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« on: March 26, 2011, 08:23:56 PM » |
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Ten is open.....
Ther's a corntester , k6VO, in Irvine, CA, doing the contest thing and is being heard nicely into C NY.
Thars nothing heard on 29.0001
If yer not happy with the lower bands, maybe give the upper stuff a try.
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« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2011, 02:00:49 PM » |
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10 is very open today. 28.300 to 28.500 is packed and signals are strong at 1800z.
Heard a couple of west coast AM stations at 29.000. I tried but no success. Need to pay my 10m ant some attention. SWR is over 3:1.
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« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2011, 11:33:09 PM » |
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I worked a K6TOX and W7BW on 10 just above 29.0 around 2:45 pm today. The K6 was calling CQ about the same time I was, and wb2icq snagged him first, and I called him when they finished. The band fell out while I was in qso with the W7 and I didn't see anything else on the panadapter for about 10 minutes, then I moved down to 17.
I was running the flex 5K and the titan amp making about 125 watts and got S9 reports. They were running an apache and an FT1000 barefoot respectively and were S7-8.
Was nice to make a few contacts on 10. I could see several other AM carriers around 29.0 while in QSO, but they were all gone when the band dropped out.
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2011, 08:34:31 AM » |
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Ther's prop on 10 a lot mo than people realize. What i've found interesting is a tour of the beacon 'band' at night. I've copied stuff for time periods of an hour or more at 1 AM....... who wudda thunk.
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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2011, 11:58:24 AM » |
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a couple of good buddy 10-4 types running AM on 28.3450.
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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2011, 01:12:55 PM » |
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Ten is open.....
Coup el o beacons in ID,WA, AZ... heard here in C NY. I'm on 29.003 Where are U??
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« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2011, 03:51:31 PM » |
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I had a nice chat today at round 1:30pm with Ron K0ETD who was in Tucson. He was running an Apache and was S-7 to S-9 in CT. I was running 5 watts into the 250 foot open-wire center-fed and received an S-9 report. The path held up fine for about 10 minutes and then things got a little wobbly. Haven't seen anything else up there this afternoon.
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« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2011, 06:58:46 PM » |
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Had a FB QSO with VK4VN, Steve in Brisbane for about 15 minutes on 28.990 ths afternoon at 5pm Eastern. I live about 50 mi east of Charlotte, NC. I am running a converted Johnson Messenger II CB at 3 watts output into a single 8875 linear final at about 30 watts output into a delta loop at 50 feet. This is the first contact I've made on the rig since I converted it 2 years ago and have been waiting for the band to come around. By the way, you guys wanting a FB antenna find an old V-Quad Maco beam, otherwise a delta loop with reflector, shorten it about a foot, tune the gamma, mount it horizontal and have fun.
Can't wait to get my DX-100 back to life and on the band.
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« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2011, 10:28:32 PM » |
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I truely envy the last two posters as up here there is nil for AM activity on or around 29mhz..SSB down lower however is spectacular!..no uh uh no new countries yet but the likes of MW SV9 PA ON 9H SV 5B and even YB0 grace my logbook..missed the E21......so have not been reporting as this is an AM website but darn if it just won't appear here..there's always tommorow..
frustrating sometimes..73 de DAVE
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« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2011, 12:26:15 PM » |
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FM5DN Leon from Martinique calling CQ DX and working pile-up around 28.38ish. Seemed to be working lots of stateside stations but was "beaming" to Europe.
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« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2011, 05:01:05 PM » |
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YN2MG in Nicqeragua also has a pile up on this freq @ 17:00 EST
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« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2011, 09:56:38 PM » |
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10 meters was open all afternoon. PR stations were booming in. They always do.
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« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2011, 02:18:37 PM » |
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Just work Aruba on 28.4something... calling CQ on 29Mcs
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« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2011, 04:19:12 PM » |
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Listening to WB2EMS and a W6 right now....
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« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2011, 09:35:39 PM » |
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Listening to WB2EMS and a W6 right now....
I didn't hear anything. ~sigh~ Was there and calling for about an hour... |
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« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2011, 09:43:05 PM » |
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That was W6WRE, John near Prescott Arizona. I'm on a friends small sailboat working our way up the east coast from Oriental, NC. Today when I made that contact with him, I was in the Virginia Cut about 25 miles south of Norfolk, VA. I'm running an ICOM 703 with 10 watts PEP (2.5 watt carrier) and a buddistick antenna clamped to the stern rail. I had a nice QSO with John.
Yesterday I worked Oklahoma, Munich, Costa Rica, and Texas on ssb.
I've been calling each day on 21.420 and 29.0. When John was on 29, I called up 10 and 20 khz. I hope to be on daily so keep an eye out for me. I'm QRP, but the 703 has some compression so the audio is fairly punchy.
I heard a couple of stations calling, including someone on 29 under John when he turned it over to the w4 he worked before me.
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« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2011, 06:42:24 PM » |
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Wow. I'm listening on my HPSDR to the CB band between 27.005 and 27.085 Mhz, beaming west on the triple 10M stack. There's stations from northern Calif crashing in right now at about 6:30PM East coast time. Some are S9+30. Some funny raps. Those guys certainly make use of the band. The Derb would love it.
I tuned up to the ham band and don't hear a peep. Goes to show that the band can be open but nobody on to know about it.
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« Reply #17 on: April 11, 2011, 09:11:11 PM » |
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Thars a bunch o' gud budy bleed through on my ricebox. And some local SSB activity on 28 .450.
No one comes back on 29.0005 Mc. But I still have value.
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« Reply #18 on: April 12, 2011, 06:23:31 PM » |
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Called CQ a few times earlier... no joy
WW4Q working a VK4VN now...
Da bands open.
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« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2011, 07:00:27 PM » |
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Calling CQ on 28.328.
Some Hispanic activity now on 28.350.
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« Reply #20 on: April 19, 2011, 03:31:02 PM » |
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Da bands open......
Beacons from all over, Ok, TX, S. Amerika etc.
I'm on 29.0013 Mc.for the next 1/2 hour or so.
Where are yew?
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« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2011, 06:30:10 PM » |
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Da bands open......
all over da place
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« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2011, 01:31:57 PM » |
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It was open here, but only to Texas. I just checked the area around 29.0 (forgot to check SSB, CW & beacons) - nothing heard so far.
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« Reply #23 on: May 31, 2011, 08:40:54 PM » |
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Good e-Skip condx now. Calling CQ on 29.000
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« Reply #24 on: June 01, 2011, 02:27:03 AM » |
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Yep, I worked Florida around 5:30 pm (6:30 pm eastern). s9 signals with 25 watts.
Gave a shout on 29.000 AM and WQ4Y saw my signal on his Smuggly Flex-5000 from Inverness, FL.
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