Tuesday 2 October 2012

136kHz DX 29-30 September

29-30 September: I transmitted an Opera32 beacon between 1900 and 0830UTC. Ten stations in four countries (G, SM, DL, R) reported my signals.
Best DX (over 2000km) was: RV3APM (2470km) four decodes between 2045 and 2256 (best signal to noise ratio -36dB at 2045 and 2150UTC); RX3QFM (2681km) two decodes at 2329 and 0115 (best S/N -39dB at 0115UTC); RX3DHR (2582km) three decodes between 0147 and 0326UTC, all at S/N -38dB.

Opera32 DX by others included:
RX3QFM was received by DF2JP (2227km) and M0LMH (2708km).
DK7FC received by R7NT, RX3QFM, RX3DHR, RV3APM and UA9CUA (3507km).