7TC DO1YGR 10m FT8 6841 km 09:10:58
PD7RF KL7TC 10m FT8 6736 km 09:09:41
KL7TC ON3RV 10m FT8 6903 km 09:08:59
KL7TC DO9KW 10m FT8 6744 km 09:08:29
KL7TC LA7DFA 10m FT8 5608 km 09:05:59
5B4AMM KL7TC 10m FT8 8904 km 09:05:41
KL7TC LX1HD 10m FT8 7072 km 09:04:57
KL7TC KL2R 10m FT8 24 km 09:04:56
KL7TC KJ6OVM 10m FT8 3473 km 09:04:56
PA3CNI KL7TC 10m FT8 6795 km 09:04:26
DO9KW KL7TC 10m FT8 6744 km 09:04:26

NL7S
Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
DG9FFM 10m FT8 7485 km 17:46:14
PA2M 10m FT8 7210 km 17:46:12
F5NEP 10m FT8 7449 km 17:46:12
KL2R 10m FT8 374 km 17:46:11
KL7DE 10m FT8 83 km 17:45:42
CT7ANO 10m FT8 8273 km 17:45:00
F6JON 10m FT8 7842 km 17:43:44
DG0OPK 10m FT8 7396 km 17:39:07
DL1NEO 10m FT8 7490 km 17:38:27
EA3WD 10m FT8 8265 km 17:38:00
G4DDK 10m FT8 7112 km 17:37:29
G0DWV 10m FT8 7036 km 17:36:59
OE9GHV 10m FT8 7744 km 17:33:30