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2026 50MHz YEAR IN REVIEW - THE FOCUS OF THIS PAGE IS 50MHz DX!

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May
14th Nice 50MHz EME Initial on Q65 with KH6FA in Hawaii
15th Another 50MHz EME Initial on Q65 with Bob ZL1RS in Tonga as A35RS
June
8th Nice to add 4 countries to my 2026 50MHz tally tonight: SV9 (Crete), 5H-5I (Tanzania), CE (Chile) and ZA (Albania) taking my total for ytd to 101. Made 100 by 1st June in 2025;-)
22nd Annual country count now up to 117 but condx very weird here - still not worked JA HL or BY but several BV (Taiwan) stations worked. All good fun.
26th Late on the 50MHz band this morning - screen was full of JA (Japan), HL (Korea) and BY (China) - stayed that way until late morning. Worked many in each country and heard in VK4 Queensland) but no QSO. Later worked PZ5RA (Surinam) amid many N American and Carib stations. Then 16:40z copied half a dozen or so CQs from KL7HBK (Alaska) but no QSO .
Highlight of the day was working BG9TX (China) in NM87 for new Field #150 and Grid #1548.
Total countries worked so far in 2026 now up to 124 DXCC.
27th Left RX on overnight screen reveals opening to JA from 01:30!!.
Early start - signs of VK into E Europe but band dead here. 05:20z Graham VK3 GA Melbourne -14 and in the log. VK5PO also heard but not worked. Off for a swim - came back to see DV6YDG had been in. Band open all day - China and N America simultaneously.
Late afternoon random EU stations working KL7HBK on 50.323MHz. Per yesterday nothing here until precisely 16I40z when there he was John KL7HBK Alaska worked for a new terrestrial DXCC.
Band remained open to N America Central / West until around 19:30z. 126 DXCC this year and 5 new squares today taking total to 1553.

28th Out at Cornish Radio Rally, Truro. Band good all day but not "special" A late afternoon CQ to then West brought Juan TG9AJR in Guatemala - big surprise for both of us. Late / strong opening to KL7 just ended 21:00z

July
Es continues!
14th Just had an amazing #EME #moonbounce #50MHz QSO with Bob ZL1RS on my moonset. Why amazing? Well, it was on #FT8 mode with Bob's signal peaking at +6 for the round trip 720000km+ path taking 2.5 seconds
203615 6 2.5 434 ~ CQ ZL1RS RF64 a1 New Zealand.
15th Tried with Chris ZL7DX on Chatham Island on my moonset. Band was open to NA so I was beaming into Es. I copied Chris but we did not complete:-( However, later at around 22I30z Chris copied a French station terrestrially on FT8 over North America!
16th Tried again and just completed with ZL7DX on my last 0.5deg of moon:-)
17-20th Some amazing Es many new squares and Annual country count up to 136:-)
21st - 30th 12h plus openings to USA virtually every day! Annual country count up to 136 and all time squares lifted to 1577 [50 new ones] :-)

23rd 10:30z Spotted by and heard EP2AES in IRAN but no QSO as yet:-(

August
1st Nice start to the month: W0M on Saipan (KH9) worked via 50MHz EME for DXCC # 277

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