• [EI7GL] Big opening to the USA on 28 MHz - Wed 6th Oct 2021

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    Big opening to the USA on 28 MHz - Wed 6th Oct 2021

    Posted: 07 Oct 2021 02:13 AM PDT https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/10/big-opening-to-usa-on-28-mhz-wed-6th.html



    Wednesday 6th October 2021: After a few modest days, there was a good
    opening on 28 MHz again with plenty of East-West propagation. Quite a
    number of FT8 from the USA were heard but the pick of the crop was W6IBU in California.
    That makes California interesting is not so much the distance but the fact
    that the path was well to the north.
    It was also interesting to see Mexico coming through as well as 3B9FR on Rodriguez Island in the Indian Ocean.
    Between the extensive worldwide F2 opening and the Sporadic-E to Europe, a total of 488 stations in 54 DXCC countries were heard.
    The solar flux on the day was 85.
    Here are the maps for the previous few days but didn't really warrant an individual post.


    Tues 5th Oct 2021: Pretty modest day in comparison to others. Solar flux 82. ***

    Mon 4th Oct 2021: Modest opening on 28 MHz. Solar flux at 84.
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    Sun 3rd Oct 2021: Again, some DX but a modest day.

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