Overnight until 1115z, I was on 6m WSPR before QSYing down a band to 10m WSPR. Although locals G4IKZ and G0LRD were spotting me on 6m, no-one is currently spotting me on 10m. There appears to be no Es on either band at present. It is very quiet on 10m WSPR.
Sunspot count is 40 (creeping up again) and 20-30MHz conditions are described as "fair". We just might see some F2 DX on 10m today. if we are lucky.
UPDATE 1158z: Just spotted that I had the wrong 10m frequency for 10m WSPR! For some reason I was 3kHz too high. No idea why. It remains to be seen now if this now results in 10m spots.
UPDATE 1205z: First spot of my 2W on 10m was from WG2Z (5600km) just outside of New York by multi-hop Es (I assume). Report was -22dB S/N, not too bad. This is now the third time I have caught North American DX this summer on 10m. WSPR is excellent for spotting such DX on the band. Sadly there is zero 6m WSPR activity from the Eastern USA at this time, so trying 6m WSPR is a waste of effort at the moment with regard to transatlantic DXing.
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