At the start of 2024, I started a personal challenge to see how many QRSS signals I could see on the 28 MHz band during the year. By the end of the year, I had screen grabs of 26 callsigns in 11 countries.
I have no interest in starting a new list for 2025 so I decided just to keep the challenge ongoing and have no end date.
On the 16th of July 2025, I could hear some QRSS signals coming in while I was listening on the 10m WSPR frequency of 28.1246 MHz. When I checked, I noticed a nice clean screengrab of GB3PKT, G0MBA and G0PKT.
I had seen GB3PKT in the past but I never to get a nice clean screengrab until today.
The screengrab of the three signals are shown above. The length of the signal from left to right is about 7-minutes and 30-seconds.
The propagation mode is of course mid-summer Sporadic-E. The best range for this this propagation mode on 28 MHz is about 1200-1600 kms.
On really good days, the skip distance goes below 1000kms. The three signals in the east of England were 645kms from my location.
In summary... That brings the QRSS tally so far for 28 MHz up to 27-callsigns & 11 DXCC.
2) 10th Jan 2024: VA1VM
3) 15th Jan 2024: G0MBA - DXCC #2
4) 15th Jan 2024: G0PKT
5) 15th Jan 2024: AE0V - DXCC #3
6) 16th Jan 2024: RD4HU - DXCC #4
7) 16th Jan 2024: W1BW
8) 17th Jan 2024: OH5KUY - DXCC #5
9) 18th Jan 2024: TF3HZ - DXCC #6
10) 6th Feb 2024: VA3RYV
11) 16th Feb 2024: IK2JET - DXCC #7
12) 16th Feb 2024: N8NJ
13) 21st Feb 2024: PY3FF - DXCC #8
14) 26th Feb 2024: VE6NGK
15) 27th Feb 2024: NM5ER
16) 28th Feb 2024: VK4BAP - DXCC #9
17) 2nd Mar 2024: WA1EDJ
18) 5th Mar 2024: FR1GZ/B - DXCC #10
19) 30th Apr 2024: IK1WVQ
20) 8th May 2024: IW0HK/B
21) 14th May 2024: IZ1KXQ/B
22) 3rd Jun 2024: M0GBZ
23) 3rd Jun 2024: G0FTD
24) 17th Oct 2024: AA7US
25) 19th Oct 2024: DJ5CW - DXCC #11
26) 21st Oct 2024: KC2CHK
27) 16th Jul 2025: GB3PKT
