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  The map shows the restricted propagation  Solar flux index slowly descended down to 77 ,the weeks before SFI was up to 90 Nevertheless the result was good   250 QSO   2 dupes. Remarkable KC1XX  sudden Q5 just before the band died out complete, Sunday early afternoon.         Band     QSOs     Pts  S-P  Cty  Pt/Q            28       248       992    1   47   4,0         Score : 47.616 Setup: K3 + ACOM1000  3el STEPPIR     CW only. Saturday was the best day with some reasonable runs.  But Sunday running CQ  became pulling a dead horse.  band closed  conveniently  before the Formula 1 race start .

Mode CW  N1MM K3 ACOM1000  3ele Steppir 18m a.g. SFI was 82,  some days ago  it dropped down from 105 with good openings to VK almost daily (FT8) The ARRL10m ,one of my favorites in pre JT years . How would it be now  did JT  kill ham radio ? https://www.oldtimersclub.info/PDF/Did%20Joe%20Taylor%20K1JT%20Destroy%20Amateur%20Radio.pdf I think the answer is no, CW is still alive    Surprisingly also DX was possible in CW at peak times The goodies: VK6WX   4D3X (=DU)  E25KAE E29TGW (=HS)  V51YJ ZD7BG L33M LU8MHL LW1D LW5HR XQ3WD CE2ML PT3T  ZF5T KP2M  K1MM  & other FLA here in JO33HG only weak Florida calls heard Remarkable: not a single EA not even EA8  heard  some runs to EU East-EU  and S&P for the few  Asian's in the band.  no SV just one Italian but plenty UR YO LZ LY YL DL OK OM HA    Today Monday morning  in FT8 a lot of EU calls    and VK8AW on the sc...

This year ARRL10  propagation was at minimum The season for 10m is over  in December Oktober or begin of November would be better.   I seached my latest 28.126MHz  WSPR DX  spots in 2018 : November: 181110 1014   5 -10  0.11  28.1261010  8Q7HI MJ63  181113 0926   4 -19  0.11  28.1260089  VK3KCX QF22 181115 0912   2 -24 -0.02  28.1260451  VK5AKK PF94 181117 1008   4 -18  0.19  28.1260740  FR1GZ LG79 181121 0816   3 -20  0.07  28.1260110  VK3KCX QF22 47 181121 0832   3 -19  0.15  28.1260863  VK2IJM QF56 40 181121 0952   3 -18  0.19  28.1260726  LG79RC 37 181123 1030   3 -21 -0.10  28.1260124  VK3KCX QF22 47 181126 0924   3 -15  0.11  28.1260089  VK3KCX QF22 47 December: 181208 0840   1 -26  0.11  28.12...

rig   4 ele  ACOM1000  K3      CW only SO assisted   150W + Lot of EU Rusia   few UA3 UA6  EU ES backscatter  G F  Africa  V51YJ ZS2T     no ! EA8 CT3 CT2 in CW OCEANIA VK3GK VK5GR Last week almost daily WSPR 28.126MHz VK2KRR VK3KCX VK8AW no SM LA OZ no Asia  no UA9 DX: Saturday  1021 VU2USA       1046 VK3GK      5 Watts       1048 VK5GR       1554 V51YJ Sunday       1216 V5/DK1CE  no contest       1237 ZS2T       1656 CX2BR       1659 CX4SS       1700 PP5TU       1727 LU2DX       1752 CW5W last QSO's before band close QSO: 28034 CW 2017-12-10 1822 PA0O          599 250    PY2MC         599 205    QSO: 28017 CW 2017-...

Objective:  For Amateurs worldwide to exchange QSO information with as many stations as possible on the 10 meter band.   28MHz the history of contesting goes back to 1920 with the first Transatlantic radio test transmissions. final result  band closed early Sunday afternoon 1700 local  There was no evening SS peak to USA signals faded early afternoon already. 10m was poor running empty CQ long times but result was better then expected the decay of high band propagation is clear.    cycle 24 had its weak peak 2 years ago. This could have been the last 10m contest with reasonable propagation before we go into the long solar minimum towards cycle 26 Realtime score report rank 8 in single CW high at our band close 17:00 local   The last result for our Veron competition closes 15 -12-2015 The 4 el 10/15 beam Friday  night  up again in relative good wx  a good decision  I have 10dB noise...

operators PA2AWU Arend    PA0O me  PE1BBI Gerard   PC5T Frans rig: 2x 4ele 10m h.b. Arend K3   + K3 backup Acom1000 N1MM+      Lenovo X60 "TEXEL" island location had to be cancelled due to stormy weather. We made it ourself easy and stayed closer to home in a more sheltered place. Stormy wind calmed down Friday afternoon so we could setup the antennas easy. Propagation was still good on 28MHz worldwide except the Pacific and Alaska. This could be the last good propagation ARRL10M for a long time this solar cycle? Band closed sudden at about 1700 local Saturday. Sunday was better 1 hour more propagation until about 1800 local   better USA opening including West coast NW-USA KL7 was the difficult path. site PA0V Nanko

Door QRL slechts een halve contest alleen Zaterdag vlak voor band sluiting nog even tijd om mee te doen. Zaterdag avond zeer  goede signalen  W6/7 VE5/6/7  XE   slechts 40QSO meer tijd had ik niet zondag helaas geen herkansing voor de Westkust. Zondag 1 Oceanië ZM90DX slechts 2 VK's VK3TDX VK6LW   1x  JA . Nee van VK moet je het niet hebben in de contest in CW zijn er hooguit 2 actief... Ik mag graag mooie DX werken maar voor de ARRL10 maakt het niet uit of je nu een UA9 op 10 als nieuwe werkt of een VK  Veel backscatter/ multypath  echo's slechte signalen  in de morgen. http://www.qsl.net/pa0oos/recall2013/ry9c_echo.mp3 Avond opening USA ook minder dan zaterdag. Maar toch mooie DX aanwezig. Op de dipool 100W  250 QSO uiteindelijk.