10 METER BEACON info
FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS
Continuously
under construction by WJ5O
10 Meter Worldwide Propagation Beacons
Other Region 2 HF Beacons
BEACON OPERATOR CALLING FREQUENCY.
Top of the Hour 28.327
MHz
For 2008 the
Spring Es stretched from 25
May until first week of August.
For 2009 the
Spring E's lasted from 2 May
until first week of August.
For 2010 the
Spring E's noted 3 May and
disappeared 4 August.
Spring E conditions " peaked " 2 July 2010 .....64
beacons logged 22:25 Z
See the log at: Es log.htm
15 May 2011 E's noted and stretched until last week of July
Spring/Summer E's 1 June 2012
E's have been up & down through 27 July 2012
3 bandscans 27 July 2012 with ZERO beacon signals heard.
Last of the
Summer "Es" 22
August 2012
2 May 2013 E conditions first appeared at my location.
24 May 2014 Spring E conditions...Disappeared 9 August 2014
1st week of
May 2015 the E layer
propagation appeared.
A solar disturbance 20
Oct 15 has resulted in European beacons being
heard.. 12 European beacons logged 16:00 ~UTC 21 Oct 15
Appears tha cycle 24 almost history
by mid November 2015.
..Several "Nothing heard" logs.
January 2016 very
sparse logs except periods of "high sun"......Almost
typical of a sunspot low.
5 March 2016
Four European beacons heard 14:37
Z Cycle 24 still producing
miracles.
6 May 2016 The
"E" conditions became active......I logged 7 North
American beacons.
24 June 2016 Nine of
my daily beacon logs so far this month have been "Nothing
heard"...
14 July 2016 Logged 35
ten meter beacons via "E" reflection 16:14-15:07 Z...30
seven hours later.
19 August 2016
Spring/Summer E conditions about gone. Only two in the log today.
30 January 2017 Nineteen
days so far this month which I logged ZERO beacon signals.
21 April 2017 Best log
so far in April...Eleven beacons 21:22-21:47 UTC
21 June 2017 Summer
E's finally produced a log of 41. 13:12-13:42 UTC
18 December 2017 Winter
E's produced 17 in the log 03:20-03:35 UTC
2 May 2018 First
glimpse of Spring/Summer E conditions...Logged 6 beacons18:02 UTC
21 June 2018 I logged
44 beacons 01:44-02:11 UTC
Looks like June & July best months for Spring/Summer E
conditions.....noticed E's almost gone 6 Aug 18
25 Oct 18 Well,
seemingly at the "bottom" of the cycle.....I have only
logged two beacons past thirty days.......
5 January 2019 After a
month of no beacons heard I logged 9 at 13:21-13:43 UTC
10 May 2019 Spring/Summer E conditions appeared. I logged
26 beacon signals this morning.
20 July 2019 Reasonably good E layer
reflections . 39 Beacons logged about 20:00 UTC
7
August 2019 27 Beacons logged 00:55-01:12 UTC
19
October 2019
Only heard beacons 14 times/days since 7 August 2019
7 March 2020 Only heard beacons 18 days
since 1 December 2019
13 March 2020 I logged 4 beacon
signals...First heard since 10 Feb 2020
11 June 2020 I logged 15 beacon signals Very spotty this Spring E season.
15 June 2020
I logged 30 beacon signals..Looks like Spring E conditions finally arrived.
This 2020 E season has been the
weakest I've observed past 20 years.
WJ5O BEACON What does a 2 Watt propagation beacon looks like?
THE TEN METER BAND What is it? What can a person expect?
WHY LISTEN FOR BEACONS? There must be a good reason.
WHAT'S A BEACON LOG LOOK LIKE? Good one from 8 July 09.
SPRING E's 2008...... Idea of what's heard in Alabama
WHY NOT OPERATE YOUR OWN BEACON? Ideas
BEACON INFORMATION Know when & where the signal is heard.
PERSONAL BEACON THOUGHTS conclusions for explanation
FCC Part 97.3 AUTOMATIC CONTROL THOUGHTS
WHAT MAKES A GOOD BEACON? Is Your beacon being reported?
CAUSE FOR POOR SIGNAL REPORT Ionospheric Scintillation!
QUICK & EASY CB TO TEN BEACON Even I can do it. ASK IF YOU NEED HELP
MIDLAND 13-882C CONVERT TO BEACON NOTES
QUICK & EASY HTX-10 TO TEN METER BEACON Easier than You think.
SSB BEACON WHEN THE HTX-100 NO LONGER FUNCTIONS IN CW MODE
BEACON KEYER An economical "homebrew" project. SEE HOW I HOOKED IT UP
CURRENT PROPAGATION DATA
Additional propagation information can be found
here http://www.wi5v.net
CONGRATULATIONS!
When You hear new CALLS ...
....... Please congratulate them on their accomplishment.
If You know the people with these CALLS, ...Please encourage them
to "get on the air".
If any are Your neighbors, ......... Please share Your
experience with them.
[email protected] 73 Bill WJ5O
MAY GOD
BLESS THE USA 
