[ CLASSIFIED ] DX Central High Command | Operation: Summer of DX 2026 | Official Teaser youtu.be/GEM3_NleAdw [ 🔴 INCOMING TRANSMISSION: CLEARANCE LEVEL PUBLIC ] Attention Field Agents. The Global Intelligence Command has been completely overhauled. Operation: SUMMER OF DX 2026 is imminent. Your mission is to monitor, intercept, and catalog distant radio transmissions across the MW, FM, and NWR spectrums. Track Maidenhead Grids, hunt US Counties, unlock Century Club commendations, and decode bi-weekly encrypted "Bounty Hunts" over the airwaves. The terminal is built. The databanks are primed. The spectrum is yours. - Terminal Uplink Opens: 1 May 2026 @ 2300 UTC - Intercept Window Begins: 2 May 2026 @ 0100 UTC - Secure Mainframe: summerofdx.com Visual telemetry of the impending operation has just been declassified. Review the official briefing below. — DX Central High Command End of transmission #SummerOfDX #DXing #HamRadio #Shortwave #SDR #Radio #DXCentral #FMDX #AMDX #noaa #nws #weather #weatherradio

Another atmospheric event that can be related to Sporadic Es development. Could be worthy to keep an eye out tomorrow for cloud development in the Midwest! They can be a visual representation that the drivers that bring Sporadic Es are working. “Noctilucent clouds (NLCs) and Sporadic E (Es) are fundamentally linked by their shared dependence on meteors and mesospheric dynamics. While one is an ice-crystal phenomenon at 80 km altitude, and the other is a layer of ionized metal in the ionosphere, they frequently overlap in their formation drivers and seasonal presence.” #fmdx #SporadicEs

NEW PODCAST DROP: The DX Central "From the Static" Podcast, Episode 31: a look back at the Sporadic Es data for North American FM DX for the month of May. podbean.com/eas/pb-qr8tv-1ae… This was recorded on June 5 before the ionosphere decided to go haywire. In addition to my May analysis here, be sure to catch the July 2026 edition of The Spectrum Monitor magazine for my article at the halfway point of the Es season. thespectrummonitor.com/ #fmdx @DXTVFM @w2njl

Interesting. There is a theory that red sprites like these can aid in Sporadic Es ionization since these occur at much higher elevations close to or within the mesosphere. #fmdx @DXTVFM @w2njl

Band has come alive again, nice opening here to IL/IN/WI/MI #fmdx @DXTVFM @w2njl

New state logged by e-skip, 88.7 WRVT Rutland, VT at 470 miles! Also logged was 103.1 WZKC Royalton, VT at 506 miles with RDS. Today was a crazy DX day. I’ll have a lot of recordings to review.

I have tried this out on my local band and it is a really great piece of software!

The data analysis of today’s sporadic Es event(s) is going to be a real treat. I am already starting preliminary review and the numbers are staggering. The first 10 days of June have been fantastic but the last three in particular have been historic. @DXTVFM @w2njl #fmdx #SporadicEs #VHF #DX #fmradio

Band has exploded here again. Put the kettle on, FM DX crew, it’s gonna be a long evening. #fmdx @DXTVFM @w2njl

LIFETIME FIRST!!! 162.450 MHz - WWG88 in Crandon, WI - 1053 miles via Sporadic Es. @NWSGreenBay WFO heard in Mandeville, LA. The ionosphere is certainly "on one" today. Never experienced 162 MHz Sporadic Es and I have been doing FM/VHF DX since 1995. #NOAAWeatherRadio @NOAA @DXTVFM @w2njl

I have no idea what will happen the rest of this Es season, but FM DXers will be talking about the first 10 days of June 2026 for years and years to come. #fmdx @DXTVFM @w2njl

Absolutely insane day of Es on FM today. Absolutely insane first 10 days of June. Will this continue? Only time will tell!

This has to be my best FM DXing day in a LONG time here in Brackenridge PA The stations here are 99.5 KKMA in #SiouxCity #Iowa (862 miles) 98.1 KFGE in #Milford #Nebraska (916 mi). 104.1 WNAX HD1 in #Yankton #SouthDakota (903 mi). And 94.9 KNCK in #Concordia #Kansas (952 mi).

Yesterday's E-skip was incredibly strong at times. Here is 102.1 KDGE from Dallas-Fort Worth at 1,028 miles, completely overriding my local 102.1 WDOK, which is only 23 miles from me. You can hear the top of the hour IDs swapping back and forth. There were tons of strong signals from Texas all over the band.

New edition of the VHF DX Podcast has dropped. I know what I will be listening to while cutting grass tonight! #fmdx #SporadicE

Direct Hit! The solar storm launched during the M9.3-flare is indeed Earth-directed! Since this is the second significant eruption from Region 4455 while in the Earth-strike zone, this means this second storm could get "held up" in "traffic" on its way to Earth. The NASA solar storm prediction shows the second storm arrival by late June 4. However, the first storm will precede this so expect some impact starting around mid-day June 4 with the stronger storm arriving close behind!

NEW VIDEO(S): Two part series on reviewing IQ Recordings in SDR Console for FM DXers. Part I talks about the setup.....part II covers some tips/tricks to help get the most out of your review in the most efficient amount of time. Part I: youtu.be/2ifyHm5nQjo Part II: youtu.be/xIYmKY7oFfE Check it out and let us know if we missed anything that you feel is a big help in your recording reviews! #fmdx #dx #fmradio #SDR #SporadicE @G4ELI @w2njl @DXTVFM

#FMDX: Here's the station identification for 105.1 W286BO New Elm/Moultrie, Georgia (relay-1300 WMTM Moultrie, Georgia), at 6 am EDT on Monday, June 1st, 2026, with Town Hall News at the top of the hour, replacing the now-defunct CBS News Radio Network for their national news.

Pew pew pew