After one of the best tropo openings in last few years in December 2007. I didn't expect that something like this would happen so fast. However, it surprisingly happened. The most interesting thing is the date, because tropo condx came exactly 34 years after another big tropo opening when the similar tropospheric situation caused perfect conditions from EA3 to SM5 and from OK into F/G. So let's go 34 years back.

About tropo conditions on 20th January 1973 Pavel, OK1AIY wrote:

Weather monitoring by naked eye isn't so reliable - more in example from 20. 1. 1974.

How the situation appeared to us:
- even though January belongs to months with higher occurrence of thermal inversion, nobody expected it so late,
- in our area the barometric pressure was very low,
- Prague's Recent Aerological Data showed just a tiny inversion, no more then 1 °C,
- There had been bad weather with strong northwest wind and raining for several days in OK1 area,
- no long-distance station could be heard in BC VHF band.

Nevertheless it turned out to be one of the best tropo opening in last ten years. In such a weather it was possible to work with the most distant DX stations thank to atmospheric duct. During next day the weather got better, high-pressure area moved from France into middle Europe, conditions on shorter path below 800km had improved. However long-distance conditions ended. So as you can see you can't count on such condition indicators. It is necessary to monitor patiently and systematically 144 and 432 MHz bands. We have more options now - VHF beacons and repeaters make it in our area much easier and equipments are getting better, too. Good forecast isn't problem anymore, either. So don't waste those a few opportunities which mother nature offers us.

Source http://www.ok2kkw.com/rz1977/tropo1977.htm

The situation 34 years later looked almost the same. On the output temperature graph from Libuse in Prague we didn't see anything like an inversion, barometric pressure was low and cold front (situated above north Germany and Poland) was crossing our area. This front brought some sporadic periods of raining and strong wind gusts. So any tropo opening wasn't expected.

On Sunday morning our traditional Activity contest started so the activity was high, but due to bad propagation it was difficult to work even OK2 stations. Stations like OK1KKL reported weather at 700m ASL as a very poor. So a lot of stations gave it up before the end of the contest. Even in Prague I wasn't able to make the usual 3cm contact with OK2KJT.

However, one day before nice tropo condx appeared above south France where many of nice long range contacts from EA and F to G, F, HB and southern Germany were made. The source was a nice high pressure with center above Spain. However, the first tropo opening was somewhere to JN38 area at the DL/F border almost 500km from OK1. On Sunday there was a contest similar to OK activity in France so the activity was higher. The most important thing was, that some EA stations moved to Pyrenees. For instace EA2TO/1 in IN83FE from his car at altitude about 1500m ASL with power of 200W.

The first exiciting thing was the information from DX Cluster about contact between EA2TO/1 and DK1FG in JN59OP. However Gerd is at about 900m ASL and he has a big antenna farm like OL4A gang. So if tropo reached about 300km west from Prague he didn't have any problem to make a contact to Atlantic coast. If you often visit the DX-cluster you can see him spotted by stations like F6FHP IN94, F0EJW IN78 almost every month. Despite of little chance I sent SMS alert message to Vasek, OK1FD. Vasek is QRV at about 700m ASL just a few kms from the OK/DL border. He is probably the most western OK station often active on VHF/UHF bands.

Tropo situation copied from the Hepburn's web is here (you can see that the tropo edge is somewhere in JN38/JN48 area and DK1FG is placed about 100km further to the East):

But let's write again about OK1FD. While the OK Activity contest is running normally, EA2TO/1 is calling CQ on 144.270 and Vasek is going to look for him after my SMS. Then I saw on ON4KST chat this message (Vasek just log-in).

2008-01-20 09:56:22Z OK1FD Vasek TEH Ahoj TNX! SRI vy QRM!

but a few moments later followed by:

2008-01-20 10:10:13Z OK1FD Vasek OK1TEH he's in my log :-))))))))))

DX-cls: OK1FD 144270.0 EA2TO/1 57/53 JO60(>IN83 WOW! 1009 20 Jan 2008

2008-01-20 10:11:35Z OK1FD Vasek Hi
2008-01-20 10:14:25Z OK1FD Vasek OK1TEH he is booming here on 144270..

MP3 from OK1FD: http://ok1teh.nagano.cz/mp3/ea2to_ok1fd_200108.mp3

It's the first time ever when somebody worked tropo from OK to EA. Vasek OK1FD was very close to make it by the end of December 2006, when he heard EA1 station in contact with DL6NAA, however they QSY'd to 70cm and the later sked didn't succeed. Maybe you would ask me, what's so extraordinary on OK-EA tropo contact when there were contacts from OK even on longer distances like to OY, OH or UA. It's over 2000 km from OK2 to OY. That may be true, but try to imagine, that from OK to OH or OY the signal path is mostly above the sea and signal has to cross over just some 200-300km above the mainland. Although such long range tropo conditions are rare, they occur from time to time. But the tropo opening to EA is something absolutely different! More compared to flat Poland and northern German (even if you don't have the QTH like me near Sumava mountains) the signal from OK to EA - IN83 must cross German Schwarzwald with top of hills about 1400m ASL followed by Vosges in France (btw. we made expedition to Vosges mountains during UHF contest 2007 like a F/OK4W/P) with the highest hills over 1400m ASL, too. But Vosges it's only less then half of the way of 1600km long path! In the West part of HB is Schweitzer Jura mountains with hills over 1700m ASL. Then after about 200km of relatively flat terrain there is overhanging Massif Central, French mountains with the highest hills almost 1900m. Then the path continues over flat land to the border of EA/F with over 3000m high Pyrenees. You'll get a better impression when you look at the signal path between OK and EA from orbit:

  As you can see, the tropo signal path is really "optimal" :). The mountainous signal path seem to be also the reason of frequent Es opening between OK and EA1, because during the summer there is an area of heavy thunderstorms. This can often cause creation of E-sporadic layer on 2m. For these reasons we thought that a tropo opening from OK into EA is kind of Utopia especially due to Alps in the signal path. In our radio club OK2KKW we had a saying from old OK1KRA times by the less successful contests that OP should be more patient because "A queue is forming in Pyrenees for him" :-).

So it's logical that such a contact was done by OK1FD from his almost the best QTH for EA tropo in OK, but would it be possible from Prague? I was monitoring 144.270 expecting nothing special and I heard nothing of course. During last hour of the Activity contest I gave it up and started looking for another DX. In Prague wind was blowing peeking to 80km/h. On the chat I found F6FHP QRV IN94. He is often active on EME so he had QRO. We arranged periods for CW and frequency. We made it in the end, but the tropo signal was very weak supported by several strong MS reflections. You can see the F6FHP's signal on the picture from Spectran. QRB was 1268km.

After the QSO with Joel, F6FHP I restarted thinking about the Spanish DX so I returned to 144.270 and with big help of friends from KST chat I sent QSP to EA2TO and asked him for CW QSO. With help of French hams I got to know that he would start calling CW CQ after the end of Activity contest at 11UTC. So I started listening on 144.270 at that time. Vasek, OK1FD told me that he could copy him even stronger and stronger. And then after a while I almost fell down off my chair, 20Hz below the massive birdie I was able to copy weak tropo CQ CQ de EA2TO/1 :-))) Signal was fine with slight QSB and before end of his relation I got him much stronger. With shaking fingers I started calling him and immediately I received 529. We made it !!!

20.01.08  11:20  144270  EA2TO/1   559     529     IN83FE 1575km

MP3: http://ok1teh.nagano.cz/mp3/ea2to_ok1teh_200108.mp3 

Because the signal was getting stronger and stronger I sent a spam SMS to all of my friends that I could copy an EA stations via tropo in Prague. Then a sudden pile-up had started. Next stations in EA2TO/1 log were OK1YA, OK1COM, OK1VRV from JN79! and maybe some others. Because of very strong signal I worked him also as OK2KKW. How strong "Spaniards" can call CQ via tropo in Prague you can hear when you play this MP3 file:

http://www.ok2kkw.com/ea2to1_ok2kkw_2m_200108.mp3

Unfortunately EA2TO/1 didn't have an antenna ready for 70cm. Later he found some array, however his 2m signal dropped to cca 419, so we didn't make a contact. I heard something very weak on 432.220 MHz however it wasn't strong enough for 2 way qso. So the first tropo OK-EA qso on 70cm is still waiting for someone else.

How was this unexpected tropo opening possible? It seems to be lucky coincidence because EA2TO/1 was at cca 1500m ASL and he was right in the middle of a tropo duct. You can see it very well at the thermal output graph from Bordeux and Zaragoza. As you can see, there was a duct exactly at the right height in EA1 during our qso. Unfortunately, other EA stations at lower altitudes had less chance to make a QSO. Nevertheless I made another contact with EA1FBF in IN73.

The source for tropo output graphs:

http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html

  Due to lower altitude the EA1FBF's signal was very weak at the distance of 1600km so we had to make the contact using JT65 (he wasn't QRV on CW). I think that he might have gotten into the duct by the reflection from some near higher hills.

Eventually we made this tropo contact:

20.01.08  12:29  144345  EA1FBF   O-23JT65 O-18    IN73WJ 1600 2x16el + 350W

On the picture you can see the tropo signal of EA1FBF in SpecJT. Those 2 horizontal lines are 2 pings from Meteor-Scater. Unfortunately he wasn't QRV on 70cm, either.

At the same time EA1FBF worked also stations from Dresden area and his digital signal was seen at even longer distance by DH2UAK in JO71. In the meantime Vasek, OK1FD worked EA1FBF with 53 report in SSB, congrats!

Then after about 2 hours the opening closed and tropo between OK and EA ended. At 18 hour EA2TO/1 made QRT, too. With EA QSO's I was also lucky, because the horizon is open to the right direction in my home QTH (directions to HB and ON/PA are unfortunately closed):

  And what should I tell you as the last word? My dream and dream of several generations of OK VHF hams came finally true. It was UFB of course and I hope that this tropo QSO from home QTH to EA wasn't the last one. I also hope we'll have a luck to experience it on the higher bands in next years, too. :-))

73! Matej, OK1TEH

PS: 1 hour after last word in my article I got this mail from EA2TO/1

 Od: ea2to javier <ea2to@telefonica.net>
Předmět: Re: tropo qso
Datum: 23.1. 2008, 16:08 - dnes v 16:08

hello dr om:

here is my past weekend tropo-log, enjoy it !!
i just sent it to frank, pa4eme, for the MMM website too !!
congratulations for the qso´s, i will sent my qsl cards soon !!

the photos of IN83FE are for the past 11-nov-2007 because the past weekend I didnt had my camera..

73-qrv

javi ea2to

EA2TO/1 IN83FE

LOG

EA2TO/P IN82LX 900m asl 144mhz
TS-2000 + yagi 10el dk7zb + SHF 144 MVV Vox


Date      utc  call   snd rec locator  km
-----------------------------------------
19/01/08 14:50 F8BRK  59  59  IN99VF  728 
19/01/08 15:05 F6CBH  59  59  JN19BH  808 
19/01/08 15:08 F8DYR  53  53  JN07WL  631 
19/01/08 15:09 F1DLZ  55  57  JN19FH  821 
19/01/08 15:11 F1HFP  55  55  JN28FV  876 
19/01/08 15:13 F6GPT  53  53  IN94SW  300 
19/01/08 15:15 ON4POO 53  55  JO20DP 1017 
19/01/08 15:17 F6FLB  52  52  JO00WX  964 
19/01/08 15:19 F0FIG  52  52  JO10JE  916 
19/01/08 15:41 EA1AHC 57  58  IN70PP  294 
19/01/08 16:03 F0EWK  53  55  JN26EQ  715 
19/01/08 16:04 F1BKM  59  59  IN98MV  677 
19/01/08 16:05 F1CMA  59  59  JN19OP  882 
19/01/08 16:07 F6PTT  59  59  JN18DT  768 
19/01/08 16:07 F5DQK  57  53  JN18GR  771 
19/01/08 16:09 F6EBH  59  59  JN19WT  925 
19/01/08 16:10 F2LQ   57  57  IN98EB  576 
19/01/08 16:12 OR4J   53  53  JO20EU 1039 
19/01/08 16:13 F6ESU  57  59  JN19OO  878 
19/01/08 16:14 G3JHM  53  53  IO91LC  916 
19/01/08 16:16 ON4KHG 56  57  JO10XO 1000 
19/01/08 16:17 F1ISM  57  57  JN09VK  808 
19/01/08 16:18 F4DXX  55  59  IN97LH  506 
19/01/08 16:20 ON3EA  52  33  JO10WU 1020 
19/01/08 16:20 F0EHA  55  55  IN98XC  615 
19/01/08 16:22 F4AZF  53  53  JN39GG 1015 
19/01/08 16:23 G3KEQ  55  57  JO01BH  956 
19/01/08 16:24 F1DSX  53  56  JN19IT  877 
19/01/08 16:26 F1BQX  53  52  JN18DP  753 
19/01/08 16:28 F1RHS  53  55  JN03PV  364 
19/01/08 16:30 M5BFL  52  52  IO91OO  973 
19/01/08 16:33 F4EDW  53  54  JN18GU  782 
19/01/08 16:34 F6BBO  59  59  JN18CS  761 
19/01/08 16:36 F6DZS  58  58  JN18EV  779 
19/01/08 16:40 EA2CSC 59  59  IN83SB   48 
19/01/08 16:45 F6GKQ  57  56  IN98DA  570 
19/01/08 16:46 F0FHZ  52  55  IN87KR  528 
19/01/08 16:48 F6AQI  59  59  IN96DW  452 
19/01/08 16:50 F0CYF  55  55  IN98DC  579 
19/01/08 16:52 F4EIK  52  53  JN28NO  889 
19/01/08 16:54 DK3EE  53  51  JO41GU 1313 
19/01/08 16:56 ON4KST 55  57  JO20HI 1006 
19/01/08 16:57 F4ASC  57  57  JN19DD  799 
19/01/08 17:06 F5APQ  529 519 JO00XU  953 
19/01/08 17:10 F2IL   52  52  JO10BC  884 
19/01/08 17:17 G4DEZ  52  52  JO03AE 1157 
19/01/08 17:18 F5EQR  57  59  JN19UO  900 
19/01/08 17:21 F6ANO  59  59  JN18JR  782 
19/01/08 17:24 F0EJW  55  55  IN78VJ  609 
19/01/08 17:25 F1NUM  53  59  IN88AJ  606 
19/01/08 17:30 PE1AHX 55  57  JO21OS 1156 
19/01/08 17:31 F1TIT  59  59  JN18EQ  760 
19/01/08 17:31 ON4POO 52  59  JO20DP 1017 /QRP
19/01/08 17:31 F1YJ   59  55  JN17ET  683 
19/01/08 17:33 PA2M   53  55  JO21IP 1125 
19/01/08 17:35 PA5DD  54  53  JO22IC 1167 
19/01/08 17:41 ON7GB  53  59  JO21IA 1068 
19/01/08 17:47 LX2LA  52  52  JN39CP 1025 
19/01/08 17:48 F0FHU  55  55  JN06XD  530 
19/01/08 17:49 DG9YIH 53  54  JO32QI 1299 
19/01/08 17:52 DK3T   52  42  JO41GU 1313 
19/01/08 17:53 F8CDM  52  51  JN07QM  611 
19/01/08 17:55 F1CKB  59  59  IN97SL  539 
19/01/08 17:57 DK0VHF 52  41  JO41GU 1313 
19/01/08 18:02 F1PKA  57  59  JN29WB  963 
19/01/08 18:05 F4EMG  51  51  JO00WU  951 
19/01/08 18:07 F4BUC  55  55  JN08XX  770 
19/01/08 18:09 F6DEO  53  55  JN19DA  787 
19/01/08 18:10 F1ORH  59  59  JN19BK  820 
19/01/08 18:10 F2YT   59  59  JO10GK  931 
19/01/08 18:11 G7RAU  51  59  IO90IR  871 /QRP
19/01/08 18:28 F2NJ   55  52  IN97EG  490 
19/01/08 18:33 F1TZE  55  55  JN09WK  811 
19/01/08 18:35 F6DFI  52  51  IN87WC  464 
19/01/08 18:40 F6IQK  52  59  JN04IU  365 
19/01/08 18:42 DK3SE  53  52  JN37VP  992 
19/01/08 18:44 F4EZJ  58  58  JN05DK  381 
19/01/08 18:47 F1DRR  59  59  JN18BX  777 
19/01/08 18:50 F6FEO  54  52  JN09NW  836 
19/01/08 18:53 DC5TD  53  55  JN37VP  992 
19/01/08 18:56 F6CHU  57  57  JN28RD  875 
19/01/08 19:05 EA1ASC 59  59  IN70DX  313 
19/01/08 19:07 F4ABV  53  52  JN39FD 1002 
19/01/08 19:09 F1FSU  53  55  IN99KC  697 
19/01/08 19:16 DL3IAS 51  51  JN49EJ 1129 
19/01/08 19:18 LX2RV  53  59  JN39AO 1013 
19/01/08 19:21 EA2YY  59  59  IN92EO  123 
19/01/08 19:25 F4CYH  53  54  JN26BH  677 
19/01/08 19:28 F0FJH  52  53  IN98AL  617 
19/01/08 19:29 F8ZW   59  59  JN38SP 1032 
19/01/08 19:33 DF5HC  55  55  JN49HT 1171 
19/01/08 19:33 DL1GI  55  59  JN49FG 1126 
19/01/08 19:34 DC2IP  52  52  JN49FD 1119 
19/01/08 19:35 F1DLT  59  59  JN27XG  851 
19/01/08 19:39 ON5KO  51  53  JO10OS  987 
19/01/08 19:42 DL3GN  52  55  JN37TO  978 
19/01/08 19:42 F4FHI  57  57  JN26EL  703 
19/01/08 19:44 F4DWY  55  51  IN95QO  349 
19/01/08 19:48 F4AFE  53  55  JN39GG 1015 
19/01/08 20:06 ON3AP  55  55  JO10OS  987 
19/01/08 20:10 ON4MER 53  53  JO10QO  977 
19/01/08 20:17 F4BRJ  53  53  JN19DD  799 
19/01/08 20:25 DK1VI  53  51  JN49HH 1139 
19/01/08 20:26 DF2VJ  53  57  JN39LI 1045 
19/01/08 20:32 ON4KIR 52  54  JO20MD 1007 
19/01/08 20:38 F6IRS  59  59  JN38VN 1043 
19/01/08 20:40 F0EUA  55  56  JN16QS  658 
19/01/08 20:41 DB4VO  57  57  JN39GM 1033 
19/01/08 20:42 PA2KW  53  54  JO22UD 1210 
19/01/08 20:43 F1BRV  52  59  JN16MX  653 /QRP



EA2TO/1 IN83FE 1512m asl in French Contest 144mhz
TS-2000 + Amp EA4BQN 200w + yagi 14el dk7zb + SHF 144 MVV Vox

Date      utc  call    sent   rcvd  locator   km
------------------------------------------------
20/01/08 07:42 F2YT    59 001 59 047 JO10GK  928 
20/01/08 07:42 F8DLS   59 002 59 028 JN19SE  860 
20/01/08 07:43 F6CBH   59 003 59 020 JN19BH  808 
20/01/08 07:44 F1ISM   59 004 59 037 JN09VK  806 
20/01/08 07:44 F5CT    59 005 59 006 JN08KI  668 
20/01/08 07:45 F5KFF   59 006 59 024 JN18GU  785 
20/01/08 07:46 F4CRE   59 007 59 023 IN96RN  443 
20/01/08 07:47 F5DQK   59 008 59 004 JN18GR  774 
20/01/08 07:48 F5HVI   59 009 59 007 IN98NP  641 
20/01/08 07:48 F0CYF   59 010 59 008 IN98DC  565 
20/01/08 07:49 F8ZW    59 011 59 001 JN38SP 1048 
20/01/08 07:49 F5APM   59 012 59 013 IN97HG  484 
20/01/08 07:50 ON4KHG  59 013 59 006 JO10XO 1001 
20/01/08 07:51 ON8WW   59 014 59 001 JO21KH 1102 
20/01/08 07:52 F0FJH   59 015 59 020 IN98AL  601 
20/01/08 07:53 F6IFX   59 016 59 002 JN07CX  607 
20/01/08 07:54 F5DQS/P 59 017 59 004 IN96LD  384 
20/01/08 07:55 F1BOC/P 59 018 59 008 IN96MV  459 
20/01/08 07:55 F4DBD   59 019 59 003 JN08XW  767 
20/01/08 07:57 F0FEK   59 020 59 013 JN19GB  803 
20/01/08 07:58 F0EHT   59 021 59 022 JN08QV  739 
20/01/08 07:58 OP4A    59 022 59 001 JO21LH 1106 
20/01/08 08:00 F1PHB   55 023 55 010 JN39DB  999 
20/01/08 08:00 F1FSU   59 024 59 006 IN99KC  683 
20/01/08 08:01 F6PTT   59 025 59 041 JN18DT  770 
20/01/08 08:02 F0EJW   59 026 59 017 IN78VJ  581 
20/01/08 08:02 F4FEY/P 55 027 59 009 IN97FG  480 
20/01/08 08:03 G6HIE   59 028 59 015 IO90ST  879 
20/01/08 08:05 F1BKM   59 029 59 001 IN98MV  665 
20/01/08 08:05 OR4J    57 030 55 003 JO20EU 1041 
20/01/08 08:06 F0EUA   59 031 59 010 JN16QS  674 
20/01/08 08:08 ON4POO  58 032 59 015 JO20DP 1019 
20/01/08 08:09 PE1EWR  59 033 53 007 JO11SL 1064 
20/01/08 08:10 F0EJT/P 59 034 58 026 JN19SL  885 
20/01/08 08:11 F6KIF/P 59 035 59 014 JN19XH  891 
20/01/08 08:12 ON7KZ   57 036 59 001 JO10MV  990 
20/01/08 08:13 ON3VHF  53 037 59 002 JO20EM 1012 
20/01/08 08:13 F6ACU   59 038 59 002 JN38FC  949 
20/01/08 08:21 ON4PS   57 039 59 001 JO20KQ 1049 
20/01/08 08:21 LX2LA   59 040 59 001 JN39CP 1034 
20/01/08 08:22 G4ZFJ   59 041 59 001 JO01HO  986 
20/01/08 08:23 F6FEO   59 042 59 001 JN09NW  830 
20/01/08 08:23 F4BNF   59 043 59 010 IN99GB  672 
20/01/08 08:24 F1US    59 044 59 007 JN07HG  559 
20/01/08 08:25 F1VV    55 045 55 001 JN19BA  781 
20/01/08 08:26 F1BQX   59 046 59 007 JN18DP  755 
20/01/08 08:27 F4EIK   55 047 55 036 JN28NO  900 
20/01/08 08:28 F5NXU   59 048 59 027 IN97MR  543 
20/01/08 08:30 F6IHA   55 049 59 011 JN05AS  404 
20/01/08 08:31 F0FKO   59 050 59 026 IN96QT  463 
20/01/08 08:32 F0FIG   55 051 59 010 JO10JE  915 
20/01/08 08:33 F1EZQ   59 052 59 011 JN27LS  835 
20/01/08 08:33 F5APQ   55 053 55 012 JO00XU  948 
20/01/08 08:34 ON4CAP  53 054 57 002 JO11PD 1023 
20/01/08 08:36 F1AZJ/P 53 055 59 076 JN28OK  893 
20/01/08 08:37 F1ORH   57 056 59 015 JN19BK  819 
20/01/08 08:38 ON6YF   57 057 57 001 JO20KC 1000 
20/01/08 08:38 F5JJA   55 058 55 004 JN08GM  672 
20/01/08 08:39 F0ESV/P 57 059 59 018 JN39AF  996 
20/01/08 08:40 F6EBH   59 060 59 038 JN19WT  929 
20/01/08 08:41 DK1FG   58 061 59 002 JN59OP 1335 
20/01/08 08:42 F6DQZ   59 062 59 002 JN19NE  841 
20/01/08 08:42 F8KOP/P 59 063 59 073 JN06JG  484 
20/01/08 08:43 F6BYJ/P 59 064 59 073 JN05BS  409 
20/01/08 08:44 F4SGU   59 065 59 022 IN97GV  548 
20/01/08 08:46 F8BRK   59 066 59 071 IN99VF  719 
20/01/08 08:46 F6AQI   59 067 59 008 IN96DW  441 
20/01/08 08:47 ON3EA   57 068 55 001 JO10WU 1020 
20/01/08 08:49 F6BQP   59 069 59 017 IN97SL  534 
20/01/08 08:50 EA1ASC  59 070 59 001 IN70DX  304 
20/01/08 08:51 ON5AEN  59 071 59 005 JO10VW 1024 
20/01/08 08:54 F0FCW   55 072 51 005 JN38FO  979 
20/01/08 08:54 F0DZO   59 073 59 001 JN18GT  781 
20/01/08 08:56 ON4KBE  55 074 57 002 JO20BI  986 
20/01/08 08:56 PA5DD   56 075 55 002 JO22IC 1166 
20/01/08 08:57 ON3AP   59 076 59 002 JO10OS  985 
20/01/08 08:59 F1CNB   59 077 52 001 JN09DM  763 
20/01/08 09:00 F6FLB   55 078 57 010 JO00WX  957 
20/01/08 09:00 F1BHD   59 079 59 003 IN87UN  496 
20/01/08 09:01 F5OHH   59 080 59 015 IN97AJ  484 
20/01/08 09:02 F1CMA   57 081 59 002 JN19OP  884 
20/01/08 09:03 PE1AHX  55 082 55 001 JO21OS 1157 
20/01/08 09:03 DL6BF   53 083 55 001 JO32QI 1302 
20/01/08 09:04 F4EHB   57 084 59 001 JN29IS  965 
20/01/08 09:05 F0EUE   59 085 59 002 JN29VM 1003 
20/01/08 09:06 DC9YC   53 086 53 001 JO31QK 1229 
20/01/08 09:07 F4AZF   59 087 59 001 JN39GG 1027 
20/01/08 09:09 F1CXW   59 088 59 001 JO20JC  996 
20/01/08 09:10 DL3IAS  51 089 53 001 JN49EJ 1144 
20/01/08 09:11 F5SUL   59 090 59 001 IN87XH  473 
20/01/08 09:12 F5LJA   59 091 59 002 JO10IA  896 
20/01/08 09:12 F1BBK   59 092 59 001 JN08PP  712 
20/01/08 09:13 F1COK   55 093 59 004 JN17LU  724 
20/01/08 09:14 ON4MFX  57 094 57 014 JO10OS  985 
20/01/08 09:15 F0FOE   53 095 59 003 JO20JD 1000 
20/01/08 09:15 DC2IP   53 096 54 001 JN49FD 1134 
20/01/08 09:17 F0FAP   59 097 52 003 IN98DD  569 
20/01/08 09:18 PA1FZH  53 098 52 002 JO11TL 1067 
20/01/08 09:19 F8CGY   59 099 59 004 JN08AK  646 
20/01/08 09:20 M5BFL   59 100 59 002 IO91OO  958 
20/01/08 09:21 G3GVM   55 101 59 001 IO90JT  866 
20/01/08 09:22 F4DXX   59 102 59 003 IN97LH  498 
20/01/08 09:23 DL2DR   59 103 53 001 JO31TO 1255 
20/01/08 09:23 F6HGC   57 104 55 009 JN27LI  809 
20/01/08 09:25 PA2M    57 105 57 001 JO21IP 1125 
20/01/08 09:26 F1CKB   59 106 59 016 IN97SL  534 
20/01/08 09:26 F1RHX   59 107 55 001 IN88WD  562 
20/01/08 09:27 F1ARR   59 108 59 001 IN98EU  647 
20/01/08 09:28 F1OET   57 109 59 006 JN38TQ 1056 
20/01/08 09:29 ON6MG   55 110 57 001 JO10VK  979 
20/01/08 09:30 F4EEI   59 111 59 028 JN27SW  881 
20/01/08 09:31 F6DFI   59 112 59 012 IN87WC  449 
20/01/08 09:31 DJ9UX   53 113 55 001 JO31MD 1190 
20/01/08 09:32 DK9TF   53 114 53 002 JO31NF 1201 
20/01/08 09:33 DF5HC   57 115 57 003 JN49HT 1184 
20/01/08 09:34 DF4OR   52 116 55 002 JN49CD 1119 
20/01/08 09:35 F0EWL   53 117 51 039 JN26EQ  734 
20/01/08 09:36 F1TIT   59 118 59 004 JN18EQ  763 
20/01/08 09:37 F6HRO   59 119 59 009 IN88JQ  612 
20/01/08 09:38 F1PKA   59 120 59 005 JN29WB  975 
20/01/08 09:39 F1DRR   59 121 59 010 JN18BX  777 
20/01/08 09:40 F0EVO   57 122 59 010 JN09UE  779 
20/01/08 09:42 G4DHF   57 123 57 001 IO92UU 1101 
20/01/08 09:44 F6KUC   59 124 59 064 IN95TQ  375 
20/01/08 09:45 F5GBS   59 125 59 002 IN97NA  475 
20/01/08 09:46 PA3FPQ  54 126 55 001 JO22XE 1225 
20/01/08 09:47 LX2RV   55 127 52 002 JN39AO 1022 
20/01/08 09:48 F0FHU   57 128 58 017 JN06XD  545 
20/01/08 09:48 ON4LCY  55 129 59 001 JO10TO  987 
20/01/08 09:50 F5KTU   59 130 59 038 JN05VG  484 
20/01/08 09:52 F5JNB   59 131 59 001 IN97OC  486 
20/01/08 09:54 F1EBY   59 132 59 001 JO10OP  974 
20/01/08 09:55 G4DCV   55 133 52 001 IO91OF  917 
20/01/08 09:55 F5UTN   59 134 59 002 JN08QV  739 
20/01/08 09:58 G3KEQ   57 135 57 001 JO01BH  944 
20/01/08 10:03 PA3CWN  57 136 51 001 JO33AH 1328 
20/01/08 10:04 ON4ZN   55 137 55 004 JO21FB 1063 
20/01/08 10:05 DL8DAU  57 138 56 001 JO40ME 1232 
20/01/08 10:06 F5PDM   59 139 59 004 JN18KJ  763 
20/01/08 10:07 OK1FD   53 140 57 002 JO60CF 1428 
20/01/08 10:08 DB5WC   55 141 59 002 JN49EJ 1144 
20/01/08 10:08 F6GPT   59 142 59 036 IN94SW  314 
20/01/08 10:09 F1DLZ   59 143 59 001 JN19FH  822 
20/01/08 10:09 DN1GQ   57 144 57 002 JN37TO  999 
20/01/08 10:10 DF1SO   53 145 56 001 JN48PO 1159 
20/01/08 10:11 DJ1TU   53 146 55 001 JN48TR 1187 
20/01/08 10:12 DF2VJ   59 147 59 005 JN39LI 1057 
20/01/08 10:13 DK0YY   55 148 57 001 JN37TO  999 
20/01/08 10:14 F5OZG   57 149 59 003 JO10FL  929 
20/01/08 10:15 F5OAU   55 150 55 009 JN27XG  870 
20/01/08 10:15 DF2ZC   59 151 59 001 JO30RN 1168 
20/01/08 10:16 DL1GI   57 152 59 002 JN49FG 1142 
20/01/08 10:17 F5PVK   59 153 59 006 JN19GU  874 
20/01/08 10:17 F0DKT   59 154 59 005 JN18JG  748 
20/01/08 10:18 DF6GQ   54 155 55 005 JN37TO  999 
20/01/08 10:19 DK3SE   55 156 55 001 JN37VP 1012 
20/01/08 10:20 F6CHU   59 157 59 027 JN28RD  889 
20/01/08 10:21 F6DDW   55 158 59 011 JN38DM  963 
20/01/08 10:22 DH4FAJ  55 159 57 002 JN49EX 1180 
20/01/08 10:23 F9ZG    59 160 58 009 IN99KC  683 
20/01/08 10:24 DL8II   55 161 55 006 JN49GP 1169 
20/01/08 10:24 F5PDG   57 162 58 001 JN19DV  868 
20/01/08 10:26 F1UVN   53 163 59 004 JO10HE  908 
20/01/08 10:27 ON4AMY  55 164 56 001 JO21MB 1088 
20/01/08 10:27 ON5KO   55 165 57 004 JO10OS  985 
20/01/08 10:28 DK7UP   55 166 54 001 JO30NI 1135 
20/01/08 10:34 ON5NK   55 167 55 001 JO10VP  997 
20/01/08 10:34 F2GL    59 168 59 004 JN17ST  754 
20/01/08 10:35 F4AFE   53 169 59 001 JN39GG 1027 
20/01/08 10:36 F5DE    59 170 59 056 JN05DP  409 
20/01/08 10:37 F6APE   59 171 59 120 IN97QI  516 
20/01/08 10:39 DL6CB   53 172 51 001 JN49GG 1147 
20/01/08 10:39 F1NYN/P 59 173 59 052 JN06RH  526 
20/01/08 10:41 F4EDT/P 59 174 59 008 JN05DR  415 
20/01/08 10:42 DL0EE   53 175 55 002 JN49GK 1157 
20/01/08 10:43 ON7ARQ  53 176 51 004 JO10VX 1027 
20/01/08 10:44 F1BRV   59 177 59 012 JN16MX  666 
20/01/08 10:45 F4EMK/P 59 178 59 123 IN93JL  191 
20/01/08 10:47 F5ZV    53 179 53 008 JN37LQ  958 
20/01/08 10:48 DL9NEF  59 180 59 001 JN59OP 1335 
20/01/08 10:49 F1DOX   55 181 57 007 JN08CA  611 
20/01/08 10:51 F1RHS   59 182 59 077 JN03PV  397 
20/01/08 10:53 F1MOI   57 183 55 002 JN38UN 1054 
20/01/08 10:54 F6KKA   55 184 59 023 JN24BE  626 
20/01/08 10:55 F0DIX   59 185 59 021 IN93SV  261 
20/01/08 10:56 DL1NBM  53 186 52 001 JN49MV 1214 
20/01/08 10:57 F4CYH   55 187 54 001 JN26BH  697 
20/01/08 10:57 F8EML   59 188 59 008 IN94QR  289 
20/01/08 10:58 F5JNX   57 189 59 007 JN37PV  991 
20/01/08 10:59 DK1VI   55 190 55 002 JN49HH 1154 
20/01/08 11:00 LX1FX   54 191 54 002 JN29WT 1029 

EA2TO/1 IN83FE 1512m asl after french contest 144mhz

Date      utc  call     snd rec locator  km
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20/01/08 11:03 HB9BLF   54  53  JN37KB  922 
20/01/08 11:05 F6ETI    55  55  JN05RE  456 
20/01/08 11:06 DJ4QT    53  52  JN37TN  997 
20/01/08 11:15 F6BEG    559 559 JN25JS  720 
20/01/08 11:18 OK1TEH   529 559 JO70FD 1570 
20/01/08 11:22 EA2EA    559 599 IN93BH  136 
20/01/08 11:24 HB9QQ    529 519 JN47KJ 1076 
20/01/08 11:30 DL1NBM   559 559 JN49MV 1214 
20/01/08 11:32 OK2KKW   559 559 JO70FD 1570 
20/01/08 11:34 OK1FD    559 559 JO60CF 1428 
20/01/08 11:35 OK1YA    559 559 JO70GK 1588 
20/01/08 11:37 OK1GHZ/P 559 559 JN79FX 1563 
20/01/08 11:40 OK1KZE   529 559 JN79FX 1563 
20/01/08 11:42 DJ2YF    53  57  JN49GP 1169 
20/01/08 11:44 DJ9DL    52  55  JO31NC 1191 
20/01/08 11:48 DK3EE    55  55  JO41GU 1320 
20/01/08 11:48 OK1COM   52  53  JN79GX 1568 
20/01/08 11:49 GJ7DNI   55  59  IN89WE  676 
20/01/08 11:50 OR0A     53  55  JO20KW 1070 
20/01/08 11:51 OK1VAV   52  55  JN79FW 1561 
20/01/08 11:52 F6FTN    53  59  JN08XS  752 
20/01/08 11:54 EB1CON   59  59  IN72UT   74 
20/01/08 11:55 DL7OK    52  58  JO31KL 1208 
20/01/08 11:57 DF4UE    54  53  JN48RR 1176 
20/01/08 11:58 G4KEE    53  55  IO80GR  838 
20/01/08 12:04 GJ7DNI   599 599 IN89WE  676
20/01/08 12:05 G4RRA    559 579 IO80BS  843 
20/01/08 12:07 DL1NUX   529 519 JO50LE 1348 
20/01/08 12:38 DL0FO    59  59  JN59NR 1334 
20/01/08 12:40 DD0NM    53  53  JN59NI 1315 
20/01/08 12:42 DL9SAI   55  53  JN48RV 1184 
20/01/08 13:23 EA7AJ    55  57  IM87CS  602 
20/01/08 13:27 EA7RZ/P  53  59  IM87RF  668 
20/01/08 13:27 EA4LU    54  52  IM68TV  533 
20/01/08 13:28 EA4ERL   59  59  IN80GH  320 
20/01/08 13:30 EA1BYA   51  55  IN70WW  255 
20/01/08 13:36 EA7TL    55  59  IM66VO  766 
20/01/08 13:39 EA4ERX   57  53  IN80CH  320 
20/01/08 13:47 EA4DM    55  55  IN70WL  305 
20/01/08 14:05 F6ANO    57  55  JN18JR  786 
20/01/08 14:07 DH3NAN   53  54  JO50NC 1354 
20/01/08 14:11 DJ7JM    53  57  JN48RR 1176 
20/01/08 14:12 PE1AXM   52  54  JO11VM 1077 
20/01/08 14:34 F8ATS    59  59  JN18DP  755 
20/01/08 14:42 F0DZO    59  59  JN18GT  781 
20/01/08 15:06 DK2EA    51  55  JO50UF 1397 
20/01/08 15:07 MW1MFY   53  57  IO81FL  922 
20/01/08 15:08 F0DMU    53  56  JO10LP  964 
20/01/08 15:09 F5MSE    59  59  JN08WO  733 
20/01/08 15:10 DK7VO    53  53  JN48IS 1129 
20/01/08 15:11 F8DYR    59  59  JN07WL  637 
20/01/08 15:18 DL4DWA   52  52  JO61QH 1557 
20/01/08 15:19 DG4YDZ   55  55  JO40ME 1232 
20/01/08 15:20 F6EBH    59  59  JN19WT  929 
20/01/08 15:20 DB6NT    55  55  JO50VJ 1411 
20/01/08 15:24 G0UWK    529 529 IO83VC 1106 
20/01/08 15:26 EC1KR    59  59  IN70NT  286 
20/01/08 15:27 G4HGI    52  52  IO83PL 1145 
20/01/08 15:42 F1CVU    55  55  JN09NJ  777 
20/01/08 15:47 F1ISM    59  59  JN09VK  806 
20/01/08 15:48 DL6WU    53  42  JN49HT 1184 
20/01/08 16:42 F6ARQ    53  56  JN05BO  396 
20/01/08 16:45 HB0HLI   52  51  JN37JB  917 
20/01/08 16:45 F1DLT    59  59  JN27XG  870 
20/01/08 16:48 F8CIH    54  59  JN18HS  782 
20/01/08 16:52 F1GP     59  59  JN18AO  740 
20/01/08 16:55 F4COP    52  54  JN19OS  895 
20/01/08 16:55 DJ2NR    55  53  JO50VF 1402 
20/01/08 16:57 F4ASC    52  55  JN19DD  800 
20/01/08 16:58 F4BXU    53  54  JN09OJ  780 
20/01/08 17:00 F6ASS    54  55  JN18EO  756 
20/01/08 17:04 DK5EW    55  54  JN47NX 1118 
20/01/08 17:08 DF5NK    52  52  JN59UK 1358 
20/01/08 17:10 DJ7RST   53  52  JN59UK 1358 
20/01/08 17:11 F4DVO/P  52  53  JN18AB  694 
20/01/08 17:13 F6ESU    54  55  JN19OO  880 
20/01/08 17:14 F4DNP    57  55  JN38FL  971 
20/01/08 17:16 F6EWB    52  51  IN93HH  176 
20/01/08 17:18 DK5RQ    55  55  JN68BV 1361 
20/01/08 17:19 EA4EJP   55  55  IN80CG  325 
20/01/08 17:23 EA2CCG   55  51  IN92AO  144 
20/01/08 17:24 EA4WP    53  55  IN80CG  325 
20/01/08 17:30 DL4DWA   559 559 JO61QH 1557 
20/01/08 17:32 F6IRW    55  56  JN38VN 1059 
20/01/08 17:33 DK4IN    53  53  JN48DV 1110 



EA2TO/1 IN83FE 1512m asl 432mhz
TS-2000 + yagi 21el dk7zb + SHF 432 MVV Vox

date      utc  call  snd rec locator  km
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20/01/08 12:47 F4AZF 51  51  JN39GG 1027 
20/01/08 12:55 F1EZQ 53  54  JN27LS  835 
20/01/08 12:58 F1BKM 559 529 IN98MV  665 
20/01/08 14:03 F5DQK 52  53  JN18GR  774

PPS: And how about Synoptic maps from that day? Try to compare pictures from year 1974 and 2008:

TROPO 20.01.74 (more at http://www.ok2kkw.com/next/tropo_1973_74.htm )