10 METER INFORMATION

  FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS

 Continuously under construction by WJ5O  

             10 Meter Worldwide Propagation Beacons

                                                                                            Other Region 2  HF Beacons                                          
    

BEACON OPERATOR CALLING FREQUENCY.            Top of the Hour        28.327 MHz

June 2001 Abundant Beacons heard & logged Spring/Summer E conditions active.
20:15Z 1 January 2002 I can hear 41 ten meter beacon signals
18 May 2003 I logged 35 ten meter beacons.
14:02 Z 11 June 2004 I logged 16 10 meter beacon signals
17:00 Z 4 December 2004 I logger 17 beacon signals.
00:45Z, 20 May 2005 I can hear 13 ten meter beacon signals into EL17ip.
19:15 Z, 12 May 2006 I can hear 28 ten meter beacon signals into EL17ip.
19:39 Z, 4 May 2007 I can hear 7 ten meter Beacons EL71as
For 2008 the Spring E's stretched from  25 May until first week of August.
For 2009 the Spring E's lasted from 2 May until first week of August.
For 2010 the Spring E's noted 3 May and disappeared 4 August.
Spring E conditions " peaked " 2 July 2010 .....64 beacons logged 22:25 Z
 See the log at: Es log.htm
2011 E's noted mid-May and stretched until last week of July
Spring/Summer E's 1 June 2012
E's have been up & down through 27 July 2012
3 bandscans 27 July 2012 with ZERO beacon signals heard.
Last of the Summer "Es" 22 August 2012
4 May 2013 (00:29Z) E conditions first appeared at my location.
15 August 2013.......E's have almost disappeared...only a strangler or two heard daily.
September 2013....was a good month for ten meters with 15 days of  logs over twenty in number.
                               36 logged on 25 September during evening greyline.
4 May 2014...00:25Z log......E conditions noted with 7 beacons less than 900 miles distant.
                               43 beacons logged during evening greyline.
September 2014 to 15 November 2014...Exceptionly good conditions....logs with numbers in the
                              30's & 40's. Cycle 24 still very active
1st week of May 2015 the first of the Summer E conditions appeared. Not present every day as noted 15 June 15)
Early in the 4th week of July 2015 appears that the Summer E conditions are about gone. WOOPS! I logged 18
                              E layer reflections at noontime 25 July 2015....and 23 early calendar 26 July 2015.
A solar disturbance 20 Oct 15 has resulted in European beacons being heard.. 12 European beacons logged 16:00 ~UTC 21 Oct 15
                                                  Appears cycle 24 almost history by mid November 2015.......several "nothing heard" logs
January 2016 Very sparse logs except for periods of "high sun".......Kinda typical of bottom of a sun spot cycle.
5 March 2016  Four European beacons heard 14:37 Z Cycle 24 still producing miracles.
6 May 2016  The "E" conditions became active......I logged 7 North American beacons.
24 June 2016 Nine of my daily beacon logs so far this month have been "Nothing heard"...
14 July 2016 Logged 35 ten meter "E" layer reflections...Followed with 30 just seven hours later.
19 August 2016 Spring/Summer E conditions about gone. Only two in the log today.
30 January 2017 Nineteen days so far this month which I logged  ZERO beacon signals.
21 April 2017 Best log so far in April...Eleven beacons.  21:22-21:47 UTC
21 June 2017 Summer E's finally produced a log of 41.  13:12-13:42 UTC
18 December 2017 Winter E's produced 17 in the log 03:20-03:35 UTC
2 May 2018 First glimpse of Spring/Summer E conditions...Logged 6 beacons18:02 UTC
21 June 2018 I logged 44 beacons   01:44-02:11 UTC
Looks like June & July were the best months for the 2018 Summer E conditions 2018..E's Disappeared 6 Aug 18
25 Oct 18  Well, seemingly at the "bottom" of the cycle.....I have only logged two beacons past thirty days....... 
5 January 2019 After a month of no beacons heard ...........I logged 9 at 13:21-13:43 UTC
10 May 2019 Spring/Summer E conditions appeared. I logged 26 beacon signals this morning.
20 July 2019 Reasonably good E layer reflections . 39 Beacons logged about 20:00 UTC
7 August 2019 27 Beacons logged 00:55-01:12 UTC
19 October 2019 Only heard beacons 14 times/days since 7 August 2019
7 March 2020 Only heard beacons 18 days since 1 December 2019
13 March 2020 I logged 4 beacon signals...First heard since 10 Feb 2020
11 June 2020 I logged 15 beacon signals Very spotty this Spring E season.
15 June 2020 I logged 30 beacon signals..Looks like Spring E conditions finally arrived.
  This 2020 E season has been the weakest I've observed past 20 years.
20 April 2021 I logged 20 beacon signals during two listening periods
15 June 2021 I logged 40 ten meter beacon signals Summer/Spring E conditions active.
17 May 2022 Sping/Summer E conditions slow to develop. Greyline F more active.

HAVE WE CROSSED PATHS BEFORE? A 20 year military career covers a lot of territory. I've been to quite a few places.... Like Panama, Greenland, Labrador, France, Guam, Philippines and Japan........... and lived in many nice places  in the USA .... Burbank, CA.. San Marcos, TX.. Amarillo, TX... Rantoul, IL... Homestead, FL.... Ewa Beach, HI....... San Bernardino, CA........  Corpus Christi, TX  ...   and Southern Alabama

TECHNICIAN EXAMINATION TIPS   Just an added boost for a passing score.

 WJ5O BEACON    What does a  2 Watt propagation beacon looks like?

THE TEN METER BAND     What is it?     What can a person expect?

TEN METER RADIOS          Where does a person start?

WHAT'S TEN TEN?              How can I get a number?

WHY LISTEN FOR BEACONS?  There must be a good reason.

WHAT'S A BEACON LOG LOOK LIKE? Good one from 8 July 09.

SPRING E's 2008......   Idea of what's heard in Alabama

FALL F's  2013.........    Cycle 24 is still around

WHY NOT OPERATE YOUR OWN BEACON?     Ideas    

BEACON INFORMATION Know when & where the signal is heard.

PERSONAL BEACON THOUGHTS conclusions for explanation

FCC Part 97.3 AUTOMATIC CONTROL THOUGHTS

WHAT MAKES A GOOD BEACON? Is Your beacon being reported?

CAUSE FOR A POOR SIGNAL REPORT   Ionospheric  Scintillation?

QUICK & EASY  CB TO TEN BEACON  Even I can do it. ASK IF YOU NEED HELP

HYGAIN II CONVERT TO BEACON

QUICK & EASY HTX-10 TO TEN METER BEACON  Easier than You think.

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE HTX-100 as a SSB MODE BEACON   New 2 May 2014

QUICK & EASY MilliWatt BEACON RIG  Very few components. NEW 6 September 13

QUICK & EASY 1 WATT BEACON RIG   NEW 8 September 13

QUICK & EASY 5 WATT BEACON AMP  NEW 25 September 2013

QUICK & EASY CB TO SIX BEACON   No extra parts needed.

QUICK & EASY CB TO TWELVE BEACON Just experimenting! NEW INFO added 6 Oct 09

LEARNING MORSE CODE?     Tips for Testing 5 WPM   YOU CAN DO IT

BEACON KEYER        An economical "homebrew" project. SEE HOW I HOOKED IT UP

CURRENT PROPAGATION DATA

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                                                        CONGRATULATIONS!

When You hear new CALLS ... ....... Please congratulate them on their accomplishment. 
If You know the people with these CALLS, ...Please encourage them to "get on the air". 
If any are Your neighbors, .........  Please share Your experience with them.

                                                                                                        [email protected]  73 Bill WJ5O

                           MAY GOD BLESS THE USA