Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
01 December 2006

Well, the first Ashes Test came and went. I asked my Mum, who’s eighty one, to knit us a fast bowler. She said she would but that it was difficult to get the quality of wool nowadays. So we still don’t have a fast bowler. As for batsmen, if KP and Freddy ever get in tune together, singing from the same song sheet, then watch out, but we have to be optimistic, don’t we.

CQWW CW (a lot of Ws there) was a massive success on 10m. 1050 contacts reported on Saturday of which 26 were SSB and 1650 on Sunday of which 9 were SSB.

Most popular DX, with highest reports first.

Monday: ON6NL, VK4CQ, I0KNQ, DH2UAK, PU2TXZ, ON6DK, OH2BF, LW7DUC, LU4DTT, IT9EYA, DJ5OW, VP8LP, UR0EV, DJ5OW, S57S, LU9ESD, LU5DEM.

Tuesday: 5A7A, IZ5ICH, VP8LP, F8DGY, IK7BPV, IT9PKO, OH5TQ, PU1KGG, S57S, 9A2CY, 9A2JG, 9H1SP, CE4CT, HJ4OBA, IT9EYA, K4WYS, KB8VMC, LU9ESD, LW7DG, SP2IST, VK2ACM, VK3AJJ, W4AZV, W8RAN, YO9BXC.

Wednesday: 5A7A, CE5CJB, IV3CIS, IZ6ELF, IZ8CEX, OK2AOP, GM4WZL, K3ZK, LU3HFA, LU4EEX, SV1GYL, TZ6LF, VK3AJJ, W3MTP.

Thursday: 5A7A, 3XM6JR, C5DXC, VK6TQ, 9H1SP, W3ARS, W1OW, VP8LP, UA3BS, ST2M, SQ8AQD, SP2GBL, OZ7JU, NY4PD, NA2P, N2ZR, KQ6PK, KE4WBO, IZ7FLP, IZ5BAM, IV3DAI, IT9RJE, HL4CBX, EC3AAJ, EB7CTX, EA5FX, EA1AIW, DK8IF, AI4MT, AB2DE, ZL2IK, WZ4I, WA6APQ, W8ERN, W4SK, VK6DU, VK6CJL, VK5BC, VE3EP.

Friday: 5A7A, 9J2VB, 8Q7DV, YV5JF, KE4WBO, PP5JD, G0KOM, IZ1BII, IZ5CML, LA4GHA, PU1KGG, W5GAI, ZS1EL, ZS2EZ.

Saturday: Phone: 9J2VB, W6OI, ST2M, PY5HOT, LU7FDG, K1GBS, EC1DKX.

Saturday: CW: (10 or more contacts reported) HC8N, TZ5A, 5A7A, SP2GBL, 6W1RW, LU1HF, OK2PAY, RK9AWN, K8CC, ZS4TX, HA5PT, 3B8/OM0C, I2SVA, V51AS, 6V7D, EA8EW, PS2T, XE1KK, VK9AA, W8AV, 3XD2Z, 9M8YY, K1TTT, KC1XX, T93O, UP5G, W3LPL, ZL6QH, ZS4U, 8Q7DV, CU2A, IH9P, IT9GSF, PA3C, PZ5ZY, XV1X, LR2F, LU1EJ, NN2W, W0AIH, W9XY.

Sunday: Phone: 8Q7GL, 9H1TM, F6GOX, I4MOW, IK4GRO, IW7ECJ, IZ8IYX, JE2SOY, JT1C, KQ4PK, PY2CM, PY2MCK, SP8TJU, TM8KP, UR5WJ0, VK2FAD, VK4JNF, WN4AMO.

Sunday: CW: (10 or more contacts reported) DL1XX, HC8N, 5A7A, TZ5A, VK9AA, LU1HF, WX3B, DF3CB, KC1XX, V51AS, 3B8/OM0C, TM2Y, OK2PAY, 9A1P, F5OUX, PS2T, DL5WW, KI9A, IK3VUT, NQ4I, VP2MDG, 6V7D, K4CZ, TI5N, VK6DU, 9Y4AA, PZ5ZY, P49Y, 8Q7DV, CT9L, IT9GSF, K4EA, LU1EJ, NE3F, NE8Z, CE4CT, PJ2T, 9H6A, 9M8YY, 9N7JO, F4DXW, K3CT, T93O, UT7UJ, VE2FET, W4DJ, 5H3EE, 8P5A, IH9P, PE1HWO, RU1A, W3LPL, YM2W, Z38N, ZS4U, A45XR, EI9ES, J79Z, LU8YE, W1TO, V26K, ZS4TX.

The results speak for themselves. During the week 5A7A (Lybia) is hands down the most popular station. At the weekend and on CW then its HC8N (Galapagos Is.). If only DL1XX had been active on Ten Metres on Saturday. Did he forget about Saturday? It is good to see some ZLs and ZSs as well as the exotic stuff like 3XD2Z (Guinea), 8Q7GL (Maldives) and 6W1RW + 6V7D (both Senegal).

A report from BigDave, no callsign, (bragging or wishful thinking?) from Oz says he heard VK1PWE 5/9 and VK5FDMR 5/9 whilst mobile. Thanks Dave, it’s not necessary to have a licence to report in here, so feel free to tell me what you hear. Also station info etc, any thing really to give me/us an idea of who’s active out there. Listeners are a valuable commodity in providing indications of conditions.

Richard ZS6CA heard KC0UWS on Tuesday which if you check above was a crap day for 10m so thanks for the info, as Tescos say every little bit helps.

Lance VK6DU (and veteran of the VK9XG of 20 years ago) heard 5A7A 5/3 (along with tonks of other peeps).
And he says “I made 296 QSOs in CQWW CW contest last weekend. Had good openings into Asia and Russia with brief opening to Europe on Saturday.” Which is really odd as I don’t have a single report of Lance’s call. Not that I have a foolproof or even good tracking system. I think this just shows I need to widen my net a bit.

Contests: Needless to say it’s a tad empty of contests this weekend. We have got the NRAU 10m contest from 18:00 to 22:00 on Thursday 7th, but in reality we will all be waiting for the ARRL 10m contest from 00:00 9th December till 24:00 on 10th December.

Sun: Sunspot 927 is chopping and changing its size and we still have 926 facing us. Watch out for auroras, the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) near Earth has tilted south, opening a crack in Earth's magnetic defences against the solar wind. This could fuel a geomagnetic storm.

On a bright note, my team Stoke City, the Mighty Potters, have won 5 out of the last 5 matches and 8 of the last 10. We have the best defence and goal difference in the Championship and we are up to 6th place having just beaten the leaders Cardiff 3-0. Southend, ‘TUTs team, are firmly anchored at the bottom (says he doesn’t care, but he does really).