11m conditions

Today has got to be the best propagation we’ve had all year.Started with the usual 116 Divisions at breakfast and then the T5 and highs were alive with European stations.Then a quick flick to AM and that’s when the fun began,Not stop skip for over 4 hours.106 Bermuda,502 Florida,888 Detroit,555 Mississippi,21 Pittsburgh,138 Tennessee and loads more that I forgot to write the state down.Then a few QSO’s on 27.385 LSB mostly Canada.The propagation was that strong that it completely wiped out the Sunday net I listen too on USB and you could even hear the other 26,108 and 163 Divisions calling stateside,Just fantastic.
Sadly the sun farted and we now have a Geomagnetic storm field which means unsettled conditions and a high S noise,So that puts the breaks great DX’ing for a while.But we’re all still listen after work tomorrow just incase..lol
Has anyone got a throat lozenge…
Cheers Tom.
26 CT 4029

Morning all,The Mid block seems just as active as always,116 Divisions on Mids FM,1 Div. on LSB and 30 or 31 on Am.I didn’t make any QSO’s I’m late…
Cheers Tom.
26 CT 4029

Uk and France floating over to Finland now, had a hectic month at work so had no radio time, now got a free day, hope i get some Dxing today, and 40 years Fm cb in the morning, Dixons and Harrier CB and CBX , wow how time has flown.

I daily spend hours checking various HF propagation beacons and dedicated websites to solar conditions only to find out that HF band conditions are simply based on whether or not the sun has decided to fart or not !!!!!!

'Sadly the sun farted and we now have a Geomagnetic storm field' - Tom

Thanks Tom, your Solar Fart Index has saved me hours of time on the internet

P.S - hope you found those throat lozengers !!

Regards Ady

Thanks Ady,Solar Fart Index…lol
Tom

glenn dog wrote:

Uk and France floating over to Finland now, had a hectic month at work so had no radio time, now got a free day, hope i get some Dxing today, and 40 years Fm cb in the morning, Dixons and Harrier CB and CBX , wow how time has flown.

Hello glenn dog,Just a cheeky QSO to 20 PAT 102 in the van.Epsom to Norway can’t be bad.
Solar fart my arse..lol
Cheer Tom.
26 CT 4029

Productive lunch break full of DX and on all modes too.
108 ID 043 Ayrshire (High USB),68 SL 101 Ballymena (High USB),13 OT 001 Berlin (High USB),13 TW 666 Leipzig (Mids Fm) and 927 Lexington Kentucky (Super bowl AM).
Bo*****s back to work…
Solar Flare bring it on..
26 CT 4029

Good to hear the daytime conditions are still good Tom! I'm stuck at work with no radio today. Typical.

Talked to a WR member in Maui, Hawaii, then a few Australian stations, just on the bottom faded in.  Not bad for Hump day ;-)  2CT351 N Colorado

Its alive, to Eastern Europe anyways. not got much for days then :
50 Russia   USB
315 Ukraine   USB
109 Hungary    USB
13 Germany    FM
Regards
Mark 26ct3433

Well done Mark.  

Just noticed 10m opening as far as Turkey and thought that action would expand to 11m.

(Still waiting on a "slow-boat-from-China" spares for my rig but having fun listening. )



Best of luck to anyone transmitting today.

Victor,

heres hoping your spare parts turn up sooner rather than later, in the mean time, not sure if you use these websites, i keep an eye on them constantly...

https://www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapg.php

If you use this site often i recommend sending a couple of quid to help keep it going, i do its worth its weight in gold.

Another good site to see band conditions is here..

https://dxheat.com/dxc/

If you look on the right hand side you can see what the sun is doing (ie. Toms Solar Fart Index) and you can also see which bands are open to what part of the world, Europe Asia etc

Have a good weekend, regards to all in CT land

Ady

Whoops meant to mention, on the DXHeat site, if you click on a callsign, you see a window pop-up with three icons, this enables you to listen directly to the station via a WEBSDR (you can choose which one of the two available) you can see the statistics for the particular station or just simply look them up on Qrz.Com that is assuming they are on qrz.com which personally i am not, except for my German callsign...

https://dxheat.com/dxc/

73 Ady

Bands seem to be pretty open this morning.
50 Division Victor (No callsign),13 PW 06,13 AB 66 Frankfurt and 1SD 040 all in the van mobile.
A few more QSO’s then back to the grindstone.
Cheers Tom.
26 CT 4029

hi victor, still waiting for the rowing boat from china ?. Keep well friend.
regards .mark

Cheers Ady,

I have come across DXMaps before and it does look like a perfect site for such things. I still like to tune and wander around the bands sometimes though and just be taken by surprise to an opening. Great stuff there mate.  


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Hi Tom,

Nice to see you getting in a bit of time for that radio action too. Well done!
(Keep that nose clear of that grindstone mate. )


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Hi Mark,

Yep, waiting for yet another slow boat. I'll get this damn radio working one way or another!


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Great to hear you all getting in some 11m action.


All the very best to you all Lads and have a fantastic weekend,
Victor

Victor wrote:

Cheers Ady,

I have come across DXMaps before and it does look like a perfect site for such things. I still like to tune and wander around the bands sometimes though and just be taken by surprise to an opening. Great stuff there mate.  


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Hi Tom,

Nice to see you getting in a bit of time for that radio action too. Well done!
(Keep that nose clear of that grindstone mate. )


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Hi Mark,

Yep, waiting for yet another slow boat. I'll get this damn radio working one way or another!


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Great to hear you all getting in some 11m action.


All the very best to you all Lads and have a fantastic weekend,
Victor

Sadly it’s down to the bone years ago Victor.

Victor have a great weekend too.
Tom.

Listening on a UK based KiwiSdr there is plenty of nice DX on T5.......

http://kiwi.farnham-sdr.com:8073/

I imagine it would be a good way to check your signal/setup if you are located near the SW of the UK !!

Have a good weekend CT friends

Regards Ady

I was rolling the china VFO and cought WR313 Carmen Island Mexico, Ramundo  27. 495 USB testing out some audio adjustments.  The Xiegu G90 is in line with no amp. 20watts.   Called out and had a good QSO for a bit. Was up and down. The internet tells me something like 1,000Mi (1609 ish Km)  between us. Heard a hand full of Mexico this afternoon, but don't speak much spanish. ;-)  Now listening to 40m band. A bit noisey but somewhat busy.   2CT351 Jeremy

EU skip strong in to Finland now.

2 div on Super bowl and .385 lsb atm..

3 div on .505

World Radio Club is doing "check in" on 27.395LSB. The Check-in Station is on the east coast (div2)    just in case conditions get going.   Radio is on here for  the mean time.  Some of my best contacts was when 2 stations are on the same frequency, but nobody calls out!! lol   I give a shout every now and then just in case.   See if Mother Nature plays nice today. 2CT351 N. Colorado  Jeremy

glenn dog wrote:

EU skip strong in to Finland now.

Had a QSO to Finland on Saturday morning working a Memorial Activation In memory of their Radio president who sadly passed away this year.First QSL card from Finland and one with a very special meaning.
R.I.P Aldo.
26 CT 4029

Sadly been very busy lately so radio time has been very limited to say the least.But still managed a morning QSO to 116 and 50 divisions and as I got home this evening a quick 2 division South Carolina and 23 division Jamaica on .385 LSB that sadly fizzled out half way through the QSO.
Can’t complain as DX is more then welcome,Especially with the time restraints and lousy weather..lol
Lets hope the weekend is better as I’ll be after a couple of QSL cards from Activations in 3 and 161 divisions.
Have a great week everyone.
Tom 26 CT 4029