Wednesday 24 October 2012

136kHz DX 4-6 October

4-5 October: I transmitted an Opera32 beacon at 1700, 1800, 2000, 2215, 0245, 0500 and 0700UTC. Reports were received from 11 stations in seven countries (G, RV, DF, LA, TF, GW and PA).
My best DX was: TF3HZ (1858km); RV3APM (2470km), RX3DHR (2582km) and RX3QFM (2681km).

Opera32 DX achieved by others included:
RX3QFM was received by G8HUH (2880km), M0LMH (2708km) and LA4ANA (2011km).
RA3YO received by M0LMH (2332km).
RN3AGC received by M0LMH (2466km).

5-6 October: I transmitted an Opera32 beacon once only at 1820UTC. Reports were received from three stations in three countries (DF, F and RV).
My best DX was RV3APM (2470km).

Opera DX achieved by others included:
PA0A was received by RX3QFM (2219km), RX3DHR (2117km), RN3AGC (2019km) and RV3APM (2008km) using Opera32.
PA0WMR received by RX3QFM (2309km), RV3APM (2131km), TF3HZ (2086km) using Opera8.
UA4WPF received by UA0AET-1 (2385km) and UA0SNV-1 (2889km) using Op32.
RX3QRM received by M0LMH (2708km) using Op32,
RA3YO received by M0LMH (2332km) using Op32.
VE7BDQ received by KL1X (2147km) using Op8.