On the 18th of July, I had a post up about the new US experimental station WL2XUP on the 40 MHz band. Just four days later on the 22nd of July, a WSPR signal from WL2XUP was heard across the Atlantic in England.
The owner of the experimental station WL2XUP is Lin, NI4Y and in a message he writes...
"I can report that VE3QC and VE2DLC received my station via Eskip on July 22nd. Shortly after VE3QC received my signal G7PUV received WL2XUP via multi hop Eskip. The following Day KI4RVH received the WSPR signal via what was likely tropo ducting.
VE3QC also reports hearing my FT8 signals transmitted later in the day on July 23rd.
2021-07-22 19:00 WL2XUP 40.663508 -26 -1 EM73vv 20 VE3QC FN25fk 1557 29 2
2021-07-22 20:42 WL2XUP 40.663488 -34 0 EM73vv 20 VE2DLC FN58rk 2155 35 2
2021-07-22 19:40 WL2XUP 40.663514 -26 -1 EM73 20 G7PUV JO00au 6869 46 2
2021-07-23 14:08 WL2XUP 40.663536 -13 -2 EM73 20 KI4RVH EM95 429 58 2"
Paul, G7PUV is located in the SE of England and was using an SDRPlay RSP1A SDR and a W4KMA 18-100MHz Log Periodic on a 6.2M boom up at 15M AGL.
Paul heard seven WSPR transmissions from WL2XUP between 19:40 and 20:42 UTC and the strongest signal was -16dB.
The 40 MHz trans-Atlantic opening coincided with a big opening on 50 MHz between Europe and North America.
Analysis: As NI4Y points out, this was very likely to be a multi-hop Sporadic-E opening across the North Atlantic with maybe 3-4 hops involved. What is significant about this reception report is not so much the distance but the fact that this is the first crossing of the Atlantic on the 40 MHz band.
During Sporadic-E openings on 50 MHz, it's very likely that paths on lower frequencies like 40 MHz will be open as well. It's just a question of more people listening on the band and reporting what they hear.
This new experimental 40 MHz station has already sparked some interest in the 8m band in North America so hopefully it will encourage activity on the band.
Update: The exact frequency was 40.662 MHz USB with the WPSR signals roughly 1.5kHz higher.
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2 comments:
Hello a beautiful pull up across the ocean there is the possibility Italy to be able to transmit I have to wait a lot
An amateur band on 40MHz could be quite useful during the next solar cycle peak if the predictions are anything to go by.
I monitored Low VHF from 26-50MHz for the duration of cycle 24 and while I logged 39 and 42MHz US utility comms a number of times at the peak there were little if any contacts made on 50MHz.
My thanks to Lin for investing in this experiment, one day I hope he can log a UK beacon!
Paul G7PUV
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