A snapshot of conditions on 28 MHz - 28th Jan 2022

Friday 28th January 2022: As an experiment, I left my radio on 28.074 MHz to monitor the FT8 activity and to see what the current conditions on 10-metres are really like. The results are shown above and they show I heard 181 stations in 35 DXCC countries.

Every day, I listen for WSPR signals on 28 MHz and I know that I'm not seeing the full picture due to a lack of stations. FT8 is quite simply the best way at present to see what the conditions on a band are like.

In terms of DX, it's always nice to hear Australia on 28 MHz and I logged a total of 15 on FT8.

Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
VK1MA 10m FT8 17437 km 09:31:29
VK3MH 10m FT8 17420 km 10:19:14
VK3TU 10m FT8 17408 km 11:00:44
VK5PW 10m FT8 16800 km 08:35:44
VK5GR 10m FT8 16794 km 09:45:59
VK5ST 10m FT8 16787 km 10:20:14
VK5NEC 10m FT8 16784 km 08:41:29
VK6APK 10m FT8 15125 km 09:42:59
VK6IR 10m FT8 15097 km 10:57:44
VK6RK 10m FT8 15064 km 11:07:44
VK6DW 10m FT8 15061 km 09:45:29
VK6OZ 10m FT8 15056 km 10:44:59
VK6BAS 10m FT8 15037 km 10:41:44
VK6JJJ 10m FT8 15037 km 09:28:59
VK8TH 10m FT8 14349 km 10:20:14

I also heard the VK8VF beacon in Darwin on CW on 28.268 MHz.

Spotter Freq. DX Time Info Country

EI7GL 28268 VK8VF/B 10:13 28 Jan 22 IO51TU<F2>PH57KP Australia

It's also worth noting the signals that were missing. There were hardly any stations from North America and there was nothing from Japan. The solar flux on the day was 107 which is still pretty modest. 

Back to WSPR tomorrow 👍