Hi Guys,
This low in the solar cycle my experience is that ten meters is not a very
productive band for a RTTY contest. I think its non-productive just because
not a lot of stations use it. In the day light hours, there are sporadic-E
openings all over the US and some DX as well. For example, in the 10-meter
contest a few weeks ago, NX5M ran a multi-op mixed mode and made 1880 Q's
and 180 mults. Here are the results:
ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: NX5M
Operator(s): NX5M, N5XJ, N5DUW, KU5B, NT5TU, KA5BKG, AB5K
Station: NX5M
Class: M/S HP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 32
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW: 838 91
SSB: 1042 89
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Total: 1880 180 Total Score = 981,360
Looking at the NX5M scores from the past years, the 10 meter propagation is
there despite the current low solar flux numbers. The question is can we
make use of those openings and get some RTTY stations working there? In
some of the contests some of the ops have a agreement to check 160
propagation at the top of the hour. What if we did the same for ten meters?
Would that be productive? Other options or thoughts?
73 Terry AB5K
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