The Dst figure (see "A possible way of Forecasting good Radio Propagation conditions on 136kHz" by Alan Melia, G3NYK) has been high for some time, and last night it was the highest for a few weeks. A graph of the past and forecast Dst can be seen on the website of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Alex, R7NT in southern Russia, ran tests using the Opera32 mode last night and I managed to receive 11 of his beacons between 2018 and 0535UTC at a distance of 2835km.
