Conditions certainly have been good on the higher bands this week.
Tom - Svalbard is also known as Spitsbergen. During WW II Norwegian
prisoners were sent there to work in the coal mines.
It is a very inhospitable island.
Another up that way is Jx (Jan Mayen).
This last week I have worked nearly a hundred new entities on 12M.
73
ATB
David W Wood
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 5:42 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 10 and 15 meters
working ssb, or even cw dx is fun and with a compremise antenna and bear
foot power, it can be challenging.
Working FM dx, or AM dx is even more challenging and can be allot of fun.
If you've ever heard a pile up on 29.6FM coming back to you, it's a
thrill...especially when you work some guy who heard you on his shack
scanner with an indoor antenna.
I had a qso with a guy in alaska who was 60 over s9 on 29.6 fm off the front
corner of the beam...it was like talking on 2m simplex with a station down
the street.
Talking to alaska for us is like the east coast hams talking to europe.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
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From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 7:26 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: 10 and 15 meters
> To show you how great conditions were even here in Central Lower
> Michigan,
> I worked a bit in the contest this week-end, and had an absolute blast.
> Worked many European and South American stations, but a number of Japan
> stations as well. But even better, I worked a JW7QIA, in the country of
> Svalard. Never heard of Svalard, but the XYL looked it up on a map, and
> it
> is well north of Poland on the way to the North Pole. Will definitely
> have
> to get a QSL card for that one!
>
> All of this was done with my Alpha Delta DXCC wire antenna which is up
> about
> 40 feet, and 100 watts!
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 8:57 PM
> Subject: Re: 10 and 15 meters
>
>
>> 10 has been bonkers. I worked a JA on 29.6 FM yesterday around 4PM
>> local.
>> My boss just finished putting up a 4 element KLM tri-bander on a 48 foot
>> tower...height to the beam is about 50 feet. So I was around yesterday
>> to
>> play radio.
>> I was working JA, south america, and australia on 10 meters all at the
>> same
>> time of the day lol with 100W. Signals were typically between s9 and 30
>> over s9.
>> On 20, we had short path, and long path as well as regional skip wide
>> open...to the west, I was hearing and talking to BC, about 1000 miles
>> away
>> 40 over s9, along with short path, and long path signals from brazil and
>> most of south america.
>> I was also hearing stations 40 over s9 within 1000KM to the east, all the
>> way out to Russia and northern europe.
>> Western and southern europe were pounding in on 40 last night on the
>> windom
>> as well.
>> So yes, conditions are as good as I have ever heard them...we are at the
>> peak time of this cycle as well which helps.
>> I made two or three qrp contacts on 15 this afternoon on the windom as
>> well.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 6:17 PM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: 10 and 15 meters
>>
>>> It sure has been fun to see 10 and 15 meters really open with lots of =
>>> signals. I was copying Japan last night at 8 PM in the evening; not =
>>> many, but a few were still coming through. I figured it would be good =
>>> because 12 meters has been rocking all weak with DX from all over. And
>>> =
>>> I am still using wires now instead of yagi antennas so it had to be 20 =
>>> to 30 DB better than I was hearing. You know it is good when the =
>>> Japanese are commanding their own pile ups and working U S and Latin and
>>> =
>>> South Americans, as well as all the Caribbean, as fast as they can talk.
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>> K0NX
>>> Living His Name
>>
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