At the moment, I am back on 10m FT8. Best DX on RX is MU0WLV (374km) on Guernsey earlier. So far just G and MU stations spotted. An earlier CQ (2.5W FT8) was spotted by EI7GL (595km). Aircraft reflection?
UPDATE 1525z: Several stations in Portugal and Italy spotted this afternoon on 10m FT8 RX. Lzst night South Americans came through on 10m from 1800z. Last year on this date I was copying stations on 10m FT8 RX from every continent except Antarctica.
UPDATE 1715z: 10 stations in 4 countries so far on 10m FT8 RX today. All EU.
UPDATE 2057z: I went QRT on 10m at about 1950z. No South Americans were spotted here on 10m FT8 today. Today was the quietest day for some time on the band. In the end, 10 EU stations spotted in 4 countries.
Hi Roger, interesting to hear your 2.5 watt FT8 signal on 28 MHz. I suspect it was meteor scatter as the distance was 600kms and the Orionids are around at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI'm just using a simple CB half-wave vertical antenna on receive so it must have been a good burst.
The strange thing is that I don't think I ever heard your signal during the Summer months with all the short Sporadic-E.