Friday, December 13, 2024

Snapshot of 10m conditions

The ARRL 10m contest happens this weekend (I got the date correct this time), and as we all know, 10m can be a band full of surprises. I once again put my ZachTek WSPR desktop transmitter to work for 24 hours. Below is a snapshot from Wednesday 19:00 UTC to Thursday 19:00 UTC. 


The graphs indicates that 10m becomes active around  1100 UTC, peaking at 14:00 UTC and staying decent until 21:00, when the band begins its fast closing for the day. 

Antenna pattern of the Hustler 4BTV

 

Kp index at the time

 

The band begins to open at 11:00 UTC

The Band peaks at 14:00 UTC

The band begins its sharp drop off starting at 21:00




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