3 Oct 2014

Sunspots and 10m WSPR activity

Sunspot count today is 105 (decent) and 20-30MHz propagation forecast to be "excellent". This should mean some good long distances on 10m F2. So far, I am only being spotted by the locals.
 
UPDATE 1105z:  A few spots exchanged with 4X1RF (3519km) on 10m and EA5WO (1428km) spotted here. DK6UG (633km) has also spotted me. As yet no really long distance F2 DX copied, but I expect that to soon change.

UPDATE 1120z:   Seeing the above 10m WSPR spots you do wonder how often this band is open very briefly by Es or F2. For a WSPR decode you need the band to be open for nearly 2 minutes only. I suspect we will find it briefly opens far more frequently than was thought. After all, the MUF has just to creep above 28.1246MHz very briefly for WSPR to catch it.  On CW or SSB you'd have to be very very patient. WSPR is some 12-14dB better than CW.G0MGM

UPDATE 1144z:   G0MGM (101km) and M6NNB (127km) have been spotting me. These are  interesting GDX distances. I assume these are pure tropo or plane enhanced, although there was little or no Doppler on my signal.
Recent 10m WSPR spots
UPDATE 1434z:  Have been exchanging 10m WSPR spots with USA stations since 1252z: 10m is well open to the USA yet again. It has been open daily to the USA for weeks now. This must be F2.

UPDATE 1615z:  My 1550z TX transmission resulted in 14 spots of which 11 were from the USA and one of the remaining was even further afield from FR1GZ.

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