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VO1FN 144 MHz Trans-Atlantic Project mentioned on Radio DARC broadcast on
the Short Wave Band

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 06:45 AM PDT https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/04/vo1fn-144-mhz-trans-atlantic-project.html



Radio DARC is a short program broadcast on 6.070 KHz with 100 KW on Sundays
at 09:00 UTC (11:00 CEST) about amateur radio with a lot of music.
On Sunday the 18th of April 2021, the VO1FN Trans-Atlantic project on 144
MHz gets a mention in their news items at about 10 minutes in.
While the program is broadcast in German, it does raise awareness about
the 'VO1FN Trans-Atlantik Projekt' among a much wider community.
Radio DARC broadcast locally via FM and DAB in Germany, Austria and Italy.
It is also broadcast on 3955 kHz and 9670 kHz for an audience outside of Germany. If you hear the broadcast then you can send them a reception
report.
You can find out more about Radio DARC and their transmission times here... https://www.darc.de/nachrichten/radio-darc/
More information about the VO1FN Trans-Atlantic Project can be found in
this previous blog post.
Thanks to Joerg, DM4DL for the above information.

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Reasonable Sporadic-E opening on 28 MHz - 15th April 2021

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 10:20 PM PDT https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/04/reasonable-sporadic-e-opening-on-28-mhz.html





The 15th of April 2021 was a reasonably modest day on 28 MHz with a
Sporadic-E opening to the Iberian peninsula, some F2 propagation to Greece, Turkey & Israel and some F2 propagation to South Africa and South America.
In truth, the signals were never that strong with me. At one stage while
the signals to the east of Spain were clearly audible to my ear, I did a
scan of the band and heard nothing else. I did one careful scan of the
beacon band and there wasn't a hint of a signal.

If we were relying on CW beacons to tell us the band was open then we would miss most of the weak openings. Whatever some people think about the FT8 digital mode, it is a fantastic propagation tool.

The Solar Flux on the 15th was down at 74 which is very low for F2
propagation on 10-metres.

The opening to Spain and Portugal is a sure sign that we are approaching
the Summer Sporadic-E season which usually starts near the end of April
every year. The openings will come in fits and starts but they will get
more numerous and stronger as the weeks pass.

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