The Six and Ten Report   (unpublished compilation)

Most Reliable 28 MHz Beacons

A list of the 5 most reliable (most frequently heard) 10m beacons by continent, as monitored in the UK by members of the Six and Ten Reporting Club. This data is an average of daily reliability values for April 1999 to June 1999, the last full quarter-year for which data has been published (Rank, reliability and numbers of beacons in brackets are for the previous quarter).

AFRICA
Rank Beacon Reliability
1 (1) ZS6DN 100% (100%)
2 (2) ZS6PW 100% (99%)
3 (4) ZS1LA 100% (93%)
4 (7) 5Z4B 93% (81%)
5 (3) CS3B 90% (94%)
Total of 7 (7) beacons heard

ASIA
Rank Beacon Reliability
1 (1) 5B4CY 79% (88%)
2 (2) 4S7B 64% (81%)
3 (3) 4X6TU 46% (49%)
4 (4) JA2IGY 1% (11%)
5 (5) JE7NYQ 1% (6%)
Total of 5 (7) beacons heard

EUROPE
Rank Beacon Reliability
1 (2) OH2B 66% (86%)
2 (3) LA4TEN 46% (49%)
3 (8) EA3JA 35% (11%)
4 (9) OK0EG 34% (5%)
5 (12) SK5TEN 21% (1%)
Total of 23 (15) beacons heard

NORTH AMERICA
Rank Beacon Reliability
1 (1) 4U1UN 19% (72%)
2 (2) W3VD 13% (67%)
3 (9) KD4EC 9% (53%)
4 (23) VE9BEA 8% (29%)
5 (25) VE9MS 6% (27%)
Total of 19 (52) beacons heard
Here for detailed breakdown of US and Canadian beacons

OCEANIA
Rank Beacon Reliability
1 (1) VK6RBP 60% (77%)
2 (3) VK6RWA 7% (17%)
3 (2) VK8VF 6% (28%)
4 (4) VK2RSY 5% (10%)
5 (6) VK5WI 5% (2%)
Total of 6 (7) beacons heard

SOUTH AMERICA
Rank Beacon Reliability
1 (1) LU4AA 99% (97%)
2 (2) LU1FHH 93% (88%)
3 (4) OA4B 87% (78%)
4 (3) PY3ARL 84% (81%)
5 (7) YV5B 78% (52%)
Total of 10 (11) beacons heard

See also the 1998 top 100 beacon list.

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