This weekend was really good for #10m #SSB finally! The band is definitely waking up, and I'm so wanting to take advantage of it! Looking forward to more weekends like this one to get even more #POTA and such! Even managed to get one #SOTA contact too!

On a side note, I found out my radio manages to tune my 10m antenna to #12m at a usable level. Obviously it's not the most efficient like that, but hey, it does work! Managed to get one contact!

#amateurRadio #hamRadio #10meters #10meter #12meter #12meters

This weekend was definitely not as crazy as some of the others on 10 meters. Still got some really good stuff, tho! I'm glad that it's getting more towards 10 meter season. =)

#10m #10meter #amateurRadio #hamRadio #FT8 #digitalModes

Friday playing on digital 10 meters, Japan and China were so alive! Yesterday was really good for Europe, and today was a bunch of contacts in the US. I'm so happy that SSB is opening up again this season, I've missed actually talking on the air. The little red markers are SSB!

#10m #10meter #hamRadio #amateurRadio #FT8 #FT4 #SSB

This was one crazy weekend for 10m amateur bands! I'm actually having a hard time coming up with things to say about it other than wow! Here's a map of all the contacts I made from Western PA. Yeah, just wow!

#10m #10meter #10meters #FT8 #FT4 #amateurRadio #hamRadio #propagation

Welp, this weekend was a total win on FT8 10 meters. I'm guessing with the solar storm that's doing it's thing, it made things wacky, 'cause I've not seen propagation like this from Western PA before. The EU was like wide open for me, and boy did I do my best to take advantage of it! 170 FT8 exchanges in total for the 3 day weekend. Phew!

I've put 2 pictures up this time, because otherwise things would have just been too muddled together. (I added the all-together map too, just for comparison) So here, enjoy checking out where I managed to exchange with at just 100 watts!

#FT8 #10meters #10meter #10m #EU #propagation #hamRadio #amateurRadio #solarStorm

Finally getting to posting about last weekend's #hamRadio adventures! I actually managed to get 2 SSB contacts on #10meters during this evil angry sun! And a fair bit of #FT8 exchanges. I did manage to get an exchange in the Netherlands!

#amateurRadio #SSB #10m #10meter

Had a very interesting day today running #FT8 on the #6m and #10m bands! #6meters was pretty quiet, but #10meters had some really interesting surprises in store for me! I actually somehow managed to get an exchange with an #Antarctica research station today (DP0GVN)! I honestly thought Antarctica was one of those that I wouldn't ever manage at 100W and a horizontal omni antenna. Gotta mention South Africa too, 'cause that's just a sort of weird hop for #10meter to reach.

#hamRadio #amateurRadio #Antarctica

Well, finally got my rig set up for digital modes this weekend and decided to have a run at it! #FT8 is definitely interesting how well it can hear signals. Ended up with some really distant hits this weekend on both #6m and #10m bands. Will see how well it holds my interest over time.

#10meter #6meter #hamRadio #amateurRadio

Successful lunch break PLOTA activation (Parking Lots on the Air) on 10 meter FT8! Tho I did have to take an extra half hour to reach ten QSOs 😉.

First outing with the QMX+ and a cable I made with an in-line buck converter to use a regular 13.8V battery.

Session included one QSO in Ontario, a new grid in Argentina, and two new states (CT, ME). From Raleigh with 4 watts and a whip!

#PLOTA #10meter #FT8 #portable #QMXplus #QRP #WB2AMU #HamRadio

Well, I didn't get a chance to hunt any POTA this weekend, BUT I did finally get to put up my PAR Electronics OA-50 antenna! It's been sitting around for far too long, and now that it's getting to be summer, 6 meters should be coming alive a bit, so I'm glad to have gotten it set up.

#6m #6meter #10m #10meter #POTA #antenna #tower #amateurRadio #hamRadio