31 Mar 2019

10m Es already?

10m Es can occur at any time of the year, but it tends to peak May, June, July and August here. About 30 minutes ago I QSYed to 10m FT8 and was surprised to spot EA3HDZ (1213km) as well as a couple of Gs. My own CQ (2.5W) was spotted by no-one.

I am wondering if this is Es and whether with FT8 brief patches of Es (maybe very short-lived) are spotted earlier in the season? The main bulk of long-lived Es openings don't usually start here until late April.

UPDATE 1134z: 5 stations spotted so far today on 10m FT8 RX. 4 are Gs plus the EA3.

UPDATE 1319z: Now 8 stations spotted today on 10m FT8 RX with F6DAY (788km) spotted around 1100z.

I keep forgetting about BST! An hour has to be taken off local time now to get GMT.

UPDATE 1538z: Now 9 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX today. All but 2 are Gs.

UPDATE 2000z: Still 9 stations spotted on 10m FT8 RX today. I shall be staying on 10m FT8 RX overnight, although it is unlikely I shall spot any now until tomorrow morning.
at 11:45
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1 comment:

John, EI7GL said...

Hi Roger. There was a reasonable Sp-E opening from the south coast of Ireland to the north of Germany and Poland today on 28 MHz. Looks like the Sp-E cloud might have been over your house! :o)

...or at least over the East of England and the Netherlands.

Weak opening to South America later in the afternoon.

Info... https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2019/03/openings-on-28-mhz-mon-25th-to-sun-31st.html

Sun Mar 31, 09:53:00 pm GMT+1

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