Thursday, September 12, 2013

10 Meters Is Back!

Despite unbelievably low solar fluxes for this point in a cycle, 10 meters is coming back right on schedule. In the past few days, these CW beacons have been logged here in Southern California:

28183.14    XE1RCS, Long dah, then "VVV XE1RCS/B EK09"  2152
28210.75    K5ARC, very droopy DE K5ARC/B EM0...  2330
28212.31    KJ4QYB,long dah, VVV DE KJ4QYB/B... EM63WW AL AL QSA?  2346
28213.99    N4PAL, VVV N4PAL N4PAL BCN QSL  2246
28222.42    N4QDK, VVV DE N4QDK/B EM98  2237
28231.92    KE4ZRT,"VVV DE KE4ZRT/B = EM81 = 25W" "DOUGLAS, GA"  2203
28237.92    KB2SEO,VVV DE KB2SEO/B EM74PT ETON, GA AR  0102
28244.98    PU2KXC/B, VVV PU2KXC/B GG76AQ (Brazil, nice sig)  2346
28253.41    W4CJB, droopy DE W4CJB/B... EM60...  2252
28254.42    K4JEE, VVV VVV DE K4JEE/B... LOUISVILLE, KY EM78  0053
28255.48    WF4HAM, VVV DE WF4HAM... BCN CEN FL... PSE QSL    2232
28273.03    Unknown, weak     2157
28275.25    Unknown, weak    2211
28277.94    KJ4VYI, DE... KJ4VYI/B EM60JL 50 W...  2220
28281.47    W4HEW?, VVV DE W... H, fading  2224
28298.00    K5TLL, K5TLL/B EM51GG  2359

Also, today:
29520.00    Unid SS/OM in FM, sounded like simplex  0010