Most of the day I have been monitoring 10m FT8 RX. So far, 5 spots with my best DX F5RD (681km) in central France. Not sure if this was a slight bit of Es or aircraft reflection.
At the moment many users have deserted 10m, although I expect they will be back in the main Es season from April-August. As FT8 seems to show, 10m is actually open (albeit briefly) on many days. It would not surprise me to hear that better equipped stations could work N-S DX paths on many days, although you need activity!
Hi Roger
ReplyDeleteI have been listening over the last few days on 28 MHz as well and found conditions to be pretty poor... https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2019/02/ft8-signals-heard-on-28-mhz-9th-10th.html
I suspect it's a lack of propagation and a lack of stations on the band.
Perhaps it might pick up as we approach the equinox in March?