11m conditions

160AT101 is on 27579.9 with few takers atm SUDAN , about 52 here.

Strange conditions this morning. didn't hear much, so went on mid block and worked Russia.
50pe001 roman on 27.295 FM.I seem to get some good contacts here. there was another local op on Saturday who worked Greece on FM, in Athens and then gone again. Any body else notice this.
regards
mark

Managed a few quick contacts into Russia on 27.200 fm (Russian call channel) and some waves into 2 div on .385 lsb....

Super bowl quiet but .385 had some huge signals..

managed to get contact with 2 division this afternoon, QSO with #339 in Kentucky, 27.380 LSB decent signals both ways, bit of confusion initially as another U.S. station was coming back to me at the same time with a similar call from the same state.

Just got off the key with 41VM00  New Zealand. Was a 10min window then gone gone, like nothing ever happend. Had a few somewhat nearby locals make a 1 way contact within that 10min window. 27.385LSB.   2CT351 N. Colorado

Savwafare10 wrote:

Just got off the key with 41VM00  New Zealand. Was a 10min window then gone gone, like nothing ever happend. Had a few somewhat nearby locals make a 1 way contact within that 10min window. 27.385LSB.   2CT351 N. Colorado

Could only hear distant 2 divisions just under my noise today sadly,Conditions here in the UK are far from perfect at the moment and I’m sure they will improve soon.
Just the usual 116 Istanbul divisions at breakfast and the occasional 50 Russia.Fantastic QSO you had with New Zealand I have heard Australia recently but no reply to my CQ’s.
Let’s see what this week brings and good luck with DX’ing on your side of the pond.
Cheers Tom.
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I do my best when time allows and conditions are there, tricky balance when  conditons are short. lol   Times are different, but the struggle is still the same.   I do have a "hat trick" up my sleve here soon. Same 100watts,  totaly different antenna ( fingers crossed its a improvment!!)   waiting for "rotor" to arrive. ;-)     see what happens Tom.     like wise to you and the Luck of DXing.  (always a challange (on a budget) )

Just one QSO this morning to 34 Division Canary Islands,My radio report was 5/9+ cheeky…lol
Apart from that I’ve heard nothing else since returning home,Anyone else had any decent DX’ing today as the bands Seem closed on 11 meters.
Cheers Tom.
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Seems 11m is trying this morning.  Little DX on 27.385LSB   Jamaica (maan)   I heard "Witch Doctor on the Humming bird island" a few times but wasn't able to make contact.  Roll the VFO up to triple 555USB and have Mexico all day long.  Decent Stations around Mexico City willing to chat.  Some of those "jungle" stations don't like Div2 .  I'm good.   Just in Case conditions are in,  27.395LSB is World Radio Club check-in.  I'm not in that club/group, but have a buddy that is, and is his turn to run the check-in. Never know when DX toss's a bone these last few days with very short DX windows just about anytime during the day.   This check-in is Sunday 11/21/2021.   Mostly all day.  Scott 2WR267 will be running it.  I will be running around the VFO if conditions are in.  between .555 and .395.  Good luck, crossing fingers, hail marry, kiss the ground, all that jazz. 73 2CT351 Jeremy (Big J)

Hi Savwafare10,To say the propagation and Skip conditions in the uk at the moment are poor would be an understatement.Spend a few hours this morning just flicking around the 11 meter bands and mostly heard just distance stations hardly getting over my background noise S1-S2.Then out of the blue at 1.20pm 315 Division Ukraine which saved a dull and grey morning in London and great signals both ways at 5/9.Listening now on the bands and all seems quiet just like this morning,I’ll try a net in the north of England later with maybe too much of an ask but he who dares..lol
I’ll listen out for 2WR267 as were due some more Stateside propagation because looking at the log it’s been a week or so since the last.
Have a great weekend.
Tom 26 CT 4029

wrk Russia and Ukraine on FM and Turkey and Grease on USB in the last few day but nothing else.
Regards Mark

Out of the blue last night while I was going through the frequencies, I came across this station 31LR/MC21C, a LIMA RADIO Special Event Activation for Christmas there was very little activity elsewhere, and he was going through the contacts at a good rate of knots so much I Forgot to give him his signal report, when I spoke to him OOOPS!!!! , and he didn't notice either, LOL!!! I spoke to him using about 30watts and using my alternate call, it was around 10:15pm UK time (22:15 UTC) didn't want to annoy the neighbours decent signal reports both ways lots of QSB though, anyway about 20 mins later i popped back with my callsign this time I was at full power on the radio and gave him his signal report from earlier, he said his antenna was at 60 degrees so if we are looking at close stuff that's Central Europe I guess, anyway means he was catching me off the side of the beam, he said he was still getting a strong signal from me and actually I was getting a similar signal to earlier when the antenna was actually pointing towards the UK & Ireland.
I'm guessing if he was actually pointing towards us it would have been 9+ both ways, as propagation was obviously better at that point than earlier if he was catching me well off the side of the beam, anyway with my mission complete. I gave my 73's wished him good luck and a good Christmas, wondering if any of you heard this station, worked him and possibly heard his side of the the conversation when I popped back in, It's a small world after all, and there are a lot of folks just listening, sometimes on one of the cheap Chinese SSB receivers, that's my report for the 3rd of December 2021, 73's & Christmas Greetings to all.

112Div & 110Div heard calling around lunch time today, rx in to my mobile.
T,

My thoughts go out to those in the USA that were badly affected by the horrendous weather conditions over there, my thoughts especially go out to #339 who was in Bowling Green. Kentucky an area that was badly hit by tornadoes, I spoke to #339 Steve a few weeks ago, I hope Steve and his family are safe and well
Moderators if you need to move this to another forum please do so, although the post itself isn't about DX it concerns a contact which was so I wasn't sure where to put it. I will leave that up to the mods, also if you do move it may be worth removing last paragraph from post.

Was  a decent morning of North East States into central USA for a few hrs.  Got some Prayrs out to some of the  "ok" stations after the tornados and damaged areas.  DX has made a turn to the south  this afternoon with , hit and miss contacts.  "just a lazy Sunday with the radio on" 2CT351 Colorado rolling the VFO..

Decent to good conditions today in the states,  lost count after 40+ contacts between 27.375- 27.600 LSB and some USB. I gave  a little challenge as I turned the power back from 100W to 30/35W peak, just to see.   Something different I guess.  Silently proving nobody needs a Kw when some sort of conditions are in.          "What kind of radio and how many watts ya got?"       Kenwood, 30watts,..."I'm running a XXXX and 500watts blah blah blah..."   lol   some of you know what I mean...   getting dusk,  work week upon me tomorrow, 73 2CT351  Merry Christmas and Godspeed on a decent New Year....

11m quite active right now. Stateside coming in quietly on 27.385 LSB. Few Spanish on the freeband including 34 AT SC Canary Isl strong on 27.640 USB.

11m and 10m opened up pretty strongly here yesterday evening just after sunset to the US, but I annoyingly got called in to work for a couple of hours just as I started hearing them and didn't get to work any that way.

Someone here please tell me you managed to catch it too and got to work a station or two...

Yes 10m was good early yesterday for ft8 anyway.
Not looked yet today to see what the bands are like.

Greece on FM, is that line of sight ? lol

Good opening on 11m to here just at the moment. Some south American countries coming through just above the noise, some Scandinavian stations are strong, listening to 20AT116 currently on 27.575.

Big signals coming through from the US right now on mid block. Hear them being worked by UK stations in the south along the M4 corridor from Swindon to London.

Far east and middle east today so far

Talk about QRM,The amount of cross mode I heard this afternoon was unbelievable and mostly coming from 50 division,I was also told it could be heard on the UK FM too.
Propagation was good today with the usual 50 division’s on am mid block and 116 division’s on FM.43 Division’s on 355-405 LSB then 2 division’s until 4-5pm.(No I don’t talk that much..lol)
Tried out my new static mobile setup today for the first time as everything is installed nice and neat with no loose coax for kids to pull at.More then happy with the results as the first 2 QSO’s were CoCo Beach Florida on 27.185 am the good old boys trucking channel and then 347CI101,I checked that too it’s Curaçao near Columbia,Now I won’t ever say no again to getting the morning paper and milk..lol
Have a great weekend everyone.
Tom 26CT4029

Decent conditions today with 91/3/2/116 divs all worked....

Been a while since Java Indonesia worked..