I managed to work a 9A and an Italian on 10m in CQWW SSB plus a boatload of
SA from here on west coast of FL.
73, Geo...k5kg
In a message dated 11/4/2009 6:16:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
dougk1dg@gmail.com writes:
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 Jimk8mr@aol.com wrote:
>
> Looking at the CQWW SSB 10 meter totals on 3830, I see huge differences
> between numbers posted in Europe and those from the USA. For example
DF0HQ
> had 676/26/109, vs. 209/14/44 at K3LR.
>
> Was there some sort of very short opening that peaked in the hours the EU
> could have worked people, but petered out before the Western Hemisphere
> could take advantage? Multiple hop Es in useful directions? Something
else I'm
> missing?
>
> Inquiring minds want to know.
On Sunday of WWSSB, I kept asking loud Europeans who called me on 15
if we could try 10M. Quite a few said 10M was "wide open", but on
closer inspection it was open inside Europe (and to Africa, Middle
East, etc.). No propagation to the U.S, other than a few W4s. One loud
European tried to move me to 10, since he was hearing lots of signals
and figured that the band would be open.
I did not work or hear a single European on 10M. And I did not hear
any Ws beyond ground-wave (I did not work or hear Zone 3 or 4, for
example), even while listening to the South Americans running Ws -
their callers were inaudible.
It was a very different contest in Europe than it was in North America.
I am hoping this will change in a few years...or maybe a few weeks!
73,
Doug K1DG
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