Conditions have been great during much of the last 3 weeks.  When we have 
barely enough solar flux to open 10 meters, absorption is minimal.  So if 
there is propagation, signals are fairly strong.  Yesterday I worked UA3 in 
the morning and JA and UA0 near sunset.  Today we had an opening to Japan 
that lasted a couple of hours.  For about half an hour the signals were 
fairly strong.  W9DIK reported on the net that he had worked someone in 
Scotland on 10-meter AM.  Harold doesn't have a beam.  Try to work this 
stuff while the K index is low.  A higher K index is only good for QSOs to 
the south.



Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Howard Kaufman
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 10:31 AM
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Subject: HF joy!!!

10 and 12 are wide open.  Some kind of European CW contest.
Worked a ua1 from Wisconsin with a vertical and 100 watts on Sideband.
Think I might fire up the valiant.

H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
Adaptive Technology Instructor