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  • [EI7GL] 15,000km Opening on 50 MHz between Western Australia and Europe

    From EI7GL via rec.radio.amateur.moderat@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 17 17:02:16 2021
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    15,000km Opening on 50 MHz between Western Australia and Europe - 16th June 2021

    Posted: 17 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/06/15000km-opening-on-50-mhz-between_0466740673.html


    Wednesday 16th June 2021: There was another opening on the 50 MHz band
    between Australia and Europe on the 16th. This one was slightly different
    in that it went from the west coast of Australia to the UK & Ireland.
    The distances to Western Europe are in the region of 14,000 to 15,000 kms.
    If we subscribe to the idea that it was via multi-hop Sporadic-E all the
    way then at least 7 hops are required. I suspect though that the large TEP (Trans-Equatorial Propagation) zone centred either side of the geomagnetic equator may have been a factor.
    It would be interested to hear if anyone experienced skewed paths.
    I have included a list of stations heard on FT8 below.

    Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
    EI4DQ VK6KXW 6m FT8 15119 km 07:19:14
    EI8KN VK6KXW 6m FT8 15058 km 07:33:14
    G8BCG VK6KXW 6m FT8 14873 km 07:18:14
    VK6KXW G8BCG 6m FT8 14873 km 06:39:27
    G1SDX VK6KXW 6m FT8 14802 km 07:32:14
    G3XTT VK6KXW 6m FT8 14745 km 07:33:29
    G4VPD VK6KXW 6m FT8 14689 km 06:47:29
    G4CCZ VK6KXW 6m FT8 14593 km 07:23:59
    F4BKV VK6KXW 6m FT8 14555 km 07:35:14
    F5LNU VK6KXW 6m FT8 14427 km 07:36:29
    ON8DM VK6KXW 6m FT8 14356 km 07:12:44
    F6GCP VK6KXW 6m FT8 14323 km 07:23:59
    F5BZB VK6KXW 6m FT8 14313 km 07:19:14
    F6AGM VK6KXW 6m FT8 14305 km 08:25:29
    ON4IQ VK6KXW 6m FT8 14270 km 07:00:14
    ON4AOI VK6KXW 6m FT8 14269 km 06:48:14
    PE5T VK6KXW 6m FT8 14159 km 06:43:14
    DF2UU VK6KXW 6m FT8 13883 km 06:27:44
    IZ1LBG VK6KXW 6m FT8 13867 km 07:34:44
    IZ2MHO VK6KXW 6m FT8 13796 km 07:41:44
    II4SWE VK6KXW 6m FT8 13712 km 07:18:59
    IK4IYC VK6KXW 6m FT8 13712 km 07:05:59
    DK1MAX VK6KXW 6m FT8 13700 km 06:59:44
    IZ5IMD VK6KXW 6m FT8 13652 km 05:37:29
    IS0AWZ VK6KXW 6m FT8 13612 km 07:33:14
    I3QDK VK6KXW 6m FT8 13573 km 06:45:44
    IZ0RVI VK6KXW 6m FT8 13489 km 07:39:29
    OE3DSB VK6KXW 6m FT8 13472 km 06:36:14
    IK0YVV VK6KXW 6m FT8 13466 km 08:04:44
    S57RR VK6KXW 6m FT8 13454 km 06:22:14
    IK0MHR VK6KXW 6m FT8 13443 km 07:55:29
    OK1ADT VK6KXW 6m FT8 13422 km 07:02:44
    IW0BSQ VK6KXW 6m FT8 13382 km 07:03:44
    OE6IMD VK6KXW 6m FT8 13379 km 06:26:44
    I6WJB VK6KXW 6m FT8 13313 km 07:33:44
    IK6VEM VK6KXW 6m FT8 13294 km 08:25:29
    9A4BT VK6KXW 6m FT8 13279 km 06:24:44
    IU8FRF VK6KXW 6m FT8 13259 km 07:27:29
    IZ8VYU VK6KXW 6m FT8 13259 km 07:04:14
    IK8GYS VK6KXW 6m FT8 13258 km 07:56:44
    IK8DYD VK6KXW 6m FT8 13253 km 05:46:14
    9A6R VK6KXW 6m FT8 13180 km 07:09:14
    E73S VK6KXW 6m FT8 13000 km 07:05:14
    E73DPR VK6KXW 6m FT8 13000 km 06:48:44
    4O3A VK6KXW 6m FT8 12971 km 06:35:44
    UT7UV VK6KXW 6m FT8 12513 km 05:01:14
    UX1UA VK6KXW 6m FT8 12495 km 05:51:14
    UT5UGR VK6KXW 6m FT8 12462 km 05:37:14
    UY7QN VK6KXW 6m FT8 12021 km 07:02:14
    UR0MC VK6KXW 6m FT8 11898 km 05:07:14
    UT8IO VK6KXW 6m FT8 11840 km 05:20:44

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    3000km+ opening on 144 MHz from Spain to the Ukraine & Russia - 16th June
    2021

    Posted: 16 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/06/3000km-opening-on-144-mhz-from-spain-to.html


    Wednesday 16th June 2021: There were extensive Sporadic-E openings on 144
    MHz on the 16th with many parts of Europe working other regions. The FT8
    map above shows what looks like a double hop Sporadic-E opening from the
    south of Russia to the east coast of Spain, a distance well over 3000
    kms.The map below for EA5WU in the east of Spain shows the extent of the openings and again, it shows the double hop Sporadic-E to Russia and the Ukraine.
    You'll notice that the Russian and Spanish stations were both hearing
    plenty of stations at the mid-point suggesting that it was double hop Sporadic-E in this instance.Just for the record, I have put some of the
    logs from the PSK Report website below and there are some DX-Cluster spots
    at the end of the post.
    Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
    RZ6DD EC5CIA 2m FT8 3432 km 08:53:15
    EC5CIA RZ6DD 2m FT8 3432 km 07:52:29
    RZ6DD EA5WU 2m FT8 3391 km 08:53:12
    RZ6DD EA3DBJ 2m FT8 3287 km 09:16:14
    EA3DBJ RZ6DD 2m FT8 3287 km 08:49:29
    RZ6DD EB3FRN 2m FT8 3247 km 09:16:12
    EA3NJ RZ6DD 2m FT8 3190 km 09:16:29
    EB3JT RZ6DD 2m FT8 3186 km 08:49:59
    RZ6DD EA3BS 2m FT8 3163 km 08:52:14
    RZ6DD EA3GLE 2m FT8 3154 km 08:52:11
    EA3GLE RZ6DD 2m FT8 3154 km 08:37:59
    Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
    R6AM EC5CIA 2m FT8 3436 km 08:35:44
    RZ6DD EC5CIA 2m FT8 3432 km 08:53:15
    EC5CIA RZ6DD 2m FT8 3432 km 07:52:29
    RK6BAG EC5CIA 2m FT8 3279 km 08:52:29
    R6AS EC5CIA 2m FT8 3161 km 08:26:29
    EC5CIA US5VAC 2m FT8 2835 km 09:08:12
    TA2NC EC5CIA 2m FT8 2812 km 07:13:44
    Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
    R6AM EA5WU 2m FT8 3396 km 07:46:26
    RZ6DD EA5WU 2m FT8 3391 km 08:53:12
    RK6BAG EA5WU 2m FT8 3239 km 08:06:26
    EA5WU US4IEK 2m FT8 3127 km 09:03:14
    R6AS EA5WU 2m FT8 3120 km 07:48:56
    EA5WU TA2NC 2m FT8 2779 km 07:05:26
    EA5WU OY1OF 2m FT8 2505 km 10:17:14
    Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
    EA3DBJ R6FFB 2m FT8 3448 km 08:51:29
    EA3DBJ R6AM 2m FT8 3291 km 08:49:29
    EA3DBJ RZ6DD 2m FT8 3287 km 08:49:29
    RV6BH EA3DBJ 2m FT8 3138 km 09:06:10
    EA3DBJ RA6C 2m FT8 3091 km 09:07:59
    EA3DBJ US4IEK 2m FT8 3016 km 09:13:26
    EA3DBJ R6AS 2m FT8 3016 km 09:17:12
    EA3DBJ US5VAC 2m FT8 2678 km 09:07:56
    EB3FRN
    Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
    R6AM 2m FT8 3252 km 09:21:12
    RZ6DD 2m FT8 3247 km 09:16:12
    RX6DN 2m FT8 3099 km 09:04:12
    RK6BAG 2m FT8 3095 km 08:48:29
    RA6C 2m FT8 3051 km 09:06:42
    UA6BAC 2m FT8 2992 km 09:04:42
    R6AS 2m FT8 2977 km 09:07:42
    EA3NJ
    Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
    R6FFB 2m FT8 3352 km 08:56:59
    R6AM 2m FT8 3195 km 09:07:29
    RZ6DD 2m FT8 3190 km 09:16:29
    RX6DN 2m FT8 3042 km 09:04:29
    RA6C 2m FT8 2994 km 09:00:30
    R6AS 2m FT8 2920 km 09:06:56
    Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
    R6AM EC5CIA 2m FT8 3436 km 08:35:44
    R6AM EC5WR 2m FT8 3411 km 08:28:44
    R6AM EA5WU 2m FT8 3396 km 07:46:26
    R6AM EA3DBJ 2m FT8 3291 km 08:49:10
    R6AM EB3FRN 2m FT8 3252 km 09:21:12
    EA3NJ R6AM 2m FT8 3195 km 09:07:29
    R6AM EA3WD 2m FT8 3167 km 07:34:12
    EA3GLE R6AM 2m FT8 3159 km 08:39:29
    Txmtr Rcvr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
    EA3GLE R6AM 2m FT8 3159 km 08:39:29
    EA3GLE RZ6DD 2m FT8 3154 km 08:37:59
    RK6BAG EA3GLE 2m FT8 3002 km 08:50:57
    UA6BAC EA3GLE 2m FT8 2898 km 09:05:12
    R6AS EA3GLE 2m FT8 2884 km 08:55:27
    EA3GLE US4IEK 2m FT8 2882 km 09:29:29
    Cluster
    de dx freq obs time
    EA3NJ R6AS 144174 tnx qso 73 0910z 16 Jun
    EB2FJN RX6DN 144174 IN83<>KN94 tnx b-13 3317km 0817z 16 Jun
    EA5WU RZ6DD 144174 [LoTW] FT8 IM99WU<>LN04MX 0748z 16 Jun
    EA5WU R6AM 144174 FT8 IM99WU<>LN05NA 0746z 16 Jun

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