A Lazy Weekend (10m Activity)

Not much work to do over the weekend and so I lounged around on 10m. My intention was to get up to 50 countries worked (up from 42) but I only increased to 43 countries thanks to working Moldova via Es.

But today, I tried something different, just to see how my 10 watts were getting out. Fellow ham David, MM3FYA in Ayrshire, suggested I call CQ on 10m but at the same time check to see if I have been 'spotted' on the Reverse Beacon website. I did so, to no avail at first, but it wasn't long before my signal was reported as being heard as far away as Curacao! The Reverse Beacon website listed the following 'spotters' thus:

de	dx	freq	cq/dx	snr	speed	time
K3MM	G1VVP	28022.9	CW CQ	7 dB	20 wpm	1621z 04 Nov
W3LPL	G1VVP	28022.9	CW CQ	3 dB	20 wpm	1621z 04 Nov
PJ2T	G1VVP	28022.8	CW CQ	5 dB	20 wpm	1619z 04 Nov
NY3A	G1VVP	28022.8	CW CQ	5 dB	20 wpm	1439z 04 Nov
W3LPL	G1VVP	28022.9	CW CQ	8 dB	20 wpm	1439z 04 Nov
K3MM	G1VVP	28022.9	CW CQ	9 dB	20 wpm	1438z 04 Nov

I think I might put a few more calls out tomorrow to see where my signal is getting! ;O)