DX News June 2024

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.