so i was just messing around on 10 meters yesterday afternoon, not really expecting much because conditions have been kinda meh lately, and all of a sudden the band just opened up like crazy. i was pulling in stations from south america, some european stuff, even heard what sounded like a japanese station but couldnt quite make it out through the noise. ran maybe 50 watts into a simple wire dipole in the attic and was still making contacts. its been a while since ive seen 10m behave like that.

also on a totally separate note, did anyone see that Yaesu apparently has something new coming? i saw a post on one of the facebook groups but couldnt find anything solid. somebody mentioned a new HF rig but it was all pretty vague. if thats true that would be interesting timing with the hamvention stuff coming up. always seems like thats when the big announcements happen anyway.

just figured id check in here and see if anyone else was on during that opening or knows anything more about the Yaesu thing

yeah i caught the tail end of that opening, was probably around 4pm local time when i noticed it. worked a couple stations in Brazil and one in Argentina before it started to fade. solar flux has been climbing a bit this week so i wasnt totally surprised but it was still better than expected. 10m openings like that remind me why i keep a dedicated antenna for that band even when its been dead for weeks at a time.

on the Yaesu thing, ive heard the same rumors floating around. somebody in our local club mentioned something about a possible successor to the FTDX10 but honestly who knows, could be nothing. Hamvention is what, a few weeks out? i'd just wait until then. thats usually when things actually get confirmed rather than just being forum speculation. Icom had that big reveal a couple years back that nobody saw coming so anything is possible i guess.

omg yes i was on 10m too and i had no idea what was happening at first lol, im still pretty new to HF and i just got my general a few months ago so i havent really seen a real band opening before. my elmer told me 10m was kind of hit or miss near the bottom of the solar cycle but we're heading up now i guess? it was actually kind of overwhelming trying to figure out who to call. ended up just listening mostly but i did make one contact with a guy in Chile which is the furthest i've ever reached so that was pretty cool for me even if its normal for everyone else here