10 M open

[wb1ead]

Good Morning..well well finally 10 AM comes alive for me or maybe it was time to turn the beam..worked W0TDH KG4ODX KA3TGV and heard about 4 or 5 more between 29.000 and 29.105..all between 1300 & 1655utc..nice!!             
              Back to the workbench to survey the Halli twins..an ear on the rig set to 29.000..73 de DAVE

[Mike/W8BAC]

6 is open here as well @ 13:10 EDST. I'm also hearing shifts in the FM broadcast band (91 MHz). Neat stuff.

Mike

[KF1Z]

Not sure who I heard on 29m just before noon eastern...

Was on the 75 meter dipole , so I wasn't able to hear real well....

Just enough so I could tell someone was there.....

[KB2WIG]

It's open now, 12:50 eastern to the south and the west of here... noone on 29.000 though....... klc

[Pete, WA2CWA]

June 4: 6 meters was open coast to coast, and lots in-between, all day long and into the evening. At 2 AM,  June 5th, it was still open between NJ and TX.

[AF9J]

Man, I must be right over the E clouds.  I've been checking the spots for the past few days, and they're all to the east and west of me, and they're working 'em like crazy on 6 & 10, when I'm hearing nothing, or just onesy twosies on 10m SSB.  I've been calling on 29.0 AM, and no joy.  Nobody in my neck of the woods is working anything.  I've been in this situation before with regards to Sporadic E.  Well, we're having heavy & severe thunderstorms at the present time.  Hopefully the storm activity will give you guys some Sporadic E.

73,
Ellen - AF9J

[KB2WIG]

I listened to a few w6's around 1:30A this morning......

[W9RAN]

Moving up the spectrum...six has been wide open the last couple of days, with east coasters working double-hop to the west coast and easily working both coasts from here in the midwest.   On sideband, of course - why "of course" ?  Because despite checking 50.4 and up and down from there, I yet to hear even one AM carrier, or get a reply to my CQs...

C'mon guys, why let the slopbuckets have all the fun?  Get those Gooney Boxes, Cleggs, and Polycoms on the air!

73 Bob W9RAN

[AF9J]

Working Perry K4CWW in AL now on 29.0

Mark K3MSB

Mark,

Are you on 29.020 right now?  I've been calling off and on on 29.0 for the past 20 minutes or so, while folding laundry.  I went up to 29.020, and I occasionally hear a station jum in and out of the noise.

Ellen - AF9J

[wb1ead]

Wow..someone threw a blanket over it all..not one peep from anywheres today..yesterday was not any better..could be the sticky wx coming at us soon..2 or 3 itty-bitty beacons right now..
            Only thing for 6 now is the G50..and i'm not about to resurrect that from the bottom of the workbench..anyway just so you all know..daily monitor on 29.000 AM..from about 1300 to 1700 utc..Ellen how come i haven't heard you??
                                                    73 de DAVE
                                                                                                                                                   

[AF9J]

I don't know Dave, 

With the exception of a smattering of W4s, and briefly hearing a W3, all of my Sporadic E propogation on 6 & 10m this season has been to 5-land.  I haven't had any gangbuster Es yet.  I have been checking everyday.  Other that briefly working a W5 on 6m CW, there wasn't much last night after work.  And on 10m I really don't bother much with doing Es on SSB, CW, or PSK31.  My 10m Es is all on AM lately.  All I heard yesterday on 10m AM, were a few bits and pieces on 29.020 MHz.  Oh well.

73,
Ellen - AF9J 

[kb3ouk]

I worked a W4 on ssb a few weeks ago, I need to fix up a better anteena for 10, right now I either use a2 wires that are to long ,or the 75 m dipole. I think I'll figure out a way of putting a jumper on the one  wire to disconnect the rest of the wire when I want to use 10.
SHelby KB3OUK

[KB2WIG]

10m is open now 

I'm listening on 29.000.00⁰

klc

[AF9J]

I worked a station in NC on 29.0 about 2 hours ago.  I'm on the phone (long distance call from friend out of state).  When I'm done, I'll get on.

73,
Ellen - AF9J

[W2JTD]

Ellen -

Let me know how you like the Wildcat. I had a Casino a few years back and it rocked. Lots of feedback at arena volume, but nice and crisp. Great for playing Beatles tunes.

I just picked up a used Epi Dot (who can afford an ES335 with a kid in Vassar?). Nice stuff, those Epiphones - unless you get one mailorder - they seem to send all the pretty ones to the retail stores and the uglies go to the Musicians Friend.

- Paul, W2JTD

[KB2WIG]

some WA4 testing, but nobodelse

[AF9J]

Well, I just finished having more fun on 29.0 AM.  I sent out a call, and Bert, WA3JYU near Philadelphia came back. He was iffy for a little while (propogation was a bit one-way for us, with me about S9 plus while Bert was near my noise level), but with time, Bert's TS-440, running 20W of carrier, came up to a solid Q5 copy, and we had a nice 20 minute QSO.

Part way through the QSO, I took a pause, and asked if anybody else wished to join in.  Tom, WA3KLR joined in!  Way Cool!  Tom's Viking II was sounding good.  Tom stayed for a few go-arounds, and bid his 73.  All-in-all, a nice day of 10m AM.  I hope to work a few more before I call it a night.

73,
Ellen - AF9J

[wb1ead]

Disapointing..that would describe the conditions today for us in the Northeast..Hot describes the wx..listened for quite a while this
morning..NADA..as always i will be there again each morning for Mon thru Wed..Thursday big day in our family..new grandchild on the way..#3 for us..Friday take care of #1..what a hoot!!
                    AGAIN ON EVERY MON THRU WED 29.000 AM ONLY PLEASE..ABLE TO QSY AND..if neccesary split mode too..
                                            73 de DAVE

[Pete, WA2CWA]

In the morning, I have the beam facing towards Europe. Most of the 10M openings lately seem to happen late afternoon and into the evening. As the spots go up (several years), 10 M in the mornings should provide great AM and SSB contacts.