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Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
24 May 2007

What a strange week it was. Very active Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday with the other days much less so.

Again on the active days I’ve had to restrict the lists to 5 or more contacts. Those eagle eyed ones amongst you will see even I managed to get a place. No prizes for spotting which day.

The weather is just as variable. Monday I went to Lord’s to see England scrunch the W’Indies, but no. Dull, then rain, then drizzle, then rain then dull, dull. Chris Gayle was getting into his stride but after 8 overs, rain. Then we were back and forth. They just got in enough overs so we couldn’t have all our money back. But honestly it was very bad light. Then Tuesday and Wednesday were fantastic, hot and dry with clear blue sky.

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Monday: XE1KK, TA3D, SV9GPV, NH6P, E51JD, JA2DYI/MM, S57S, BG7PXG, UR5FBM, UA4AQL, KQ6PK, BG1LKK, UR5WBB, PU2VGA, ON3MAJ, F4FDA, ES1GE.

Tuesday: J5UAP, CQ0ODX, PY2DU, 3XM6JR, IR1ALP, EA3DTD, EW8AM, J5AUP, T77C, TM0A, TR8CA, GB6GW, KH6CB, TA3D, DL4CQ, EA2KB, EA3IM, KP4DKE, EA1AQO, EA1BZ, EA6AZ, KH6U, LZ1CAR, 9A3OS, BG1LKK, CT1EUB, DG5AAG, DL1XM, DO1SSB, DO3ME, DO5OT, DO9FB, EA1IO, EA2TO, F8DGY, F8IXZ, G3XYP, G4CJC, G6CRV, HB9CNY, IS0AFM, IW0SAF, IW1DQS, K5PEW, M0CHK, OE1DWC, PD0LG, PD7BZ, RA3CQ, SM7WCZ, SP1RKT, UT5ERP.

Wednesday: TT8FC, 6W/IZ2DPX, 3XM6JR, ST100S, W9IMS, PY2EJ, AD5VJ, KQ6PK, IZ0AEG, IT9MUF, F8DGY, WY9T, VE2PEP, UR5FBM, N5UCF, IZ8FTW, IT9YLF, IS0AFM, CT1EBM.

Thursday: TR8CA, CO8LY, FM1HN, WP3UX, PY2VA, CX5BW, YY5WAF, 9Q1D, EA6AZ, PJ4/PA3CNX, EC1AGZ, LU6FOV, P43A, 9H1SP, TI6/K5YG, F4EZJ, 3XM6JR, CT1EVE, EA1YB, EA8ALD, VP5/KN6Y, D44BS, EA5ASQ, EB6VP, F8CFU, F8KHF, FM1HM, IZ5CML, SZ1SV, TI8AA, 6H1MW, 7X4AN, CE4SES, CQ0ODX, CT2IRY, DG1DPN, EA5ON, EH4IDS/EH7, F4EZD, FM5AN, PU2SDX, ST100S, BG1LKK, CT1EUB, CT1ILT, CT3DL, DJ5JD, DL6NCY, DL8LAS, EA1AST, EA4DB, EA5ADC, EA5ASQ, EA9IB, EB1CFH, EB1ISN, EB5FYF, EC5AAB, F5OUX, G6CRV, I5ZSS, IK4GRO, IT9MUF, IZ8EJB, IZ8ETW, IZ8FDH, KC2QPJ, KI4HHK, OE1DWC, PU2VGA, YO7HMH.

Friday: A61NT, 6W/IZ2DPX, 9Q1D, ST100S, EC7DX, CE4SES, G7RAU, EA4EJP, JR7CJS, JR2KDN, JR0AMD, JA3TJA.

Saturday: 6W/IZ2DPX, EA1ALE, A52AM, LZ1ZF, EA7ELY, VR2XMT, TJ3SL, ST100S, PY2BT, LZ3FN, EC7DX, EA5ADH, 9W6SUE, TA3D, LZ1CAR, LU1ECZ, EC8ADW, EA3AKP, 7X4AN, VK6ARA, F4EZJ, DL1NUX, PU2VGA, JF1TEU, IW7EBA, EA1ASC, MW0HMV, IZ8EPY, IZ2DPX, G7IZR, F8ASG, DO1HH, DG5AAG, BG6IQD, BG1LKK, VK6TQ, VK6DU.

Sunday: HV0A, 6W/IZ2DPX, S57S, ZP6DYA, EC7DX, 5N8NDP, CN8NK, IW3SQY, TR8CA, 9A950DX, EA9IB, IR1ALP, LU3HY, 7X4AN, 9A3OS, KP4SQ, LZ1ZF, CE3PG, CE4SES, EG7MV, EU7SA, PD0RKC, 9H1SP, ER4DX, IA5/IZ5GST, PD1DX, T94CT, 9Q1D, CX5TR, LU6FOV, OE3BCA, OE4VIE, PD5X, EU6AF, OM2VL, AO5KB, C33PP, DL0GH, F4EZJ, GW3PYD, HA5AWT, II4SDP, IW2HAJ, LU7YZ, ON4AEO, S54O, S57AC, YO9HP, DL1NUX, DL4CQ, DL5KSS, DO1FT, EA1IO, EA5ADC, EA7HBC, EA7UU, EC5CFV, F4EGG, F4OKR, G7IZR, HA1DAE, I5ZSS, IS0AFM, IW0SAF, IW1DFU, IW1DQS, IZ5IOS, IZ8FTW, KK1KW, LY3W, LY4Z, LZ1DM, MW0HMV, PA7KK, PD0RS, PD2J, PD9FJ, PU2VGA, RX3AGD, RX3VA, SA5N, SP9DSD, UA0SC, UA3ARC, UU2JQ.

Alan, N5XZ heard YV5DTJ 5/9, VK2HV 5/8 on SSB and 6Y5PF 5/9, HI7NJA 5/9, E51QMA 599, and YV5EU 579 on CW. He says “Incredible 10 meter activity for the last few weeks! Let's hope it keeps up. I am running 1500W and a 4 el SteppIR at 70 ft.”
Yes I always say 1.5 kW and 4 elements is better than 100W and a Windom. (Jealousy oozing out).

Peter, 2E0VTS, was also in on the action. He worked IN3ZNR 5/9, F5MSB 5/8, PY2CX 5/9, IV3IHF 5/9, OK4TO 5/9, G0GQK 5/9, S51RS 5/9, S59DKR 5/7, S51GL 5/5, 9A950DX 5/?. His antenna is a little more modest, quote “All Stations heard and easily worked on 20m dipole at 30ft”.
Good, shows it can be done

Contests: This weekend we have CQ WW WPX 00:00 Saturday to 24:00 Sunday, but only the CW section. This will undoubtedly make the band active even if conditions are not good.

For us in the UK it’s a holiday weekend so there are few if any excuses not to operate. ‘TUT is taking this excuse thing a bit too far. He’s even had a pacemaker fitted so he’s not allowed to throw large amounts of RF around. If he did, maybe that would make him move about a bit faster.

Planets: As I said before, Tuesday was great weather and this extended into the evening.

We had guests round and they were asking about “that bright star” which was Venus and a planet not a star. Very few other stars/planets were visible and the moon was bright.

The one guest noticed one close-ish to the moon. One look told me, even with the naked eye, that it was Saturn. So I got out my telescope and treated the guests to shots of the moon with its craters and mountains and Saturn with its rings.

This is exactly what I saw but this photo was taken by Hanno Falk in Germany.