Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
29 June 2006

Last week was busy for 10m in the early part of the week but not so good thereafter till Sunday.

Monday’s Top DX:
VI9NI, DQ2006S, LY/DH8BQA, JW4GHA, RK6YYA/0, K1TOL, RK1OWA/P, TO0O, TF3ZA, RK6YYA/0/M.

Tuesday’s Top DX:
DQ2006S56, DQ2006Q, DR2006H, RK6YYA/0, TZ9A, 8R1AK/M, Z2/UA4WHX, EA6VQ, DQ2006I, K1TOL.

Wednesday’s Top DX:
DR2006C45, Z2/UA4WHX, DQ2006S, RK6YYA/0, LY/DH8BQA, DQ2006Q, FO/F6CTL, DQ2006Z, DQ2006Y, OX3KQ.

Thursday’s Top DX:
RK6YYA/056, DQ2006Y, Z2/UA4WHX, J48WT, FO/F6CTL, LY/DH8BQA, SU8IOTA, TZ9A, IS0/WH0Q, XE2WWW.

Friday’s Top DX:
J48WT52, BY0BCST, DQ2006X, 3XM6JR, RK6YYA/0/M, FO/F6CTL, HQ3C, GB150VC, DQ2006Z, DQ2006A.

Saturday’s Top DX:
J48WT34, 5T5SN, DR2006B, RK6YYA/0/M, CT1HZE, C56W, Z2/UA4WHX, M0OXO/P, EA6VQ, KH2/JA5AUC, HQ3C13.

Sunday’s Top DX:
J48WT80, DQ2006Y, V47KV, LY/DG1BHA, VP2V/W7XU, OH0JFP, JW4GHA/P, RU3GN/3/M, DQ2006X, KP2AA.

Not many Gs represented in this lot, though M0OXO/p is a beefy sort of call. And it’s not happening for VK/ZL at all. (They was robbed in the Worldfooty and without Harry Kewell. How come he’s got gout, he’s only young!!)

There were roughly three times as many contacts on Sunday as compared to Saturday.

Contests:
We have RAC Canada Day 00:00 Saturday to 23:59, and the Venezuelan Independence Day Contest. To commemorate 192nd anniversary of Venezuelan Independence, Radio Club Venezolano is sponsoring the 42nd Venezuelan Independence Day contest. It is a world wide type contest, therefore; don’t confine your activity working only Venezuelan stations (YV, YW, YY and 4M). !!! Working other DX is encouraged !!!  Bet the VKs don’t work any YVs.

Other contests:
ODI England against Sri Lanka we lost again. I have two tickets for England v Pakistan at Lord’s on 14th July (2nd day) . Will it last that long?? Does anyone want the spare ticket at cost?

Sun:
Sun spot 898 is just emerging and could be an active/large one. That apart, nowt, as we say in north Stoke.

ASTEROID FLYBY:
During the early morning hours of Monday, July 3rd, asteroid 2004 XP14 will fly past Earth barely farther away than the Moon. XP14 is large enough (600 meters wide) and bright enough (11th magnitude) to see through backyard telescopes as it races across the star-fields of the Milky Way. There's no danger of a collision, just a nice photo-op for amateur astronomers.

Of course we’ve passed the shortest night longest day bit a week ago so now its down hill to Winter. BUT, yesterday was the latest sunset of the year for the northern hemisphere so now we can say the evenings will start getting darker.

Who was it said Brits are pessimists? Come to think of it, my glass is permanently half empty.