PA1JIM » JN24XM http://www.pa1jim.nl Dutch Ham Radio Amateur Blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:52:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 First 10 meter contact! http://www.pa1jim.nl/2009/05/first-10-meter-contact/ http://www.pa1jim.nl/2009/05/first-10-meter-contact/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 08:42:48 +0000 PA1JIM http://www.pa1jim.nl/?p=296 This week I visiting my parents in Hautes Alpes, France (JN24XM) again. Last sunday evening we arrived and the next morning I did check the wire antenna’s on the roof. They were all broken due to heavy snow slidings.
After fixing the open dipole for 20 and the long wire for the other bands on the roof, I put up my famous full wave 40 meter horizontal loop behind the house.
All antenna’s are up and running again and work great.

This morning I did see some 10 meter spots on the cluster so I tuned 10 meter on my long wire. After listening for a few minutes there was a great clear and crisp signal from Henk, PA0RKS. He was CQing. I gave him a call back and as a total surprise Henk did hear me! My first QSO on the 10 meter band had happened! It must have been some sporadic E-reflection. Thanks Henk!

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