Even though we have passed the peak of the current sunspot cycle, conditions on the higher HF bands and the low VHF region are still very good.
On the 8th of November 2025, Paul G7PUV reports an opening from the UK to Australia on the 40 MHz (8m) band.
The map above from PSK Reporter shows the paths open for Paul using his G9PUV callsign. Paul reports that he managed to complete a contact with Joe, VK8VTX in the far north of Australia.
PSK Reporter didn't show the path so it's a reminder that while the website is a very useful tool, it may not give the full story.
This is the screenshot for the 8th of November 2025 for the 40 MHz band and it shows all the paths recorded.
Note that there may be a few paths in the map which are mistakes and are for other bands! However, you can see the 40 MHz from the north of Australia to Europe, the path north from ZS6WAB in South Africa to Europe and the paths from the Dominican Republic to Europe.
While the good conditions help, the one big change of late on the 40 MHz band is the permission given to radio amateurs in Spain and Italy to use the 8m band.
The list of the path shown in the map above are listed below...
C5R IK6HRB 8m FT8 4385 km 14:59:14 -20
CX3DMP IK6HRB 8m FT8 11158 km 14:24:14 -18
EA1TX HI0SDR/3 8m FT8 6582 km 12:08:30 -22
EA1TX G9PUV 8m FT8 1086 km 11:55:45 -21
EA1TX EA7KBX 8m FT8 524 km 12:17:11 -15
EA2B HI0SDR 8m FT8 6931 km 13:23:30 -22
EA2B S50B 8m FT8 1283 km 13:19:43 -20
EA2B IK6HRB 8m FT8 1140 km 08:38:44 -22
EA2B LX5JX 8m FT8 1080 km 13:19:42 -19
EA2B G9PUV 8m FT8 1026 km 13:24:15 -20
EA3ERE VK8VTX 8m FT8 14130 km 09:27:14 -18
EA3ERE HI0SDR 8m FT8 7193 km 12:53:00 -20
EA3ERE HI0SDR/3 8m FT8 7167 km 12:40:30 -21
EA3ERE OZ4VV 8m FT8 1731 km 12:48:14 -5
EA3ERE S50B 8m FT8 1033 km 12:54:13 -18
EA3ERE G9PUV 8m FT8 1000 km 12:18:15 -18
EA3ERE LX5JX 8m FT8 945 km 12:49:12 -12
EA3ERE EA7KBX 8m FT8 630 km 08:26:42 -9
EA3ERE EA3HDZ 8m FT8 60 km 12:47:44 -10
EA3HDZ VK8VTX 8m FT8 14150 km 09:33:11 -13
EA3HDZ OPENRX 8m FT8 14121 km 10:21:15 -20
EA3HDZ HI0SDR 8m FT8 7194 km 12:30:30 -19
EA3HDZ SR4BBX 8m FT8 1902 km 11:15:00 -24
EA3HDZ OZ4VV 8m FT8 1791 km 12:28:44 -13
EA3HDZ S56KZ 8m FT8 1182 km 11:13:44 -20
EA3HDZ S57TW 8m FT8 1103 km 10:22:29 -17
EA3HDZ S50B 8m FT8 1065 km 11:44:43 -19
EA3HDZ G9PUV 8m FT8 1060 km 12:29:44 -20
EA3HDZ LX5JX 8m FT8 1004 km 11:34:12 -17
EA3HDZ IK6HRB 8m FT8 899 km 14:09:44 -24
EA3HDZ IW4EGP 8m FT8 895 km 14:14:14 -22
EA3HDZ EA7KBX 8m FT8 582 km 14:09:11 -18
EA3HDZ IK1GPG 8m FT8 562 km 10:56:44 -13
EA3HDZ EA3ERE 8m FT8 60 km 17:58:44 -14
EA3HZJ EA3HDZ 8m FT8 10 km 18:04:29 -1
EA7DW EA8BFK 8m FT8 1219 km 10:56:00
EA7DW HC02 8m FT8 160 km 10:55:14 -13
EA7KBX HI0SDR/3 8m FT8 6824 km 12:09:45 -20
EA7KBX EI3KF 8m FT8 1876 km 11:37:11 -17
EA7KBX G9PUV 8m FT8 1502 km 11:46:14 -21
EA7KBX WESSEXSDR3 8m FT8 1478 km 11:37:30 -23
EA7KBX WESSEXSDR8 8m FT8 1478 km 11:37:30 -6
EA7KBX EA8BFK 8m FT8 1463 km 12:09:45
EA7KBX EA8JF 8m FT8 1412 km 11:39:11 -15
EA8JF LW4EDG 8m FT8 8951 km 16:05:27 -12
EA8JF HI0SDR/3 8m FT8 5824 km 13:18:15 0
EA8JF HI0SDR 8m FT8 5809 km 13:18:15 -6
EA8JF KC2G 8m FT8 5565 km 16:11:42
EA8JF N2YCH-1 8m FT8 5486 km 16:06:45
EA8JF VA2CY 8m FT8 5288 km 12:11:29 -21
EA8JF WW1L 8m FT8 5110 km 16:10:30 -22
EA8JF SR4BBX 8m FT8 3839 km 13:18:15 -13
EA8JF DM7BBH 8m FT8 3419 km 13:18:45 -13
EA8JF DG0OPK/8 8m FT8 3146 km 13:18:27 -3
EA8JF S51WX 8m FT8 3124 km 12:08:26 -2
EA8JF DH6YHO 8m FT8 3111 km 11:34:45 -9
EA8JF S57TW 8m FT8 3082 km 13:18:29 5
EA8JF S50B 8m FT8 3044 km 13:18:28 -1
EA8JF CAS4147 8m FT8 2966 km 12:17:59 -18
EA8JF ON5PU 8m FT8 2922 km 12:02:28 2
EA8JF ON4BCV 8m FT8 2919 km 12:08:26 -6
EA8JF DP5G 8m FT8 2917 km 11:47:45 -15
EA8JF OT4E/A 8m FT8 2894 km 11:47:45 -3
EA8JF LX5JX 8m FT8 2867 km 13:20:27 -19
EA8JF ON5LW 8m FT8 2860 km 12:08:26 -14
EA8JF IW4EGP 8m FT8 2854 km 13:18:29 -14
EA8JF IT9VCE 8m FT8 2811 km 12:02:26 -3
EA8JF IT9KHI 8m FT8 2810 km 11:09:43 4
EA8JF HB9TTU 8m FT8 2810 km 11:47:45 -4
EA8JF IU0QVO 8m FT8 2799 km 13:18:27 4
EA8JF G4OGI 8m FT8 2761 km 12:08:27 -11
EA8JF IK0OKY 8m FT8 2731 km 13:18:26 11
EA8JF G9PUV 8m FT8 2686 km 12:08:30 -13
EA8JF IK1SKC 8m FT8 2650 km 12:12:56 12
EA8JF WESSEXSDR8 8m FT8 2587 km 12:01:45 -11
EA8JF F5EMT 8m FT8 2367 km 11:55:45 -6
EA8JF EA6VQ 8m FT8 1926 km 11:22:59 -20
EA8JF EA1IOK 8m FT8 1605 km 10:55:29 -19
EA8JF EA7KBX 8m FT8 1412 km 13:18:26 -17
EA8JF HC02 8m FT8 1051 km 10:55:59 -10
EA8JF EA8BFK 8m FT8 50 km 16:05:15
EB5GC OPENRX 8m FT8 14515 km 10:30:00 -13
EB5GC HI0SDR 8m FT8 6921 km 12:03:30 -18
EB5GC EA8BFK 8m FT8 1569 km 12:03:30
EB5GC EA8JF 8m FT8 1519 km 12:03:41 -17
EB5GC EA7KBX 8m FT8 106 km 17:07:56 -14
EI2IP G4OGI 8m FT8 675 km 08:07:44 -14
EI7HBB EA8BFK 8m FT8 2823 km 13:00:00
EI7HBB EI3KF 8m FT8 42 km 13:00:11 -9
G8VER EA8BFK 8m FT8 2817 km 11:59:45
G8VER IK0OKY 8m FT8 1478 km 12:27:56 -16
G8VER G0KTN 8m FT8 148 km 12:32:00 -15
G8VER G4OGI 8m FT8 117 km 12:27:59 -16
G8VER G7HMV 8m FT8 5 km 12:40:59 5
G9PUV OPENRX 8m FT8 13885 km 10:46:00 -15
G9PUV LW4EDG 8m FT8 11546 km 15:21:12 -17
G9PUV HI0SDR/3 8m FT8 6983 km 13:33:30 -22
G9PUV EA7KBX 8m FT8 1502 km 15:21:11 -13
G9PUV IK0OKY 8m FT8 1381 km 12:42:41 -17
G9PUV S50B 8m FT8 1167 km 12:40:43 -15
G9PUV IK1GPG 8m FT8 922 km 11:06:14 -14
G9PUV OZ4VV 8m FT8 899 km 12:40:45 -10
G9PUV DG0OPK/8 8m FT8 739 km 12:41:14 -21
G9PUV EI3KF 8m FT8 632 km 10:47:41 8
G9PUV LX5JX 8m FT8 433 km 13:29:12 -14
G9PUV ON5PU 8m FT8 345 km 12:40:42 -11
G9PUV WESSEXSDR8 8m FT8 187 km 08:30:15 -12
G9PUV WESSEXSDR3 8m FT8 187 km 07:28:45 -24
G9PUV G0KTN 8m FT8 177 km 14:18:15 -15
G9PUV G8VER 8m FT8 114 km 10:46:14 -21
G9PUV G7HMV 8m FT8 113 km 15:18:44 -16
G9PUV G3ZIL 8m FT8 99 km 16:57:31
G9PUV G4ZFQ 8m FT8 95 km 14:19:30 -15
G9PUV G4OGI 8m FT8 83 km 08:51:26 -18
HA3PP EA8BFK 8m FT8 3438 km 11:54:00
HA3PP EA8JF 8m FT8 3387 km 11:54:11 -6
HA3PP G9PUV 8m FT8 1481 km 11:54:15 -17
HA3PP S57TW 8m FT8 338 km 10:37:14 -13
I3VWK IK6HRB 8m FT8 225 km 08:15:28 -21
I3VWK IW4EGP 8m FT8 195 km 08:15:59 -19
IK0OKY EA8BFK 8m FT8 2781 km 11:32:00
IK0OKY EA8JF 8m FT8 2731 km 11:32:11 -17
IK1GPG G9PUV 8m FT8 922 km 11:06:30 -15
IK1GPG LX5JX 8m FT8 643 km 11:05:57 -15
IK1GPG S57TW 8m FT8 547 km 11:04:29 -18
IK6HRB HI0SDR/3 8m FT8 7991 km 13:43:45 -19
IK6HRB LX5JX 8m FT8 859 km 13:43:57 -8
IK6HRB S57TW 8m FT8 276 km 13:43:59 -15
IK6HRB S50B 8m FT8 246 km 16:17:58 -18
IK6HRB IK0OKY 8m FT8 228 km 13:44:26 -10
IK6HRB IW4EGP 8m FT8 29 km 08:01:59 9
IN3UFW EA8BFK 8m FT8 2903 km 12:49:00
IN3UFW EA8JF 8m FT8 2852 km 12:49:11 -13
IN3UFW OZ4VV 8m FT8 1229 km 12:29:44 -18
IN3UFW S50B 8m FT8 226 km 12:39:13 -18
IT9IVN EA8RCP 8m FT8 3193 km 15:20:57 9
IT9IVN EA8BFK 8m FT8 2858 km 15:23:45
IT9IVN IK6HRB 8m FT8 688 km 15:21:29 -17
IT9KHI EA8RCP 8m FT8 3193 km 11:10:57 -5
IT9KHI EA8BFK 8m FT8 2858 km 11:10:15
IT9KHI EA8JF 8m FT8 2810 km 11:10:26 14
IT9KHI G9PUV 8m FT8 1862 km 11:11:30 -19
IT9KHI S56KZ 8m FT8 931 km 11:10:59 -18
IT9KHI S57TW 8m FT8 905 km 11:10:29 1
IT9KHI S50B 8m FT8 892 km 11:10:28 -19
IT9VCE HI0SDR 8m FT8 8327 km 12:02:45 -5
IT9VCE HI0SDR/3 8m FT8 8309 km 12:02:45 -16
IT9VCE EA8RCP 8m FT8 3193 km 12:06:12 -10
IT9VCE EA8BFK 8m FT8 2858 km 12:02:45
IT9VCE EA8JF 8m FT8 2811 km 12:04:14 -14
IT9VCE LX5JX 8m FT8 1528 km 12:03:27 -18
IT9VCE S57TW 8m FT8 903 km 12:02:59 2
IT9VCE S50B 8m FT8 890 km 12:02:58 -13
IT9VCE S51WX 8m FT8 880 km 12:03:59 -18
IT9VCE IK0OKY 8m FT8 485 km 12:02:56 -17
IV3CXJ IK6HRB 8m FT8 229 km 15:36:43 -21
IV3CXJ S57TW 8m FT8 65 km 15:33:44 -8
IV3CXJ S50B 8m FT8 27 km 15:33:43 -1
IW4EGP EA7KBX 8m FT8 1442 km 15:34:56 -13
IW4EGP WESSEXSDR8 8m FT8 1358 km 15:17:15 -11
IW4EGP EA3ERE 8m FT8 872 km 15:14:29 -16
IW4EGP F5EMT 8m FT8 758 km 15:17:45 -14
IW4EGP DG0OPK/8 8m FT8 753 km 06:34:57 -18
IW4EGP S57TW 8m FT8 258 km 06:20:59 -11
IW4EGP IK0OKY 8m FT8 255 km 15:32:26 -11
IW4EGP S50B 8m FT8 227 km 16:18:58 -10
IW4EGP IK6HRB 8m FT8 29 km 15:27:28 -21
IZ1DBY EA8BFK 8m FT8 2742 km 12:18:30
IZ1DBY EA8JF 8m FT8 2691 km 12:18:44 -16
K1TOL VA2CY 8m FT8 303 km 12:10:26 -17
K2TER VA2CY 8m FT8 653 km 11:23:29 -19
LX5JX EA8RCP 8m FT8 3114 km 13:41:12 -14
LX5JX EA8BFK 8m FT8 2917 km 12:07:15
LX5JX EA8JF 8m FT8 2867 km 12:07:26 0
LX5JX IT9VCE 8m FT8 1528 km 12:10:59 -24
LX5JX IK6HRB 8m FT8 859 km 13:42:43 -16
LX5JX S50B 8m FT8 752 km 12:13:58 -13
LX5JX IK1GPG 8m FT8 643 km 11:05:14 -9
LX5JX G8VER 8m FT8 491 km 11:05:16 -24
LX5JX G9PUV 8m FT8 433 km 12:07:30 -10
LX5JX G4OGI 8m FT8 377 km 12:11:29 -20
ON5CD OT4E/A 8m FT8 28 km 10:12:30 -7
ON5PU EA8RCP 8m FT8 3151 km 12:51:12 -13
ON5PU EA8BFK 8m FT8 2972 km 12:01:00
ON5PU EA8JF 8m FT8 2922 km 12:01:11 -8
ON5PU S50B 8m FT8 899 km 12:50:13 -6
ON5PU OZ4VV 8m FT8 679 km 12:49:44 -12
ON5PU G9PUV 8m FT8 345 km 12:07:15 -16
ON5PU G4OGI 8m FT8 270 km 12:26:14 -21
ON5PU LX5JX 8m FT8 159 km 14:18:44 -19
ON5PU ON5LW 8m FT8 66 km 14:18:14 -19
ON5PU CAS4147 8m FT8 54 km 14:38:14 -23
ON5PU ON4BCV 8m FT8 10 km 14:20:41 10
OR7T ON5LW 8m FT8 42 km 15:27:14 -20
OR7T ON4BCV 8m FT8 42 km 15:25:41 -17
OR7T ON5PU 8m FT8 41 km 15:24:42 -12
OR7T OT4E/A 8m FT8 17 km 08:02:30 3
OZ7IGY G4OGI 8m PI4 861 km 11:39:00 -21
PT9MD DK6AH 8m FT8 10074 km 16:43:44 -16
RR73 G0KTN 8m FT8 1376 km 17:16:00 -24
S50B EA8BFK 8m FT8 3095 km 11:02:00
S50B EA8JF 8m FT8 3044 km 11:02:11 -16
S50B IW4EGP 8m FT8 227 km 15:29:43 -12
S50B S51WX 8m FT8 93 km 11:02:11 -15
S50B S57TW 8m FT8 37 km 09:00:44 9
S51WX HI0SDR 8m FT8 8180 km 13:02:00 -16
S51WX EA8RCP 8m FT8 3448 km 11:35:57 -11
S51WX EA8BFK 8m FT8 3175 km 13:02:00
S51WX EA8JF 8m FT8 3124 km 13:02:11 -15
S51WX S50B 8m FT8 93 km 12:10:43 -13
S51WX S57TW 8m FT8 63 km 21:23:14 16
S51WX S56KZ 8m FT8 51 km 11:16:26 -13
S56KZ S57TW 8m FT8 79 km 11:15:44 -15
S57TW EA8RCP 8m FT8 3402 km 11:56:11 9
S57TW EA8BFK 8m FT8 3132 km 11:54:00
S57TW EA8JF 8m FT8 3082 km 11:54:11 9
S57TW EA7KBX 8m FT8 1669 km 11:54:11 -8
S57TW G8VER 8m FT8 1258 km 11:54:14 -20
S57TW EA3HDZ 8m FT8 1103 km 11:54:41 -18
S57TW SR4BBX 8m FT8 1023 km 11:54:00 -24
S57TW LX5JX 8m FT8 768 km 11:54:12 -6
S57TW DG0OPK/8 8m FT8 595 km 11:54:42 -20
S57TW IU0QVO 8m FT8 533 km 11:54:12 -8
S57TW IK0OKY 8m FT8 496 km 11:54:11 -11
S57TW IK6HRB 8m FT8 276 km 14:08:59 -23
S57TW S51WX 8m FT8 63 km 11:54:11 20
S57TW S50B 8m FT8 37 km 11:54:13 5
VK8VTX LX5JX 8m FT8 13557 km 10:33:27 -20
VK8VTX IK0OKY 8m FT8 13319 km 10:31:29 -18
VK8VTX OPENRX 8m FT8 29 km 10:31:15 -17
WW1L VA2CY 8m FT8 320 km 11:31:11 -16
ZS6WAB MM0ZBH 8m FT8 9413 km 10:30:15 -13
ZS6WAB EI3KF 8m FT8 9359 km 11:07:26 -13
ZS6WAB G8VER 8m FT8 8911 km 11:07:29 -10
ZS6WAB WESSEXSDR8 8m FT8 8876 km 15:27:30 -8
ZS6WAB WESSEXSDR3 8m FT8 8876 km 15:27:30 -18
ZS6WAB G3ZIL 8m FT8 8854 km 15:27:31
ZS6WAB G4ZFQ 8m FT8 8833 km 10:23:15 -13
ZS6WAB SR4BBX 8m FT8 8822 km 11:07:15 -21
ZS6WAB G4OGI 8m FT8 8809 km 11:07:26 -5
ZS6WAB G9PUV 8m FT8 8799 km 15:31:15 -18
ZS6WAB CAS4147 8m FT8 8752 km 11:07:29 -7
ZS6WAB ON5LW 8m FT8 8694 km 11:07:26 6
ZS6WAB DH6YHO 8m FT8 8689 km 11:07:15 -11
ZS6WAB OT4E/A 8m FT8 8666 km 11:07:15 -4
ZS6WAB LX5JX 8m FT8 8543 km 11:07:27 13
ZS6WAB DG0OPK/8 8m FT8 8500 km 11:07:27 6
ZS6WAB EA1IOK 8m FT8 8307 km 10:23:26 -19
ZS6WAB HB9TTU 8m FT8 8194 km 10:23:15 -11
ZS6WAB F5EMT 8m FT8 8180 km 11:07:15 -19
ZS6WAB S57TW 8m FT8 7919 km 11:07:29 5
ZS6WAB S50B 8m FT8 7912 km 11:07:28 -4
ZS6WAB EA3ERE 8m FT8 7843 km 15:27:44 -10
ZS6WAB EA3HDZ 8m FT8 7790 km 11:07:26 -2
ZS6WAB EA7DW 8m FT8 7759 km 11:07:28 1
ZS6WAB IW4EGP 8m FT8 7751 km 15:27:43 -15
ZS6WAB EA8RCP 8m FT8 7727 km 16:11:12 -7
ZS6WAB IK6HRB 8m FT8 7721 km 15:27:43 -7
ZS6WAB EB5GC 8m FT8 7589 km 10:32:28 1
ZS6WAB EA7KBX 8m FT8 7582 km 17:14:44 -17
ZS6WAB EA6VQ 8m FT8 7580 km 10:24:59 -5
ZS6WAB IK0OKY 8m FT8 7511 km 15:28:41 -11
ZS6WAB EA8JF 8m FT8 7464 km 17:18:11 -18
ZS6WAB EA8BFK 8m FT8 7456 km 16:12:30
ZS6WAB IU0QVO 8m FT8 7426 km 10:23:27 2



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