I am a novice contester and was wondering what to expect from this weekends ARRL 10 Meter contest? Will be trying as a single op low power (100watts) without any fancy equipment just my FT-840 and a
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:07:57 -0800 (PST)
That's the cool thing about 10-meters, Jacob. You never can tell for sure. :) The past two days have been a-w-e-s-o-m-e. Take a look at a map of the propagation noted for the previous 24 hours: http:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You will probably be surprised at how much activity there is. During the previous solar cycle at about this same point (pitiful SFI) I worked over 50
During the sunspot low, which we are virtually in now, it's hard to tell what to expect. 10m may barely open at all, or it could be filled with activity. Odd propagation modes may present themselves,
Jacob, I decided to check out ten this morning to get a feel for how the band was "perking". I worked a number of stations with modest rigs (50 W and mobile antenna) and good signals. I didn't hear a
Jacob, Point your dipole south and work as many LUs, PYs and YVs and you can. There's a rather large sunspot moving across the Sun right now. Pray that it spits at us Friday...or we get some sporadic
While it?s geared to our region, K3ZO has a nice article titled The ARRL 10 Meter Contest at Solar Minimum in the latest PVRC newsletter. You can download it at http://pvrc.org/Newsletters/Dec2005.pd
Author: "Paul J. Piercey" <p.piercey@nl.rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 13:45:39 -0000
Hi Jacob, The band, like all bands, is open to "somewhere" all the time. Sometimes there aren't any stations located where it's open to though :) I find that a lot of ops stay away based on the assum
Somebody reading this with a 10 meter contest station should invite this guy over. Jacob, where do you live? You wanna come down to Oklahoma and operate? Mark, N5OT _________________________________
There are quite a few beacons on 10 meters. We have one here in Champaign, IL - KA9SZX on 28215. It's only running less than a watt, so if you can hear it, you know the band is open! There's a pretty
Thats OK as Oklahoma from West Virginia for a contest is a bit more of a drive than what I could do! ! ! Will give it a full steam try from the house this weekend anyway. I am with a group of guys th
Year before last, there was a very long and very strong opening late at night (long after the band had closed) that allowed me to work hundreds of stations during the 10 meter contest. It probably wi
I'm not sure what advantage this would deliver. A half-wave dipole on 80 meters, depending on where in the band it is cut for, is very close to 7 half waves on 10. With careful pruning, you can make
Year before last, there was a very long and very strong opening late at night (long after the band had closed) that allowed me to work hundreds of stations during the 10 meter contest. It probably wi
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm sure all us OTs have similar stories to tell about ten meters. My most memorable contact was from my QTH on the USA west coast to Finland with th
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Better what? Very long wavelength dipoles have strong directivity and deep nulls, not a good thing if you can't rotate it. For a world wide contest I
Might be some Auroral Es involved. Last year heard ZF2NT with Auroral 55A (Au sounding as on 2m) signals getting stronger to normal 599+ signals in sunday afternoon and worked them. After that band o
Hey, Jacob, I didn't realize you are in WV. If you can make it over to Louisville I'm sure Tim would welcome a "newbie"...and you could crash here in my guest room. 73, K9GX _________________________
10m from the Southern Hemisphere (it is summer here) can be quite extraordinary and unpredictable. If conditions even half cooperate, you will work a lot more than you ever expect. AND don't be put o
Here's a trick I use on 6 meters when the band isn't open but I think it *might* open soon: - Tune the rig to the middle of the band. (I suppose on 10m that'd be somewhere around 28475) - Switch to *