Big TEP opening on 144 MHz between South America & the Caribbean - 1st Feb 2022

Tuesday 1st February 2022: The impressive looking map above is from the PSK Reporter website and it shows some of the paths that were open on 144 MHz on the the 1st of February between South America and the Caribbean.

And yes, that's 144 MHz! ...the VHF band that is supposed to be 'line of sight' as we're often told.

Most of the contacts were between 3,700 and 6,000 kms.

The opening which was around 01:00 UTC or 20:00 local time was due of course to TEP - Trans-Equatorial Propagation. Most of the paths on 144 MHz were at right angles relative to the Geomagnetic Equator.

Most of the contacts seem to with the Q65 mode with a few on FT & SSB.

Here are the 144 MHz spots on the DX-Cluster from Brazil & Argentina...

 Spotter Freq. DX Time Info Country
PY2SRB-@ 144174.0 FM5CS 01:37 01 Feb FT8 Martinique
LU4DJC-@ 144180.0 PJ4GR 01:23 01 Feb TEP Q65B Bonaire
PY5AM 144174.0 FM5CS 01:21 01 Feb FT8 +1 dB 1362 Hz Martinique
LU4DJC-@ 144180.0 PJ4MM 01:20 01 Feb TEP Q65B Bonaire
LU4DJC-@ 144180.0 PJ2BR 01:19 01 Feb TEP Q65B Curacao
LU4DJC-@ 144180.0 HI8GSP 01:18 01 Feb TEP Q65B Dominican Republic
LU2DPW-@ 144180.0 HI8GSP 01:15 01 Feb TKS Q65B QSO 73 Dominican Republic
LU1FAM-@ 144180.0 HI8DL 01:11 01 Feb Dominican Republic
LU1FAM-@ 144180.0 HI8GSP 01:06 01 Feb Dominican Republic 
PY2SRB-@ 144180.0 9Y4D 00:41 01 Feb Q65B 15s CQ Trinidad & Tobago
PY2SRB-@ 144180.0 WP3DN 00:34 01 Feb Q65B 15s CQ Puerto Rico
PY2SRB-@ 144180.0 NP4BM 00:26 01 Feb q65b tu Puerto Rico
PY5EK 144181.0 WP4G 00:25 01 Feb Q65B -1 dB 1236 Hz tnx tep Puerto Rico
PY2SRB-@ 144180.0 WP4G 00:25 01 Feb q65b tu Puerto Rico
PY5EK 144300.0 NP4BM 00:12 01 Feb TNX 55 IN GG43 Puerto Rico
PY2SRB-@ 144180.0 WP4KJJ 00:08 01 Feb q65b 15s -1 Puerto Rico
PY5EK 144180.0 WP4KJJ 00:02 01 Feb Q65B +5 dB 1543 Hz TNX TEP Puerto Rico

Link...

1) Some other examples of long distance paths on 2m can be found on my 144 MHz page.