Tony Dixon G4CJC

Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
20 August , 2009

A very poor week but bursting at the seams on Saturday and Sunday. And good to see quite a few Russian stations represented in the list.
I don’t know if its just me but I used to hear them all the time a few years back but not so much now, always with the final phrase, 'Please QSL via PO Box 88, Moscow' (preceded by the obligatory 5 9).

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

Monday: K7EK/B, K7FL/B, WI6J/B, WA6APQ/B, W4GZV/B, VE7MTY/B, EC1AJL, EA1GAR, 9W2RZL, YB9BWN/B, WB7BBI, N8PUM, KK6D, VA6SZ, WA6NIF, W7DTG, N6EV, KC9PYV, K4JPC, W2DLL, N9BBE, 9W2VVH, 9A3ZA.

Tuesday: KE6TE/B, WA4ZKO/B, WA4FC/B, SQ4CTS, OH5ZZ, KH7XS, K7EK/B, K6FRC/B, IZ8DXB/B, IW3FZQ/B, G0WCK, 3DA0EL, WB7BBI, DL1RPG, KB1MGI, EA5RQ, PA0DX, N7DB, GM4ZMK, DO4DXA, YL2GUV, UA6YW, RA3APK, K7TLX, VE2TKH.

Wednesday: K6FRC/B, WB7BBI, VE7MTY/B, K7FL/B, K7EK/B, K7TLX, KK6D, UT7IL, WA6NIF, K7OOS, DL1REM, VE2TKH, W7NBH, KC9PYV, DL1RPG, DF1KBN, 9W2ZAK.

Thursday: WA4FC/B, VE7MTY/B, K7FL/B, K7EK/B, YV4EH, LA4TEN/B, KJ7OX, KA7BGR/B, DL0IGI/B, XE2ES/B, WB7BBI, K7TLX, XE2ES, VE2TKH, WA6NIF, W7NBH, KQ6PK, KI4QAC, DL1REM, VE3FGU, KK6D, KB1MGI, EC1AJL, KD4ESV, KC2PHJ.

Friday: EA5ADT, 5C10FT, SV9/SV1AVD, NP3CW, 4Z5PT, IT9EJW/B, EA4Q, WB7BBI, KK6D, IZ8NVV, KI4TZU, F0EQE, EA1GAR, XE2ES, WZ9B, K9US, K7TLX, K4ESA, F4FRQ, DL1RPG, VO1KVT.

Saturday: RD3A, RA6AX, UA6JCC, C4Z, 5B4AIF, T70A, RA6AR, UA6YD, RX6AH, RW6MD, RK3ZZ, K5TR, JA5FNX, AE5GT, 9A7R, W8EH/B, UA6NZ, RZ6HWC, RW6AWT, RU6YZ, RN6FM, RN3DY, RK6FS, NX5M, KE6TE/B, KC2QXA, JE1LFX, JA2FSM, EK3SA, EA5WP, 4L4WW, ZZ6Z, ZF1PM, K4JPC, EC1AJL, N4QV, LZ3FN, VE2TKH, HA9PP, UT3L, UT4UFL, RX9SA, YU1YV, LY5W, AE5BR, WB7BBI, UR4CWQ, RL6YXX, KD4ESV, AE1P, YT3TPS, UT7IL, RV3DHC, KI4TZU, K4ESA, YO5OAG, XE2ES, UR7QM, UP4L, UA4ALI, UA3QIX, RZ9AW, RK6CM, KF5BQX, IZ8NVV, IK7BPV, HA6KNX, F0EQE, YU1BV, RA9DZ, K2KW, JA2KCY, G8UBJ, F4FPG, EA8BQM, 4L6QC.

Sunday: S58AL, OH0J, OY/SP7VC, M0URX, F5PSG, RW6AWT, IZ8DXB/B, U4MIR, TK5EP, RX6AH, RA3BB, MD0CCE, F4GBU, AO1LW, UW0K, T70A, RW4HP, GB2BP, F5ZWE/B, 7S5LH, YO9XC, SJ2W, RV2FW/1, RT3T, RL6YXX, RK3AWK/P, RD3A, OH2BP, LY5W, K4JPC, IZ0CWW/B, GB8SL, F4EJW, EA1HET, ZC4LI, ZB2FK, YU1KN, UA6JCC, UA2FL, SV3AQR/B, SA1A, S51LGT, RX3AJ, RN4SS/P, RK3MWL, RK3MWI, RK3K, RA9FTM, RA6AX, PA60KCH, OH9TEN/B, OH9TEN, OH7MN, MN0NID/P, M0TFO, LY6A, LY3BB, KD5EDL, K6FRC/B, K6AM, IW3FZQ/B, IT9EJW/B, I4HRH, GM7TUD, GI7AXB, G0OTT, F5ZWE, F5ZUU/B, EH5CLM, EA9IB, EA4TL, DJ0DX, 4L6QC, UR4CWQ, DL1RPG, PA0DX, GM4ZMK, DE7ATC, UT2UZ, UA6AA, DL6KVA, DO8RW, KK6D, WB7BBI, F6IRF, RW3DY, HA9PP, RV9FQ, UA2FT, RA3CQ, EA2URD, SP9AUV, SP3EPX, IZ1HVD, F4FRQ, DH8BQA, UT4UFL, UA3TT, DO5TMX, DL2RDT, DJ7KG, UT4XU, UA4ALI, SP6JLL, RV3DHC, M0CCQ, LZ3FN, F4FSB, ES1A, EA8EE, DO3KFC, DO1AYJ, AF6AV, 2E0RAK, YO5OAG, UT7UJ, UR7QM, UR5AS, UA4PCA, SK3W, RN3LA, PA0HH, OK2CMW, OE6WSF, KC2QXA, IZ8NVV, IZ3PYL, IV3ZIZ, F6FYA, F5PCV, EA4EED, CT1FOQ.

Contests: Not the most interesting of weeks in the contest calendar.

Having been on holiday myself, I realise others are too, so not many reports this week. In fact, just the two, from Horst, DM6HK and Tim M0URX.

Horst first
“25 Years of Club station DF0EG please help us on 05/06.09.2009

Hello Ham radio stations around the world please help us and contact us on the band (we work also on 6m on 50.150).

Our club station DF0EG has existed 25 Years and we are QRV at 05 and 06 of September 09 on these frequencies. 3.780, 7.115, 14.180, 18.140, 21.180, 24.940, 28.480 and 50.150 MHz.

Hope we can work you there.
Our local television is also reporting from our event.
You can give this info to other Ham radio stations.
TNX for your help and many many DX on HF/VHF.

DM6HK President of the club station DF0EG.”

Now Tim
“I really enjoyed the 10m opening today with Sporadic E with most of Europe in 3 hours contacts were logged with 140 stations from France, Germany to Russia where I worked a Cosmonaut (Astronaut) Alexander Volkov U4MIR I am sure that is my first QSO with an Astronaut so I feel very pleased to meet you Alex'. I was also called by JQ9DHC in Japan, but I was not able to complete the QSO as QSB was very fast. So Japan on 10m great! Thank you to all of you that I worked today.

The Sporadic E was also strong enough to work GM7TUD Jim on back scatter signals while testing the direct path turning the beam to Scotland signal was 0. Jim great to catch up after such a long time!”

Upcoming activity (though not guaranteed to be on 10m). Information from DXwatch.com and 425DXnews. I’m now listing the stations from when the become active (if known)

Sun: Blank. Enough said! The Perseids were a none event. Far to over-cast for us to see anything.

However Valencia was great.
We got to walk around most of the circuit and in fact the bus to the beach went round part of the track.

Now my daughter (the youngest one) tells me that it is sealed off but there are now lots of posh expensive bars on the periphery (who would have thought that??)

Here are a couple of photos of the circuit.

A couple of BMWs out for a spin.

The rotating bridge set at right angles to the road so no one could take a spin all the way round. (hope they remember to rotate it in line for the race)

Here are a couple of links to more still photos from the holiday and some videos (some F1, some not).

Rotating bridge

Circuit near the bridge

Photos from Valencia 09

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