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Glad you got one you wanted today John. I spent nearly 2 hours this evening spinning the dial and calling CQ too, hoping for a French station as 11m was full of them right up through the UK FM channels up to 28MHz, but not one French station heard on 10m. Had a couple of Italian contacts including the one you had, but no new points for me today.
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Yes Neal, unfortunately the Es opening this summer seem to be very short lived so far, the station I worked in Pisa was the only station I could hear on the band at the time. I heard a solitary French station yesterday, but he went QRT as I was about to call him. Before that I was calling CQ for about 10 minutes on 28500 before the German station came back to me, then a weak Spanish station called and we had a couple of overs before I lost him, after the aforementioned French guy went QRT the band dropped out completely. Very disappointing
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68
Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sat May 18, 2024 3:00 pm
18/5/24
S51JQ Slovenia 1 point (24)
John H Major contributor
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sat May 18, 2024 3:36 pm
18/5/24
F6DRW France 1 point (25)
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sat May 18, 2024 4:11 pm
18/5/24
C37ITU Andorra 1 point (25)
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sat May 18, 2024 6:33 pm
Glad you got Andorra too John. Hearing a few French stations, I was hopeful to get France ITL, which did, but then this one too which made me very happy, making number 40 for me.
I've put you at 26 on the leader board as I think you have typo-short changed yourself by 1.
Great to see a bit of shortish E skip, even if 10m was not as lively as 11m was at the same time.
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sat May 18, 2024 11:08 pm
Thanks Neal, no idea why I can’t add 25+1 to make 26!
Yes, don’t hear Andorra too often, so pleased to log him. The only other new ones I heard today were Switzerland and Czech Republic, unfortunately they were calling in to other stations not calling CQ. You’re doing brilliantly with your total so far this summer mate, well done!
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sun May 19, 2024 4:08 pm
19/5/24
OE8ANK Austria 1 point (27)
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sun May 19, 2024 4:44 pm
Thank you John.
I see you got OE8ANK ITL. I had a good chat with him today. He came in like 51 to begin with, but then switched to an antenna that was facing our way and he jumped up to a 59.
Just got EA9KB Ceuta and Melilla for another point. He is on 28.467 if you are about, or anyone else that matter, wants to give him a try.
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sun May 19, 2024 7:59 pm
19/5/24
4X6HU Israel 1 point (28)
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sun May 19, 2024 8:09 pm
SangueG wrote:
Thank you John.
I see you got OE8ANK ITL. I had a good chat with him today. He came in like 51 to begin with, but then switched to an antenna that was facing our way and he jumped up to a 59.
Just got EA9KB Ceuta and Melilla for another point. He is on 28.467 if you are about, or anyone else that matter, wants to give him a try.
Yes, Neal, Ray was a nice guy to talk to, I always enjoy a QSO with more than just an exchange of reports, to me that’s the main beauty of SSB. Unfortunately I had to go QRT after talking to him, so missed whatever activity there was during the afternoon. Had a pleasant QSO with Rami, 4X6HU at 19.49, but couldn’t hear any Europeans, so I missed most of the Es opening.
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sun May 19, 2024 8:28 pm
I am sure I missed some too John.. Had to wash the car and do some bits in the garden.
The best radio bit I caught later this afternoon was about 45 minutes of strong inter-G E's. I had 2 into Scotland, MM7FXF & 2M1EUB, the first giving me another point, then had a bit of fun on 11m UK FM. It's been a while since I have seen some good 10/11m inter-G skip. Sill no Wales for me yet though.
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sun May 19, 2024 9:45 pm
SangueG wrote:
I am sure I missed some too John.. Had to wash the car and do some bits in the garden.
The best radio bit I caught later this afternoon was about 45 minutes of strong inter-G E's. I had 2 into Scotland, MM7FXF & 2M1EUB, the first giving me another point, then had a bit of fun on 11m UK FM. It's been a while since I have seen some good 10/11m inter-G skip. Sill no Wales for me yet though.
Gutted I missed an inter-G opening, they don’t happen very often. Wales is very difficult for me, I’m on the south side of a 350’ hill and about a third of the way up, so ground wave is nearly impossible, short skip wise I’ve heard the north of Wales a couple of times, but my best chance is usually via backscatter.
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Thanks for spotting him. I saw your spot on DX maps just after getting in the door, so put the radio on before starting dinner and he was still on there, rapidly heading down into the noise, but I made the contact for a point as well Would of started cutting veg up if you hadn't of posted.
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Subject: M7EWO Sat May 25, 2024 4:59 pm
DC8TM - Germany 1
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Subject: Re: 10m DXCC Summer Challenge contacts 2024 Sun May 26, 2024 5:28 am
Simon467 wrote:
DC8TM - Germany 1
Great to see you of the starting blocks. Well done Simon.
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Gutted to just hear an LX station going QRT, wish I put the radio on a few minutes earlier.
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What a wonderful band 10m is, Scotland, Argentina & N. Ireland in less than 20 minutes!
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Call Sign : 26-CT-3352 G0DNV, 26SW214, Jolly Roger820 Posts : 322 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2020-02-12 QTH or Location : Barnstaple, Devon Equipment Used : Homebase: FT891, T2LT, end-fed multi band wire. Mobile Yeticom Optima, KL203 & tank whip Age : 68