p.s. Perhaps we're in for some good conditions on 10 & 11 meters?
The 10 meter band was busy!
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hobgobblin
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A very big yay!! Went out yesterday evening and had the Yaesu VX-8E scanning 6m, 2m & 70cm's and doing aprs. Switched the Magnum 257 on and the band was alive!!! All through the sideband segment I could hear qso's. And I got one great qso myself: with an Italian, me mobile with my Wilson 5000 Trucker....my first 'real' ham dx without repeaters or echolink!!!!
p.s. Perhaps we're in for some good conditions on 10 & 11 meters?
p.s. Perhaps we're in for some good conditions on 10 & 11 meters?
HOBGOBBLIN
"Others looked at radio and saw a
gadget; his genius lay in his capacity
to look at the same thing . . . but
to see far more." Nelson A Rockefeller
"Others looked at radio and saw a
gadget; his genius lay in his capacity
to look at the same thing . . . but
to see far more." Nelson A Rockefeller
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hobgobblin
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And again yesterday (Sunday) and today it was even busier! Had a clear as crystal qso with a ham in Switzerland yesterday and just couldn't get through the pile-ups today but could hear dozens of stations!! Sometimes two or three were all trying at the same time!!! Had great fun anyway....
HOBGOBBLIN
"Others looked at radio and saw a
gadget; his genius lay in his capacity
to look at the same thing . . . but
to see far more." Nelson A Rockefeller
"Others looked at radio and saw a
gadget; his genius lay in his capacity
to look at the same thing . . . but
to see far more." Nelson A Rockefeller
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jumpingmaster
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yep , the 10 metre band been very active over the last 2 weeks, plenty of activity on ssb and very strong fm repeater coming through and being worked by uk mobiles . especially the swiss fm repeater on 29.620 , being 60db over quite often.. we have the uk's first 10 metres repeater still active on 29.640 with ctcss access.. been vhatting through swiss repeater on a thunderpole 5/8 silver rod , put up theother month.. enjoy .
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jumpingmaster
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10 metre band still active, the empire state building 10 metre repeater was very audible in uk on 29.620 mhz , 4 yanks was on including a yellow cab driver .
6 metres also been very active, so have a listen on either bands ....
6 metres also been very active, so have a listen on either bands ....
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hobgobblin
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Yeah, the other day when I was waiting for the ferry, I picked up that American repeater! Wow!! Couldn't believe my ears!!! Magic band it certainly is!!!!
HOBGOBBLIN
"Others looked at radio and saw a
gadget; his genius lay in his capacity
to look at the same thing . . . but
to see far more." Nelson A Rockefeller
"Others looked at radio and saw a
gadget; his genius lay in his capacity
to look at the same thing . . . but
to see far more." Nelson A Rockefeller
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jumpingmaster
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just ran up a 10 meter radio from and 5/8 wave silver rod from thunderpole , and just worked a chap in pretoria ,south africa and another chap in dubai.
the radio setup works well on its 25 watts output.
very good band 10 metres.
all the best dx
joe
the radio setup works well on its 25 watts output.
very good band 10 metres.
all the best dx
joe
