10 meter band wide open
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Thanks. Just worked SV9FBG in Greece and OK2BGW in the Czech Republic and M0DSL in London... All S9+ 
Yes, it's nice to see the bands open up like thatThanks. Just worked SV9FBG in Greece and OK2BGW in the Czech Republic and M0DSL in London... All S9+
I got in on some of the 10m action today ranging from Japan, New Zealand, Angola, Finland, Brazil and Argentina all within 30 minutes via FT8. I'm using an OCF (Off Center Fed) antenna that favors N/S. I neglected to switch to the other OCF that favors E/W. Hopefully it keeps up tomorrow as I'll have more time and will work phone.
rf_patriot200
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Stations pouring in on 10m this morning too ...on a EFHW strung, inside across my ceiling !
There's a popular contest ( CQ World Wide DX ) going on today and tomorrow. You should hear more traffic than usual on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m bands. The exchange is RS which is always 59 during a contest for brevity versus realistic. The other part of the exchange is the CQ Zone. Here's a map if you want to play along to get a general idea of where people are, versus looking up their callsign each time.
Amateur Radio CQ Zones of the World Map
There's a popular contest ( CQ World Wide DX ) going on today and tomorrow. You should hear more traffic than usual on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10m bands. The exchange is RS which is always 59 during a contest for brevity versus realistic. The other part of the exchange is the CQ Zone. Here's a map if you want to play along to get a general idea of where people are, versus looking up their callsign each time.
Amateur Radio CQ Zones of the World Map
www.mapability.com
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After reading your message, I went to check out 10, but sadly found more activity on 11. It's weird, all of those guys on 11 talk funny.
10 meters has been very active for at least a week...hearing Eastern Europe, Russia and backscatter from North Americans trying to make DX contacts in that direction in the morning, shifting to South America and US West in the afternoon ...some breakthrough in the FM region 29.5 and up but not much. Fun to listen and log as I have minimal antenna and no amp
Harry
Harry
