Hi MF
 
Good conditions again last night. No other station spotted at Reunion
Last night, spots happened very early in the night, starting at 21:10 UTC
 
2018-06-13 00:00              EA5DOM             0.475608              -30         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-12 23:20             EA5DOM             0.475608              -28         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-12 23:00             EA5DOM             0.475608              -27         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-12 22:50             EA5DOM             0.475608              -29         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-12 21:40             EA5DOM             0.475608              -29         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-12 21:10             EA5DOM             0.475609              -30         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129
 
Also good conditions to the north. Very close to artic circle and with a very short dark night at summer solstice
SM2DJK, best -19dB at 3110Km
2018-06-13 00:10              EA5DOM             0.475608              -19         0             IM98xn                1             SM2DJK             
  KP03au                  3110      19
 
SM3LMN, best -13dB at 2889Km and LA2XPA, best -9dB at 2807Km
2018-06-12 23:50              EA5DOM             0.475609              -13         0             IM98xn                1             SM3LNM           
  JP82qg                  2889      19
2018-06-13 00:40              EA5DOM             0.475608              -9            0             IM98xn                1             LA2XPA                JP33wi
                  2807      8
 
8 days for summer solstice and counting
 
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
 
 
Hi MF
 
I did not transmitted the nights of June 8th and 9th
 
Last night June 10th Pascal could also report Mal G3KEV once. Good to be not alone ;-)
 
2018-06-10 23:32              G3KEV                  0.475659              -28         0             IO94sh                 5             FR5DH  LG78pw
               9915       130
 
Interesting to note that Mal got his decode very early in the night. My decodes started later al 01:10 ending at 02:20, probably
about sunrise at Reunion (UTC+4)
 
2018-06-11 02:20              EA5DOM             0.475608              -27         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-11 02:10             EA5DOM             0.475608              -26         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-11 02:00             EA5DOM             0.475608              -28         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-11 01:20             EA5DOM             0.475608              -30         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-11 01:10             EA5DOM             0.475608              -30         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129
 
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
 
 
Hi MF
 
Just for statistic purposes I’m keeping sending this info to the group
One more night of transmissions and decodes at Reunion
 
2018-06-08 02:00              EA5DOM             0.475608              -30         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-08 01:20             EA5DOM             0.475608              -27         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-08 00:30             EA5DOM             0.475608              -27         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-08 00:20             EA5DOM             0.475608              -25         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-08 00:00             EA5DOM             0.475608              -28         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129
 
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
 
 
Hi MF
 
Last night, geomagnetic activity was low and DST rised again. And that means another night of good conditions
A total of 18 decodes over mutual dark path to Reunion, best -25dB
 
2018-06-06 02:20              EA5DOM             0.475608              -27         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-06 02:00             EA5DOM             0.475608              -30         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-06 01:50             EA5DOM             0.475608              -26         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-06 01:30             EA5DOM             0.475608              -27         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-06 01:20             EA5DOM             0.475608              -29         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-06 01:00             EA5DOM             0.475608              -30         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-06 00:20             EA5DOM             0.475608              -29         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 23:40             EA5DOM             0.475608              -29         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 23:30             EA5DOM             0.475608              -29         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 23:20             EA5DOM             0.475608              -29         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 23:00             EA5DOM             0.475608              -26         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 22:50             EA5DOM             0.475608              -25         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 22:30             EA5DOM             0.475608              -29         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 22:20             EA5DOM             0.475608              -25         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 22:10             EA5DOM             0.475608              -30         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 21:20             EA5DOM             0.475608              -30         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 20:50             EA5DOM             0.475608              -30         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129 
 2018-06-05 20:30             EA5DOM             0.475608              -26         0             IM98xn                1             FR5DH  LG78pw
               8783       129
 
Good conditions also to the East. Got decodes from R3LW at almost 3000Km and ground path
 
2018-06-06 00:00              EA5DOM             0.475610              -28         0             IM98xn                1             R3LW    KO54mq
              2935       42 
 2018-06-06 00:50             EA5DOM             0.475610              -26         0             IM98xn                1             R3LW    KO54mq
              2935       42 
 2018-06-05 23:50             EA5DOM             0.475610              -27         0             IM98xn                1             R3LW    KO54mq
              2935       42
 
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
 
 
 
Hi MF
Another night of spots. DST reached 10. Geomagnetic activity and flares were quiet
 
2018-05-25 23:50  EA5DOM  0.475608  -29  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-25 23:00  EA5DOM  0.475608  -30  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-25 22:30  EA5DOM  0.475608  -29  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-25 21:00  EA5DOM  0.475608  -31  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-25 20:50  EA5DOM  0.475608  -29  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-25 20:40  EA5DOM  0.475608  -29  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129 
 
 
Hi  MF
 
Last night two unique decodes from Pascal, FR5DH. There were no decodes since may 21th
 
|  2018-05-25 01:30  |  EA5DOM  |  0.475608  |  -30  |  0  |  IM98xn  |  1  |  FR5DH  |  LG78pw  |  8783  |  129  | 
|  2018-05-24 22:30  |  EA5DOM  |  0.475608  |  -26  |  0  |  IM98xn  |  1  |  FR5DH  |  LG78pw  |  8783  |  129  | 
 
The DST has been high this days but there were many Solar X ray flares untill this settle down yesterday
 
Almost one moth for solstice and counting ! ;-)
 
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
 
 
Hi MF
 
On more night of good conditions as DST keeps up
http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dst_realtime/presentmonth/
 
2018-05-21 01:20  EA5DOM  0.475608  -31  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
2018-05-21 00:20  EA5DOM  0.475608  -29  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
2018-05-20 23:50  EA5DOM  0.475608  -30  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
2018-05-20 23:40  EA5DOM  0.475608  -30  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129
2018-05-20 23:10  EA5DOM  0.475608  -24  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129 
2018-05-20 23:00  EA5DOM  0.475608  -29  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129 
 
73 de Luis
EA5DOM
 
 
Last night we got some spots again
 
2018-05-20 01:40  EA5DOM  0.475608  -28  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-20 01:20  EA5DOM  0.475608  -28  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-20 01:00  EA5DOM  0.475608  -30  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-19 23:40  EA5DOM  0.475608  -32  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-19 21:30  EA5DOM  0.475608  -30  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-19 21:20  EA5DOM  0.475608  -28  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-19 21:00  EA5DOM  0.475608  -30  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  
 
2018-05-19 20:10  EA5DOM  0.475608  -31  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129 
 
I'm afraid (and really hope) that there is no correlation between earthquakes and MF propagation
 
But really wondering why I'm getting so good chances in this path. It is not by brute force and ERP power
 
So, the other possibility is antenna radiation pattern in vertical plane. The 90m vertical has probably a
 
very low radiation pattern. And at sea coast that means even more chances to get a very flat take off
 
angle to FR5. So low that may be I can reach there with four hops instead of five, which would be the
 
case for an average antenna with higer radiation angle
 
Four hops for 8783Km distance is about 2196Km per hop. Which is under the theoretical maximum
 
of 2235Km for an E layer situated at 100Km height
 
Path profile from here to Reunion, providing four 2196Km hops shows that first hop would land in south
 
Libya desert area, second in Sudan desert and third into the ocean, not far away from the coast of Kenia
 
That third bouncing in sea water would be a bonus for a weak signal to reach Reunion in the next bounce at 
 
decodable levels. With five shorter hops the third would land on ground and the extra attenuation may
 
left no much for a fourth hop to the ocean and then a five one
 
This are just my thoughts. Would be interesting to know experts opinion
 
EA5DOM
Hi MF,
I am not a specialist in the MF propagation and earthquakes, but I ask if the recent earthquakes in Mayotte Island have influenced the reception here. Mayotte is on the path between EA and FR:
 2018-05-19 02:20  EA5DOM  0.475608  -28  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-19 01:50  EA5DOM  0.475608  -26  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-19 01:40  EA5DOM  0.475608  -27  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-19 01:30  EA5DOM  0.475608  -29  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-19
 01:20  EA5DOM  0.475608  -26  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-19 00:50  EA5DOM  0.475608  -28  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-19 00:30  EA5DOM  0.475608  -28  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-19 00:00  EA5DOM  0.475608  -30  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-18
 23:30  EA5DOM  0.475608  -28  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-18 23:10  EA5DOM  0.475608  -20  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-18 22:50  EA5DOM  0.475608  -28  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-18 22:30  EA5DOM  0.475608  -28  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-18
 22:20  EA5DOM  0.475608  -30  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-18 22:10  EA5DOM  0.475608  -27  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-18 22:00  EA5DOM  0.475608  -23  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129  2018-05-18 21:10  EA5DOM  0.475608  -28  0  IM98xn  1  FR5DH  LG78pw  8783  129 
73, Pascal