Newcomers may not be aware that trans-equatorial (TEP) propagation can extend to quite high frequencies. If memory serves me right, the signals cross the magnetic equator by spread-F, a sort of chordal hop. I think 2m has been used to work from Southern Africa to the Med. Today, a number of South Americans have been copied in the UK on 10m JT65. I suspect this is TEP being extended to the UK by Es. TEP does not usually extend this far north.
You recall correctly.
ReplyDeleteI recall recordings by SV1AB or SV1DH, of the ZS6DN beacon played on the 10m crossband frequency 28.885..
The 2m signals sounded just like aurora.