10m still works!

Yep, good suggestion. 10M CW was completely quiet a few days ago, but called CQ on at 1400 local time. VK3FFB, Dieter, responded, weak but readable (539). Checked later with VOACAP: should have had no propagation, but we had a nice trans-pacific QSO on a otherwise 'dead' band.

Kevin
K6TOP

 

I love 10 Meters but I was up at 430AM EDT this morning and powered up my ICOM IC 746 PRO with my 30 feet of antenna
wire and didn't hear a single signal may be I'm not tuned in at the right specific time.
Tony KC9QVE Kokomo,IN

 

Give it a try at 3pm local

 

I like 10 meter especially in the fall. It seems that it is most active during that time on through maybe March. PSK is usually really good as well as SSB.

 

I had a little bit of an opening in VA a few weeks back. Was working some midwest stations and in the middle of a qso had a station break in. I had to ask twice for the call...thought it was a VE3 but ended up being a VK...that is a first for me on 10 in ANY conditions. I agree that there are far more openings than people generally realize.

 

That sounds great what freq.?

I have been calling CQ a few times this week and plan to do more of it. Hope to work you soon.

Best 73,
Charles,
W2CSI,
W2CSI.COM

 

I have been on two meter 146.52 sim.and travel from Utah to Idaho and had ONLY one contact in the last 8 months, not dead, but almost. So whats happening ???

 

Round here no one wants to use that frequency lest they upset it's owner.

 

yep worked 42 logged stations yesterday 2.10.2015 57 to 59++

 

On Wednesday around 2300z, I was tuning around listening on 10m (before calling CQ) & heard only one station. He was about 549 & was working stations that I could not hear. After a few moments, I caught his call-sign. It was Jean FW5JJ !!! His signal was up & down between 439 & 559 (on 28015khz) & I never thought he'd hear my peanut-whistle !! WRONG !!... I called & got him on the third try !!!
Not too unusual you say ?? I worked him with my Heathkit HW-9 (about 1.6 watts out) into my 80m OCF dipole up only about 20 ft. !!!
Doing the math, this comes out to just a tad over 4,000 miles per-watt !!! I worked him a few months ago on 10m with my QRO rig (Tentec Century-22) about 15 watts out to the same antenna !!!

gotta love it !!!

Steve

 

Still works? I didn't know it was broken.