EA7IHT - 10m Es?

The propagation within Europe is quite hard to be sure of at present, but EA7IHT (1643km) may well be Es. It is the right time (teatime) for a brief, isolated Es opening, this is the only Eu DX station seen on 10m WSPR for some time and the distance is right for Es. It is hard to be sure with so much F2 around. My bet is on late Es. Signal level at -27dB S/N was weak.

WISPY reports

For the first time in a few weeks I set the WISPY 200mW 10m WSPR beacon running to see what reports I got whilst getting on with jobs.

It is fascinating that G8KNN who is just 12km away often gets me at similar levels to the reports I get from K1OF who is 5455km away, all due to the vagaries of HF propagation.

10m conditions

After my break away last week I've been doing some 10m WSPRing these last 24 hours and am disappointed with the results: only a few spots from Germany, Israel and the UK of my own signal and just 4X, ZS and DL copied. Conditions seem to be very poor for a December in the peak sunspot period. Looking at the WSPR screen all I am seeing are a few wispy signals not lasting more than a few seconds. Conditions can change rapidly though, so I'll keep the WSPR beacon running whilst getting on with other stuff.