It is almost as if someone has turned on a big switch in the F2 layer! Yet again, 10m has been good to the USA and elsewhere. It suddenly happened a few days ago. Before that, conditions on 10m were not too good. Things on WSPR were tougher because of the relatively low activity levels.
I think conditions will be generally good this autumn, winter and spring, although I suspect this time next year things on 10m will be much tougher, unless we are lucky. Sunspot numbers are gradually falling and a year from now things could be a lot worse.
In the meantime, let us enjoy the good conditions on 10m.
UPDATE 1950z: EA8/LA3JJ has been spotting me all day, no less than 50 times. IK1SKC (977km) is a puzzling distance: it could be Es or F layer backscatter. Still, it has been another good day on 10m WSPR. The timing would suggest Es, but no other stations in Europe copied at the time. I have just gone QRT on all bands but will be back on 10m WSPR and 6m WSPR after breakfast.
I was enjoying 10m a good part of the week end. Only exception was during the "Worked All Germany" 24 hour contest. Not a single contact made from here. Germany being in the dead zone, and everyone else wanting to work German stations only. Let's just say that a contest can be a blessing and a curse ...
ReplyDeleteVy 73 de Jan