Thursday 21 February 2013

US to UK Again on 136kHz Op32

Conditions on the 136kHz band have been very good for the past few days, culminating in some transatlantic DX. My Opera32 receiving produced the following overnight results.

Wed/Thu 20-21 February: RN3AGC between 1714 and 2303UTC peaking -30dB signal/noise; UW8SM 1749 to 0400UTC peak -32dB; UA4WPF 1919 to 2218UTC peak -35dB; RA3YO at 2000UTC -40dB, SV8CS 2154 to 0433UTC -32dB and WD2XNS at 0307UTC, -33dB and 0340UTC -36dB. This latter was at a distance of 5414km which is an Opera32 mode record for me.

Tue/Wed 19-20 February: UA4WPF (3420km) between 2009 and 0206UTC, RN3AGC, RN3AUS and SV8CS.

Mon/Tue 18-19 February: SV8CS between 1813 and 0412UTC, RN3AGC 2034 to 2239UTC and UA4WPF 2121 to 0103UTC.