5 Aug 2018

6m and 10m FT8

Last night 21 different stateside stations were spotted on 6m FT8 RX.

Today, I am on 10m FT8 RX. Already, the logbook is filled with Europeans via Es. Best DX so far on 10m FT8 RX this morning is EK1KE (3581km) in Armenia. Not sure if this station is multi-hop Es or F layer single hop.

UPDATE 0944z: Well, I have stopped counting how many stations spotted already on 10m FT8 but it is a lot. 3 continents already spotted on 10m FT8. Not bad as we approach sunspot minimum.

UPDATE 1109z: Best DX on 10m FT8 RX is A92AA (5069km) in Bahrain.

UPDATE 2010z: A couple of USA stations logged.