Tony Dixon G4CJC

Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
22 April, 2009

A crazy week with Thursday and Saturday producing the best results.

S04R, Tifariti Western Sahara, was easily the most sought after DX during the week but didn’t re-appear at the weekend. Nice QSL card

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

Monday: XE2HQI, VK9GMW, ET3AA, G0SXC, PY2LOW, PY2DU, LW9DNK, LU5FB/B, IK1JPV, XE1SGW, BD7NWF, PY2AAZ, PY2ADR, PU2YHF, KK6D.

Tuesday: ZP6DEM, XE2HQI, ZS6DN/B, WP3PH, S04R, KD4ESV, PY2XC, WB7BBI.

Wednesday: EA8CCG, K5AB/B, S04R, IZ8JAI, KK6D, KD4ESV, XE2ES.

The S04R, Tifariti Western Sahara QSL card

Thursday: S04R, ZP6DEM, PY2DU, TT8FC, PY2VA, EA8CCG, TR8CA, SO4R, LU7FSM, W7FA, LW9DNK, IZ0EYP/8, IW0UII, KK6D, SV1BGR, IZ8PPJ, SV1FXN, PY3KN, PU4ISA, PA3AOT, K7OOS, IZ8LLQ, I1APQ, F8BON, F4ENK, EA7FEM, EA4ZK, EA3DTD, EA3ALV, AC7XP, RX3AGD, PD1KSA, IZ8GNW, IZ7NTO, IZ5CML, IZ2JCD, IZ2DPX, IZ1CQZ, IZ0IIY, IV3VBM, E77E, DJ1AA, AF6AV, 9W2RZL, K6FRC/B.

Friday: S04R, PY2VA, PU2YHF, LW9DNK, EA8CCG, KH6RC, S53BV, PY2XC, KD4ESV, PY5EW, IZ8EPY, EA4TX, KK6D, F4EZJ, VE7MTY/B.

Saturday: PU5OGE, XF3PAS, PY2XC, ET3AA, XE2YHR, PY2EL, EE9RY, AO8DMR, 9Z4GB, 5N9NDP, PU2WDX, IS0GQX, YN2N, IW9HII, IT9AUG, PY2CX, LW9DNK, LU7FSM, PU2KLM, LW2DOD, LU3HS, IT9FDR, EE9CF, EA7IBK, CX5BW, 9H9PYSM, WP4NWP, PU5AAD, K5AB/B, IK2SND, HP6RCP/B, G4BIM, FM1HN, F4FJH, F4EZJ, DG1XT, CQDG1XT, AO7DMR, 8P6DR, 4Z5KO, Z21ANB, XU7XXX, XE3PAS, PY2MTV, WP4NND, KE4WBO, IW3SQY, PY2VA, IZ8FDG, XE1SGW, W4BJM, KD4CMV, F4TTR, PD5SS, K5QXJ, VK5MRD, PY2SRB, PY1SX, PU2WOT, PU2UJG, OE5HWN, W5CJB, N7YP, N5UCF, MU0FAL, KD5RDR, K4JPC, IZ6GSQ, HP1RAT, G7RAU, EB2FJN, DL6IAN, CT4NH, 4Z5LU, 4Z5AY.

Sunday: PY2XC, HK6P, WP4U, CO6XN, LW9DNK, E51JD, ZP6DEM, ZP6CW, WP4NWP, IQ3UD, A61E, W9ROG, PU8TEP, FM5LD, CE5JZO, A61BK, VK4JGH, DS1JFY, A61AB, 9K2YM, KC8NZJ, KI4TZU, WP4NND, WN4VCH, WJ5O, 9W2RZL, VK4CQ, RZ9OO, KE4WBO, 9W2IBR, XE1SAX, W4LT, KA5DWI, K4JPC, EC1KR, EA3DTD, DJ2OR, W5ZA/B, K5AB/B.

Dave, our intrepid VK5 reporter, keeps grinding them out.

“Thursday 16/04/2009. Stations heard were:- JA2IGY/b, JA2IGY/b, VK4RTL/b and VK8VF/b. Also heard a beacon on 28.205MHz, so I wonder if anyone could fill me in on where that one might be??? I have had Heterodyne coming from Asia for most of the morning today. Stations worked were:-JP1DJV and JH2CYU

Friday 17/04/2009. Stations heard were:- 9W2OUT, JA2IGY/b, JA2IGY/b, ZL2MHF/b, ZL3TEN/b, VK2RSY/b, VK4RTL/b, VK6RBP/b and VK8VF/b. Stations worked were:-Only VK5s.

Saturday 18/04/2009. Stations heard were:- 9W6SUE, JA2IGY/b, JA2IGY/b, ZL2MHF/b, ZL3TEN/b, VK3YUN on scatter, VK2RSY/b, VK4RTL/b and VK8VF/b. Stations worked were:-VK4CQ.

Sunday 19/04/2009. Stations heard were:- XE2YHR, 9W2LLK, BG6AHU, JA2IGY/b, JA2IGY/b, ZL2MHF/b, ZL3TEN/b, VK2RSY/b, VK8GMT/2, VK4RTL/b, VK4JGH, VK8VF/b and VK9ZLH. Stations worked were:-JJ6VAR, JA6HLU, JA1QS, 9W6SUE, VK2GKA and VK4CQ.

Tuesday 21/04/2009. Stations heard were:- KH6AP/b, JA2IGY/b, VK2RSY/b, VK4RTL/b and VK8VF/b. Stations worked were:-Only VK5s.

Wednesday 22/04/2009. Stations heard were:- KH6AP/b, JA2IGY/b, VK2RSY/b, VK3RMH/b, VK4RTL/b and VK8VF/b. Stations worked were:-VK2DQC and VK5s.”

CE2WZ, David, dropped in an early note to say
“Not much on 10 metres this week. 15 much better.” But he did work SV1JGX 16 April and PU2KOB 13 April.

But by Monday things had livened up. He worked W4JS 5/5, AF6EH 5/1, KJ4KEK 5/1, WA6APQ 5/7, KD4ESV 5/5, KI4TZU 5/1, KK5TC 5/1, HK3/IZ0GYP 5/5, N5XZ 5/9, KN4SA 5/5, AA5EY 5/5, WA5UA 5/5, W4KPG 5/5 and his comments were much happier. “Good run into US tonight 2 hours after sunset. Best wishes - website now OK for me.”

Good, I did report the problems to the Editor who did know about it but is unable to replicate the problem to find a cause and solution. But at least you know the words are getting through.

Contests:

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

Sun: A sustained period of low activity. Scientists are now saying that the sun is at its quietist and lowest luminosity for perhaps 100 years. And I was going to invest in a monoband beam for 10m! Maybe I’ll wait a while.

Earth is passing through a trail of debris from Comet Thatcher. This produces the Lyrids meteor shower, and is expected to give 10 to 20 meteors per hour over the northern hemisphere on Wednesday, April 22nd. Hopefully some of you will read this in time to check it out. The best time to look is during the dark hours before dawn

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