so i was just sitting there yesterday afternoon not expecting much honestly, had the radio on kind of as background noise while i was doing stuff around the shack, and all of a sudden 10 meters just came alive. like completely out of nowhere. i was hearing stations from Brazil, Argentina, even picked up what sounded like a ZL at one point though i never did confirm that one. ran maybe a dozen contacts in about 45 minutes before it just kind of died off again. classic sporadic-E or maybe F2 propagation finally doing something interesting, hard to say without checking the cluster after the fact.

anyway that got me looking at propagation forecasts again and then i fell down a rabbit hole and ended up reading about the IC-7760 stuff Icom has been teasing. i know some folks have seen it at Dayton previews or whatever but has anyone actually gotten hands on one yet? the remote head thing looks interesting to me because my shack situation is kind of awkward and i've been thinking about ways to put the main unit somewhere else. not sure if its worth waiting on or if i should just grab a used 7300 and call it done. curious what people think who actually follow this stuff closer than i do.

yeah i caught the tail end of that opening, worked a couple PY stations and a CE which was nice since i havent had much luck on 10 in a while. my noise floor has been terrible lately so when the band actually opens up like that it feels like a gift. re: the 7760, ive been watching that one too. the separate head unit design is genuinely useful if your shack is a closet or a corner of a bedroom or whatever. that said i wouldnt hold my breath on pricing, Icom hasnt exactly been budget friendly lately and i suspect this one is gonna be up there. the 7300 is honestly still a fantastic radio for most people, ive had mine for like 4 years and have zero complaints. unless you specifically need that remote head capability i'd probably say dont wait.

omg 10m opened here too!! i'm pretty new to HF (only got my general like 6 weeks ago) and i was just scanning around and suddenly all these signals and i had no idea what was happening at first lol. managed to work two stations which might not sound like much but for me that was huge. still figuring out how to log stuff properly and when to call CQ vs just answer someone. its a lot. but yeah 10 meters seems cool when its actually doing something. had no idea conditions could change that fast.