Tony Dixon G4CJC

Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
28 January, 2010

My usual bleat is “the week was poor but the weekend was great”. Not so this past week. Tuesday was really very good with even Gs and GMs making an appearance. Whereas Saturday and Sunday were woefully lacking.

Most popular DX (three or more contacts, any mode)

Monday: EA5WP, EI9FBB, T77C, MW0CRI, EI6GRB, SQ2JAM, PH50YA, F5ZWE/B, EC5KB, EA4EUI, EA1SB, 9A5ST, IW3FZQ/B, F6ADV, EA5KA, EA5HAB, EA3IM, EA1XT, 9A2EU, IZ4IRJ, F8AKC, EA2NN, DK0TEN/B, CT2IVH, AM7LE, GM8LFB, F8BNU, DL1RPG, PD3MR, ON6ZM, HB3YFC, DL7JV, DJ1YFK, EA5DWS, DO7DU, DJ4AX, SQ4CTS, OM2RC, IZ7NLJ, PD1RP, MM0BSM, DO4YNH, DL1REM, DL1BI, DJ5AV, CT1BXT.

Tuesday: EI9JU, OY6FRA, MM5DWW, LY3W, LA4TEN, SK0CT/B, SQ2JAM, MM0BSM, SK5AE/B, M0URX, SQ85IARU, OH9TEN/B, OH1JO, G3MOT, OY2J, LA9K, GM4WJA, GM4AFF, YL2GUV, SP2YY, RZ6AW, LA5TEN/B, G0FWX, UA2FX, SM5ELV, SA6BET, PD0RKC, OY1OF, LA5TEN, LA3NRA, LA1K, GM0OAA, GI0RQK, G3SVD, G0OTT, DL0IGI/B, DB0UM/B, SE2T, RK2FWA, PY2RFF, OZ4NA, OH6JTW, OH3DF, MM6FTS, LY5W, LA8TIA, LA4TEN/B, LA4GHA, GW3JXN, F5ZWE/B, DL3BWG, DK0TEN/B, CX2DDP, DL1RPG, GM4ZMK, OH1LWZ, PD3MR, MM0TFU, RX3AGD, VE2XK, UR5IFB, F8BNU, F5PCV, UR4MKY, SQ4CTS, SM7XON, ON3AD, MU0FAL, M0CCQ, GM8LFB, DJ7KG, SP3MGM, SM7AWQ, RW1CX, PA3GND, PA2JWN, OH1GYG, GI0UVD, DK2EA, 2E0LXA, YT2AAA, UR5FNP, UR4EZ, UA3AQB, SP9CXX, SP1MWK, SA3ARL, OZ4Z, M6SPW, LY2TS, G0LGS, G0HVQ, F5JFU, F4TTR, F1NUM, DL9OC, DL7JV, DL4MO, DL3BUA, DK3FB, 9A5ST.

Wednesday: RV3LE, MM0BQN, OZ2PBS, MI0JZZ, K1MAA, VR2HF, VK7ZE, VK5BC, VE2KCA, T77C, RN3RO, KT4NY, KD8JDC, EA1GIB, EA1ABT, KI6YWP, N7DB, KJ4BUG, KG6ACG, KF7LN, K4JPC, OH1LWZ, F4EJW, SP9CXX, PD5SS, PD3MR, MM0TFU, DJ7KG, BG6AHU, ZL2IFB, W4HLD, VK3HJA, VE2WTX, MM0BSM, KL7OO, K7ULS, K7RPM, GM8LFB, GM4WZL, F5PCV, EA2DNY, 9M2IDJ.

Thursday: LU3EAS, 9A2GA, SQ2JAM, YO3CBZ, LU6UO, SV3AQR/B, S59N, PY2WFG/B, IK1TXM, HA0NAR, EA8TL, E51CG, UR5ZSJ, OH1MHX, LU3ESO/BCN, KH6QR, IW3FZQ/B, DL0IGI/B, DK7LA, CT1JOP, KE4WBO, G3MOT, KD0AJB, F8BNU, PD3MR, HB3YFC, 9M2IDJ, W8GWP, DL1RPG, DJ7KG, CX5UR, YT2AAA, WK1DF, RW3ADB, NR7Q, GM8LFB, F8CRS, W7DXW, VK3HJ, ON6ZM, MM0TFU, LU3ESO, G0UII, F8FAZ, DJ9OI.

Friday: SV8FMY, EA3BDE, EA1ABT, F5JY, EA2CTQ, EB3DYS, MW0CND, LA4TEN/B, PU2YHF, OY2J, IZ8JAI, IQ3UD, IK7RVY, EB6ADS, CX2DDP, CT1BDS, 9A7PJT, YU2DX, SV1BDO, SQ6KV, SP1QXK, PU2WDX, PD1DX, IZ4BBF, IK2VFR, EA5GPQ, DL0IGI/B, Z35F, YT2AAA, YO2AOB, VK8VF/B, P1RATE, OK1KTI, LU3ESO/BCN, IZ8DXB/B, IW7DOL, G0UNK, F6BXQ, DM0AAB/B, DJ0DX, F5TMJ, VE2XK, PY1SX, OH1LWZ, IK8NII, IK1MNJ, GM4ZMK, DO2JP, F4EJW, DJ7KG, OK7JP, GM8LFB, DL1RPG, DL1REM, DG4DW, K3DI, F8BNU, F0CXO, AB1KW, ZL2IFB, W0YR, SP6NIK, IK4ADE, G0TQN/M, F5LEN, F0EQE, EI5FK, EA2HUK, DO7AK, DL2SWN, YO9BRT, VA2RF, RL6YXX, IZ3GFZ, IZ2OKB, IK7XLW, G4RGV, F4EUN, DM3SWD, DL8NBG, DK2CB, 9W2VVH, 9M2IDJ.

Saturday: ZL2IFB, K6FRC/B, SQ2JAM, LU5FF, WB7BBI, PU2VDC, W7DXW, KO1U, PU2KLM, 9W2RZL, N6EV, PU2TEA, PP5JAK, BG6AHU.

Sunday: SV8FMY, VP8LP, PU1KGG, LU5ADK, IK7LJZ, 9V1PC, ZS3C, VK6HZ, UA3BX, PI4AMF, E21EJC, 9W2RZL, PU1LND, W7MWL, UN3GX, R3AA, IZ8NVV, DL9OC, YI1BW, YI1AM, VK5BC, PU2KLM, LU7HZ, 9M2IDJ.

Only VK5MRD to report this week.
“Saturday 23/01/2010 Stations heard were:- ZL3TEN/b, ZL2MHF/b, ZL6B/b, ZL2SP, JA2IGY/b, JE1SDO, JA2DYI, JA1COR, BG6AHU, VR2B/b, 9M2DA, VK2RSY/b, VK3RHF/r, VK3RMH/b, VK4RTL/b, VK6RWA/b, VK6RBP/b, VK7RSC/b and VK8VF/b. Stations worked were:- 9W2RZL”

Contests: Not exactly a week bristling with juicy contests but it all helps.

Upcoming activity (though not guaranteed to be on 10m). Information from DXwatch.com and 425DXnews

Sun: Decaying sunspot 1041 poses no threat for strong solar flares.

Tonight, and for the next few nights, a few hours after sunset, go outside and look east. That bright orange star hanging halfway up the sky is Mars having a close encounter with Earth. The Red Planet is only 99 million km away and looks bigger through a telescope than at anytime between 2008 and 2014. It will continue to look big for several days. (but not, as some email hoaxes would have, as big as the moon!)

Stoke beat Arsenal in the FA Cup 3 – 1. But it was only a 20,000 crowd. We’d rather have 3 points against Sunderland next Monday.

IRLP node 5600 and Echolink node 155403 are now up and fully functional at my local repeater GB3LV in North London.