[Boatanchors] 10 meters

Wed Jun 5 11:57:06 EDT 2013

If you watch the propagation charts on a regular basis, you can generally
figure out where there is 10 meter action.  As I type, European stations
are having a 10 meter Sporadic E opening with  lots of signals.
Generally, late Spring through late Summer, the only real 10 meter
activity is via Sporadic E. Been that way for as long as I can remember.
I was on 10 meter SSB yesterday, off and on, from late afternoon through
the evening, and worked from NJ, stations west of the Mississippi,
central America, two in South America, and Hawaii. Having a 4 element
beam helps to gather the signals in and my signal out. Very rarely do I
ever go look for someone calling CQ; I generally find a frequency clear
of real signals, birdies, and other crud, and call CQ myself, once,
twice, or 20 times if I have to. Of course, having an automatic CQ voice
caller helps to not make you sound desperate after the 6th or 8th CQ with
no answers. If you have no patience, then maybe that band is not for you.

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com

On Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:48:04 -0400 rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
writes:
> Personally, I have grown weary with the current situation.
> 
> 10 meters is always "iffy".  I get on, I *TOO* hear the beacons. I 
> listen first, and do NOT hear any CQs.
> 
> I give it a try, and there is silence.  It doesn't matter if I use 
> my 
> TS-930SAT or a DX-60.  Neither does it matter what mode - CW/SSB/or 
> AM.
> 
> Patience wears thin.....
> 
> Bob - N0DGN
> 
> 
> On 6/5/2013 10:31 AM, Bry Carling wrote:
> > [Soapbox]
> >
> > I hear BEACONS from great exotic locations all the time on 10m 
> (like VY0 for example.)
> >
> > Really there are certainly MANY openings...  but what happens?
> > You tune the whole band listening for guys calling CQ; all the way 
> from 28.000 to 28.600 and
> > hear NO signals at all. You tune the range again  - no signals. 
> Beacons still strong.
> >
> > So you call CQ around 28.030 where anyone can operate - no reply. 
> So you call again and
> > again, and get zero replies. Then you call CQ up on 28.350 or so. 
> Again and again. No
> > replies. Beacons still pound in.
> >
> > WHERE are these 750,000 "NEW HAMS" everyone is always bragging 
> about?
> >
> > They are somewhere frustrated as hell trying to program their 
> radio that doesn't work,
> > because it only has 5 buttons and a volume control and none of 
> them do anything useful.
> >
> > This is what happens when new graduates from today's 
> "We-have-the-best-universities-in-
> > the-world" schools are hired to design equipment and their 
> "digital logic between the ears"
> > kicks in.
> >
> > [/Soapbox]
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5 Jun 2013 at 3:18, kd4wov at earthlink.net wrote:
> >
> > To:        "Florida boatanchors" <FLBOATANCHORS at yahoogroups.com>
> > From:        kd4wov at earthlink.net
> > Date sent:        Wed, 5 Jun 2013 03:18:12 +0000
> > Subject:        Re: [FLBOATANCHORS] 10 meters
> > Send reply to:        FLBOATANCHORS at yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Corey,
> >
> > You are right 10 meters opens a lot and if your not there did it 
> really open?
> >
> > 10 and 6 have been opening up, but you have to be calling CQ. Many 
> many many times I
> > have listened and heard nothing, but beacons. Then I called CQ and 
> it seemed like everyone
> > was waiting for someone else to call CQ.
> > Friday night a worked a few VK stations on 10 close to midnight. 
> Look low and high in the
> > band. 28.300 to 28.550
> > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
> >
> > From:  "Cory L. Siple" <corysiple at cfl.rr.com>
> > Sender:  FLBOATANCHORS at yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 22:49:26 -0400
> > To: <FLBOATANCHORS at yahoogroups.com>
> > ReplyTo:  FLBOATANCHORS at yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [FLBOATANCHORS] 10 meters
> >
> >   
> > I´ve only been a Ham for a couple of years.
> > So, I haven´t experienced the 6m and 10m propagation during the 
> peak solar cycles.
> >
> > But....
> >
> > QRZ shows POOR and POOR for 12-10m.
> > However, the last few evening (up until 10:30pm EDT) there has 
> been some strong signals
> > coming out of the west coast (USA).
> > And, many low power Beacons are also coming thru loud and clear.
> >
> > I talked to a guy in Trinidad a week or so ago with 100w. But, I 
> don´t hear much of anyone
> > else on the band.
> > Am I missing something? Or is it everyone else?
> >
> > 73
> > Cory KK4AJN
> > Central Florida
> >
> 
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