28mhz propagation in 2011

bogman

Seeing a few EI's spotted on the cluster on 10m but none worked so far, band is picking up with a surge in the solar flux to 92, some nice sunspot regions on the Sun, hope it continues, winter ES not as evident this year, Z21ANB/B readable most days, FR1GZ/b very strong when running on 28.215, have heard WA2NTK/b on 28.204 a few times, I monitor the beacons extensively and keep an eye on Martin, G3USF'S beacon page updating my own text file from his

http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/28.htm
If you notice any new beacons or errors Martin is only too delighted to be informed

Discovered this interesting list by W5JO yesterday
http://www.qsl.net/wj5o/bcn.htm

73, de EI5FK Charles

mordka

Hi Charles. I can see you are very active on 10m cluster. Very good. You are doing good job there to let us know what is on the air on 28Mhz.
Did you contact VK or ZL last few days with your new 4 ele Yagi ?

bogman

Happy new year mordka, not too late to say that yet, you mentioned the mast, picked it up in a builders yard good few years back, they used it to support a bay of halogen lights, cost me the princely sum on 100 punts at the time, do you have the skypper yourself and and are you qrv, if so can I have ur callsign

This is some of what ive worked so far, to be updated

USA W4OC 01/01/2011 15:47
Germany DF8LC 01/01/2011 16:12
Belize V31BD 01/01/2011 17:35
Netherlands PA2NJC 01/01/2011 16:57
Australia VK6IR 02/01/2011 09:30
Crete SV9IOI 02/01/2011 10:01
England GØSXC 02/01/2011 11:16
French Guiana FY5LH 02/01/2011 11:52
Canary Is EA8TX 02/01/2011 11:54
Hungary HG5APA 02/01/2011 12:15
Reunion FR1GZ 02/01/2011 13:40
Canada VE2TH 02/01/2011 14:00
Brazil PU5DUD 02/01/2011 16:33
Italy IZ6BXV 03/01/2011 13:25
Uruguay CX7CO 03/01/2011 16:39
Faroe Is OY1OF 03/01/2011 19:34

Charles

bogman

To add to the above


France F4AZF 05/01/2011 10:09
Namibia V5/DK1CE 05/01/2011 14:22
Wales MWØCRI 05/01/2011 16:46
Portugal CT5KAO 05/01/2011 20:21
Cyprus 5B4AHY 07/01/2011 09:10
Dodecanese SV5BYR 07/01/2011 09:28
European Russia UA6AMO 07/01/2011 09:32
Ukraine UU9JAN 07/01/2011 09:54
Armenia EK6RL 07/01/2011 10:17
Asiatic Russia R7AX 07/01/2011 10:19
United Arab Emirat A65BD 07/01/2011 10:31
Turkey TA3AX 07/01/2011 10:32
Oman A41XR 07/01/2011 10:50
Malta) 9H1SP 07/01/2011 10:52
Cameroon TJ3AY 07/01/2011 11:11
Malawi 7Q7BP 07/01/2011 12:13
St. Helena ZD7FT 07/01/2011 12:18
Thailand HSØZIN 09/01/2011 09:04
Argentina LU6DO 09/01/2011 18:35


Very interesting few days between the 5th & the 7th, not a lot happening since, TJ3AY was an overall new DXCC for me, they dont come easy these days, anyone else here active on 10m at the moment ?

eiei0

I heard 11m open to the states on Monday afternoon and I spent 30mins calling cq on 10m Cw but never got any takers.


guess all the prop is down in the Tropics.

bogman

Some pretty dedicated ops on 27mhz all right, did you hear cw beacons on ten, I find these invaluable, just wondering what you use on 10m?

experimenter

Catch ye on 27.555 lads....

Interesting to hear about all the activity... is it time to put the chicken box in the car :D

bogman

No need be in a hurry putting the rig in the car experimenter, sunspot activity had almost fizzled out, wonder if are back in the doldrums again, not much worked here since the 9th

eiei0

Just using a Hexbeam with the Pro 2 on 10m so lots of room for improvment, I might put up a 3el for 10m for the summer when I take the Hex down to put up the 6&4m antennas.

I had a 3el Siro that I never took out of the box I should have kept it.

pixbyjohn

bogman wrote: »

No need be in a hurry putting the rig in the car experimenter, sunspot activity had almost fizzled out, wonder if are back in the doldrums again, not much worked here since the 9th

Hi Charles, are you going to this ? >Radio enthusiasts and their partners will meet at the Vienna Woods Hotel, Glanmire, Cork for dinner and a
social evening on Saturday February 5th.
How is life with you and are you still in the woodworm department
73s from the Garden County.
FunnyNoise

bogman

Do u have a call pixbyjohn? wondering who u are

Cant make the 5th much as id like to due to photorally event near Athlone, ah well.....hearing some signals on 28mhz today, must be the worst state the band has been in a long time, no real signs of a pickup in cycle 24

Current prediction for the next sunspot cycle maximum gives a smoothed sunspot number maximum of about 59 in June/July of 2013. We are currently two years into Cycle 24 and the predicted size continues to fall.

http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml

Makes grim reading

pixbyjohn

Have you a link to that photorally ?

mordka

Propagation getting better on 10m last days ....
few interesting contacts made last weekend:

Z21BB - Zimbabwe on 10m
TR8CA - Gabon - 10m
OD5NH - Lebanon - 10m
TL0A - Central Africa - 10m
D2AM - Angola - 10m

And about 30 QSOs with USA and Canada during ARRL-SSB contest.

bogman

Open to US as I type, 10pm, nice condtx, flux picking up also


75 dxcc wkd on 28mhz so far this year, 100w & 4 ele

hbr

bogman wrote: »

Do u have a call pixbyjohn? wondering who u are

Yes he does. It is the same vintage as your own

bogman

My apologies for not passing on the photorally link pixbyjohn, there were three separate events this year
http://www.irishphotorally.com/
http://ibaireland.org/PhokerRally.aspx
http://sites.google.com/site/bmwulstersection/newsandevents/2011ulstersectionphotographicrally


Not been active on the radio since April and only connected the aerial to the radio this week, notice a big improvement on 28mhz and been pretty active since, summary of 10 activity this year so far, how are things working out for anyone viewing this thread, anything interesting to report?

3B8 (Mauritius) 1 0 3B8BAB 04/11/2011 11:53
3X (Guinea) 1 0 3XY1D 31/10/2011 11:34
4J,4K (Azerbaijan) 1 0 4K9W 20/03/2011 11:02
4X, 4Z (Israel) 2 0 4Z5RT 21/02/2011 11:46
5B (Cyprus) 2 0 5B4AHY 07/01/2011 09:10
5R-5S (Madagascar) 1 0 5R8UI 14/03/2011 17:11
5V (Togo) 1 0 5V7CC 24/04/2011 15:29
6V-6W (Senegal) 5 0 6W/HA0NAR 13/02/2011 12:15
7P (Lesotho) 2 0 7P8PB 18/03/2011 12:15
7Q (Malawi) 1 0 7Q7BP 07/01/2011 12:13
8P (Barbados) 1 0 8P9AA 18/02/2011 18:08
9A (Croatia) 1 0 9A5CW 14/01/2011 19:33
9H (Malta) 1 0 9H1SP 07/01/2011 10:52
9K (Kuwait) 1 0 9K2HN 26/03/2011 11:01
9Y-9Z (Trinidad & Tobago) 1 0 9Y4D 18/02/2011 19:16
A4 (Oman) 2 0 A41XR 07/01/2011 10:50
A6 (United Arab Emirat) 5 0 A65BD 07/01/2011 10:31
A7 (Qatar) 1 0 A71BK 20/03/2011 10:38
AP-AS (Pakistan) 1 0 AP2MB 05/11/2011 09:30
BY,BT (China) 1 0 BD7NWF 04/11/2011 11:35
CA-CE (Chile) 3 0 CE4CT 20/03/2011 17:01
CM, CO (Cuba) 1 0 CO8LY 25/03/2011 19:19
CN (Morocco) 2 0 5D5A 27/03/2011 19:26
CT (Portugal) 2 0 CT5KAO 05/01/2011 20:21
CU (Azores) 1 0 CU1EZ 31/10/2011 12:08
CV-CX (Uruguay) 1 0 CX7CO 03/01/2011 16:39
D2-3 (Angola) 3 0 D2AM 04/03/2011 17:38
D4 (Cape Verde) 2 0 D44AC 15/02/2011 18:40
DA-DL (Fed. Rep. of Germa) 10 0 DF8LC 01/01/2011 16:12
EA8-EH8 (Canary Is.) 1 0 EA8TX 02/01/2011 11:54
EA-EH (Spain) 2 0 EB1BSV 17/01/2011 19:13
EI-EJ (Ireland) 4 0 EI8GS 18/02/2011 19:16
EK (Armenia) 1 0 EK6RL 07/01/2011 10:17
EL (Liberia) 1 0 5M2TT 05/04/2011 16:40
ET (Ethiopia) 1 0 ET3AA 03/11/2011 13:01
EX (Kyrgystan) 1 0 EX25 03/11/2011 10:31
EY (Tajikistan) 1 0 EY8MM 03/04/2011 09:53
F (France) 6 0 F4AZF 05/01/2011 10:09
FG (Guadeloupe) 2 0 FG5DH 07/03/2011 18:24
FM (Martinique) 1 0 FM/F6ARC 15/04/2011 19:08
FR (Reunion) 1 0 FR1GZ 02/01/2011 13:40
FY (French Guiana) 2 0 FY5LH 02/01/2011 11:52
G, GX (England) 2 0 G0SXC 02/01/2011 11:16
GD, GT (Isle of Man) 1 0 GD4WBY 04/11/2011 12:13
GI, GN (Northern Ireland) 1 0 MI0CBH 01/11/2011 20:07
GW, GC (Wales) 3 0 MW0CRI 05/01/2011 16:46
HA, HG (Hungary) 1 0 HG5APA 02/01/2011 12:15
HC-HD (Ecuador) 1 0 HC2SL 07/03/2011 19:33
HI (Dominican Republic) 1 0 HI7MC 04/04/2011 17:28
HQ-HR (Honduras) 1 0 HR5/W9GL 01/11/2011 19:05
HS (Thailand) 1 0 HS0ZIN 09/01/2011 09:04
HZ (Saudi Arabia) 2 0 HZ1SK 15/01/2011 10:34
I (Italy) 3 0 IZ6BXV 03/01/2011 13:25
J2 (Djibouti) 2 0 J28RO 26/03/2011 11:02
J3 (Grenada) 1 0 J39BS 05/04/2011 18:54
J8 (St. Vincent) 2 0 J88DR 21/02/2011 16:34
JY (Jordan) 2 0 JY4NE 21/02/2011 10:59
K,W,N, AA-AK (United States of A) 41 0 W4OC 01/01/2011 15:47
KP2 (Virgin Is.) 1 0 W8MJ/KP2 28/03/2011 21:27
KP4 (Puerto Rico) 2 0 KP4GC 18/03/2011 15:42
LA-LN (Norway) 1 0 LA0EM 04/05/2011 14:43
LO-LW (Argentina) 2 0 LU6DO 09/01/2011 18:35
LZ (Bulgaria) 1 0 LZ1YG 03/11/2011 14:37
OA-OC (Peru) 1 0 OA6/OE3NHW 07/03/2011 18:16
OD (Lebanon) 2 0 OD5NH 06/03/2011 09:55
OE (Austria) 1 0 OE3CDS 14/01/2011 21:11
OY (Faroe Is.) 1 0 OY1OF 03/01/2011 19:34
P4 (Aruba) 1 0 P40V 05/03/2011 13:49
PA-PI (Netherlands) 3 0 PA2NJC 01/01/2011 16:57
PJ2 (Curacao) 2 0 PJ2/N1ZZ 18/02/2011 18:22
PJ4 (Bonaire) 1 0 PJ4/W9NJY 29/03/2011 19:52
PJ5,6 (Saba and St. Eusta) 1 0 PJ5/SP6IXF 03/11/2011 11:41
PP-PY (Brazil) 6 0 PU5DUD 02/01/2011 16:33
ST (Sudan) 1 0 ST2AR 14/03/2011 16:44
SV5 (Dodecanese) 2 0 SV5BYR 07/01/2011 09:28
SV9 (Crete) 2 0 SV9IOI 02/01/2011 10:01
TA-TC (Turkey) 1 0 TA3AX 07/01/2011 10:32
TI, TE (Costa Rica) 2 0 TI8II 18/02/2011 17:38
TJ (Cameroon) 2 0 TJ3AY 07/01/2011 11:11
TU (Cote d'Ivoire) 1 0 TU2T 03/11/2011 10:39
UA-UI1,3,4,6, (European Russia) 1 0 UA6AMO 07/01/2011 09:32
UA-UI8,9,0,RA (Asiatic Russia) 1 0 R7AX 07/01/2011 10:19
UR-UZ, EM-EO (Ukraine) 3 0 UU9JAN 07/01/2011 09:54
V3 (Belize) 1 0 V31BD 01/01/2011 17:35
V4 (St.Kitts & Nevis) 2 0 V44KAI 07/03/2011 18:45
V5 (Namibia) 4 0 V5/DK1CE 05/01/2011 14:22
VE, VO, VY (Canada) 7 0 VE2TH 02/01/2011 14:00
VK (Australia) 2 0 VK6IR 02/01/2011 09:30
VP2M (Montserrat) 1 0 VP2MXF 09/03/2011 18:25
VP5 (Turks & Caicos Is.) 2 0 VP5/VE3OP 14/03/2011 17:59
VP8 (Falkland Is.) 1 0 VP8ORK 04/02/2011 17:43
VU (India) 1 0 VU2DSI 19/02/2011 09:36
XA-XI (Mexico) 1 0 XE2S 29/03/2011 21:20
YB-YH (Indonesia) 2 0 YB1ALL 02/04/2011 13:27
YV-YY (Venezuela) 2 0 YY1EJS 18/02/2011 19:08
Z2 (Zimbabwe) 1 0 Z21BB 05/03/2011 16:06
Z3 (Macedonia) 1 0 Z30U 05/11/2011 08:36
ZD7 (St. Helena) 1 0 ZD7FT 07/01/2011 12:18
ZP (Paraguay) 1 0 ZP6CW 08/03/2011 18:18
ZR-ZU (South Africa) 1 0 ZS6X 30/01/2011 14:40

Updated solar cycle status
http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml

mordka

Congratulation, condition on 28Mhz is great these days.
Last few weeks I`ve logged on 10m some nice rare DX

T32C
TX7M
CE0Y
ZK2V

73!

PauloMN

I really need to get my ass in gear, have an old 11m 5/8 wave vertical and all the mountings, should put it up for 10m and get DXing.

Antenna

The church radios across Ireland using 27MHz frequencies must have been heard far and wide in recent times!

And a few on Youtube of reception in other countries such as:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJwzkl4Zu24

bogman

mordka wrote: »

Congratulation, condition on 28Mhz is great these days.
Last few weeks I`ve logged on 10m some nice rare DX

T32C
TX7M
CE0Y
ZK2V

73!

Nice one Mordka


Some great stuff in the last week or so, band is ripping with better to come, remember during the 2nd last cycle it was possible to work W-6/7 tuning up the bed springs :-)


The more interesting ones on 10m last days
9Y4LAS
HC8GR
HI3/KL7JR
J8/PE1IGM
NL7Z
P40GH
TG9NX
VK9CM
XE1FSK
E51NOU New Dxcc