10m Dxcc summer challenge contacts 2022

F6KNB, France   1point   (27)

VP8LP,  Falklands   1 point  (28)

Nearly fell off my chair when he came back to me, my first VP8 this century…

Lol nice one John , just worked bob too. , posted a spot on the 10m Facebook page , think you maybe on there too?


Craig

Well done both! I didn't manage to get back to him today sadly. I did manage a QSO with him a few days ago on 12m which I was over the moon about but... it doesn't count for here

EC6FK - Balearic Islands 1pt (46pts)

EC6FK   Balearic Is  1point   (29)

Not heard any of the usual very short Es/Tropo, with no inter G or Benelux stations  so far the summer.

PH9HB,  Nertherlands   1 point   (30)

HB9DEN,  Switzerland   1 point   (31)

Almost identical countries total for me as this time last year…

John, I've heard a little inter G the last few days, but lasted an extremely short amount time when it happened. Failed to get northern England or Scotland because they disappeared in a flash. Ireland and N. Ireland came through to here early morning yesterday, I managed the one Ireland contact then they all disappeared within minutes after.

HB9DEN - Switzerland 1pt (47pts)

OM1WR - Slovak Republic 1pt (48pts)

GQ3SG,  Northern Ireland  1 point  (32)

Odd one, the band seemed completely dead!  A steady QSO with no fading for about 5 minutes with 5/3 & 5/5 reports.
DXMaps have logged it as Tropo, but I wouldn’t have thought that  pressure was high enough…

Great you've managed to make one on the band John. Lots of stations from Ireland coming through on 11m, but nothing heard this way on 10m. Tried putting calls out to see if I could get some close E skip bite from that direction, but not a sausage. Did the same earlier today when it seemed dead and got a couple of German stations came back to me including a mobile driving on the autobahn, but zilch since.

SangueG wrote:

Great you've managed to make one on the band John. Lots of stations from Ireland coming through on 11m, but nothing heard this way on 10m. Tried putting calls out to see if I could get some close E skip bite from that direction, but not a sausage. Did the same earlier today when it seemed dead and got a couple of German stations came back to me including a mobile driving on the autobahn, but zilch since.

Cheers Neal.
Bands quiet here now.
The best conditions of the year will be from 21st - 28th June, as we’re off to Malta for a week, so nailed on it’ll good conditions while I’m abroad

5/6/2022 

HB0/HB9FXF - Lichtenstein 1pt (64) 


Craig

John H wrote:

SangueG wrote:

Great you've managed to make one on the band John. Lots of stations from Ireland coming through on 11m, but nothing heard this way on 10m. Tried putting calls out to see if I could get some close E skip bite from that direction, but not a sausage. Did the same earlier today when it seemed dead and got a couple of German stations came back to me including a mobile driving on the autobahn, but zilch since.

Cheers Neal.
Bands quiet here now.
The best conditions of the year will be from 21st - 28th June, as we’re off to Malta for a week, so nailed on it’ll good conditions while I’m abroad

I haven't logged Malta for this challenge yet, so if you want to take a little rig with you...  

Just managed to get a Northern Ireland contact, MI0ADX. I spoke with him soon after passing last year, so was good to catch up for a second QSO. Sadly the short E skip cut the convo short quite quickly and all went dead again after.

OZ1RDP - Denmark 1pt (49pts)
MI0ADX - Northern Ireland 1pt (50pts)

Table updated 


https://charlietangodxgroup.forumotion.com/t4204-10m-dxcc-summer-challenge-league-table-2022



All good fun 


Craig. CT Admin

KP4AA,  Puerto Rico   1 point  (33)

ITL at 22.32, band is still open to Spain at 23.15!

PD9PWR  Netherlands  74
PJ5JT  Saba, St Eustatius  

Never heard of that before
  Ah bugger, it was pz5, suriname, no point

OT4A, Belgium  1 point  (34)

Bloody struggle to get the contact, extremely weak signal here this afternoon

6/6/2022 

EA9KB - Ceuta and Melilla 1pt (65) 
PA50PKZ - Netherlands 1pt (66) *
OT4A - Belgium 1pt (67) *


* backscatter 


Craig

YT1HA,  Serbia   1 point   (35)

Neal, 50 countries in nine weeks QRP with a indoor antenna is brilliant, well done mate  

I totally agree with you there John in that Neal has done extremely well with his setup.

In fact you all have, so well done all!
 

I'm afraid that despite fixing my radio for 10m I've realised why I don't like fishing.....(casting out my call sign with no response. ), so haven't been trying hard enough. However, thanks to at least entering I did find another fault with my old radio and now bagging some FT8 action for the first time up there.

All good in my book.


....and I'll still give a shout once in a while, this years one point so far being better than last years "nil point"!

Victor,

I very rarely call CQ when I’m chasing the countries via Es, as it tends to be the run of the mill Spanish, Portuguese, French, Germans or Italians coming back to me!  So I try to break any pileups with 99% luck and 1% skill.

I’m afraid I have no interest in any mode that involves using a computer, being old school I cannot understand what possible pleasure can be derived from it, but each to their own

It’s very difficult to compete with the big boys with their beams on SSB, but I’m really enjoying being ‘beamless’ this time round, probably because there’s no peer pressure with chasing the DXCC like in the 80s when quite a few of us ex 11 Metre pirates all got our A license around the same time

Only a suggestion, but has anyone ever tried or thought about trying to get a informal CT net on 40 Metres? I’m out on a limb CT wise here in Barnstaple & it would be good to hear some group members on the ham bands.

Ha! Ha! Yes, does seem very much luck trying to bust the pileups John and afraid I ain't been getting any, not on SSB anyway(!)

I gave digi-modes a go a while back and wasn't initially impressed but now can see the level playing field it allows operators to enjoy and very much got into it. Been breaking Europe left and right with it all on CQ's today on 10m.

As for a CT net there have been some informal/ad-hoc past ones where some enjoyed contact but last time I tried I heard several CT operators but didn't get back to them. (40m was noisy that day.)

Think it might be time to try another again, be great to put some voices to people.