GW4VXE's Station Diary

Notes from my ham radio adventures

May 22 2026; SF=118, A=7, K=1 First hint of 2m Es


At 1009z I had a weak decode of IK3VZO (JN55) on 2m. I'd have normally put it down to meteors, which it might be, but at that same time, G3YDY in JO01 reported 2m Es to Italy.

A few OK, DL, SP stations around on 6m with the odd extended decode from 4X.

Seems like 6m was open pretty much all day, around Europe. I didn't see anything from noticeably further off, although I left the rig on the vertical.

Around 1530z I got into the shack from the garden and noticed that there had been some 2m Es to Portugal. Not a major opening, but a couple of stations from IM58/IM59.


Total QSOs
20
DXCC
11
Bands
2m, 6m, 15m
Modes
CW, FT8
Highlight DX:
XQ6CF Chile 12197 km
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Date/Time Call Band Mode Country Grid
22/05/2026 09:03 E72U 6m FT8 Bosnia-Herzegovina
22/05/2026 09:05 OK1DOL 6m FT8 Czech Republic
22/05/2026 09:09 OK1CT 6m FT8 Czech Republic
22/05/2026 09:21 OK1DXD 6m FT8 Czech Republic JN79
22/05/2026 09:31 DL1JHR 6m FT8 Federal Republic Of Germany
22/05/2026 09:34 SP9FOW 6m FT8 Poland JO90
22/05/2026 09:42 DM5MA 6m FT8 Federal Republic Of Germany JO52
22/05/2026 11:23 G4ELW 2m FT8 England IO81
22/05/2026 11:27 SP7QJF 6m FT8 Poland
22/05/2026 11:41 OE3FVU 6m FT8 Austria JN78
22/05/2026 11:59 9A60CBM 6m FT8 Croatia
22/05/2026 12:27 CT1ILT 6m FT8 Portugal IN50
22/05/2026 12:36 CT1ILT 6m FT8 Portugal IN50
22/05/2026 12:52 EA8/DF4UE 6m FT8 Canary Islands
22/05/2026 12:58 OE6FEF 6m FT8 Austria JN87
22/05/2026 12:59 EA7LGM 6m FT8 Spain IM67
22/05/2026 13:03 EA8DOX 6m FT8 Canary Islands
22/05/2026 17:35 CT2IMG 6m FT8 Portugal IN51
22/05/2026 17:36 EC1DD 6m FT8 Spain
22/05/2026 20:58 XQ6CF 15m CW Chile FE39KL
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