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Opening to Australia & China on 28 MHz - 29th Oct 2021

Posted: 29 Oct 2021 11:29 PM PDT https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/10/opening-to-australia-china-on-28-mhz.html


Friday 29th October 2021: I switched back to FT8 for this day to check for
the aftereffects of the solar flare of Thursday on the HF bands. It looks
as if the 28 MHz band has fully recovered although that might change on
Sunday once the material from the flare hits the earth.
On the 29th of Oct, there was a nice opening to China and Australia. A
total of 8 stations from Australia were heard on FT8 which is always nice
on the 28 MHz band. I wouldn't be too bothered if this was on the lower HF bands.
Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)
VK1MA 10m FT8 17437 km 08:13:59
VK2LAW 10m FT8 17434 km 08:01:59
VK2AHE 10m FT8 17368 km 08:16:14
VK2MBK 10m FT8 17325 km 08:27:29
VK5XY 10m FT8 16798 km 10:25:59
VK5DOC 10m FT8 16787 km 10:24:14
VK6AS 10m FT8 15053 km 11:41:29
VK8NSB 10m FT8 14315 km 09:27:14
A total of 291 stations in 43 DXCC countries were heard on FT8 on the band
and the solar flux was 108.

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