Hearing 10 meter beacons

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Blindguy

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• Aug 27, 2015

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Hi all, is there anyone in the northeast that is hearing any beacons on 10 meters?
I am listening in on 28.150 to 28.300 USB and have not heard anything. I was just wondering if the band isn't open or do I have a problem with my antenna.
Also is there a good time to listen to 28.4 USB for making contact?
Thanks
Frank

 

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• Aug 27, 2015

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It's spastic. The band was up a bit yesterday, had stations on 28.400. The months prior have been great with fm repeaters active but recently it has been much lower. Just sit on 28.400 and you will soon hear someone.

 

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OK I assume you mean sit on 28.4 USB? thanks for the reply.

 

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yes

 

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10 meters

I have a commercial radio on 10m fm that runs all the time, scanning simplex and the repeater frequencies.
There are very few days that I don't hear at least one or two signals, usually a repeater. 10 is up a lot more than we think it is.

 

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• Aug 28, 2015

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Thanks all for the replies. I made a contact wit a buddy of mine on 28.325 this morning, just to test things. We could both copy eachother but band conditions seemed pretty poor. I'm still hunting for beacons, nothing yet. I have been told most US beacons are between 28.2 and 28.3.
Frank

 

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• Aug 28, 2015

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Several sporadic beacons from the southwest (Texas, Louisiana)

There are some beacon lists on the web that are current.

10 METER BEACON LIST

Good luck

 

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• Aug 28, 2015

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If it was easy, then it wouldn't be any fun. Eh? LOL

 

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• Nov 1, 2015

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W3DMV said:

Several sporadic beacons from the southwest (Texas, Louisiana)

There are some beacon lists on the web that are current.

10 METER BEACON LIST

Good luck

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Thx, I never knew that many existed, looks like I need blow the dust off of 10m, thanks again.

J

 

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• Nov 3, 2015

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Blindguy said:

OK I assume you mean sit on 28.4 USB? thanks for the reply.

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Except for the upper portion of the band where AM and FM is the voice mode, USB is ALWAYS the voice mode on 10m.