so ive been glued to my radio the past few days because 10 meters has been absolutely wild. worked a bunch of south american stations last tuesday afternoon with barely any effort, like S57 over with a dipole. havent seen conditions like this in a while honestly and its got me thinking we're really climbing toward the solar max now.

also saw that Icom apparently teased something new at a trade show, some people on reddit are saying its a new handheld but nobody really knows yet. the usual speculation is flying around. if anyone has actual info id be curious.

and for the new folks here — if you havent tried 10m recently now is a really good time to just spin the dial around 28.400 and see what you hear. its a great band when its open because even a modest setup can reach really far. i remember when 10 was basically dead for like three years so this is a nice change.

yeah 10m has been treating me well too. i caught a JA station on Wednesday evening which surprised me because the gray line had already passed. my KX2 into a vertical and the signal was solid 59. these are good times to be a ham for sure.

on the Icom thing, i saw a blurry photo on one of the Facebook groups that looked like a new IC-T something but honestly could be anything. i've learned not to get too hyped until they actually announce it properly, got burned waiting on the IC-705 rumors for like two years before that finally came out haha

this is super helpful, im only a couple months into my technician license and didnt realize 10m was open to tech class ops on phone above 28.300. just looked it up and im definately going to try this weekend with my little whip antenna. is it worth trying even with a mag mount on my car or should i wait until i can set up something better outside?