Just worked S51DX Janez in Slovenia. I had turned down to 10w and he gave me a 5/9 and booming signal report. SSB of course. I'm thinking the band is open to Europe 
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10 meter is very quiet?
- Thread starter Crawdad
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Tried 10w to 4X5LL Israel. He could hear me but not make out my callsign correctly. Still, a 10w signal goes 6200 miles on an open band. Fun stuff.
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Ten is open right now, several stations working around 28.460
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Jeff
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Jeff
Yes, 10m is open. Just worked Antarctica, DP0GVN on 28.360. A first for me.
10 meters is Open every day from here in Northeast Florida to somewhere in South America & Europe. Today 9/18/25 I have worked several stations in Europe & South America & South Africa as well? If you are not hearing anything then you have serious issues somewhere in your station.
I missed the post where someone complained about not hearing anything.
LOL. Check the "11 meters is very quiet" thread! There's some unfortunate souls on there who never have conditions even though everybody else does....... and when they do have conditions nobody can hear them!
Radio is like real estate it seems.......You gotta have the right conditions, and after that it's location location location. Low takeoff angle to the horizon really helps too, especially on the higher HF bands like 10, 11, & 12 meters.
I think I would have better luck if I could set at my base station but this time of year around here is a busy work schedule, burning up the jobs that need to be done because the Good Tooth Fairy isn't going to do it. November is the time I start slowing down until Deer Season hits. I'm not complaining because I've always been ( The Man on The Run ). Soon we will be loosing all our Leaf cover and these hills will be what I call Skeletonized. In the mean time I lean heavy on my mobiles and all their drawbacks ! ( Over Hill Over Dale we hit the Dusty Trail ) Like a YO-YO !
Well if I'm hearing & working all of those places then 10 meters obviously is NOT QUIET! LOL
Very large booming signals from Europe on 10m today. The MUF is up well over 30MHz. Was able to work a station on a tiny rock island in the Baltic called Market Reef. Not a DXCC you hear very often so I'm quite happy to have it in the log.
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