Surely, these 10m openings - there yet again today - must be F2 and not multi-hop Es? Already spotted are K3NAL (5930km) and KZ8C (6290km).
FR1GZ (9724km) on Reunion Is, Indian Ocean, has also been spotted here several times and TJ3TS (5478km) in Cameroon is spotting me too.
It seems to me we are experiencing decent F2 propagation on 10m, and it is only mid-September. Maybe it is WSPR being so sensitive that openings that would have been missed in the past are now being noticed?
UPDATE 1639z: 10m has been open to the USA all afternoon on WSPR. This must be F2 rather than Es as it is almost predictable.
UPDATE 1845z: I went QRT on 10m just before teatime as I needed the PC for something else. When closing, the band was still wide open to the USA.
UPDATE 2210z: I returned to 10m WSPR at 1912z. The last USA station to spot me was AF5ES at 2008z. CX2ABP (11127km) was spotted here at 1944z.
15 Sept 2014
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10m WSPR is certainly 'on fire' today! I had DL2ZQ's 2W coming in at +9dB earlier and most of the state-side stations nearing 0dB.
Nice work David. It seems too good and too predictable for Es. I think we are seeing F2 across the Atlantic.
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