Opening on 28 MHz from Alaska to Europe - 11th June 2021

Friday 11th June 2021: There was an interesting opening on 28 MHz on the morning of the 11th of June between Europe and Alaska. This is pretty unusual at this point of the sunspot cycle and especially during the Summer months.

The map above shows the signal paths to KL2R in Alaska. As the signals between Europe and Alaska pass near the Geomagnetic North Pole, they are often distorted with an auroral tone to the signals. It's suprising to see FT8 digital signals get through.

I guess there's always a chance that the station is a pirate but it does seem to be hearing both Europe and Japan on 28 MHz and there is nothing from the USA.

I heard the German Icebreaker station DP0POL several times on WSPR today on 28 MHz and that ship is currently just west of Svalbard. The distance is about 3000kms so there is something going on to the north on 28 MHz.

I have included a list of the stations heard by KL2R in Alaska below. You can check the times and see if the path opens again. It would be really interesting to see more reports of Alaskan stations on 28 MHz.

Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
OE4ATS 10m FT8 7406 km 06:11:41
RK4CH 10m FT8 6956 km 07:23:26
F5POE 10m FT8 7120 km 07:24:57
DL3ZAJ 10m FT8 7048 km 07:29:11
DG2GMW 10m FT8 7288 km 07:29:14
PD1LVK 10m FT8 6701 km 07:32:41
PE1POI 10m FT8 6833 km 07:32:44
F4GGJ 10m FT8 7660 km 07:37:41
IU5ICF 10m FT8 7898 km 07:46:29
ON7GB 10m FT8 6906 km 07:47:26
PG7M 10m FT8 6797 km 07:54:26
2E0MHG 10m FT8 6747 km 07:57:27
OS1WFF 10m FT8 6824 km 08:02:59
DL2ART 10m FT8 6953 km 08:03:26
PD4RD 10m FT8 6812 km 08:06:56
I6FDJ 10m FT8 7908 km 08:12:14
I4SJZ 10m FT8 7724 km 08:12:56
DB1LX 10m FT8 7075 km 08:14:26
PD1CW 10m FT8 6866 km 08:14:56
ON7DE 10m FT8 6902 km 08:15:11
PA3DUU 10m FT8 6812 km 08:16:26
F5JY 10m FT8 7755 km 08:17:41
F5IGF 10m FT8 7231 km 08:18:56
DL2YCD 10m FT8 6875 km 08:20:56
PA3CAU 10m FT8 6845 km 08:22:56
PA1SH 10m FT8 6859 km 08:22:57
PD5BUS 10m FT8 6792 km 08:24:59
DL4DW 10m FT8 7024 km 08:25:56
ON6TA 10m FT8 6932 km 08:26:59
DD9WG 10m FT8 7067 km 08:27:26
ON4GPN 10m FT8 6964 km 08:27:29
PE0TS 10m FT8 6796 km 08:27:56
OO7B 10m FT8 6880 km 08:28:29
OQ4U 10m FT8 6919 km 08:32:11
M7CMS 10m FT8 6775 km 08:32:11
2E0SRO 10m FT8 6806 km 08:33:56
M0CSD 10m FT8 6431 km 08:34:26
ON9KAT 10m FT8 6887 km 08:34:41
M0KCM 10m FT8 6641 km 08:39:41
G0OYQ 10m FT8 6517 km 08:40:56
PC3T 10m FT8 6894 km 08:42:56
DO8MN 10m FT8 6938 km 08:43:11
PD2V 10m FT8 6792 km 08:44:12
G3TKK 10m FT8 6474 km 08:46:56
M6UKZ 10m FT8 6624 km 08:51:41
9A0W 10m FT8 7643 km 08:53:56
2E0EIM 10m FT8 6409 km 08:53:59
2E0FGA 10m FT8 6576 km 08:54:26
EA2KR 10m FT8 7677 km 09:11:59
DL4DBL 10m FT8 6890 km 09:13:26
G4HZW 10m FT8 6534 km 09:13:26
PA0ZH 10m FT8 6703 km 09:13:41
DL2ZT 10m FT8 7058 km 09:22:26
M0BEN 10m FT8 6646 km 09:23:11
PA2RU 10m FT8 6744 km 09:23:56
G8BCG 10m FT8 6796 km 09:25:14
EA8RH 10m FT8 8820 km 09:27:26
CS7APZ 10m FT8 7787 km 09:28:26
IK1GPG 10m FT8 7646 km 09:38:11
F5ADE 10m FT8 7303 km 09:38:42
M7AWF 10m FT8 6798 km 09:39:59
F4DIA 10m FT8 7455 km 09:42:41
F5RRS 10m FT8 7469 km 10:13:44
DL5NAM 10m FT8 7145 km 10:15:56
F4CTJ 10m FT8 6988 km 10:35:44
DL9PA 10m FT8 6860 km 10:38:41
ON5ZZ 10m FT8 6888 km 10:56:44
DL8AKI 10m FT8 6942 km 11:03:11
PD1MV 10m FT8 6710 km 11:07:41
PD7RF 10m FT8 6733 km 11:42:11
F5CUN 10m FT8 7363 km 12:48:56