Tony Dixon G4CJC

Tony's 10 Metre Band Report
12 February, 2009

Despite the 10-10 contest at the weekend activity was not lifted by much and in comparison to the previous week was actually less. Several Mexican stations around but probably the most popular dx this week was Namibia, V51AS and V5/DL2SL.

There were a few other gems in there but lots of stations seemed to have 1 QSO, decide the band was not in good shape and then QSY. Again, nothing heard here in the UK by me.

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

Monday: PU2KDI, K5AB/B, XE1ZVO, XE2ES/B, AC7XP, KK6D, N7DB, WB7BBI, WA6MHZ/B.

Tuesday: KK6D, XE1ZVO, W6GMT, XE1YFJ, K7ULS, NV5H, W5GCX, XE1R.

Wednesday: PY5ACT, WE5I, LW3EX, K4JPC, VA2SFN, LU6EDC, KK6D, KG4GVV, KD0AJB, K9KDS, WB7BBI, YV1RDX.

Thursday: AA5EY, SA6AIN, OZ5BD, SM6X, SM6MNH, SM6DBZ, AG6U, AE5FB, SM6WET, KK6D, KC0CF, WE5I, W7NBH, K0MVJ, AC7XP, NV5H, WB7BBI, SM1TDE, KQ6PK, KD0AJB, K7ULS, K7OOS, K5YG, WI4L, OH1JO, OG6A, N8LGL, K4JPC, 9W2VVH, N1FSX/B, K5AB/B, XE2ES/B.

Friday: XE1EX, AC6DX, JE1LET, W7CRL, XE1L, AA5EY, HR1/K2L, HR1/K2LCT, KD4ESV, KH7XS, KK6D, NV5H, WE5I, YV1RDX, K5AB/B, ZL3TEN/B.

Saturday: V5/DL2SL, XE2HQI, AC6DX, AA5EY, XE3DX, WA7NB, K5RQ, K4QHH, XE2YHR, SV1JGX, KF4FKU, KD5ITM, K7YAK, IZ2AMS, IZ0IWC, ZU6M, NV5H, K4ESA, WN4VCH, K4JPC, YV1RDX, YU1FE, WE5I, PY2CX, HR1/K2LCT, HR1/K2L, VK2IM, PU2KLM, KK6D, K5WW, XE2EX, WB7BBI, W5AJ, US0KW, IQ4AX, F5PSR, F5OUX, XE1XZQ, 9H1LO/B, K6FRC/B.

Sunday: V51AS, Z21BC, E51JD, AA5EY, AJ4SF, LW9DNK, KD5ITM, N5MT, K0RH, N2EOC, PU7CAM, W5TMC, WN4AMO, WS5H, YN2N, AD6WL, AG4EX, AJ4F, IW0HBY, IZ2MYA, IZ8KPT, K4ESA, K4JPC, K9KDS, LW3EX, N6UWW, NM5H, NP3CW, PU2KLM, PY5EW, RN4HA, SV1ENX, VK4FTDX, W7TMD, WB4M, WB7BBI, WE5I, WN4VCH, XE1EX, KG4KIZ/B, Z21ANB/B, ZS6DN/B.

VK5MRD, Dave, has not had a good week.
“Here is my 10m band report for Friday 06/02/2009. Stations worked:- Only VK4FNQ at Charters Towers.”
Yet again Dave, it’s more than I worked!!

I’m not sure about this report. Gary, KC2TEP, wrote me saying, “Worked: PP5FGM 3/5 you’re the only one I talked to so far today, nice to hear ya in there. 73s give a shout I’m still here.”
I think Gary intended that to go to a DX Cluster not to me.

And at this point a plug for DX Monitor. Those of you who use the DX Cluster to monitor the bands will find this an invaluable programme. It does so much beside monitor the bands including turn your beam, produce maps, give you stats, etc. It is shareware and can be obtained at DX Monitor

Contests:

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

Sun: Boringly blank. Comet Lulin is approaching Earth and brightening, but it can't compete with the Moon. For the next few mornings, bright moonlight will spoil the view as Moon and comet cross paths in the constellation Virgo. the Moon will be out of the way in plenty of time for Comet Lulin's closest approach to Earth on Feb. 24 th.

Feb. 10th at 2310 UT, Earth-orbiting satellites detected a B1-class solar flare. Normally, such a small eruption would pass unremarked, but during this deep solar minimum, it's a relatively big event. NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft photographed the probable blast-site shortly before and after the eruption:

The source of the explosion appears to be a collapsing (or erupting) magnetic filament. The filament was present before the flare, absent afterward.

Higher-cadence imagery from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) may confirm or refute this idea; however, those images have not yet been beamed back to Earth. (SpaceWeather.com)

Yet again Stoke City play a game with 10 men!! And we used our 3 subs in the first 30 minutes with Ricardo Fuller our star striker, just back from suspension, off with an extremely painful dislocated shoulder. And again we lost it right at the end having missed an open goal when it was easier to score than not. Woe, woe and thrice woe.

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