Saturday 22 March 2014

28MHz (10m) beacons still romping in

Predicted 10m propagation at 1600UTC March
Had an interesting hour or so listening for 28 MHz beacons this afternoon.

Despite the VOACAP prediction suggesting that there would not be much propagation into the USA from the UK on 10m, there were plenty to be copied.

I think 10m propagation to the States will start to disappear as we move towards summer.

I even heard two from California.

I like beacons. They are usually low powered, use single element antennas and the beacon owners appreciate a quick e-mail to show that their efforts are worthwhile.

You can find G3USF's list of 28 MHz beacons at http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/28.htm

Anyway, here is what I heard, all with a dipole:

CALL COMMENT FREQ
N2PD/B New York, 5W 28.285
WA4ROX/B Florida 28.286
W3APL/B Maryland, 8W 28.296
K5TLL/B Mississippi, 25W 28.298
WI6J/B California 28.287
K5AB Texas, 20W 28.280
WF4HAM Florida, 10W 28.273
EA7JN/B 28.258
W6WTG California 28.287
WA2DVU New Jersey 28.257
SV2AHT/B KN10NO, Hortiatis 28.235
IQ8CZ/B Catanzo, Italy 28.230
SV2MCG/B Greece, KN10FC 28.222

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