TenX DX News June 1, 2025

Mike Davidson N5MT #24949

Welcome to the Summer DX season of the 10-10 News. Solar Cycle 25 has just produced eleven solar flares 4 M and 7 C class in size that hit Earth today June 1^st. There is some prop on 20 meters but none on 15 and 10 with HF blackouts in the Pacific and Atlantic. The highest flux so far was 343 on Feb 17, 2023 and May 14^th was the biggest X2.7 flare in 2025 causing blackouts in Europe and Asia. I have seen five Solar Cycles over the past fifty years and this Cycle 25 is the second strongest! A rare DX country is active this week from Lakshadweep Isl using call VU7T but no 10-10 members are in this group.

My next thought for this article is to thank my good friend Mel KD5DE #33513 who died on May 12, 2025 for his long dedicated service to his country and 10-10 International.

My first radio QSO with Mel was before we had personal computers to log contacts in the mid 1980's. Mel organized the first 10-10 convention in Shreveport LA, where I talked about DX in 1987. I wrote my first DX article for this News letter in 1991 after the President of 10-10 asked me to write about 10-10 DX. That was thirty-three years ago and many conventions have Mel and I both attended at a 10-10 table. Mel had many private stories that can’t be repeated, so RIP.

There are DX reports below that you can see if you worked a 10-10 member in your log and then watch for some future DX trips to maybe work a new country in your log.

The big event in March was the ARRL DX SSB Contest. It was not a 10-10 event but any DX contest is always a chance to put 10-10 or DX in your log, which should be one’s goal.

During some QSO parties the past years, the higher solar flux caused poor propagation. The sun generated large flares that caused radio blackouts over parts of the earth.

The ARRL website hack last year is now all back to normal. The DXCC awards function was fixed and the LoTW data was all ok. The processing of DXCC and awards took longer to fix and now all is reported to be back to normal.

DXCC award processing was taking about 8 days in April.

This past year was the best time for the USA to talk into Europe and the Pacific. http://hamgallery.com/W1JR/The ARRL 10 Meter contest in December has always been the most popular contest and I talked with a few DX friends during the contest. So propagation for my station was the same for the last two years. The Winter SSB QSO Party, was a noisy weekend due to a solar flare. Thanks to Dan KZ3T #41015 for scoring the contest and sending certificates for the QSO Parties.

You should have a goal of finding new members on Ten and logging them. Each week I read DX articles and look for 10-10 members going places so I can write about them here and I found several new members recently. At my station, I have not found a new 10-10 country in about seven years so I hope to catch some members at a new DX site soon. So watch for them on the dates given below to catch a new one and try to talk with old friends on the air to pass the time.

Congratulations to Nodir EY8MM #52767 for receiving the

2025 Heritage CQ DX Hall of Fame award at the Dayton DX Dinner May 16^th. The award is now given by INDEXA and it was presented to Nodir by Bob N2OO #12732.

https://cqww.com/rules.htm

I also saw that John K4BAI #45389 got the Contest Hall of Fame Induction Award at Dayton on May 17^th.

Countries Awards: There were no Countries Award applications submitted this past quarter.

General 10-10 DX reported in the past quarter:

4U United Nations NY. The UN station 4U1UN #55555, in New York City, was not active on Ten this past quarter. The UN is the closest DX country for USA hams to work and the beacon is on 28200 MHZ.

4U Geneva. The UN in Geneva Switzerland, 4U1ITU #11111 NOW has a new club callsign 4U0ITU to commemorate the ITU Union 160^th anniversary until year ends. Remember the 1010 number is only assigned to call 4U1ITU and not to the new 4U0ITU! So ask them for the old call and log it! LoTW.

5A Libya. Abubaker 5A1A #69222 was using his new call 5A1AL for Libya only on FT8 this past quarter. He can only give you his old 1010 number which is assigned to him.

D6 Comoros Isl. Elvira IV3FSG #54292 was back in D68Z from March 2-31^st SSB, CW and Digi and all bands. LoTW.

EA6 Balearic Islands. Rene EA6/DL2JRM #69623 will be traveling a lot this summer, first to Balearic until May 18^th.

Mostly CW. After this he is going to a lot of places all through the summer, more info coming.

ET Ethiopia. Ken K4ZW #18573 was not back in ET this past quarter. The club call ET3AA is not a member. So you must find Ken K4ZW when he visits back at the club.

Ken did not operate in the USA during this time either.

FM Martinique. Darrell AB2E #9753 was in Martinique from May 20-27^th using callsign TO3E mostly CW. LoTW.

J6 St. Lucia. Several ops were at club J62K on Ten this past quarter. Bill K9HZ #2618 planned to operate from J62K with some youth operators. LoTW.

K USA. Will WC6DX #27111 was on San Clemente Isl. from May 23-27^th. Only SSB and CW no Digi.

Ed N7PHY #58098 was in grid DL88 which is mostly in Mexico for a POTA activation May 19-25^th

KH0 Mariana Isl. Tom KC0W #67688 is using his new call KH0W and most of his operating was on CW.

KH8 American Samoa. Robert KH8/K0NR #40615 was in Am. Samoa from May 27^th to June 9^th.

OY Faroe Islands. Scott OY/KA9FOX #31122 was on the island in early May on HF but no info on 10 Meter activity.

P4 Aruba. John W2GD #14109 was back at station P44W

in Aruba from May 20-27^th. The CW WPX contest was that

weekend and John likes CW on all bands. LoTW.

V4 St.Kitts & Nevis. Juan AC6ZM #65893 was on St.Kitts from May 18-27^th all bands and modes. Juan may have used call V49K in a DX contest. LoTW.

V5 Namibia. Mike V51MA #64688, continues to help the daily 10-10 net when he has propagation from Africa on 28380 MHZ at 1800Z, except Sunday’s.

VP5 Turk’s & Caicos Islands. John K4BAI #45389 and friends will use station VP5M in May until the 27^th. This maybe the last use of the station as the site is for sale.

VP6 Pitcairn Island. Miralda VP6MW #50434, was active this past spring on FT8 28074 and maybe some SSB 28555.

ZL7 Chatham Islands. Holger ZL3IO #22401, was back on Chatham, from May 18-26^th working on antennas and two power inverters. He only operated low power as ZL7IO for the first day of the WPX CW contest. His daughter Xenia ZL4YL #77857, joined him in November 2024 using her call as ZL7YL. Chatham is a rare location 500 miles from New Zealand and there is no member living on the island.

Future DX & New 10-10 Activity:

3A Monaco. A Special call for the 100^th Anniversary of Monaco is from April to June 30^th for callsign 3A100A. The only 10-10 member is Claude 3A2LF #36994 who has been on 15 CW in March and last on Ten Meters in Jan 2015.

3Y Bouvet Island. A big DXpedition will land in February 2026 on Bouvet using call 3Y0K. No 10-10 member is on the DX team at this time. Good luck.

9U Rep of Burundi. A DXpedition to Burundi will take place from October 29^th to November 19^th using callsign 9U1RU. Most ops are Russian like Vic UA3QLC #52770 but Hal W8HC #12502 is a most experienced DX operator. They plan to have 7 stations active on all modes/bands. Such a large group will be slow to build/takedown with ten

radios and nine antennas planned! The last 10-10 from Burundi was Iris 9U5QL/SK #21226 in Dec 1991!

A4 Oman. Roman R5AA is using the A47RS #42043 club station in Oman while waiting for his new home to be finished. Roman should only give the club info at the club!

C9 Mozambique. Vic UA3QLC #52770 and two friends, will be on two different islands for a week each in July. Vic is the only 10-10 member in the group.

CE0Y Easter Island. George CE0YHF #39382 has a job on the island. Bad weather has broken his antennas so he will replace it with a vertical for his 10-watt radio. I did not know George was on Easter Isl until this week so good luck.

CY0 Sable Isl. A DXpedition scheduled for March 2026 will take place by ops that were on Sable in 2024. Members were: Mike K9NW #29804, Larry W0PR #31559 and Dan W4DKS #5395. The full list of ops will be updated soon.

Website: www.CY0S.com .

HR Honduras. Alex K6VHF #77458 is going to Roatan Isl from July 3-9^th using call HR9/K6VHF. His radio is 100

watts to a vertical on all bands/mode’s and FT8 Digi. LoTW.

K USA. I am predicting the best propagation in June could be two days before Field Day June 28-29^th assuming no solar flares the week before Field Day.

VP0 South Georgia Island. A DXpedition to this rare island will take place in March 2027. The rare country is owned by Norway. The list of 10-10 ops is unknown now.

VP9 Bermuda. Kyle WA4PGM #50763, will be in Bermuda from June 10-17^th as a ParksOnTheAir trip. LoTW.

Miscellaneous Items & Notes:

Ten-Ten Website: http://www.Ten-Ten.org .

Propagation forecast: http://www.solen.info/solar/ ,

www.SolarHam.net and http://ARRL.org/Propagation .

More propagation: http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ .

DX Calendar: http://www.dxwatch.com/ .

DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4dJcK-WVRw.
Https://Secure.Clublog.org/mostwanted.php
http://ebarc.org/pdf/dx-entity-history.pdf

Ham Lookup various ways:

https://Haminfo.tetranz.com/map .

Ham LoTW users: http://www.hb9bza.net/lotw-users-list .

WM7D Solar: https://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/ .

FT8 Fox/Hound Video:

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=GcbtTKSRkus .

DX Propagation: I expect the solar flux to range from 115-179 this Summer. The June 21^st Summer Solstice will be in three weeks. Days are getting longer for us in the USA and Northern Hemisphere. Cycle 25 eleven-year cycle, started more than five years ago in November 2019. Sunspots are always counted by looking at the Sun but the solar flux is measured by radio at 2.8 GHZ several times a day.

The monthly max solar flux was: Jan 2025 234, Feb 220, March 204, April 182, May 159. Average 167.

The monthly min solar flux was: Jan 2025 156, Feb 153, March 140, April 148, May 115. Average 142.

On June 1^st, the solar flux was 151, the A index 126 and K index 7 and Poor Propagation! Cycle 25 hit a maximum flux value of 343 on February 17, 2023. Previous solar peaks were in 2014, 2001, 1989 & 1979. The USAF forecast for June 1^st to July 15^th has a range of 110-165 with average flux 127, which is down many points from the last quarter. A flux graph shows a declining curve, which indicates lower flux and the peak has probably past!

My Prediction: The next four months, the best propagation on Ten could be on: June 1-2^nd & 27-30^th, July 23-26^th, August 18-20^th & Sept 14-18^th. For USA, expect a 40-60% chance of DX to Europe, Asia, S. America or Pacific. Use the beacons on 28.175-28.300 MHZ to see if Ten meters is open. If the band is closed for SSB, try FT8 on 28074 for a QSO.

Two new DX members joined 10-10 in May: Richard DC1RW #78428 and Melanie DN9WOA #78429 are from Germany. The last USA member to join was Steven KI5EWG #78427 in May.

Thanks to the Daily DX by Bernie W3UR #25731 and the ARRL DX Bulletins. This 10-10 DX News edition is my

number 135^th of DXing reports for the past 33+ years.

DX news to: Mike Davidson, 26274 Whispering Pines Ave, Denham Springs LA 70726 USA Email: N5MT@aol.com.

DX IS! 73 Mike Davidson N5MT #24949

Beginning this year, the 10-10 International Scholarship Foundation will be using the ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program to administer our scholarships. The ARRL administers more than 100 scholarships that are supported by various organizations and individuals. 10-10 will be supporting three $2,000 scholarships this year,

For information on the application process, go to:

https://www.arrl.org/scholarship-program

The requirements for the 10-10 Scholarships can be found on this website at:

https://www.ten-ten.org/misc/ten-ten-scholarships

TenX DX News March 1, 2024

Mike Davidson N5MT #24949 Download as PDF

Welcome to the Spring season of the DX News. The Sun is still producing Sun spots that keep the Solar flux high and maybe a maximum high for Cycle 25 may occur in 2024 or 2025! DX Propagation into Europe and Asia this past quarter has been better which may have given us a record Winter QSO Party event the first weekend of February. I counted 100+ logs received by Dan KZ3T #41015 who has posted the results on the 10-10 website where I came in 9^th place.

I write about DX’ers that have helped us over the years to put 10-10 into our logs. Here is a recent member who is now SK. He was an outstanding DX op, a first class DX organizer and a big help to our hobby for 65 years as a ham:

He was Bob Allphin K4UEE #75256.

Bob and his DXpedition members have given out several new 10-10 countries. He has organized rare DXpeditions that have gone to the most wanted places on our planet.

Bob passed on February 10, 2024 at the age of 79.

Bob grew up in a military family with his father going to foreign assignments and he got his ham license at the age of 14. Teenagers have a way of being good CW ops and that was his preferred mode. He retired early in life and his passion for DXpedition became his new hobby. He has visited 131 DXCC entities and operated from 85, plus a few world records and WRTC events to his credit. RIP Bob.

http://hamgallery.com/W1JR/The big ARRL 10 Meter contest last December had a good showing with several big contest stations making over 3000 contacts! My station only had a few hundred with my vertical but I did log several 10-10 friends that weekend.

Update on the replacement of the Win1010 program.

Jeff N7YG #65084, started re-writing the program several months ago and there are a few Beta testers helping. I was a Beta tester for Jim K4HAV/SK. So I am helping with Beta testing on the replacement program. My 10-10 log contains 44 years of history so I am using that data to help debug the new program. My log has over 17000 members, a lot of DX countries, OM/XYL teams, VP numbers, counties and prefixes. I still have a few awards that I did not apply for in the old program so I am hoping to make progress with a few new awards. I expect testing will take several more weeks to get the final version ready for release in 2024.

OK its time now to talk DX, the winter months have been better for Ten meter skip and I have listed two rare 10-10 sites below. The CQWW SSB contest had a good start to the fall DX season with over 100 countries worked on Ten by friends in Texas. When you work a DXCC in the Ten Meter contest in 48 hours, you have good antennas and skip was open for you to log over one hundred countries!

Many USA east coast stations have been talking into Europe for several hours each day this past Winter. The

Winter QSO Party results are posted in this issue and the 10-10 Website. The ARRL Ten Meter contest gave me over 200 contacts with a dozen new 10-10 members in my log!

I hope some of you worked a new 10-10 country in Africa this past winter as Mike V51MA #64688 has been active many times this past winter on the 10-10 Daily net.

One of our members Joe W1JR #17912 has been writing a general summary of yearly DX activity for the past 21 years. His DX reports at: http://hamgallery.com/W1JR/ .

This year is the 62^nd anniversary for 10-10, so try to find a members with a 62 in their 10-10 number and log them. Last year 2023, I found 11 members with the anniversary date.

Countries Award: There were no Countries Award applications submitted this past quarter. So I worked on my 10-10 log data and found more OM/XYL teams for another award for 275 Teams #1. Thanks Marcus KM5EH.

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General 10-10 DX reported in the past quarter:

4L Georgia. Alex K6VHF #77458 was in Georgia in February as 4L/K6VHG for a week. Alex was there in November 2022 for a longer stay and operated on Ten.

4U United Nations. The UN station 4U1UN #55555, in the New York, was heard in Dec/Jan/Feb on CW and in Oct/Nov 2023 on SSB. The beacon is on 28200 MHZ.

5A Libya. Abubaker 5A1A #69222 is using a new call 5A1AL in Libya, this callsign is not a 10-10 member and does not use LoTW! He was on CW in February.

6Y Jamaica. Rob VE4GV #8852 was using VE4GV/6Y from February 10-24^th.

A3 Tonga. Al K7AR #2736 was on Tonga for a CW contest with a friend. He used call A31DL until Feb 27^th.

CE0Z Juan Fernandez Isl. A DXpedition to the island was from February 10-23^rd using CB0ZA by seven ops. Members: Ramon NP4G #36218 and Hal W8HC #12502. JuanF Island is a rare 10-10 DX location!

DU Philippines. Tim N4GN has a new DX call 4G1G and he may build a new station in DU later this year.

ET Ethiopia. Ken K4ZW #18573 was back at the club station ET3AA no 10-10, helping club members operate in December. Ken and two friends operated from January 11- 20^th. Ken likes CW so good luck for a new one.

FJ St. Barthelemy. Phil K2LIO #7746 now lives on St. Bart using call FJ4WEB. He returns to New York for visits when he is not on St. Barthelemy. Good luck.

H40 Temotu. A DX group of 8 ops were on Temotu from February 22 to March 7, 2024 using call H40WA. The only member was Paul N6PSE #68859.

https://Swains2023.com..K US. The Battleship Iowa NI6BB #77115 was on in February when I worked the ship berthed in San Pedro CA.

OA Peru. Ed OA4SS #10802 was back on Ten on CW with his rig an dipole on 28017 Mhz in February.

P4 Aruba. John W2GD #14109 was back in Aruba for another visit operating as P44W in February.

PJ7 St. Maarten. Ed N2HX #25435 was on for the ARRL Ten meter contest using call PJ7PL. He was on St. Kitts with a new DX call V49R last October.

Gary KC9EE #16977 started operating on February 21^st and will leave on March 6^th. Gary likes CW & SSB contest.

TF Iceland. Chuck KC4KQE #64759 was in Iceland from February 17-26^th on SSB and FT8. Call TF/KC4KQE.

TX Clipperton Island. A big DXpedition to Clipperton in January used call TX5S. Members: Gene K5GW #15119, Paul N6PSE #68859 and Nodir EY8MM #52767.

V2 Antigua. Chuck KG9N #17038 used call V26CV from Antigua mostly CW mode until February 20^th..

V3 Belize. Uwe DL8UD #70315, was expected to be active until March 6^th as V31KO and V3O in contest.

V4 St. Kitts & Nevis. Jeff K1ZN #60508 used call V44/K1ZN from February 25 to March 4^th.

V5 Namibia. Mike V51MA #64688, we have talked several times this year on SSB and he is the only DX net control operator that helps the 10-10 daily net on 28380 MHZ at 1800 UTC except Sundays when there is no net.

VP2M Montserrat. Thaire W2APF #50022 was on Montserrat from January 11^th to April 11^th as VP2MDX.

VP6 Pitcairn Island. Miralda VP6MW #50434, is back on the air after fixing a problem at her station. She likes FT4 on 28180 or SSB 28555 Mhz recently.

VP9 Bermuda. Darrell AB2E #9753 was mostly on CW and FT8 as AB2E/VP9 and VP9I for contest in February.

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Upcoming DX & New 10-10 Activity:

7P Lesotho. A big group of DX ops are going to Lesotho Africa from March 20-29^th. The only 10-10 members are Thos EI2JD #73610 and Declan EI9HQ #71019 using callsign 7P8EI. They hope to setup eight stations for CW, SSB & Digi. Don’t miss this rare 10-10 location!

CE0Y Easter Isl. Jorge CE0YHF #39382, maybe on Easter Island while helping at a hospital.

CY9C St.Paul Isl. A DXpedition for August 26^th to Sept 25^th may take place by ops that were on Sable Isl recently. More info will be coming soon. Good luck for a new one.

FO Austral Isl. Haru JA1XGI #55571 will be using call TX5G from March 25 to April 3, 2024 on Austral Island.

PJ2 Curacao. Andreas DK5ON #54260 will be on the island from March 11-27^th as PJ2/DK5ON on all bands CW, SSB and Digi. LoTW.

VP9 Bermuda. Les N1SV #71546 will be on Bermuda for the ARRL DX SSB contest the first weekend of March using call VP9I and VP9/N1SV outside the contest.

YJ Vanuatu. A group of four ops will activate YJ0VK from March 29^th to April 11. The only 10-10 member is Matt K0BBC #76064. The DX ops are from Australia.

ZF Cayman Isl. Scott K7ZO #55678 and two friends, will use call ZF1A during the DX SSB contest March 2-3^rd.

Miscellaneous Items & Notes:

TenTen Website: http://www.Ten-Ten.org .

Propagation forecast: http://www.solen.info/solar/ ,

www.SolarHam.net and http://ARRL.org/Propagation .

More propagation: http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ .

DX Calendar: http://www.dxwatch.com/ .

DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4dJcK-WVRw.Https://Secure.Clublog.org/mostwanted.phphttp://ebarc.org/pdf/dx-entity-history.pdf

Ham Lookup various ways:

https://Haminfo.tetranz.com/map .

Ham LoTW users: http://www.hb9bza.net/lotw-users-list .

NEW: WM7D Solar Values: https://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/ .

FT8 Fox/Hound Video: https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=GcbtTKSRkus .

Propagation: I expect the solar flux to range from 132-212 this Spring. The spring equinox is March 21^st it’s the day of the year that has the equal day/night times in both hemispheres. The Sun is over the equator giving an equal amounts of sunshine to both hemispheres. Remember,

Cycle 25 started on November 17, 2019 almost five years ago but six more to go! This quarter saw a lot of sunspots visible with M and X class flares that increased the solar flux. Sunspots are found by looking at the Sun and the flux is measured at 2.8 GHz.

The 2023 monthly max solar flux: Jan 234, Feb 215, Mar 188, April 176, May 180, June 180, July 179, Aug 176, Sept 176, Oct 166, Nov 194 and Dec 195. Average 188.

The 2023 monthly min solar flux: Jan 136, Feb 134, Mar 129, April 125, May 134, June 144, July 154, Aug 139, Sept 131, Oct 119, Nov 118 and Dec 126. Average 132.

On March 1^st, the solar flux was 164, the A index was 4 and K index was 2. There have been more sunspots on the Sun over the past three years with increased solar flux up 25-60 points. This cycle 25 hit a high value of 208 on February 12^th. The average flux for the past 6 months was 154.8. The previous solar peaks were in 2014, 2001, 1989 and 1979. The USAF forecast for March 1^st to April 14^th has a range of 155-180 with avg flux 169, which is up 19 points from the Dec 2023 quarter forecast.

My Prediction: Over the next four months, the best conditions on Ten could be: March 29-April 5^th; April 29-31^st, May 23-26^th & June 19-23^rd. For the USA, expect a 50% chance of DX to Europe, Asia, S. America or Pacific. Use the beacons 28.175-28.300 MHZ to find if the band is open and if it’s closed for SSB, use FT8 on 28074 for a Q.

New DX member that in December to February 2024: Lawrence VA7LTX #78237, Henry VE3GRX #78251, Jim M0HDX #78263 & Denise VE7QYR #78294 was the last calls issued. Rick KG5CYA #78305 was the last member in February and about 125 members joined this past quarter.

Thanks to the Daily DX by Bernie W3UR #25731 and the ARRL DX Bulletins. This 10-10 DX News edition is my number 130^th of DXing reports for the past 32 years.

DX news to: Mike Davidson, 26274 Whispering Pines Ave, Denham Springs LA 70726 USA Email: N5MT@aol.com.

DX IS! 73 Mike Davidson N5MT #24949

TenX DX News June 1, 2024

Mike Davidson N5MT #24949 Download as PDF

Welcome to the Summer season of the DX News. The Sun is still trying to produce big Sun spots that keep the Solar flux high and a maximum high for Cycle 25 may have just occurred! DX Propagation into Europe and Asia this past quarter is still good which gave us record Winter QSO Party scores in February. Another record was set at Hamvention in Xenia OH with 35,877 hams as the official attendance. Please remember Field Day 2024 is June 22-23^rd which could have the best propagation in the month of June!

I am sorry to report but the ARRL website has had serious problems about the time Hamvention started and I was finally able to log in today. There is still no access to LoTW which is still off line on June 1^st.

Someone asked about my station antenna compared to what I had back in Houston TX. I moved to Louisiana after storm Harvey flooded my house and we decided to move close to relatives near where I was born in Louisiana. When I sold the house I had to take down the tower but I decided not to move it to the new house and use something smaller! So the new place has a multi-band vertical and I have talked with 31 DX countries with a 10-10 member the past six years. When I was in Houston the last six years, I worked 40 DX countries with 10-10 members and some of those were 1^st countries! So yes I do miss the four element beam at 75 ft. If a new DX country comes up, I do have access to a remote station to work the far away DX.

Summer time is when you must do any repairs on problem antennas that you will be using in the winter DX season. http://hamgallery.com/W1JR/The ARRL 10 Meter contest in December is popular and other DX contest, could give you more new countries and more 10-10 contacts, so fix up the antenna farm. My station has slowed down here as I try to fix a few items that are in need of repair, so you should be doing the same. Plus get rid of any old junk in the shack that can be a hazard!

Update on the replacement of the Win1010 program.

Jeff N7YG #65084, continues to add features to the replacement program and testing continues. My 10-10 log contains many years of history so I am using that data to help debug the new program. I am still working on a few awards that I did not apply for in the old program and I found some duplicate records that I have deleted. I expect more testing will take some time to get all the bugs out of this new program, so good luck.

Many USA east coast stations have been talking into Europe each day this past Spring. The next Summer QSO Party is scheduled for early August and it is a favorite upcoming event. Results will be posted on the 10-10 Website.

Joe W1JR #17912 has been writing a summary of yearly DX activity for a long time. At: http://hamgallery.com/W1JR/ .

This year is the 62^nd anniversary for 10-10, so try to find a members with a 62 in their 10-10 number and log them. Last year 2023, I logged 11 members with the anniversary date.

Be sure to look and follow the future 1010 DX events coming later this year listed below!

OK, its time to talk DX, the hot months of spring have been better for Ten meter skip and we had a rare DXpedition into Africa for you to read about.

A few SSB contest this year produced good scores and a few DX members may have increased your 10-10 DX count.

Countries Award: There were no Countries Award applications submitted this past quarter.

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General 10-10 DX reported in the past quarter:

4U United Nations NY. The UN station 4U1UN #55555, in New York city, was heard in February and March on CW. The beacon is always on 28200 MHZ.

5A Libya. Abubaker 5A1A #69222 is using a new call 5A1AL in Libya. This new call is not a 10-10 member and he was spotted on FT4 and FT8 in March & April.

7P Lesotho. A big DXpedition went to Lesotho Africa from March 20-29^th call 7P8EI The two members were Thos EI2JD #73610 and Declan EI9HQ #71019. They used CW, SSB & FT4. This is a rare 10-10 location!

CE0Y Easter Isl. Jorge CE0YHF #39382, is now on Easter Island working at a hospital. He has been on Ten using FT8 in April and March, so good luck.

CE0Z Juan Fernandez Isl. A DXpedition to the island in February using call CB0ZA was a good event. Members were: Ramon NP4G #36218 and Hal W8HC #12502.

Note: Juan Fernandez Island is a rare 10-10 DX location!

DU Philippines. Tim N4GN #41856 has not used his new 4G1G callsign as yet from the Phillippines.

ET Ethiopia. Ken K4ZW #18573 was at the club station in May. The club call ET3AA does not have a 10-10, so you will have to find Ken for 10-10 credit and he prefers CW.

FO/A Austral Isl. Haru JA1XGI #55571 was using call TX5XG from March 27^th to April 3^rd mostly on CW.https://AustralVacation.amebaownd.com

FJ St. Barthelemy. Phil K2LIO #7746 is now living on St. Bart and uses call FJ4WEB. He returns to New York for visits when he is not on the island.

H40 Temotu. A DX group of 8 ops were on Temotu

from February 22 to March 5^th using call H40WA. Paul N6PSE #68859 but I do not have info if Paul was on Ten.

KH0 N. Mariana Islands. Tom KH0/KC0W #67688 was on for a short contest in May from the island. He will erect a 6 band hexbeam up 70 feet soon, so good luck.

OA Peru. Ed OA4SS #10802 is back on Ten using CW with his dipole mostly around 28017 MHZ.

OE Austria. Rene DL2JRM #69623 was expected to use call OE7/DL2JRM until May 12^th. No reports.

PJ2 Curacao. Andreas DK5ON #54260 was on the island from March 12-25^th as PJ2/DK5ON on CW, SSB and FT8.

V3 Belize. Uwe DL8UD #70315, was active until March 4^th as V3O and not V31KO. Mostly SSB this trip.

V5 Namibia. Mike V51MA #64688, and I have talked several times this year on SSB and he is the only DX net control operator that helps the 10-10 daily net on 28380 MHZ at 1800 UTC except Sundays when there is no net.

VP2M Montserrat. Thaire W2APF #50022 was on Montserrat until April 11^th as VP2MDX on CW.

VP5 Turks & Caicos Isl. John K4BAI #45389 used call VP5/K4BAI in May on Providenciales.

VP6 Pitcairn Island. Miralda VP6MW #50434, is back and active on her fixed radio. She was on a lot in May mostly FT4 28074 about 2300 UTC & maybe 28555.

VP9 Bermuda. Les N1SV #71546 was in the ARRL DX SSB contest the first weekend of March using call VP9I.

Tom KG9EE #71139 was active as VP9/KG9EE from April 29^th to May 16^th from Bermuda.

Darrell AB2E #9753 operated as VP9I from Bermuda in late May 23-27^th mostly CW and FT8. LoTW.

YJ Vanuatu. A group of four ops activated YJ0VK from March 29^th to April 11^th and Matt K0BBC #76064 was there.

YS El Salvador. Ray YS1RR #24381 has been on the band from 1200 -1700 UTC this quarter. Mostly FT8.

ZF Cayman Isl. Scott K7ZO #55678 and two friends, used call ZF1A during the DX SSB contest March 2-3^rd.

Reports on March 30^th for ZF1A may not have been Scott.

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Upcoming DX & New 10-10 Activity:

CY9C St.Paul Isl. A DXpedition scheduled for August 26^th to September 5^th will take place by ops that were on Sable Isl recently. The ARRL has pre-approved the CY9C DXpedition for DXCC credit. Members are: Mike K9NW #29804, Larry W0PR #31559 and Dan W4DKS #5395.

3D Rotuma Island. A DXpedition set for November 15^th to December 4^th with 6 ops will use callsign 3D2Z. The only member is Hal W8HC #12502. They will use three stations and two remote Ribs on Robinson

hexbeam up 70 feet soon, so good luck.