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Subject: HF Contacts 10m Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:57 am
First real sporadic E opening on 10m SSB here in IO81 of 2021 yesterday , plenty of local Euro stuff starting from the Nordic and Baltic Sea Countries moving through to central Europe and then the Adratic and Black Sea areas before ending up mid evening around the Iberian peninsula area. Some big signals via a first hop from around Europe with the E's strong enough for short skip from here to PA/ON and inter G backscatter. DX multihop to A6 ( who didnt hear me although I did hear another M0 work him) and in the other direction VO1. 16DXCC itl but all Euro.
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02/02/21 Bit of an opening to the South East this morning on 10m SSB , TA1 and TA6 itl also heard an R6 and a m8 worked an SV1. First opening on band/mode here in IO81 in five days . January ended up with 23 DXCC worked but only PY as DX , amazing amount of DX about though for the first month of 2021 considering overall conditions , besides the PY and A6,VO1 mentioned in previous post I heard LU,CX,CE,ZD7,V5 and know that 5B,4X,ZS were worked from around the UK.
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Subject: Re: HF Contacts 10m Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:24 pm
13/02/21 First opening on 10m SSB here in IO81 for nine days , nearly a case of man down to an attack by HOBGOBLINS for the rugby but lucky to check at the right time , ZD7 & FR itl thanks to the fast Solar wind and elevated proton density I guess. Also heard brief snippets of OD & HZ this morning .
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Call Sign : 2E0VRX Posts : 773 Times Thanked : 46 Join date : 2019-06-26 QTH or Location : Yorkshire dales Equipment Used : Yaesu FTdx 101d, MD200 mic ,Mosley 3ele Yagi Age : 59
Subject: Re: HF Contacts 10m Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:50 pm
12/02/20
Not much radio of late but was really pleased to work JA ( Japan ) on the long path
JI1ICF - Japan 5/9 both ways LP just shy of 19000 miles ( 20m)
Also SWL Vk and Zl on 40m only low 5/3 but still nice do be hearing a bit of DX on this band
Craig
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Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4125 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
12/03/21 ( got the right year this time ) Just the odd dinner time contact into Portugal on 10m SSB , nice to see the Jetstream is back in range and whilst the Jetstream may not be the be end to end all of sporadic E I'd rather have it in range than not . https://www.netweather.tv/charts-and-data/global-jetstream#2021/03/12/0600Z/jetstream/surface/level/overlay=jetstream/orthographic=-6.72,57.59,712
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Subject: Re: HF Contacts 10m Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:20 am
13/03/21 Great conditions on 10m SSB this morning , started off with a couple of Asatic Russians then went wide open to the middle East Kuwait,U.A.E,Qatar,Saudi Arabia and Cyprus all ITL . Missed out on Georgia though . Happy Days.
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Subject: Re: HF Contacts 10m Sat Mar 20, 2021 1:48 pm
20/03/21 Great conditions on 10m SSB for the Spring Equinox , Djibouti (ATNO) and Rep. South Africa ITL for #39 of the year on 10m SSB . Also heard 3x OD's early on plus another 2x ZS and st .Helena .
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26/03/21 First bit of prop on 10m SSB in IO81 since Saturday , Saudi Arabia and Italy ITL, also heard another Saudi station earlier but as I wkd him last Saturday I never bothered calling (+ he was pretty low. lol)
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Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
The only action on 10 meters around here is the lawnmower on the end of the 10 meter extension cable.
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Call Sign : 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 643 Times Thanked : 27 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
26/03/21 First bit of prop on 10m SSB in IO81 since Saturday , Saudi Arabia and Italy ITL, also heard another Saudi station earlier but as I wkd him last Saturday I never bothered calling (+ he was pretty low. lol)
Missed this Kev, have to pay more attention to the clusters, well done
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26/03/21 First bit of prop on 10m SSB in IO81 since Saturday , Saudi Arabia and Italy ITL, also heard another Saudi station earlier but as I wkd him last Saturday I never bothered calling (+ he was pretty low. lol)
You are making some good contacts. What sort of station are you running?
Bean Major contributor
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Station is pretty basic really FT991A at 7w drive with a Heil proset 6 headset , RM Italy BLA350 amp ( so 400w down hill with a tail wind minus coax loss ) antenna is an Innovantenas 3 ele 28MHz LFA2 monobander max height on push up mast 6.6m but more likely 5.2m AGL .
The only action on 10 meters around here is the lawnmower on the end of the 10 meter extension cable.
Strange same here too!!
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
Subject: Re: HF Contacts 10m Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:41 am
STARSHIP wrote:
Alan Pilot wrote:
The only action on 10 meters around here is the lawnmower on the end of the 10 meter extension cable.
Strange same here too!!
Very strange if you get the same as me. I went through the band yesterday and the day before with all the IPO settings turned on like a pre-amp and not a sound on both aerials as well.
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Subject: Re: HF Contacts 10m Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:57 am
Alan Pilot wrote:
STARSHIP wrote:
Alan Pilot wrote:
The only action on 10 meters around here is the lawnmower on the end of the 10 meter extension cable.
Strange same here too!!
Very strange if you get the same as me. I went through the band yesterday and the day before with all the IPO settings turned on like a pre-amp and not a sound on both aerials as well.
I will keep listening for a opening, it will get better as the spring gets later and summer comes it does every year. However will use the 10M extension lead for the lawnmower LOL.
Bean Major contributor
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31/03/21 I have never seen the MUF maps look so good this year for 28MHz as around mid day /early afternoon as today, Israel made #41 on 10m SSB for year also heard Reunion and Rep. South Africa and Angola would have been #42 but he never got last letter of my suffix because of QRM from another G station despite being asked to wait by the D2 then he dropped out , hey hum.
53 Prefect Senior contributor
Call Sign : VA3XUK & G6ZGU Posts : 136 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2021-02-08 QTH or Location : Oro Medonte, Ontario Equipment Used : Icom, Kenwood, Uniden, Stalker Age : 66
I dont really use the cluster but would say 80% of DX stuff on 10m SSB never gets posted other than by the cluster monkeys .Once anything is spotted the Southern European wall goes up and the chances of working the DX from our latitude goes out the window, anyway DXers have wobbly knobs.
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53 Prefect Senior contributor
Call Sign : VA3XUK & G6ZGU Posts : 136 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2021-02-08 QTH or Location : Oro Medonte, Ontario Equipment Used : Icom, Kenwood, Uniden, Stalker Age : 66
Yeah, I know what you are saying. I had 10m band on scan for an hour this morning.... But nothing. Looks like there is activity in Europe though. That may be a better choice for me, if it works!
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Bean Major contributor
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June/July/August last year on the multi hop sporadic E I could work Newfounland / Novia Scotia on a regular basis but as regards Canada on 10m that was as far as I could get but no doubt the bigger UK/Euro stations should be able to work deeper inland with an extra hop if everything lines up.
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Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
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