ES on 144 MHz & DXCC #50 on 70 MHz

Early morning opening on 2 m to the west! 😎 More UK on 4 m afterwards. Worked 4X1TI/KM71 at 8:25z who provided DXCC #50 on 70 MHz. 😎 W4IMD/EM84 on 6 m at noon. More 4 m to EA/EA6 in the afternoon. MUF moving up to 2 m for a half-hour opening, taking a break for half an hour, then opening again for another half an hour, this time to south-west France and north-east Spain:

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TIME   CALLSIGN      LOCATOR   TX    RX    BAND  MODE   PROP.  QRB
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07:17  EI3KD         IO51VW   +23   +01    2 m.  FT8    ES    1515
07:32  GW1JFV        IO71LT   +02   +32    2 m.  FT8    ES    1308
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14:45  EA6SA         JM19LO   -14   +01    2 m.  FT8    ES    1734
14:59  EA6XQ         JM19LH   -10   -16    2 m.  FT8    ES    1763
15:11  EA3BT         JNØ1UF   +21   -07    2 m.  FT8    ES    1625
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15:46  F6EXG         JN33OR   +01   +03    2 m.  FT8    ES    1170
15:51  F1NSR         JN33JK   +07   +04    2 m.  FT8    ES    1213
16:02  F6ISI         JN13EM   -15   -09    2 m.  FT8    ES    1381
16:05  EA3BR         JNØ1NI   -09   -03    2 m.  FT8    ES    1639
16:12  EA3NJ         JNØ1UF   -02   +02    2 m.  FT8    ES    1625
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EA6AOB provided the very rare square JN10 on 4 m. TF1EIN and TF3LB, both from HP94, were nice catches, too. With 2.340 and 2.370 km respectively it’s quite the maximum a single ES hop will allow so everything has to fit perfectly to make it work with QRP setup. 😎

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