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4800km+ opening on the Band 2 VHF band between Chile and Columbia - Sept
2021
Posted: 30 Sep 2021 06:00 AM PDT
https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/09/4800km-opening-on-band-2-vhf-band.html
In some recent posts, I noted how there was openings on 144 MHz between the Caribbean and Brazil via TEP - Trans-Equatorial Propagation. The distances
were in the region of 4600kms.
As can be seen from the graphic above, there was also an interesting TEP opening further west with Band 2 FM signals at 102.7 MHz in the north of Columbia being heard in Chile in early September, a distance of just over 4800kms.
The recording below is from Felip, CE3SAD in Chile who is an avid FM DX-er.
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Small opening to the USA on 28 MHz - Wed 29th Sept 2021
Posted: 30 Sep 2021 12:00 AM PDT
https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/09/small-opening-to-usa-on-28-mhz-wed-29th.html
Wednesday 29th September 2021: This day was a little bit more subdued than
the 28th of Sept but there was still a nice mixture of Sporadic-E and F2 signals on the 28 MHz band.
What was of interest to me was the small opening to the USA which is a sign
of the more elusive East-West propagation. It certainly wasn't huge as I
only heard four US stations signals on FT8.
Overall, a total of 99 stations were heard with the solar flux jumping up
to 102 from 89.
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