[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Technical Tip: 10m Band Openings

[Tim]

Information on the recent 6m band opening has been posted on the ARRL 
web site, but 10 meters has also been open for the past month or so.  
This is very odd, as we are at the bottom of the 11 year sunspot 
cycle.  The openings sometimes last for a few hours and may return 
later in the evening.

Monitor 28.200 - 28.300 MHz for the CW beacons.

SSB traffic can be found from 28.300 - 28.500 MHz.

AM traffic can be found from 29.000 - 29.200 MHz

Stay clear of 29.300 - 29.510 (satellite freqs).

The FM simplex frequency is 29.600 MHz

FM repeaters are located on four channels:

29.620 Output / 29.520 Input
29.640 Output / 29.540 Input
29.660 Output / 29.560 Input
29.680 Output / 29.580 Input

Most repeaters require PL tones to activate the repeater, but when 
the band is open, you can bring up four or more repeaters with no PL 
tone at all.  Do a Google search for 10m repeaters and find the 
correct tone and frequency pair if you want to try hitting a specific 
repeater.

Tim
KT4MV