The Six and Ten Report   (unpublished compilation)

Top 100 28 MHz Beacons of 1998

A list of the 100 most reliable (most frequently heard) 10m beacons in 1998, as monitored in the UK by members of the Six and Ten Reporting Club. Beacons have been ranked by daily reliability values. Beacons on north-south paths have the highest reliabilities - South African beacons are frequently achieving reliabilities of 100% (i.e heard on every day) in recent months. Greatly improved propagation on east-west paths in the last 3 months of 1998 has brought North American beacons such as 4U1UN, W3VD and VE3TEN into highly ranked places. Other top ranked beacons located in Europe have been heard by summer sporadic E (e.g. OK0EG) and by a combination of sporadic E and F-layer backscatter (e.g. LA4TEN). All other factors being equal, high powered beacons are the more reliable, but many beacons were not active for the full year and hence rank in low positions.

Beacon Nr Beacon Nr Beacon Nr Beacon Nr Beacon Nr
ZS6DN 1 SV3AQR 21 VE1CBZ 41 VE4ARM 61 VA3GRR 81
ZS1LA 2 4U1UN 22 AB8Z 42 W4STT 62 W8MI 82
ZS6PW 3 EA3JA 23 I1M 43 VK6RWA 63 W8BEP 83
CS3B 4 OA4B 24 VE9MS 44 W0ERE 64 KH6WO 84
LU4AA 5 DK0TEN 25 N1WRG 45 LU2FFV 65 PI7ETE 85
ZS1J 6 W3VD 26 K9KXP 46 PT8AA 66 LU7DQP 86
LU1FHH 7 DF0AAB 27 W2IK 47 KA9SZX 67 N7LT 87
5B4CY 8 VE3TEN 28 VE9BEA 48 SK7TEN 68 WJ5O 88
4X6TU 9 LA5TEN 29 UA4NM 49 NQ2RP 69 WA1RAJ 89
OH2B 10 PY2JAU 30 OH9TEN 50 VK2RSY 70 JA7ZMA 90
Z21ANB 11 WB4WOR* 31 KB9DJA 51 LW5EJU 71 PI7BQC 91
PY3ARL 12 KD4EC 32 N1ME 52 N9YDZ 72 SK3TEN 92
5Z4B 13 KB3BOE 33 KC4DPC 53 JA2IGY 73 W6TOD 93
YV5B 14 K5AB 34 VK8VF 54 K2KL 74 KW7Y 94
4S7B 15 SK5TEN 35 N3BUB 55 N2JNT 75 K2GEO 95
LA4TEN 16 SK2TEN 36 YO2X 56 N9RET 76 K5PF 96
VK6RBP 17 WJ9Z 37 IY4M 57 VE3GOP 77 KF4MS 97
S55ZRS 18 N2VMF 38 PY5CTB 58 WA8YWO 78 LZ1JW 98
OK0EG 19 W3HH 39 9A0TEN 59 VE8AT 79 WA6APQ 99
VP8ADE 20 KA1NSV/4 40 W6WX 60 VK5WI 80 ZL6B 100
*WB4WOR includes data for KE4YVL. GB3RAL excluded from this compilation.

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