so i was just messing around on 10m around 2pm local time yesterday and all of a sudden i started hearing stations from all over south america coming in super strong, like 59 across the board for about an hour and a half. i only made maybe 6 or 7 contacts because i was still half distracted with work stuff but man it was something else. havent heard 10m pop like that in a while honestly.

also saw something on one of the facebook groups about the new icom ic-905 being available at some dealers now, anybody actually gotten their hands on one yet? been curious about the microwave bands for a while but thats a big investment. anyway just wanted to see if anyone else caught that opening yesterday or if i was just lucky with my antenna angle or whatever

yeah i caught the tail end of that, jumped on around 3ish and worked a couple stations in brazil and one in argentina before it faded. my wspr spots were going nuts too, showing up in places i normally never decode. solar flux has been climbing this week so hopefully we get more of that. 10m is just a completely different band when its actually open, new hams who got licensed in the doldrums have no idea what theyre missing lol

on the 905 thing i saw the same posts, price is still pretty eye watering but i guess for what it does its not shocking. would love to hear from someone who actually has one before i even think about it

omg yes i was on 10m yesterday too this was literally the first real DX opening ive experienced since i got my general last spring. worked a PY station and the guy was just booming in, i honestly thought it was someone local at first. totally forgot about the IC-905 thing gonna have to look that up, microwave stuff seems really advanced but i guess thats kind of the point right, always something new to learn