Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
9 May 2006

Kempton Park Radio Show wasn’t too bad, ‘TUT chose not to go in the end. I took a wrong turn off the M25 onto the M3 and nearly ended up in Windsor Castle (or Leggo Land).

I did bump in to John, G3TZZ and Richard, G3RWL, at the show. Richard lives not far from me and it’s the first time I’ve met him. He’s been mainly interested in the digital satellite stuff, but now he’s retired we may get him onto HF or even 10m.

Monday Phone:
9J2BO, AC5N, AI4MT, AO7, CE2/K4UNM, CE3SBQ, CN8IG, CN8SG, CT1CJJ, CT1IUA, CT2HTN, CT2HWP, CU1CB, DJ5AV, DK2OM, EA1PH, EA7GAK, EA7LU, EA8BWL, EA9RY, EC7ANC, EI0CZ, EI5FK, EI8JK, EI9FBB, F1YJ, F4ALP, F4BWJ, F4EMY, F4EYE, F5TDK, F8CFU, FG5GP, FM5AA, G0PQO, G0WCK, HB9QD, IK2SGB, IK4DCX, IT9YHR, IW2NOY, IW7EBA, IZ1CQ, IZ3KKE, IZ5CML, IZ8EJB, JE1LET, JI1TMH, K4KAL, K9IUQ, K9MU, KB2COP, KB7JAQ, KC0DEB, KD5WPL, KE5RS, KG4SVX, KG4VPC, KI4AOC, KP4JRS, KQ4PK, KQ6PK, KQ7W, LU5BOJ, LU7HN, LU8ADX, LW3EX, LW7DUC, LW8EOC, LW9EOC, LX8EOC, N0ZW, N2TU, N4NN, N8UUP, N9VX, NN3W, ON7ZM, PP5AR, PP7FO, PY2CWS, PY2DY, PY2EJ, PY2HL, PY2MHC, PY2XAT, PY2XC, PY4ATB, PY5TQ, PY5WH, PY5YA, R3AA, S51IV, SV1BSX, TG9ANF, TG9NX, UA3XAC, UY7MM, VE1SK, VE3OSW, VE3TMG, VK2YDD, VK4BYX, VK5UBC, W1OW, W2IRT, W6VX, W7JLC, W9GHI, WE9M, WP4NIX, XE3RNK, YC1KEN, YY1LCR, YY2CQD, YY2GPN, ZP3CTW, ZP6LMR, ZP7LMR, ZS1Y.

Monday's phone map

Monday CW:
5T5SN/B, 7Q7BP, DL0DX, DL1EFD, EA5AE, EA7SL, EI5FK, F1SHING, F4EYE, F5OUX, F5TDK, F6KAT, F8EUK, HA8CQ, HP1AC/B, HP1RCP/B, HR1RTF, JA2IGY/B, JG2TKH, JN1IZR, K9IUQ, KD9FM, KH6ZM, KQ7W, LU1FHH, LU1FHH/B, LW3EX, N4CJ, N4DB, N4HLF, N4HLF/B, N8UUP, NN3W, OK2YZ, PY3PSI/B, PY3YD, PY4YA, R10DIG, RA3UT, RA6LO, SP9DSD, SV1RK, UA9CGL, UZ7HO, VE8AT/B, VK2YDD, W4NU, W7VJ, WA4JQS, WY5I, YV5B, ZS6BP, ZS6DN/B, ZS6FP, ZS6FPG.

Tuesday Phone:
6K5AQY, 9G5OO, CE5CJB, CE5SJB, DL7BO, DS4CMY, EA5HE, EA8/DL6FAW, EI2IP, F5NEP, F5OUX, FM5JC, G0TQN, G0WCK, IW9HLM, JN1IZR, JW4GHA, K1UTI, K4BDR, K8YC, K9RX, KB3IFH, KC9GNK, KG4SVX, KN9N, KQ4PK, LU1FBJ, LU1HBK, LU5EK, LU6DKC, N2XDR, N2YET, N3ELK, N3II, N4AWU, N4CV, N4NN, N8UUP, PU1KGG, S9SS, SM2Z, TG9ANF, UR6IM, VE3TES, W4SUL, W7JLC, WB6CMX, YC1KEN.

Tuesday CW:
4X58ID, 4Z4TL, 5T5SN/B, F5OUX, F5ZOK/B, I0KNQ, IK0ZRR/B, IZ6GSP, IZ6GSQ, JG2TKH, KC9GNK, LU1FHH, LU1FHH/B, LU7KAT, M0CCQ, N2XDR, N8UUP, PA0COR, PY3PSI/B, SV3AQR/B, UZ7HO, VK8VF, W2IW.

Wednesday Phone:
4Z4UR, 9W6SUE, AC0A, AD4AQ, BG7JLR, BG9X/7, DL0YY, EA7GAK, EA8/DL3FCG, EC7ANC, F6KHM, F8DBF, HK4QHD, HK4QYHD, IT9RKR, JA3AZD, JE1LET, JE2SOY, JF6CHY, K4SUS, KB1JZU, KD4WOV, KD5WPL, LU1FBK, LU7DKK, LZ1RB, RN6DJ, TG9ANF, W6BH, YC0IEM, YC1KEN, YY4MP.

Wednesday CW:
4X58ID, 7Q7BP, EA3TEN/B, EA8BLL, ER1OO, F4BWJ, F6KHM, F8DGY, I0KNQ, IK0ZRR/B, JG2TKH, K5AB, LU1FHH, LU1FHH/B, RN6DJ, SP2JMB, SQ9JKS, VK2DAG, YB0DPO.

Thursday Phone:
4Z5JM, 5B4AHY, 5N8NDP, 7S2E, 9G500, 9G5OO, 9K2MU, 9W2YCC, 9W6SUE, A92GR, AO7SAT, BD4SI, BD4SW, CA5UBR, CE5CJB, CN8IG, CN8KD, CP6XE, CT1ELF, CT3KU, CT4IS, CX2AQ, DC7NF, DC7OH, DH3MIT, DJ0AAG, DJ4AX, DJ8OG, DL0YY, DL1EFD, DL6LW, DL8UO, EA1AHO, EA1ASG, EA1BIJ, EA1KY, EA4DQX, EA4EOZ, EA5AFF, EA7ATF, EA7BZ, EA8/DJ5OR, EA8/DL3FCG, EA8/DL6FCB, EB1EHO, EB4DKN, EC7AKV, F4BYF, F4EGG, F4EMY, F4EYE, F4TTR, F5HSF, F5LCT, F5NPK, F5OUX, F5TVG, F6IIT, F8DGY, FM1HN, G0TQN, G0UKX, G0VHS, G0WCK, G7KHF, G7RAU, G8DQZ, G8GXP, G8NSD, GW4BLE, HA0MLM, HA5TI, HB9TSI, HK4QHD, IK1DYS, IK1TXM, IK1WGX, IK4GRO, IK4GRU, IK7BPV, IN3DEI, IQ1DX, IT9CWA, IT9EYA, IT9IQQ, IT9RJE, IW0HBY, IW2FUS, IW2NWS, IW3IE, IW4DUV, IW9GHB, JA4GXX, JI1TMH, JI5KGQ, KD4WOV, LA8XU, LA9QNA, LU1XAW, LU2NI, LU7DXZ, LU7KAT, LU8EOT, LZ1YG, LZ4UU, LZ5XQ, M0CHK, M0CQE, MM0NDX, OE1DWC, OH1JO, OH1MHX, OH3RR, OH4GVN, OH6A, OH6QU, OH8JT, OM3EY, ON4KHG, ON7CL, ON7UZ, OZ2PBS, PA3ECZ, PE2SVN, PR7AP, PY2OMS, RK3NWC, RN3OA, RN6DJ, RU6YY, RX6BH, RZ6BU, SA2Z, SB0B, SM2M, SM2YIP, SM2YSW, SM5INC, SP2JMB, SP7EKL, SP7SQM, SV1BSX, T88KL, TI8CBT, UA1WBV, UA6JY, UA6LV, UY5ZZ, UZ7HO, VK5UBC, W6BCQ, WP3YM, YO3BL, YO7CFD, YO7HHI, YV5SSB, YY4MP.

Thursday's phone map

Thursday CW:
4Z5AO, 7S2E, 9J2CA, CT1XK, CX2AQ, DB7TF, DJ4AX, DJ8OG, DK6LH, DL0IGI, DL0YY, DL1EFD, EA3TEN/B, EA8/DL3FCG, EI5FK, F5OUX, F5TMJ/B, F6QKA, F8DGY, G3IAF, HP1RCP/B, I0KNQ, I8EMG/B, IK0ZRR/B, IK1BYS, IK1JGS, K0HA, LA5TEN/B, LA6DW, LU1FHH, LU1FHH/B, LZ4RTD, N8UUP, NC4SW/B, OE3DXA, OH1TN, OH6A, OH6AC, OH6QU, OH7SQ, OH9TEN, OH9TEN/B, OZ1ANE, OZ3BEN, OZ4DR, PY3PSI/B, RN6DJ, RZ6BU, SB0B, SK3GK/B, SM2LIY, SM2M, SM2YSW, SM3YSW, SP9DXX, VK2DAG, WJ5O/B, ZS6JBJ.

Friday Phone:
2U1FOA, 4L4CR, 5B4AFV, 5N8NDP, 6W1SA, 9A3ASI, 9A5AN, 9H1AW, 9K2MU, A92GR, AO7SAT, AT1TEST, BA1TEST, CN8IG, CN8KA, CN8SG, CT2HTM, D2DX, DG3NDN, DH2UAI, DH7ZP, DJ3AS, DJ4AX, DK4WD, DK5KMA, DL1DAW, DL1OFD, DL1XM, DL3BUA, DL4FAY, DL5MDM, DL5RBW, DL5WM, DL7BA, DM0SAX, EA1AHO, EA1CWS, EA1FAY, EA1IO, EA1UU, EA3EVL, EA4EOZ, EA4HP, EA5AFF, EA5QI, EA5XQ, EA7GAK, EA7HCJ, EA8AUW, EA9HA, EB1EHO, EC7AKV, EC7ANC, EI2IP, EI9JF, ES1GE, F4EGG, F4EMY, F4EUG, F4EYE, F4TTR, F5JRY, F5LCT, F5OUX, F5OXL, F5RQQ, F8AKC, F8CFU, G0FWX, G0WCK, G7KHF, G7RAU, GM8VJS, GW5NF, HA5PT, HB9QD, HB9TSI, HI8ROX, HS0EHF, HZ1SK, IC8FAX, II7BAT, IK1DYS, IK3MZS, IK4OLQ, IK7BPV, IK7TOE, IN3B, IT9EYA, IT9KBY, IW0HBY, IW2NWS, IW3EOL, IW7EBA, IW8DCS, IW8RQA, IW9BJU, IW9HRV, IZ2FDU, IZ5EKV, IZ5GST, IZ8EFB, IZ8EPT, JE2SOY, JG2TKH, K1TTT, KD4K, KD4WOV, KG4VPC, LU1QS, LU1XAW, LU5DIP, LU5FF, LU5GDL, LU7DKK, LU7VCH, LU8EOT, LW1DD, LX1AX, LZ1YG, LZ5XQ, N4NN, N8UUP, OE2WMO, OH1AF, OH1JO, OK2AOP, OK2BKV, ON4IQ, OO7S, OR0A, PA1MVL, PA2JWN, PA3GDY, PE1DUG, PE1HWO, PP5AR, PP5JD, PR7AP, PU1KGG, PY0119, PY1CMT, PY1PDF, PY2DXX, PY2FGJ, PY2GD, PY2VA, PY3SB, PY4OY, PY7AHA, RK3QS, S51IV, S52ID, SF0F, SM2, SM2YSW, SM2Z, SP1RFC, SP7NWM, SP7PAD, SP9LCV, SP9UOP, SQ9ITM, SU9FL, SV1BSX, SV1CEI, SV1EML, SV1GYG, TT8LN, UA1AIR, UR4MRD, UR5FBM, UX1IL, UY2RA, VE3FGU, VK2YDD, VK5UBC, VK6CJL, WP4NIX, YC0IEM, YC1KEN, YC1KKK, YO3BL, YO4RDJ, YO5CRQ, YO5PBW, YO7CFD, YO9BXC, YY4MP, YY5EAH, ZL2BX, ZP3CTW.

Friday CW:
2E0IJK, 4L4KK, 5T5SN/B, 6W1SA, 9H1AW, A45WG, AA1TT/B, DF0AAB, DF0AAB/B, DG1XT, DJ3AS, DJ8OG, DK5KMA, DL0IGI/B, DL1EFD, DL1XD, DL1XM, DL5SBA, DL5XJ, DM0AAB, DM0ABB, DM0ING, EA5DKU, EA5XQ, EA6FG, EA6FG/QRP, EI2IP, EI5FK, ER1SS, ES1GE, F4EYE, F4TTR, F5OUX, F5SWB, F5TNI, F5UKL, F6EGV, F8AKC, F8DGY, G7PAF, G7RAU, G8NSD, GW6TYO, HA5BHA/B, HA5TI, HA8LNN, HA8TP, HK4QHD, HP1AC/B, HP1RCP/B, I0KNQ, I1M, I5NXH, I8EMG/B, I8EMG:B, IK0RZZ/B, IK0ZRR/B, IK0ZZR/B, IK8BIJ, IQ1SP/B, IS0GQX, IT9DTU/B, IW3FZQ/B, IW3HKP, IZ0AEG, IZ8DVD, JA6WIF, JA6WJL, JG2TKH, KD4WOV, LA5TEN/B, LU0FHH/B, LU1FHH, LU1FHH/B, LU3DBJ/B, LU5GDL, LU6EDC, LZ1QB, LZ3FN, M0CHK, N8UUP, OH5RAC/B, OH9TEN/B, OK1DCR, PA2JWN, PE1GUR, PY1CMT, PY3PSI/B, RA3UT, RK3QS, SM2LIY, SM2YSW, SN190ZS, SV1GYG, SV1IYL, SV2AQR/B, SV2BFL, SV3AQR/B, UA6JY, UR5FBM, US5XD, UX1IL, UY2RA, V51AS, VA3SIE, VE3FGU, VK2RSY, VK6AJ, VK6RBP/B, XE3OAX/B, YC0IEM, YO7HHI, ZL3TEN, ZL3TEN/B, ZS6DN.

Saturday Phone:
5B4AHI, 6K5AQY, 6W7RV, 9G5OO, 9K2MU, 9W6SUE, AO7SAT, CE1VLY, CE2WWF, CN8IG, CN8SG, CT1CUW, CT1DVG, CT4IS, CU2CR, CU2LT, CX3AL, CX5TR, D2DX, DF1ZN, DL7BO, DL7JAN, DS1JFY, DS3HWS, DS4CMY, DZ50HBC, EA2AZ, EA3EVL, EA7ATF, EA7GAK, EA7HB, EC3ACS, EC7AKV, EC7ANA, EI5FK, F4BWJ, F5LIW, F5OUX, F8AKC, F8CFU, FG5GP, FG5OUX, FM1HN, FY5PL, FY5PO, G3LUW, GM0PLH, HB9QQ, HB9TSI, HK3JRL, HZ1SK, IK2GFK, IK2WXQ, IK3HHX, IK4MSV, IK7LJZ, IR4A, IW0HEX, IW1QN, IW2IDM, IW5ECW, IZ0HPX, IZ1GJK, IZ2FOS, IZ3KKE, IZ4DPV, IZ4GWE, IZ8FTW, JA1PAP, JA9KBS, JE2EHP, JH7RTQ, JN1IZR, JR0AMD, K4BDR, K4KAL, K7UGA, KA5BSE, KB3IWV, KF7E, KG4VPC, LU1QS, LU2NI, LU4DX, LU5FF, LU7DR, LU8EHQ, LU8EOT, LW7DUC, LX1AX, LZ1YG, LZ2PB, M0CCQ, N4NDR, N9OOO, OE1SOW, OE3JTB, OH1LWZ/M, OH1MHX, OZ1IEZ, OZ7C, PP5CG, PP5IZ, PU1KGG, PU1TEB, PU2KSQ, PU3YUW, PY1MF, PY2BL, PY2CX, PY2DXX, PY2DY, PY2MHC, PY2MPC, PY2OP, PY2TNT, PY2VA, PY2WC, PY3YD, RA6YDX, RN6DJ, RW3MB, S50DX, SP1MWK, SP7SQM, SP9GPV, SV1BSX, SV1EHP, SV1ELF, SV1ENX, SV1EQU, SV3ICK, SV6HMH/1, SV8RX, SV9CJO, SV9DBV, SV9GPV, TI8CBT, VE3FGU, VK2SD, VK2YDD, VK4CQ, VR2XMT, VU2XO, W4DJ, W4ZE, W5ZPA, W6BO, W7/DL1UF, W9XA, WA4MKZ, WA7RR, WB4EJC, WB8EVI, WH7P/KH2, WP4NIX, XQ1KY, XQ4EM, YC1KEN, YO3CTK, YO7CFD, YV5JF, YY1LCR, YY5EAH, YY5SSF, ZD9BV, ZP3DYA, ZP6DYA, ZP6WKA, ZS1QRM, ZS6PCM.

Saturday CW:
5T5SN/B, 5Z4DZ, 5Z4DZ1, 6K2ABX, 7Q7BP, 9K2MU, A71EM, CT1IUA, DL0IGI/B, DL1EFD, DL5DSA, DS3HWS, EA1DBC, EA5XQ, EC7ABV, EI5FK, F4EUN, F5OUX, F5PEU, F5VHY, F6EGV, F8AKC, F8CFU, F8DGY, G6YIN, G7RAU, HA5TI, HC2SL, HP1AC/B, HP1RCP/B, HS0EHF, I1M/B, I8EMG/B, IK0ZRR/B, IK1DYS, IK6VGO, IK8VRN, IT9RTA, IT9TJH, IW3FZQ/B, IW6CIE, IZ8FAV, JA3FYC, JH7RTQ, K7UGA, K8BN, KF7E, KZ5J, LA5TEN/B, LU1FHH/B, LU5FF, LU5GDA, LU5GDL, LW2DQA, LW2DX, M0CCQ, N8UUP, OH5RAC, OH5TQ, OH9TEN, OH9TEN/B, PP5AUM, PP5AVM, PY3PSI/B, RA6YDX, RN6DJ, SK0CT/B, SK3GK/B, SK5AE/B, SV1CQN, SV1ELF, SV3AQR/B, UZ7HO, VE3FGU, VK2RSY, VK5WI, VK8VF, W3RJ, W4JPL/B, YC1KEN, YO2MAX, YO7CFD, YO7HHI, YO8RGJ, YV8AD, ZL3TE, ZS6DN, ZS6DN/B.

Sunday Phone:
5B4AHI, 5R8FL, 6W1SA, 7Z1SJ, 8J6HAM, 9K2CQ, 9W6SUE, A41NN, A6/OD5TX, A61B, AB0QN, AD1C, AO7SAT, CN8IG, CO2KV, CT1BLE, CX2DAE, DC7NF, DG8NFB, DJ0CD, DL1DTC, EA4EKL, EA4KD, EA4YF, EA5FJF, EA5GTY, EA7FQB, EA7GAK, EC7ANC, EI2IP, EI5FK, EL2PM, ES1A, ES5Q, F4EGG, F5HSF, F5LCT, F5OUX, F5PFP, F8CFU, G0BLB, G0FWX, G0FYD, G4PZN, G7HEJ, G7VJR, HA1WD, HI3TEJ, HZ1SK, I4YSS, I5SDG, IK0AZG, IK0EIE, IK1BBC, IK1YED, IK2HLM, IK3HHX, IK4PKN, IK8HCG, IK8WEJ, IQ6AN/6, IQ8CT, IR4E, IR4M, IR4T, IS0ZOD, IT9GNG, IT9IMJ, IT9RBW, IT9RDG, IT9RJE, IT9STX, IT9VQC, IW0HKH, IW1QN, IW2FUS, IW2IDM, IW3IE, IW5ECW, IW7DVM, IW9HDD, IZ1GLT, IZ3GHP, IZ3HGL, IZ4GWE, IZ8CGS, IZ8CKT, IZ8CKW, IZ8CZR, IZ8DPL, IZ8EJB, IZ8FTW, IZ8GBH, IZ8GGF, JA4FHE, JA4GXX, JA6WJL, JH7RTQ, K4JUZ, K4PPK, K5CX, K9RX, KA1DWX, KF7E, KO4BB, KP4JRS, LA1BNA, LU1QS, LU1VFP, LU2NI, LU4DX, LU7DUE, LU8EEM, LW7DUC, M0CCQ, N6OPR, N8KOJ, NP3CW, NY0V, OD5UE, OE1SOW, OH1JO, OH7MK, OM7AX, PU1KGG, PU1TEB, PU2KGG, PU2KSQ, PY1EG, PY1MF, PY2DXX, PY2GD, PY2MTV, PY2NY, PY2RDZ, PY2VM, PY3SB, PY4PW, PY5TQ, PY5YA, PY7ZZ, RA3CQ, RZ6BU, S57S, SP1RFC, SP2EWQ, SP7NWM, SQ9JKS, SV1BSX, SV1CER, SV1EML, SV1ENX, SV6HMH, SV6HMH/1, SV9CVY, SY05AIA, TG9NX, TI8CBT, TT8LN, UA3SBW, UR3ND, UR5UDX, UR8RZ, US0LW, UU7J, UW5U, UZ5DU, V73RY, V7RY, VA3EBM, VK2AU, VK2DAG, VK2SD, VK2YDD, VK4CQ, VK4HFO, VK4VCC, VK5UBC, VK5UH, VK6CJL, VK6DXI, VK6JJ, VK9ZLH, VR2LH, W0MM, W2YJ, W4UFO, W6BO, W6VA, W7JU, W9BLI, WA5HOD, WB2TQE, WP4BH, WP4NIX, XE1CQ, XR4EM, YC1KEN, YC1KKK, YO7CFD, YO7HHI, YV1DIG, YV4BCD, YV5HF, YV5JF, YY5SSF, ZK1JD, ZK1ZD, ZL1AA, ZL1BYZ, ZL2CS, ZL2FT, ZP0R, ZP3R, ZS1Y, ZS6BQI.

Sunday's phone map

Sunday CW:
3A2MD, 4X6ZQ, 4Z4TL, 5B4AFB, 5T5SN/B, 5Z4DZ, 7X0RY, 9M6/G3OOK, 9V1CW, 9V1PC, AG4TO, CE6JBS, CO8LY, CT1GFQ, CT1IUA, DF8BB, DK3RA, DK3UA, DK4WF, DL0IGI, DL0IGI/B, DL2JRM/BY8SKM, DO1SC, EA3AJW, EA3BMU, EA3TEN/B, EA5AE, EA5AEL, EA5DKU, EI2IP, EI5FK, EM0U, EO3Q, EW7LO, EX2X, F4BWJ, F4EYE, F5IN, F5LCT, F5OUX, F5PTM, F5TDK, F5TMJ/B, F8AKC, F8CIL, F8EUK, G0FYD, G0TSM, G3OOK, G7VJR, HA3LI, HP1AC/B, HP1RCP/B, I2ELJ, I2WIJ, IK0IZW, IK1HXN, IK1XPK, IK2WXQ, IK4GNI, IK6QOP, IK7AFM, IQ1MN, IQ1SP, IQ2CJ, IR2C, IR3YL, IR4M, IR4T, IS0GQX, IT9VDQ, IT9ZMX, IV3TMV, IW2IDM, IW2MYH, IW8RSB, IZ3DBA, JA1VOK, JA2FCS, JA3FYC, JA4FKX, JA5AUC, JA6WJL, K4JUZ, K5WA, K6JEB, K7SBK, K7UGA, K9RX, KC8VJD, KF7E, KJ7BS, KN4Y, LA5TEN/B, LA9BM, LU1FHH, LU7KAT, LZ3YY, MW0CRW, N2MF, N5ZC, N6OPR, NM5H, OE3GCU, OH2B/B, OH4LRP, OH5RAC, OH5TQ, OH6M, OK0EG/B, OK1NE, OK2CLW, OK2PAY, OM7AX, OZ4SK, PA0WLB, PA3DBS, PY2NDX, PY2NY, PY3PSI/B, PY4FQ, PY7ZZ, R3R, RA3DHS, RD3A, RF3A, RK3QS, RN3BD, RP3XMV, RX6LD, S51QF, S9SS, SK0CT/B, SK3GK/P, SK5AE/B, SM0W, SP9BAB, SQ8J, SV1DPI, SV1EHP, SV1EML, UA0, UA4HAU, UA9AM, UA9CDC, UN8PO, UR7EQ, UT3UA, UU7J, UW8M, UX1IL, VK6DXI, VK6GXS, VK6HD, VK6JQ, VK6RBP, VK9LNO, VR2BG, W8EH/B, WA4BLL, WA4JQS, WA7RR, XV1X, YB0COU, YL2CA, YL7A, YL7X, YM125ATA, YO7HHI, YO7SSI, YP3A, ZC4LI, ZL1BYZ, ZL3TE, ZL4PW, ZP0R, ZP5AZL, ZS6DN, ZS6EU.

Sunday's CW map

Not a bad week in many ways especially for phone contacts. Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday all showed reasonable signs of activity. Lots of the week day activity was South America to Europe and South America to North America.

Carl, VR2LH, who hasn’t written in for a while offers the following, “Been off air for a while & will be QRT for a few months due to work/travel. Don't have my log with me. Fairly short openings all worked within an hour or so. Need more activity so we can have more contacts!” He heard ZS1Y, ZS6, VK4CQ, 5B4, UR, UA6 and JA.

EI2IP, Robbie, sent in the first report from Ireland (if my memory serves me right). He says, “Lots of beacons heard today, LA5TEN, DF0AAB,SV3AQR, IK0ZRR, IW3FZQ, using a rotatable dual band dipole for 10M/6M only 17ft long fed with open wire feeder at 20 above ground. Also worked SM2Z & S52ID”.
Robbie is in Galway and uses a FT847. Those beacons around 28200 MHz really are a good indicator of where the band is open to.

KE1HG, Charles, worked all but one of these, PY2XC 5/3, YV5KG 5/2, C33SBQ 5/5, HP1RCP BEACON 59+ 28.170, LW9EOC 5/9, YY1LCR 5/5. I’d guess it would be the beacon he didn’t work. He currently uses a Drake TR7 fed into either a old hornet 3 element yagi for 10-15-20 meters or a MFJ 6 band vertical, Both of which are a top a Rolm tip over tower topping off at 55ft. Naturally enough his favourite band is Ten Metres.

Thanks to all those who chip in with reports, they are a valued part of these pages.

Contests:
12:00 Saturday to 12:00 Sunday is the (Peace to Earth) CQ-M contest (don’t ask, I don’t know). Saturday 17:00 to 21:00 FISTS CW contest. Even the rest of the month is mainly cw contests.

Sun:
Sunspots 880, 882 & 883 are fairly insignificant and 881 has gone.
However, according to observers in Italy, fragment B of comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3 has suddenly brightened to 5th magnitude. The outburst probably signals another break up of the furiously decaying comet-fragment.

More than 60 fragments of comet 73P are racing toward Earth. Top speed: 11,000 mph. There's no danger of a collision; at closest approach on May 12th - 14th, the mini-comets will be 6 million miles away. Back yard ‘scopes should see them fine.

On May 7th, fragment C raced by the Ring Nebula (M57). "The comet was moving so fast that I could see movement in only 5 seconds," says John Chumack of Yellow Springs, Ohio, who took this picture:

I bought a TH-F7E at Kempton. I’m mostly pleased with it. But I really did want it to get 198kHz which as you are all aware is the BBC Radio 4 Cricket frequency commonly know as TMS (Test Match Special). Although it is enabled for this frequency it seems as deaf as a post below 500 kHz. Luckily TMS is also on 720kHz locally. 198 kHz is a national broadcast frequency. I will report any developments.