10 meter is very quiet?

[TheRATT]

I'm looking forward to Saturday. I have it free and I will be bouncing between 10 and 11m on my mobile at the lake all day here in the PNW!

 

[Rwb]

I'm looking forward to Saturday. I have it free and I will be bouncing between 10 and 11m on my mobile at the lake all day here in the PNW!

may skip run wild that day and you get many contacs

 

[TheRATT]

may skip run wild that day and you get many contacs

Pretty much a bust, S meter sat a 1 - 1.5 for a couple hours.

That means tonights Seattle 11m net should be pretty good though as its quiet!

 

[Crawdad]

No, it wasn't 10 meters, but I was talking to Ireland and enjoying a Guinness. Hard to beat that!

 

[S&W357]

Great planning I say!

 

[Rwb]

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No, it wasn't 10 meters, but I was talking to Ireland and enjoying a Guinness. Hard to beat that!

and i was listening to jamie o'neil sing THERE AINT NO ARIZONA .

 

[Crawdad]

The band was open stateside some today. Heard a station in California calling CQ for lower power stations, so I turned my rig down to 10w and returned his call. He gave me a 54 report. 1800 miles and through this condo building on 10w and an inverted V. I'm fairly happy with that.

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[S&W357]

Well done once again!

 

[Crawdad]

Band open for a bit this morning, was able to work South Africa for the second time before the door slammed shut. Fun fun fun.

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[S&W357]

That door slammed shut on me.

 

[whiteastro]

Ok I have a question about 10 meter radio and don't shoot me too bad because I'm just trying to learn a area I haven't ventured into before. I have a President Lincoln II+ that I'm not real satisfied with on the CB band so the other night I decided to just listen to the 10 meter bands to see how it preformed on that band. I got into 10 meter and heard Nothing on all the channels. I have a Star Duster antenna tuned for 11 meter but thought I should be able to at least receive & listen to 10 meter just not transmit on it. Is my thoughts correct or am I out to lunch on the receive ? Also is the traffic of 10 meter sporadic and not really popular ?

 

[Rwb]

Ok I have a question about 10 meter radio and don't shoot me too bad because I'm just trying to learn a area I haven't ventured into before. I have a President Lincoln II+ that I'm not real satisfied with on the CB band so the other night I decided to just listen to the 10 meter bands to see how it preformed on that band. I got into 10 meter and heard Nothing on all the channels. I have a Star Duster antenna tuned for 11 meter but thought I should be able to at least receive & listen to 10 meter just not transmit on it. Is my thoughts correct or am I out to lunch on the receive ? Also is the traffic of 10 meter sporadic and not really popular ?

10 meters could be great but its upper sideband.only time i hear activity is either when skip is rolling or when they decide to contest. its otherwise same as 11 meters but you need tech or greater license. my lincoln was ok on either band. kinda miss it

 

[W4KVW]

I live in a suburban area and haven't heard a soul for days?

10 meters has been Fair here in Northeast Florida Today and it was Amazing yesterday. 6 meters was also open a couple of times to the West.

 

[W4KVW]

10 meters could be great but its upper sideband.only time i hear activity is either when skip is rolling or when they decide to contest. its otherwise same as 11 meters but you need tech or greater license. my lincoln was ok on either band. kinda miss it

10 & 11 meters are quite different bands.11 meters is open far more than 10 meters and as usual the FCC Gave Away the better band for sure.Listen to 11 meters when the signals are marginal and go to 10 meters and try and hear anything including a beacon and more times than not you will hear nothing.

 

[whiteastro]

10 & 11 meters are quite different bands.11 meters is open far more than 10 meters and as usual the FCC Gave Away the better band for sure.Listen to 11 meters when the signals are marginal and go to 10 meters and try and hear anything including a beacon and more times than not you will hear nothing.

How many watts is a ham operator allowed to put out on 10 meter? I figured that should make some difference. I'll keep trying to listen when I get a chance. The idea is to see if the radio sounds better on 10 meter than 11 meter. Just trying to make sense of it all.