From a friend in southeastern Illinois at 1130CDT / 1630UTC: “10 meters is wide open. I've gotten 4 Italian stations easily from the mobile.” #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #10meters #10m #10meterband #KE0FFT10m

Hearing California clearly on the #10MeterBand here in Olney, Illinois at 1756CDT / 2256UTC on 28.450MHz using a Grundig Satellit 800 receiver with just the radio’s telescoping whip antenna. #KE0FFT10m #KE0FFT10MeterBand #HamRadioPropagationReports #10meters

Tonight on the #10MeterBand: Had QSO’s with hams in Virginia Beach, VA - Albany, GA, & the Dominican Republic again. Also briefly checked into the 10/10 Net (Weds 1900cdt) (NCS was in Alabama). Been enjoying 10M USB Phone the last several days. I think the next project is going to be setting up FT8 on the IC-7300. I know there’s a version that’s more conversational & less automated. That’s the one that interests me the most. #KE0FFT10meterBand #KE0FFTqsos #KE0FFT #KE0FFT8 #KE0FFTnets #10m

Listening to K4TK on the 10/10 Net out of Alabama. Don’t think I’ll get into it as the signal is weak. Might still give it a go on 28.350MHz at 20:18EDT / 00:18 UTC. Well… just got in! #10meterband #KE0FFT10meterBand #KE0FFTnets #KE0FFT

And just like that, I added my first ever QSO outside of North America to the logbook. Olney, Illinois to New South Wales, Australia (8939 miles) running 100watts into a G5RV-Jr. wire antenna strung across the back yard on bird-feeder hooks - only about 7.5 feet off the ground! #CQDX #10Meters #10MeterBand #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #KE0FFT #KE0FFT10meterBand #KE0FFTicom7300 #KE0FFTphoneSSB

At 1940CDT / 0050UTC - I’ll be calling CQ (USB Phone) on 28.400MHz from Olney, Illinois (EM58xr25) soon - if anyone is interested in being my first QSO contact using the new-to-me Icom 7300; I’ve got the radio connected to a G5RV-Jr stretched from east to west across the backyard. #10meterband #10meters