It's Time To Get On Ten Meter Ham Radio - Massive DX Contacts!

The solar cycle is beginning to open and each day we're seeing greater openings thousands of miles away. If you are a ham radio technician you should start looking into building a ten meter station now!

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[Blake-jllh]

"Not a 59 but i can hear ya" has to be the most southern qso reply

[CriticalThinker-]

Great Video! I've been licensed since '76, and 10m is still my favorite band for DX. On 20m its expected, but on 10m you've done something when you work the world with a simple dipole, inverted V, Hamstick mobile... especially when you power down to QRP! 10m is NOT just for tech's, I've ran across lots of folks who got tired of other bands and were revitalized by 10m.
I was a Tech when the FCC opened up 10m to us, bought a used Yaesu FT-101E, built a power supply and built a used copper pipe dipole that I hung on my tower (for my 2m vert) using scrounged coax. It opened my eyes to the joy of HF. 10m inspired me to upgrade my license. (been an Extra for a couple of decades now)
And don't fall into the trap of thinking you need the latest and greatest whizz bang rig either, You Don't! If your budget's tight there's probably a local Ham who will loan you a rig and help you set it up, and have a big grin on his face when you make your first HF contact.
Remember that full size 10m antennas will fit in an attic!
Also, you can shorten an old discarded 11m antenna by 4.4% and it works great on 10m, if its a beam flip it horizontal and its easier to mount to boot. (and more satisfying when you work New Zealand because YOU built it)
mike N4ONL

[jacobaccurso]

After an HF hiatus of about 15 years, purchased a Yaesu FT 891, bought a multiband vertical for the car and worked Jose in Cuba right off the bat. I was like, “Dubbya Tee Eff?!” I love 10 m. When it’s up, it’s my fave. Another great video. Thanks for posting.

[alexgrim]

Great video Josh, This is the way I get started in QRP HF outdoors operation circa 50 years ago. 73 PY1AHD Alex

[davidcarroll]

My XYL(KF5ZRA) first DX on 10m Mobile from Aiken, SC was to Brazil several years ago. She has been hooked on 10m DX ever since.

[ricksshop]

My first ham radio was my last CB radio. It's an ancient Cobra 142 that has been modified for 10 meters (perfectly legal in the amateur radio hobby) and only does about 20 watts. I forced myself to make a slew of contacts on this humble radio (using a re-tuned 11 meter 4 element beam) before buying my first Yaesu.

[KCUVF]

I have the CRT SS9900 which is the exact same radio sold in Europe. They are absolutely fantastic for the price. I worked Australia from the east coast the other evening on my way home from work. 60ish watts and a 10m hamstick.

KC3UVF

[autoadjuster]

I have been making contacts all over the world on 10m, I get Brazil and Europe a lot.

[tcort]

I've made cross country SSB contacts with a 25W Radio Shack HTX-10 and a shortened CB whip antenna in the window. When the sun's cooperating, you can make tons of long distance contacts on 10m.

[davep]

I can't believe TVZ is still on. Same park and bark as 10 yrs ago when I got back into ham. Used a Cushcraft AR-10 which is a great antenna on a 20' piece fence top rail stuck into the ground (almost a perfect vertical di-pole) Made my 1st 500 contacts with that and RCI 2950

[tulrich]

I’m definitely feeling the pull of 10 meters. A few weeks ago a threw together a 10 meter dipole with some old speaker wire and a banana plug adapter. Hung it in my backyard as an inverted V, and even though it was only up about 10 feet off the ground I made a contact — my first using SSB! — in western Oregon from my QTH in Boston.

[AAZ]

10M has been on fire. During the ARRL 10M contest, south Brazil, EU and AU wasn't out of the question.

[wedgej]

When I was a tech my first contact was in Canada, second was French Polynesia in the south Pacific... All on my Kenwood TS-440 and a homebrew dipole... W6PXL

[CommoMike]

I just worked Australia on 10 meters on 100 watts (FT-891) at 7:45 in the evening! Its getting exciting again!!

[florinssl]

I had this version of radio made by CRT france, SS9900, great experience back in 2020. Nice radio at a decent price

[skysurferboy]

This video inspired me to throw my 817 and 1/4 wave antenna into my SUV and head to the beach. There is the possibility of DX activity on 10m regularly now, you just need to put out the calls rather than waiting for others to make the first move. The 10m band seemed dead, on 11m CB I could hear 'The Superbowl' rolling in plus a handful on European stations on mid band FM. Tuned around 10m again and picked up SV9RKU in Crete at 20 over 9. Nice 5 minute QSO. At first glance the band seemed dead, only it wasn't. I find 6m the same, only thing on there is FT8 but that shows there are openings. Being persistent on 10 and 6m pays off. Even better if you spot yourself on the DX clusters or do a POTA.

[ehayes]

Great video for 1st timers on HF, that is, 10m! 73 de WA4ELW in TN 🇺🇸 dit dit 😀

[njw]

January QST arrived today. What a nice article on pages 82 and 83 by Steve (K5ATA) and featuring our "Master" Josh, KI6NAQZ and HRCC!!!! Our NAZ is in EVERY photo appearing in this article! This is worthy of framing and other preservation (what say, Leah?). A huge "CONGRATULATIONS", to the most honorable "Hoshnasi" (apologize if misspelled). Keep on videoing, creating and sharing with Mike

[CentralIowa]

I've talked to the UK on my Anytone on channel 27 (27.275) AM with S5 noise. They're great radios.

[Olds]

Josh, thanks for the great video. K0LXA here. I need to get a 10m hamstick and give it a try. 73