The best of Wi-Fi DX

On August 12, 2020 I set my new record during a DX-pedition to Dylewska Góra.
Read more: 5 GHz Wi-Fi DX record – Denmark logged in Poland @ 745 km

1. Distance records

This list contains the farthest 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks received near Płock, Poland via tropospheric ducting propagation.

BSSID SSID Radio name S↑ Logs Mode Approximate location [km]
64D1540895D0 LinkML YstadSec164D1540 -82 2021-09-09 Mikrotik nstreme 1 S Ystad 310° 499
D4CA6D118C23 rd-sub-sem-6-3 D4CA6D118C23 -88 2020-09-21 Mikrotik 802.11 1 UKR Dubno 118° 481
CC2DE0F65D89 ripa1 repehiv-ap1.rs -84 2018-10-11 Mikrotik 802.11 1 UKR Repekhiv 135° 465
000C426EE049 elbern link_bernatoniu -84 2019-07-01 Mikrotik 802.11 4 LTU Bernatoniai 38° 461
E48D8CF3FC91 molis50 E48D8CF3FC91 -88 2019-07-01 Mikrotik 802.11 1 LTU Panevėžys 36° 458
B869F4A6AF5E   B869F4A6AF5E -77 2021-09-09 Mikrotik 802.11 1 D Rügen 299° 454
B869F4E7B0FA   B869F4E7B0FA -76 2021-09-09 Mikrotik 802.11 4 D Rügen 299° 454
B869F4E7ECB1   B869F4E7ECB1 -77 2021-09-09 Mikrotik 802.11 4 D Rügen 299° 454
B869F4A6AF76   B869F4A6AF76 -69 2021-09-09 Mikrotik 802.11 1 D Rügen 299° 454
488F5AD232B7 nwn-gohren-sec02 488F5AD232B7 -84 2021-09-09 Mikrotik nv2 4 D Göhren 299° 444
64D15461D7C7 KLI_TRYSKIAMS ventos kam -84 2021-09-10 Mikrotik 802.11 1 LTU Venta 24° 443
CC2DE08EF43D RW-DC-SNEZ-PPB1 SNEZ-PPB1-070X -90 2019-12-30 Mikrotik 802.11 1 CZE Děčínský Sněžník 245° 438
DC9FDB6054DA sc_neo_zb_link_01 s1:vZamok.ub1 -84 2018-10-11 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 UKR Lviv, Vysokyi Zamok 135° 426
F09FC292490B MIK-COM-K AP-COM-H -86 2018-11-17 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 CZE Mikulášovice 247° 413
788A20A4D85E Ginetas-Achema-D Ach-Desin 248 -88 2019-07-01 Airmax AC PTMP 4 LTU Jonava, Achema 45° 409
802AA8A41DA7 WL24-S02 WL24-S02 -87 2019-06-29 Airmax AC PTMP 4 DNK Bornholm 313° 408
744D288A6983 WET2SIE AP-WetroHochhaus -85 2019-12-30 Mikrotik 802.11 4 D Wetro 251° 402
CC2DE0B760FD SchillRu AP1-Zuse Hochhau -86 2019-12-30 Mikrotik 802.11 1 D Hoyerswerda 256° 397
004F6951E855 Nauznam D4CA6DE44AF7 -88 2021-09-09 Mikrotik 802.11 1 POL Świnoujście 293° 395
6C3B6B9028CF tv300 tvizha-ap2.rs_300g -86 2021-09-11 Mikrotik nv2 4 UKR Tvizha 140° 393
0418D6ECE6F2 MEZON_50014_miz50067 bsuu_plg_stona -89 2019-07-01 Ubiquiti Airmax 4 LTU Plungė 19° 393
64D15410C98E OL22.wdsl.ol.de OL21.2 KMD – NC OL22 -74
-83		 2019-12-30
2021-07-30		 Mikrotik nv2 4 D Kottmarsdorf 247° 393
4C5E0C7398C4 WDSL-OL-NET OL57.2 LWD AP ND -88 2019-12-30 Mikrotik 802.11 4 D Lawalde 248° 392
00272246A3B5 erdves_varniai_rm5_01 TLS_BSUU_varni -88 2018-10-11 Ubiquiti Airmax 4 LTU Varniai 26° 390
6C3B6BA83ED1 OL30.wdsl-ol.de OL21.1 -KMD Schu -89 2021-07-30 Mikrotik 802.11 1 D Löbau 246° 385
002722A222DB FreeNet.Lysyvrch Lysyvrch_SV -88 2018-11-17 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 CZE Lysý vrch 243° 376
000C42603724 db.fr.9f 000C42603724 -89 2019-07-01 Mikrotik 802.11 1 LTU Kaunas 45° 375
002722E049BD rrs_kalvarijos28 KNS_PPRU_vaizg -83 2019-07-01 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 LTU Kaunas 45° 374
0021A4318031 AP-AL1 0021A4318031 -85
-88
-89		 2020-10-05
2021-06-22
2021-09-09		 Mikrotik nstreme 1 POL Kasprowy Wierch 178° 373
802AA8A4205E r1_s30_2 Rocket 5AC Prism -89 2018-10-11 Airmax AC PTMP 2 LTU Kretingalė 14° 372
0418D65880C9 IPWEC-IPJAG Wolin2Jagniatk -90 2021-09-09 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 POL Wolin 295° 370
000C42600F9F APWEC-S1 000C42600F9F -90
-85
-90
-83		 2018-05-28
2018-05-29
2021-06-04
2021-09-09		 Mikrotik 802.11 1 POL Wolin 294° 370
00156D652EE1 IPWEC-CG PEC_2Czarnoglowy -89
-80		 2021-06-04
2021-09-09		 Mikrotik 802.11 1 POL Wolin 294° 369
DC9FDB8AF6D1 davgita808 MR8 -88 2019-07-01 Mikrotik 802.11 1 LTU Kaunas 45° 368
002722F87062 ip-chrobry 002722F87062 -82 2021-09-09 Mikrotik 802.11 1 POL Kamień Pomorski 297° 365
44D9E7AEAFD1 MEZON_pajuris GRL_BSUU_pajur -86
-84		 2018-10-11
2020-09-19		 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 LTU Klaipėda 13° 364
4C5E0C811038 IPECQRT 4C5E0C811038 -78
-88
-78
-83
-82
-88
-87		 2017-10-18
2018-05-13
2018-05-20
2018-05-28
2018-11-17
2019-06-25
2020-01-02		 Mikrotik 802.11 1 POL Police, Komin EC 290° 364
0418D64CC390 r1_s15_8A Rocket M5 Tita -88 2018-10-11 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 LTU Klaipėda 13° 364
085531878B94 ampionet_k_t ampionet_k_t -84 2021-09-09 Mikrotik 802.11 1 POL Police 289° 363
4C5E0C28C2A3 gc_mazurska24 4C5E0C28C2A3 -88 2021-09-09 Mikrotik 802.11 1 POL Szczecin 286° 362
DC9FDB6426A9 bestnet1-sch-airmax.pl-717170530   -86
-86
-85
-88		 2018-06-04
2018-07-22
2020-09-22
2021-06-20		 Mikrotik 802.11 1 POL Świeradów-Zdrój 240° 359
4C5E0C8B0BE6 serwiswnc WNC2 -82 2019-12-30 Mikrotik 802.11 2 POL Nowe Czaple 256° 358
64D15492875D lubaczow.org.pl 64D15492875D -87 2021-09-11 Mikrotik 802.11 4 POL Lubaczów 138° 357
24A43CF45A4E lubaczow 3 lubaczow 3 -87 2021-09-11 Mikrotik 802.11 4 POL Lubaczów 138° 357
802AA8B836FB bestnet3-sch-airmax.pl-717170530   -87
-87
-91		 2018-07-22
2020-09-22
2021-06-20		 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 POL Świeradów-Zdrój 241° 357
44D9E70E1FFD J Rocket M5 -86
-88
-81
-87		 2018-07-22
2020-01-02
2020-09-22
2021-06-20		 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 POL Świeradów-Zdrój 240° 355
DC9FDB18A9C7 NJBulharska6 Bulharska 6 S -86 2020-01-02 Mikrotik 802.11 1 CZE Nový Jičín 201° 352
E48D8CF92E0D ADSLs_AP_VP E48D8CF92E0D -87 2018-08-04 Mikrotik 802.11 1 CZE Čeladná 196° 352
DC9FDB665E21 kpskolni01 kp-skolni01 -87 2018-07-05 Ubiquiti Airmax 2 CZE Kopřivnice 199° 352
4C5E0C1FC3B3 WRNVRAH6   -88 2020-01-02 Mikrotik nstreme 2 CZE Kopřivnice 200° 352
00156DECC93E DSJ-teranet-interhotel-07 AP-DSJ5-interh -86 2020-01-02 Mikrotik 802.11 1 CZE Kopřivnice 198° 350
00156DECC985 DSJ5-podmoravii25 AP-DSJ5-podmor -85 2020-01-02 Mikrotik 802.11 1 CZE Kopřivnice 197° 350
000C42CDCE0B     -88 2020-01-02 Mikrotik nstreme 1 CZE Kopřivnice 200° 350
64D154678C0B WRNVRAHKS   -87 2020-01-02 Mikrotik nv2 1 CZE Kopřivnice 197° 350
0418D63898C1 ck005 ck005 -89 2018-11-17 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 CZE Kopřivnice 199° 349
00156DF697DB trojanvicenet.cz_okr_skol_ap okraskol M5 -85
-89		 2018-08-04
2020-01-02		 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 CZE Frýdlant nad Ostravicí 196° 349
44D9E744E001 celadnanet.cz_par_AP3N Parma3_Rocket -89
-88		 2020-11-07
2021-06-20		 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 CZE Frýdlant nad Ostravicí 197° 349
64D154678C0E WRNVRAHKV   -84 2020-01-02 Mikrotik nv2 1 CZE Kopřivnice 197° 349
0418D6EC6DEC alma Alma link AKKC -87
-86		 2018-10-11
2019-07-01		 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 LTU Alytus 52° 349
802AA8A41E23 r1_s62_3 r1_s62_3 -88 2019-07-01 Airmax AC PTMP 0 LTU (unid) 19°  
E48D8CFE681B kvt-grp-3 KTBS3199S3 -92
-85		 2018-11-07
2020-09-23		 Mikrotik nv2 0 LTU (unid) 27°  
002722906A42   Smer Gazo -86
-87
-86		 2018-11-17
2019-10-14
2020-01-17		 Ubiquiti Airmax 0 SVK (unid) 187°  
D4CA6DBF95D5 IP_Protasevich S1 D4CA6DBF95D5 -92 2020-09-15 Mikrotik nv2 0 BLR (unid) 97°  
D4CA6DFF2F04 VLAD9 truba -87 2018-06-04 Mikrotik nv2 0 UKR (unid) 125°  
4C5E0C1BDF95 VLAD9 trbu -80 2020-09-21 Mikrotik nv2 0 UKR (unid) 122°  
D4CA6DE454F7 VLAD5 litoveg -83 2020-09-21 Mikrotik nv2 0 UKR (unid) 123°  

Additional information:

  • BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier) – access point identifier, based on wireless module’s MAC address.
  • SSID (Service Set Identifier) – network name (VAP for additional virtual access point SSIDs).
  • Radio name – additional extension for network name in proprietary wireless protocols (Mikrotik, Ubiquiti, Cisco),
  • S↑ – the strongest reported signal level value [dBm].
  • Logs – all reception dates.
  • Mode – wireless network protocol.
  • Approximate location – network’s location and distance based on geolocation:
    1 – WiGLE database,
    2 – Google Geolocation (match with another nearby network), 
    3 – local Wi-Fi network database, based on wardriving activity,
    4 – tentative location based on network name (like place or company name).
    Note: The listed distances are just rough information due to nature of Wi-Fi geolocation. They do not correspond to the exact location of a network.

2. Signal level records

The following list contains the strongest (vs distance) 5 GHz Wi-Fi networks received near Płock, Poland.

BSSID SSID Radio name Log Mode Approximate location [km] S↑
7483C2643AC2 KROS-NIEDRZ Rocket Prism 5AC Gen2 2021-09-09 Airmax AC PTMP 4 POL Krośniewice 226° 54 -49
F09FC2B8566F SRB_Tatrzan_A SRB_Tatrzan_A 2018-06-03 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 POL Zgierz 197° 84 -50
6C3B6B928CDF APR ST107 ST099 6C3B6B928CDF 2021-06-04 Mikrotik 802.11 1 POL Ostaszewo 309° 97 -52
000456E9D9EF most-ustronie   2021-06-20 Cambium 802.11 3 POL Strzelce Wielkie 248° 198 -55
E48D8C26DC27 NBALTIC WLA1 2018-05-20 Mikrotik nv2 4 POL Władysławowo 340° 260 -62
24A43CD2F1F7 LNK_TOSZOWICE7 TOSZOWICE7 2020-09-22 Ubiquiti Airmax 1 POL Toszowice 244° 267 -65
4C5E0C845061 MHT2-EW4N 4C5E0C845061 2020-01-02 Mikrotik nv2 3 POL Ustroń 192° 325 -66
B869F4D524DD Bv-Ss B869F4D524DD 2020-01-02 Mikrotik nstreme 4 CZE Sedliste 197° 332 -68
B869F4A6AF76   B869F4A6AF76 2021-09-09 Mikrotik 802.11 1 D Rügen 299° 454 -69
64D1540895D0 LinkML 64D1540895D0 2021-09-09 Mikrotik nstreme 1 S Ystad 310° 499 -82

3. Network count records

The following list contains the best tropospheric ducting events in terms of logged network count (≥ 4500).

Date Count ODX RX
2020-01-02 5671 POL Police /364 km/ RD5G31-AC + Dbii F52N-PRO (MIMO)
2021-09-08/09 5657 S Ystad /449 km/ RD5G34 + 2× Metal 5SHPn (SISO)
2021-07-12/13 5473 POL Anusin /280 km/ RD5G34 + 2× Metal 5SHPn (SISO)
2020-09-21/22 5144 POL Świeradów Zdrój /359 km/ RD5G34 + 2× Metal 5SHPn (SISO)
2021-08-14/15 5064 CZE Triniec /335 km/ RD5G34 + 2× Metal 5SHPn (SISO)
2018-11-17/18 4760 CZE Mikulášovice /413 km/ RD5G31-AC + RB912 (MIMO)
2018-06-03/04 4690 POL Świeradów Zdrój /359 km/ RD5G31-AC + RB912 (MIMO)
2021-07-27/28 4526 POL Władysławowo /261 km/ RD5G34 + 2× Metal 5SHPn (SISO)
2020-09-18/19 4500 LTU Klaipėda /364 km/ RD5G34 + 2× Metal 5SHPn (SISO)

Note: During normal conditions up to around 700 networks can be received with my current setup.

For more information see the statistical charts.

4. Indoor consumer Wi-Fi routers

Under very good propagation conditions it is also possible to receive signals from indoor devices at long distances. Reception from indoor devices is very rare. This is around 0.15% of all networks logged ever. The following list contains only networks received with no LOS at a distance of ≥100 km.

BSSID SSID Mode S↑ Log Vendor / Device Approximate location [km]
AC22057846BA Random AC 3SS -86 2018-05-20 Compal 2 POL Gdańsk 338° 210
AC2205E73867 UPC8F2C6AB AC 3SS -85 2019-08-20 Compal 1 POL Bydgoszcz 297° 134
743C1849D70D INEA-D543_5G AC 4SS -85 2021-04-01 Taicang 2 POL Konin 249° 108
54A65C515197 CGA2121_6tjEFub AC 3SS -80 2021-04-01 Technicolor 2 POL Konin 249° 108
905C44AC4E66 UPC63B7628 AC 3SS -90 2021-06-08 Compal 1 POL Pabianice 196° 107
342CC4B4E254 UPC4037834 AC 3SS -83 2021-09-09 Compal 2 POL Piaseczno 122° 103
E457401A98A2 UPC8581591 AC 4SS -88 2021-09-09 Arris 3 POL Piaseczno 122° 102
342CC4E79C64 UPC5316388 AC 3SS -87 2021-09-09 Compal 1 POL Warsaw 119° 100
38437D854699 UPC4059999 AC 3SS -88 2021-09-09 Compal 1 POL Warsaw 120° 100

5. Received countries

So far, networks from 9 countries have been presumably logged near Płock, Poland:

  • POL – Poland (≥ 20000)
  • CZE – Czechia (≥ 200)
  • LTU – Lithuania (≥ 11)
  • D – Germany (≥ 10)
  • UKR – Ukraine (≥ 8)
  • S – Sweden (≥ 1)
  • DNK – Denmark (≥ 1)
  • SVK – Slovakia (≥ 1)
  • BLR – Belarus (≥ 1)

The cumulative log which includes almost 30000 networks that have been logged near Płock, Poland since 2015 is available as:

(click the map for an interactive version)

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