HF Contacts 10m

I was trying to make my new radio work as I wanted it to on digimodes most of yesterday and the day before. Who'd have thought that you'd have to press the VOX button to activate VOX eh?

I did manage three new ones, EK1KE (Armenia), HC2GRC (Equador) & SV5AZK (Dodecanese).

I'm in the office today but I can see remotely that the band is wide open to Russia, Ukraine etc.

Ivy Mike wrote:

Although lots of DX yesterday I found it hard going.

Some stations heard me easy but others no responce.

You may have been a victim of filtering* - where you set the software to ignore 'countries' already worked. Check with PSKreporter if you are being heard by stations in that area.

*I use WSJT-Z which has the facility, I don't use it, but it has other features I like. Filtering is evil.

TrunkY wrote:

Ivy Mike wrote:

Although lots of DX yesterday I found it hard going.

Some stations heard me easy but others no responce.

You may have been a victim of filtering* - where you set the software to ignore 'countries' already worked. Check with PSKreporter if you are being heard by stations in that area.

*I use WSJT-Z which has the facility, I don't use it, but it has other features I like. Filtering is evil.

Could be I suppose, I always answer anyone who calls.
I had a little pile of Russians the other day after working some DX.
Always glad whoever needs the country or locator and quite often I need theirs as well.
There will be other days so not to worried.

Finished work early and worked the following on 10m SSB 


CX8DS - Uruguay 

SWL Bob VP8LP  very low 3/1 but worked him on 20m ten mins later 5/8 

Craig

Nice one Craig!

I can't compete with yours today. Did manage to sneak in one when I popped home at lunch which is a rare weekday one for me. SSB, 10w

IU3OXX - Italy

Normally not one to shout about, but it's my first 10m Italian of 2022.

SangueG wrote:

Nice one Craig!

I can't compete with yours today. Did manage to sneak in one when I popped home at lunch which is a rare weekday one for me. SSB, 10w

IU3OXX - Italy

Normally not one to shout about, but it's my first 10m Italian of 2022.

He was a very good signal here, heard him working G4ICD.

I was busy today but did get ZB2IF on FT8

ermmmm......well, things are getting a little more difficult, just EX8LI and CO8LI worked for new ones. Loads of signals from *everywhere* fill your boots

Nice opening to India today 12/2/2022 


VU2XO - India. 5/9. USB 50w 


Craig

Awesome stuff there Craig. Great contact, well done mate!

Lots of rapid fading yesterday but managed to work these on FT8.
Heard much more stuff, a few VKs in the morning but it was one way stuff.
Also heard Z81D but could not break the pile.

After a short CQ
R4ADV 10:06utc LN28
RC7LX 10:08utc KN97
R6AC 10:12utc LN05

short spell in afternoon
N4EXA 16:26utc EL96
VO1NC 16:14utc GN38
KH6M 16:02utc EL88
LU7HEO 16:35utc FF78 in Cordoba over 11000km

SSB, 10w

RK6FO - Russia
UR4LQ - Ukraine
SV9RGI - Crete (first QSO to this one for 2022)

Israel and French Guiana heard, but couldn't make it work. The station from the latter, FY5KE, worked last year, but would of been nice to make a second contact.

New DXCC things for me so far today are; 

ZD7JC (St Helena), 
UB2FF (Kaliningrad), 
OM7AHJ (Slovak Republic) and 
J69DS (St Lucia) 

all FT8 with 40W at the antenna (which is an end-fed half wave vertical).

Nice one Roger on the St Helena contact. I have heard a station from the island a few times in recent days using SSB, but haven't been able to make myself heard through the crowd.

St Helena was a fairly easy one Neal, oddly the St Lucia chappie was being heard here all day but was difficult to get through to. 

Not hearing that much on 28USB yet, 27 was fairly active today though. Still splitting my time between 28 and a fairly dead 50.

7Q7CT (Malawi) was the only new one today. FT8, half wave vertical, 40W

TrunkY wrote:

7Q7CT (Malawi) was the only new one today. FT8, half wave vertical, 40W

Nice on.

Ten was really noisey at my QTH yesterday.

Some DX around but only caught one station in Brazil, already worked before so not new.

PY2XB 14:35utc GG66 80Watts of FT8 to a Cobweb.

SSB, 10w

FY5KE - French Guiana

Second contact to the station, first one for this year.

SangueG wrote:

SSB, 10w

FY5KE - French Guiana

Second contact to the station, first one for this year.

Your doing really well with your 10 watts.

Ivy Mike wrote:

SangueG wrote:

SSB, 10w

FY5KE - French Guiana

Second contact to the station, first one for this year.

Your doing really well with your 10 watts.

10w will get round the world well on ft4/8.
Had the USA and Japan myself today on ft8 running 5w.
Would try lower power but don't think me radio will go any lower just to see.

Thank you Mike. I hope to use a lot lower than my licenced limit in the coming months.. just waiting for that Spring E skip to start

At the moment I am actually finding it quite difficult on 10m, for that 1 I managed today there were 5 other stations around Europe and Russia that I didn't make it back to, plus the station I managed on 15m didn't hear me on 10m when they were on there earlier. So maybe not doing quite as well as you think

Neal
It can be funny in that you can see loads but can't get back to them.
Then out of the blue Japan or somewhere call's you well on ft4/8 that is.

SangueG wrote:

Thank you Mike. I hope to use a lot lower than my licenced limit in the coming months.. just waiting for that Spring E skip to start

At the moment I am actually finding it quite difficult on 10m, for that 1 I managed today there were 5 other stations around Europe and Russia that I didn't make it back to, plus the station I managed on 15m didn't hear me on 10m when they were on there earlier. So maybe not doing quite as well as you think

I find ten quite strange at times.
Quite often I find that I get no replies even with strong signals coming in.
May be it's one way but when the prop goes it really goes easy.
Of course if other stations don't want to answer that is up to them.

Anyway the prop was excellent yesterday evening Sunday the 27thFeb.
It was quite dark here but NA/SA were booming in.
What I caught on FT8

WB0ZRD 18:38utc DM79 Colorado
W0MB 18:49utc EM29 Missouri
KD8TNF 18:57utc EN91 Ohio
K5EK 19:03utc FM03 North Carolina
HC2PY 19:13utc EI98