Jeff Steinkamp

DX News June 2023

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TenX DX News      June 1, 2023

Mike Davidson N5MT #24949         Download as PDF

Welcome to the Summer DX season of the 10-10 DX News. The Sun continues to produce propagation into Europe and Asia on 10 Meters with high solar flux numbers when the Sun is not showing big sun spots.    New members have joined the ranks which give you a chance to talk with a new member and swap 10-10 numbers for an award.    Remember, this is year 61 for the 10-10 Anniversary so find some new members with a 61 in their member number and log them. So I will talk about some DX that has popped up the past three months and see what’s coming later this year.

Father Ed Schmidt    OA4SS #10802 is now 84 years old and he has been a 10-10 member since 1975 for 48 years!    I first talked with Ed in 1980 and more than twenty times since.    But Ed’s life has slowed down and he has moved into assisted living.    His radio gear was moved to a high school to be a club station where he may be able to use his radio.   

Someone asked me what new DX members that I have put in the log so I sorted the log and looked.    So far in 2023 I have seven new members.    George 9G4X #73941 in Ghana,    Troy WH6WAV #77927 Hawaii,    Lorenzo IK6PTH #62288 Italy,    Jim ZF2OO #48365 Cayman Isl.,    Oscar HK6DOS #39978 Columbia, Ernst VE3GNU #8738 Canada, and    Adam VK4IM #73123 Australia.    In year 2022, I put 18 new members in my log.    In 2002 I found 139, and in 2001 found 158.    My best year was in 2000 I set my record of 264 new members and I put 1843 old members in my log.    I retired in 2000, so my hobby/radio time increased a lot.

The DXpedition to Bouvet Island was a big disappointment for many DX chasers in February with the bad weather at Bouvet!    High seas made dangerous boat landing conditions on the island.    A few ops made it ashore with limited stuff and they put up two of the planned five stations.    The resulting setup caused the QSO counts to be only    9% of what was expected to log with five stations.    I did not hear any activity on Ten but they logged 675 QSOs on Ten.    Most of the ten-meter Q’s were into Europe and Asia and only two Q’s to North America.    You will find some Bouvet videos on YouTube.    This bad-luck DXpedition will be remembered and just blame it on a lot of bad WX weather.

Members are having a good time with the rise in the solar flux.    The Sun gave us two solar flux highs the past year, so enjoy the better propagation.    We had many large sun spots this past quarter on the Sun to cause some bad propagation!    And I expect to get more bad sunspots and flares this year!

Canada hams can use four special prefix changes during June until July 2nd.    Most VA become CJ , the VE becomes CK, VO becomes CY and VY becomes CZ.    Do a Google search for more info and log a new 10-10 prefix in June.

Countries Award:    There were no Countries Award 

applications submitted this past quarter.    Thanks to Marcus KM5EH #71103 for sending me my OM/XYL certificate for 50 teams number 76.    I will have more coming soon.

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General 10-10 DX reported in the past quarter:

      3B9 Rodriguez Island.    Robert 3B9FR #61550 was active in mid April about 0545 UTC on FT8.   

      4L Georgia.    Rene DL2JRM #69623, was in Georgia for a short time until March 20th as 4L/DL2JRM only on CW.

Rene will be back in Georgia from June 16-19th.

    9G Ghana.    A DXpedition of nine ops went to Ghana from March 23-30th.    George N4GRN #73941 and Hal W8HC #12502 used callsign 9G4X from Accra.    They were on SSB, CW and FT8 for digital.

      9M2 West Malaysia.    Rich PA0RRS #24343, was back in West Malaysia from January to March 26th using call 9M2MRS.    West and East Malaysia are both rare for us! No SSB, some CW but mostly FT8 on 28074 or 28180.    On air times were early morning for us in the USA.

      4U United Nations.    The UN club station 4U1UN #55555, in the New York UN building, was heard this past quarter.    The remote HF station was on Ten along with the beacon on CW but only FT8 digital and no SSB.

      4U UN Switzerland.    4U1ITU #11111.    There was radio from the club station using Fox/Hound on FT8 in March.

      CY0 Sable Island.    The big DXpedition to Sable Island was from March 20-30.    Dan W4DKS #5395 and John W2GD #14109 were the 10-10 members.    Website: www. CY0S.com.    Sable is now a remote weather station for Canada and does not keep anyone on the island for station keeping.    They rented facilities where they stayed and operated and the only permanent residents on Sable are the seals and horses that have to be protected from visitors.

      EY Tajikistan.    Nodir EY8MM #52767 was on FT8 a lot over the past five months.    He travels to DX places a few times a year so watch for Nodir to operate from Africa.

      FJ St. Barthelemy.    Phil K2LIO/FJ4WEB #7746 was back on St. Bart for a short while in March and April.    He did not spend a lot of time on Ten but he is the only member to stay on St. Bart for long periods.

      HB9 Switzerland.    Rene DL2JRM #69623, operated from April 29-30th in a contest.    No info if he made any 10-10 contacts as propagation was bad on Ten.

   

C8 Galapagos Island.    James WB2REM #48365 and three friends were on the island from March 1-11th.    They used all bands, modes and digital using callsign HD8M.

      HR Honduras.    Gerard F2JD #63443 was on Ten using FT4 as HR5/F2JD. He has been there since December 22.

      J6 St. Lucia.    Dan W0CN #27026 and Bill K9HZ #2618 were back in St. Lucia until March 7th using call J68HZ.    Bill may have returned in April to the station as J68HZ.   

    K USA.    Tim NL8F #32796 has been on FT8 after work hours from Dutch Harbor Alaska.    I have no info if Tim made any 1010 Q’s but he likes to use other bands for DX.

      George W3AB #70708 operated from Pigeon Point Light on May 26-27th.    This location is 50 miles south of San Francisco CA and the lighthouse is really tall at 115 ft.

      PJ2 Curacao.    Andreas PJ2/DK5ON #54260, was on Curacao Island from March 4-22nd.    All modes.    LoTW.

    David KE3VV #69831 was using PJ2/KE3VV in early March outside of the DX contest for CW and FT8.

      PJ7 Sint Maarten.    Gary KC9EE #16977 was on the island from March 1-8th.    His call was PJ7EE using a low power QRP radio on FT8 and CW.    LoTW.

      V2 Antigua.    Eleven operators were using V26EI from Antigua from March 24 to April 2nd.    Two 10-10 members were Declan EI9HQ #71019 and Thos EI2JD #73610.

      V26K by Bud AA3K #53485, was in Antigua from March 21-27thon FT8 and CW except for the WPX SSB contest.

      V3 Belize.    Walt W0CP #14291 was using call V31DJ until March 11th from Belize on CW, SSB and FT8. LoTW.

      V5 Namibia.    Mike V51MA #64688 is now an alternate net control on 28380 on the daily 10-10 net at 1800 UTC.    He has been on 28074 FT8 at 2000 UTC on Ten.    Mike lost his 1010 number and log records a few years ago.    But last year in November, I was able to give it back to him when we talked.    So remember your 10-10 number is yours for life.   

      V7 Marshall Islands.    Bob V7/N7XR #26991 will be on Kwajalein Atoll until early July.    His radio is an IC7410 into a dipole and vertical mostly CW or digital modes.    Bob and one other ham are the only radio operators on the Atoll.

      VP2M Montserrat.    Thaire W2APF #50022 was using call VP2MDX until March 30th.    He operated CW & SSB into a hexbeam with a small amp.    His location is not far from the big local volcano on the island.

      VP5 Turks’ & Caicos Islands.    Ross VP5/W2TT #25714 was in Providenciales from March 22-29th with ham friends.    They used call VP5P in the CQ WPX SSB contest so you would have had to find Ross for his 

10-10.   

      Hal W8HC #12502 was on for a few days as VP5/W8HC    in late April.    This was a quick vacation trip for Hal.    LoTW.

      VP8 Falkland Isl.    Bob VP8LP #8854 was on Ten operating SSB from March to May.    Sorry no LoTW.

      Z6 Kosovo.    Rene DL2JRM #69623 was using Z68XX in May from Kosovo for only four days.

Upcoming DX & New 10-10 Activity:

      BY China.    David K6FA #5908, landed in Shenyang in April and will stay until mid August 2023.    He sometimes uses his remote home station in CA on Ten.    His China call will be BY#/K6FA.    LoTW upload in September. Note: the physical antenna determines the DXCC country location.

      FP St. Pierre & Miquelon Isl.    Eric KV1J #31247 is planning a June-July 2023 trip to operate as FP/KV1J.

      KH8 Swains Island.    A DXpedition is going to Swains from October 4-17th, 2023.    The only 1010 member is Max NG7M #68542, using callsign W8S from six stations split into two separated camps.    Web: https://Swains2023.com.

      TX Clipperton Island.    A large group of ops is going to Clipperton in January 2024 using call TX5S.    Members Gene K5GW #15119, Paul N6PSE #68859 and Nodir EY8MM #52767, are all experienced DX ops, so good luck.    HISTORY:    A 10-10 member using the call FO0XX in April 1985 give some of us a new 10-10 country

      V3 Belize.    Uwe DL8UD #70315, will be in Belize from September 6-14th.    His new call will be V31KO or maybe V3O if they authorize his special request.   

Miscellaneous Items & Notes:

TenTen Website: http://www.Ten-Ten.org .   

Propagation forecast: http://www.solen.info/solar/ , www.SolarHam.net    and    http://ARRL.org/Propagation .

More propagation: http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ .

DX Calendar: http://www.dxwatch.com/ .

DX:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4dJcK-WVRw.Https://Secure.Clublog.org/mostwanted.php http://ebarc.org/pdf/dx-entity-history.pdf

Ham Lookup various ways:

https://Haminfo.tetranz.com/map .

Ham LoTW users: http://www.hb9bza.net/lotw-users-list .

NEW: WM7D Solar Values: https://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/

FT8 Fox/Hound Video: https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=GcbtTKSRkus http://WWW.K7UA.com.

Propagation:      I expect the solar flux to range from 128-165 this Summer.    The summer solstice is Wednesday, June 21st, it’s the longest day of the year and summer starts for us in the northern hemisphere.  

The Earth is tilted as far as possible, giving us the longest daylight of 2023 in the USA.    Cycle 25 started on November 17, 2019.    There were sunspots visible on the sun this past quarter with X and M class flares that increased the solar flux accordingly.    Sunspots are found by looking at the Sun and the flux is measured at 2.8 GHz.

The 2023 monthly max solar flux:    January 234, Feb 215, March 188, April 176, May 180.    Average 199.

The 2023 monthly min solar flux:    January 136, Feb 134, March 129, April 125, May 134.    Average 132.   

On June 1st, the solar flux was 161, the A index was 10 and K index was 3.     There have been many sunspots on the Sun over the past fifteen months with increased solar flux up 10-30+ points.    The USAF flux forecast for June 1st to July 15th is from a high of 160 to a low of 130 with average flux of 143, which is good for DX.

My Prediction:    Over the next three months, the best conditions on Ten could be: June 17-20th; July 14-16th; August 10-13th; & Sept 6-9th.    For the USA, expect a 60%    chance of DX to Europe, Asia, S. America or Pacific.    Use the beacons 28.175-28.300 MHZ to find if the band is OK and if it’s closed for SSB, go to 28074 and FT8 for a Q.

One new DX member joined in March to May 2023.    March: none; April: none; and May: Stephan DM4KA #78183 and this is the highest 10-10 issued to date.

Thanks to the Daily DX by Bernie W3UR    #25731 and the ARRL DX Bulletins.    This DX News edition is my number 129th of DXing reports for the past 32 years.    DX news to:    Mike Davidson, 26274 Whispering Pines Ave, Denham Springs LA 70726    USA and Email: N5MT@aol.com .

    DX IS!     73    Mike Davidson N5MT    #24949

      Copyright © 2023 by N5MT

 

Jeff Steinkamp

DX News March 2023

Posted on by Jeff Steinkamp

TenX DX News      March 1, 2023

Mike Davidson N5MT #24949      Download as PDF

Welcome to the Spring DX season of the 10-10 DX News.

We had a nice Winter QSO Party in February with good signals from all over Europe and Asia.    I had almost 300 Q’s in my log but a Texas friend with a better antenna, talked with all 50 states, 68 countries and logged 1600 QSO’s, came in first place again. The solar flux during the QSO party was 140 giving us excellent DX propagation on Ten.

The DXpedition to Bouvet Island was a big disappointment for many DX chasers in February with the bad weather around Bouvet!    High seas caused dangerous boat landing conditions on the island.    A few made it ashore with limited stuff and they put up two of the planned five stations.    The resulting setup caused the QSO counts to be only    9% of what was expected to log with five stations.    I did not hear any activity from Bouvet on Ten but they logged 675 QSO on Ten.    Most of the Ten meter Q’s were into Europe and Asia and only 2 Q’s to North America.    You will find some Bouvet videos on YouTube.    This bad-luck DXpedition will be remembered and blame it on a lot of bad weather.

The Winter QSO party allowed my station to find 17 old DX members and 28 members that were a first time in my log!    I got one three digit old member from the west coast for a new one.    I worked a lot of non-members looking for numbers so they could get qualified to join 10-10.    I think I talked with about 90 stations that were looking for numbers.    I worked a total of 110 members and 185 non-members all weekend.    I looked at our 10-10 database after the party and over 104 new member numbers had been added to the database!    So thanks to all the new members and I have talked with two new members that joined from the QSO party in my log.

All members are having a good time with the rise in the solar flux due to more sunspots!    The Sun gave us a solar flux high last year in September of 154 but a new high of 234 was recorded in January 2023.    On Feb 17th a mistake was posted for a flux of 343 so please ignore that posting. We had many sun spots this past quarter on the Sun to cause the record solar flux.    And more are expected this year!

Over 165 logs were submitted for the a Winter QSO Party which was great news for 10-10.    Award forms and membership renewal info are at the website.    Please swap your 10-10 number over the air on Ten to qualify for awards!    When you collect 10-10 numbers, DX, Counties, Bars or you want your score to count in a QSO party, you must exchange your callsign, name, state and 10-10 number on Ten over the air.    So save your QSO info in a logging program.    Then when you are ready to fill out an award application, move your 10-10 info from your saved place to your award form. The honor system applies for all contacts on awards.    I keep DX records for award validation as the DX Countries award manager.    After filling out an award form, submit it to the email address on the form.    There are 340 

ARRL DXCC countries available but only 318 10-10 countries have been worked for country credit so far.

Countries Award:    There were no Countries Award applications submitted this past quarter.

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General 10-10 DX reported in the past quarter:

      3B9 Rodriguez Island.    Robert 3B9FR #61550 was active in January on Ten with FT8 from 1545 to 1715 UTC.   

      3D2 Figi.    Wayne N0UN #11317 is now using 3D2UN from Figi.      He is good on LoTW.

      3Y Bouvet Island.    A rare DXpedition to Bouvet started on February 6-13th.      The only member was Bill KO7SS #8631 and there was no report of any Ten meter QSO’s by Bill.    They made very few QSO’s on other bands due to bad weather and bad landing conditions with high waves.    In 1990, Bouvet was a first time country for 10-10.

      5W Samoa.    Paul W7IV #27182 and friends were on Savai Island from February until the 28th.    The usual bands and modes plus FT8 were used.    Call was 5W0DX.

      9M2 West Malaysia.    Rich PA0RRS #24343, was back in West Malaysia from January to March 27th using call 9M2MRS.    West & East Malaysia are rare 10-10!    No SSB, some CW but mostly FT8 around 28074 or 28180.    LoTW.

      9U Burundi.    Elvira IV3FSG #54292 was in Burundi, Africa from February 4-27th as 9U5R along with a friend Vlad OK4WX/9U4WX.    All modes all bands.    A lot of FT8 from Elvira on Ten in February.    The last 10-10 member to operate from 9U was Iris Colvin W6QL/9U5QL in February 1991.    So this is a rare 10-10 country!

      4U United Nations.    The UN club station 4U1UN #55555, in the New York UN building, was heard this past quarter.    The remote HF station was on Ten along with the beacon on CW.

      4U UN Switzerland.    4U1ITU #11111.    There was radio from the club station on 20 & 30 Mtrs and some on FT8 but nothing on Ten in February.

      ET Ethiopia.    Ken K4ZW #18573 and Nodir EY8MM #52767 were using the club station ET3AA during January.    I saw the station active on Ten using FT8 in January from 1230 to 1430 UTC.    I do not have individual info on each.    Remember this is a rare DX location.

      EY Tajikistan.    Nodir EY8MM #52767 was active on FT8 in early January.    He then went to Ethiopia but is now back in Tajikistan from February 17th.

      FJ St. Barthelemy.    Phil K2LIO #7746 left the island at the first of the year 2023 and has not returned. His new call FJ4WEB.    His radio is an IC-7300 with a better antenna for Ten.    Phil is the first 10-10 member to stay on the island for long periods.

      HR Honduras.    Gerard F2JD #63443 was on Ten using FT8 in mid January as HR5/F2JD from 1500-1600 UTC.

      Alex K6VHF #77458 was on Roatan Island using call K6VHF/HR9 from February 12-15th using FT8 and CW.

    KH0 Mariana Islands.    Gerard W5TZX #49308, was on the Mariana Islands in February.    His radio was QRP 10 watts using FT8 on 20-15 Meters, no Ten.    LoTW.

      J7 Dominica.    Laurent F5MUX #42039 used callsign J79BH on Dominica in late February.    He has had eight callsigns over several years, so be careful.   

      PJ7 Sint Maarten.    Gary KC9EE #16977 will be on the island from March 1-8th.    His new call will be PJ7EE using a QRP radio on CW and FT8.    LoTW.

      V3 Belize.    Walt W0CP #14291 is using call V31DJ until March 11th from Belize.    CW, SSB and FT8. LoTW.

      V5 Namibia.    Mike V51MA #64688 has been showing up on 28450 on Saturday mornings at 1610 UTC with the LA Pelican Net. I just missed him on FT8 at 1945 UTC on Ten.

      VP2M Montserrat.    Thaire W2APF #50022 was using call VP2MDX from January 2 to March 30th . He operated CW & SSB into a hexbeam with a small amp.

      VP8 Falkland Isl.    Bob VP8LP #8854 was on Ten operating SSB from December to February.    No LoTW.

      YJ Vanuatu.    Al K7AR #2736 and friend Bob W7YAQ were in Vanuatu in February for two contests.   

      ZF Cayman Islands.    Jim WB2REM #48365 was on the big island using ZF2OO callsign until January.    He was on Ten SSB and FT8.    LoTW.

Upcoming DX & New 10-10 Activity:

      9G Ghana.    A DXpedition of nine ops are going to Ghana from March 22- 30th.    Look for George N4GRN #73941, and Hal W8HC #12502.    Special callsign is 9G4X for a contest.

      CY0 Sable Island.    The big DXpedition to Sable Island is scheduled for March 20-30, 2023.    Look for Dan W4DKS #5395 and John W2GD #14109 the 10-10 members.   

Website: www.CY0S.com.    Sable island is now a remote WX weather station for Canada and does not keep anyone on the island for station keeping.    The ham operators are going to rent Sable facilities where they can stay and operate.    The only permanent residents on Sable are 500 horses and seals that have to be protected from visitors.

      FP St. Pierre & Miquelon Isl.    Eric KV1J #31247 

is planning on a June-July 2023 trip to operate as FP/KV1J.

      HC8 Galapagos Island.    James WB2REM #48365 and friends are planning a March 1-11th trip.    All bands, modes and digital FT8.    Unknown callsign.    LoTW.

      J6 St. Lucia.    Dan W0CN #27026 and Bill K9HZ #2618 will be back in St. Lucia from February 28th to March 7th and the ARRL DX SSB contest using J68HZ.    Outside contest Dan may be using J68CN.

      PJ2 Curacao.    Andreas DK5ON #54260, will be on Curacao Island from March 4-22nd.    All modes,    LoTW.

      V2 Antigua.    Eleven operators will be using V26EI from Antigua from March 24 to April 2nd.    The 10-10 members are Declan EI9HQ #71019 and Thos EI2JD #73610.

      V3 Belize.    Uwe DL8UD #70315, will be in Belize from September 6-14th.    His new call will be V31KO or maybe V3O if they authorize his special request.   

Miscellaneous Items & Notes:

TenTen Website: http://www.Ten-Ten.org .   

Propagation forecast: http://www.solen.info/solar/ , www.SolarHam.net    and    http://ARRL.org/Propagation .

More propagation: http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ .

DX Calendar: http://www.dxwatch.com/ .

DX:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4dJcK-WVRw.

DXCC Most Wanted at: https://Secure.Clublog.org/mostwanted.php .

ARRL DXCC : http://ebarc.org/pdf/dx-entity-history.pdf .

Ham Lookup various ways: https://Haminfo.tetranz.com/map .

Ham LoTW users: http://www.hb9bza.net/lotw-users-list .

NEW: WM7D Solar Values: https://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/

FT8 Fox/Hound Video: https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=GcbtTKSRkus

Download the DX’ers Handbook by Bryce Anderson K7UA/SK, at: www.K7UA.com.

Propagation:      I expect the solar flux to range from 125-185 during the Spring, with a rise of flux.    The 2023 Spring Equinox is Monday March 20th, and Spring starts for us in the northern hemisphere.    The Earth is equally over the equator, giving us equal daylight/night time days.    Cycle 25 started on November 17, 2019.    There are 5 sunspots visible on the sun today with one near X class flare and 2 M class flares last week!    Sunspots are seen by looking at the Sun and the flux is measured at 2.8 GHz.

The 2022/23 monthly max solar flux:    Jan was 130, Feb 130, Mar 151, Apr 166, May 180, Jun 149, Jul 176, Aug 128, Sep 154, Oct 163 Nov 142, Dec 166, 2023 Jan 234 and Feb 215.    Average 163.

The 2022/23 monthly min solar flux:    Jan was 84, Feb 93, Mar 94, Apr 96, May 98, Jun 96, Jul 91, Aug 95, 

Sep 116, Oct 105, Nov 108, Dec 119, 2023 Jan 136 and Feb 134.    Average 105.   

On March 1st, the solar flux was 161, the A index was 24 and K index was 4.     There have been many sunspots on the Sun and the past nine months with increased solar flux up 20-30+ points.    The USAF solar flux forecast for March 1st to April 14th is from a high of 180 to a low of 140 with average flux at 162 which is a record high average.

My Prediction:    Over the next three months, the best conditions on Ten could be: March 16-20th ; April 12-17th ; May 9-13th; and June 5-10th.    For the USA, expect a 85%    chance of DX to Europe, Asia, S. America or Pacific.    Use the beacons 28.175-28.300 MHZ to find if the band is open.    If Ten is closed for SSB, go to 28074 and use FT8 for another Q.

Three new DX member joined in Dec 22 to Feb 2023.   

Dec: none; Jan 2023: none; and Feb: Gilbert VA3NQ #78103, John VE3TG #78116 and Dan VE7VU #78121.    The highest 10-10 issued is to Rick KX4PP #78154.

Thanks to the Daily DX by Bernie W3UR    #25731 and the ARRL DX Bulletins.    This DX News edition is my number 129th of DXing reports for the past 32 years.    DX news to:    Mike Davidson, 26274 Whispering Pines Ave, Denham Springs LA 70726    USA and Email: N5MT@aol.com .

    DX IS!     73    Mike Davidson N5MT    #24949

      Copyright © 2023 by N5MT

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New Members

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New Memebr List

The following is a list of individuals who have been accepted into Ten-Ten International as new members over the past 45 days.

 

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Win1010 Support

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Win1010 Support Page

Win1010 is a software utility developed by member Jim Hardy, K4HAV #17605 that supports daily logging for 1010 members. Unfortunately, Jim passed away in May 2022 and did not leave an avenue for continued support of his software suite.

This page has been created to provide some very limited support for those members using Win1010 in their daily activities.

 

Support files: These files have been updated by members and are current as of 03/03/2023. All files should be placed in your Win1010 folder. Make a backup of these file in the event something goes haywire with the transfer from the website.  The files are archived in a ZIP file format for easy downloading

1010.txt – Callsign to 1010 number. DO NOT attempt to edit this file. (02/01/2026)

vp.dat – file of issued VP numbers.  (8/1/2024)

chapname.txt – the list of current, active Chapters  (9/9/2024)

SealName.txt – list of seals associated with each chapter.  (9/9/2024)

 

 

Mailing List:
A mailing list has been created on groups.io specifically for discussions about Win1010. Here are the group addresses.

Subscribe: Win1010+subscribe@groups.io
Unsubscribe: Win1010+unsubscribe@groups.io
Group Owner: Win1010+owner@groups.io
Help: Win1010+help@groups.io
Post: Win1010@groups.io

Membership requests will have to be approved by the Groups moderators.

 

The Future – Going Forward:
The future for WIn1010 is quite uncertain at this time. Without access to the source code, the program itself can not be supported. The program was originally designed using GW-Basic and upgraded to VB6, which is were the software development stood when Jim became a SK. All of the support files bundled with this program are obsolete to one extent or another. The VB6 Runtime Data Link Library (DLL) is safe, but all of the ActiveX libraries are not. Microsoft no longer provides any type of support for ActiveX and has labeled a number of them as major security risks. As such, there is a good chance that Microsoft will remove those libraries at some point in time during a Windows 10/11 update. If and when that happens, it may render Win1010 unusable.

It might be beneficial to start some preliminary discussions on some type of replacement software for the future. If you would like to be a contributor to those discussions, please register at the Win1010 Mailing list.

Development of Win1010 Version 4

This Application will not run correctly on most Windows 7 machines that have not had the Secure Socket Laryer (SSL) update.  The application is not supporting operating systems prior to Windows 8.1.

Win1010 Version 4.2

As of February 2025, development of Win1010 Version 4 has been moved over to Visual Studio (VS) and this is where continued development will occur.  Click the link below to download the latest version, 4.2.6.5

Download Win1010 Version 4.2

 

Page Last updated  February 1, 2026

 

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2022 Scholarship Winners

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2022 Scholarship Winners

 

Anna Pike, KD4PCU

Anna Pike KD4PCU

My name is Anna Pike, KD4PCU from Roanoke, AL I became an amateur radio operator 31years ago. Since then, I have enjoyed talking to people from all around the world including as far away as Japan and Australia. I have volunteered at many hamfests, including the biggest one in Dayton, Ohio since 1992. I have been a chairperson for three years at our local hamfest in LaGrange, Ga. I have served my local club as treasurer of the LaGrange Amateur Radio Club for four years. All five members of my family have received our Extra Amateur Radio Licenses and have given out over 2,000 amateur radio tests.

The main reason for going back to college is that I work over 50 hours a week as a general manager at Arby’s in Alexander City, AL and I drive an hour and a half to work five days a week. In 2014 I decided to change careers, and when I went to my first interview, they asked what degree I had. That is when I decided to go back to college to get my degree in Human Resource Management. I graduated from Auburn University in 2020 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Administration with three minors in Human Resource Management, Supply Chain Management, and Aviation Management. I have been with Arby’s for 10 years and am currently a Certified Training Manager. When the Covid pandemic started in 2020 I decided to get my Master’s Degree in Human Resources. Thank you so much to 10-10 for supporting my educational pursuits.

 

 

Declan O’Hara KG7HTE

Declan O'Hara KG7HTE

I am Declan O’Hara, a graduate Electrical Computer Engineering (ECE) student at Oregon State University (OSU) finishing my MS degree in June 2023. The Masters project I created and will be leading is a bee hive monitoring system that will monitor the weight, temperature, humidity and time in sunlight of the hive and transmit the data back to my house. I have had my ham license since 2014 being an active member in Linn County A.R.E.S and my local ham club. I have loved building and testing circuits, contesting, helping provide communications at triathlons and other events. In May 2020 I stepped into the role of Linn County’s volunteer exam coordinator (VEC) under ARRL coordinating and administering exams. Ham radio has come full circle for me in this role, from taking my exam as a youth to now helping coordinate the exams and has been very fulfilling. I am currently Oregon State University’s amateur radio club president since May 2021 helping to restart the club due to a lack of student involvement during the pandemic. I am designing a three part activity for the club members this year consisting of a 2 meter yagi build, an off-set attenuator build and then hosting a hidden transmitter hunt where members can use the equipment they just built and tested. I have loved being an integral part of growing the OSU club. I am excited to see the club grow and plant the passion of ham radio in new students. Thank you to 10-10 for believing in me and my education journey.

 

 

Gary Pike KA4KBX

Gary Pike KA4KBX

My name is Gary Pike KA4KBX from Roanoke, AL. Thank you to the 10-10 Scholarship Foundation for this scholarship. I am a non-traditional student at Auburn University studying electronics and cyber security engineering with research in preventing infrastructure attacks utilizing electronic and radio frequency side channel attacks and counter measures. I have been an amateur radio operator since my pre-teen years having been mentored at the early age of six by a neighbor. I grew up volunteering for public service events using my ham radio with the local radio club. I volunteer for bike rides, search and rescue, Skywarn, ARES, MRC, CERT, and most recently online testing for ham radio license exams. I have a wife and three sons that are all Extra Class operators. We enjoy volunteering as a family and travel to several hamfests annually including Dayton Hamvention to volunteer. We are members of several area clubs and participate in club activities, contests, and field day together each year. I am very active in proctoring exams for amateur radio licenses. With ARRL alone I have proctored over ten thousand exams and have conducted over six thousand sessions. I have also proctored exams at Dayton Hamvention and several other hamfests throughout the south. These have been done with Laurel VEC, W5YI, Anchorage, CaVec and a few others. Through these exams, I have had contact with well over twenty thousand applicants over the years both in-person and online. I love contesting and field day or any other excuse to get on the air and make contact with other hams throughout the world. The most important thing that comes to mind is giving back to the ham community either through volunteering or mentoring and I enjoy both.

Jeff Steinkamp

DX News December 2022

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TenX DX News December 1, 2022

Mike Davidson N5MT #24949      Download the Article in PDF

Welcome to the Winter DX season of the 10-10 DX News. We had a good Fall DX season and the ARRL Ten Meter Contest is in ten days.    The predicted solar flux for the contest is 125-139, so get ready for more DX on Ten.   

I received my ham license in 1978 and entered my first ARRL Ten meter contest.    I soon joined 10-10 and over the past 43 years, I have found many DX members in this contest.    Because we are in the early years of Cycle 25, I expect that propagation will be better than the past five years for this contest.    So pleased make contacts in the ARRL Ten Meter contest on Saturday and Sunday, December 10-11th

At my station, my main antenna is a multi band vertical with a resonated frequency set for Ten SSB to get full power out.    When I operate FT8 on Ten, the SWR is low and the radio get lots of power out on digital and CW to work the DX.    My most recent 10-10 project has been updating my 10-10 Bar awards using data saved in my old Win1010 logging program.    I recently received the 1000 Bar #1582 which means our new 1000 Bar award manager, Rob Cromer KE0MIZ #77647, is officially working on his new job.    I saw in the last issue of the News that his name was printed with his email address for award applications.    Thanks Rob.    You can find award forms on the Website if you need to print or    download.    I am slowly sending in Bar applications since I have several thousand members logged over the past 40 years!    My first 10-10 logging program 32 years ago was by Jim Hardy in 1990.    But my first 11 years of logging QSO data was done on an IBM main frame with punch cards!    So when a logging program became available, I had a lot of old QSO data to retype into the DOS program which became my standard for collecting 10-10 numbers and DX.    Many years ago I received my 500 Bar and got a VP #950.    In 1998 Jim converted his DOS program into a Windows program and I began logged contacts with the new Win1010 program.    Now that Jim is SK, 10-10 is hoping to get access to the program to maintain its use as a 10-10 asset and steps have been started to do that task.    Lets hope this update works else the program will probably become obsolete as new Windows updates from Microsoft could render the program useless!

All members are having fun with the rise in the solar flux due to more sunspots!    The Sun gave us a solar flux high in mid-September of 154 but the max high of 180 was in May 2022.    So far we have been lucky that no Major solar flares have come off the Sun to cause a radio blackout.

All dues paid up members can submit a QSO Party log and apply for all 10-10 awards.    Forms and membership renewal info are at the website.    You do have to swap your 10-10 number over the air on Ten to qualify for all awards!    If you are collecting 10-10 numbers, DX, Counties, Bars or you want your score to count in a QSO party, you are required to exchange your callsign, name, state and 10-10 number on Ten over the air.    So record/save your QSO info in a logging program or use a paper log book.    Then when you are ready to fill out the award application, move your 10-10 info from your saved place to your award form. The honor system does apply for all contacts on 10-10 awards.    I keep many DX records for award validation as the Countries award manager.    So look through your 10-10 log and find the required 25 different countries with a member and fill out a Countries award form.    Then send it to the email address on the form.    As of today, there remain 22 countries that have not been worked for 10-10 country credit of the 340 available by ARRL DXCC rules. Its has been about six years since the last new 10-10 country was added to the worked list.

I just learned a member yesterday became SK during a medical procedure.    Rod W7OM #72366, who is in my log many times on SSB and FT8.    Here is some history: http://ncjweb.com/features/novdec14feat.pdf      RIP.

 

Countries Award:    There were no Countries Award applications submitted this past quarter.

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General 10-10 DX reported in the past quarter:

3B8 Mauritius.    I found no info that Mart DL6UAA #54230 operated 3B8MM as printed in my last DX news.

4U United Nations.    The club station 4U1UN #55555, in the New York UN building, was active this past quarter.    The remote HF station was used and the Ten meter beacon was heard on CW.

4U UN Switzerland.    4U1ITU #11111.    There was a lot of ham radio from the club station.    The building was supposed to be closed for maintenance but plans must have changed since 4U1ITU was on FT8 worked in the US about 1300 UTC in November.

DU Philippines.    Irek SP3SUX #62262 was using callsign DV8/KH7EA at the end of Nov until December 3rd.    In the CW WW DX CW contest his call was DX8H.

EY Tajikistan.    Nodir EY8MM #52767 has been active about 10% of his time on Ten FT8 no SSB.    Most of his HF time is on the lower bands.    Good luck.

FJ St. Barthelemy.    Phil K2LIO #7746 was back in St.Bart in mid October using his new call FJ4WEB.    His new radio is an IC-7300 and a better antenna on Ten.    This is a rare 10-10 location.    Phil is the first member to stay on the island for long periods.

I Italy.    Elvira IV3FSG #54292 was using FT8 a lot on Ten the past three months.    It’s hard to swap 10-10 info on FT8 so hope to find her on SSB this winter.    LoTW.

J6 St. Lucia.    Bill K9HZ/J68HZ #2618 was back at his summer place until November 2nd.    When not in a contest he likes to operate FT8.    He is back in Texas now.

JW Svalbard.    Hal W8HC #12502 and friends operated club station JW0A from Svalbard from September 19-29th using three setups on CW, SSB and FT8.

KH8 American Samoa.    Alan K7AR #2736, was on the island in November with W7YAQ who was not a member.

P4 Aruba.    John W2GD #14109, was back on Aruba again for the CQ WW CW contest as P44W the last weekend in November.    LoTW.

TA Turkey.    Berkin TA3J #74303 was mostly on 12 Mtrs but also on Ten until November 13st from Yassica Island.    All modes and FT8.    LoTW.

V3 Belize.    Scott K5PS/V31CQ #52535, was in the CQWW CW contest the last weekend of November and went home after the contest on Nov 28th. LoTW.

V5 Namibia.    Mike V51MA #64688 we talked this past quarter and I was able to reunite him with his lost 10-10.   

VP5 Turks’ & Caicos Isl.    Ron N4KE #5645 used callsign VP5DX from October 20-30th.    The radio was only 100 watts into a vertical on SSB, CW and FT8.

VP8 Falkland Isl.    Bob VP8LP #8854 was mostly operating on Ten SSB from August to November.    No LoTW.

Z6 Kosovo.    Rene DL2JRM #69623 was back in Kosovo using call Z68XX until November 1st when he returned to Germany.    His 100 watts into a vertical were tough to hear.    No info on future trips.

ZF Cayman Islands.    Jim WB2REM #48365 is still on the big island using his ZF2OO callsign until January 2023.    He was on Ten SSB and FT8 in late November.    LoTW.

Upcoming DX & New 10-10 Activity:

3D2 Rotuma.    Tony 3D2AG #72719 is now back on Rotuma until December 20th on CW SSB RTTY and FT8. 

3Y Bouvet Island.    A DXpedition to Bouvet is now planned for January to February 2023, to activate the #2 most wanted country.    The only member going is Bill KO7SS #8631.    In 1990, Bouvet was a first time country for 10-10.    This DXpedition will be an expensive trip, so take note and be ready.    This is quite rare for 10-10, so good luck.

9M West Malaysia.    Rich PA0RRS #24343 will be using callsign 9M2MRS from January 2 to March 27, 2023.    NO SSB, only CW or FT8 around 28091.    Working him on Digi and swapping a 10-10 number will take luck and effort!

CY0 Sable Island.    The big DXpedition to Sable Island has been rescheduled to March 20-29, 2023. Website: www.CY0S.com.    There will be two members on this trip: Bob K4UEE #75256 and Dan W4DKS #5395.    Sable island is now a remote weather station for Canada and does not keep anyone on the island for WX station keeping.    The ham operators are going to be able to rent Sable facilities where they can stay and operate but the cost is high!    The only permanent residents on Sable are the 500 horses and seals that have to be protected from visitors.    Travel to Sable is only by permission, and by an airplane landing on the beach or helicopter.    Paperwork for DXCC credit has been approved by the ARRL as of today.    Good Luck.    LoTW.

FP St. Pierre & Miquelon Isl.    Eric KV1J #31247 is planning on a June-July 2023 trip to operate as FP/KV1J.

HC8 Galapagos Island.    James WB2REM #48365 and friends are planning a March 1-11, 2023 trip to the island.  All bands, modes and digital FT8.    LoTW.

PJ2 Curacao.    Andreas DK5ON #54260, will be on Curacao Island from March 4-22, 2023.    All modes, LoTW.

VP2M Montserrat.    Thaire W2APF #50022 will be using call VP2MDX from January 2 to March 31, 2023.

Miscellaneous Items & Notes:

TenTen Website: http://www.Ten-Ten.org.org.   

Propagation forecast: http://www.solen.info/solar/ , www.SolarHam.net    and    http://ARRL.org/Propagation .

More propagation: http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ .

DX Calendar: http://www.dxwatch.com/ .

DX:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4dJcK-WVRw.

DXCC Most Wanted at: https://Secure.Clublog.org/mostwanted.php .

ARRL DXCC : http://ebarc.org/pdf/dx-entity-history.pdf .

Ham Lookup various ways: https://Haminfo.tetranz.com/map .

Ham LoTW users: http://www.hb9bza.net/lotw-users-list .

NEW: WM7D Solar Values:  https://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/

FT8 Fox/Hound Video: https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=GcbtTKSRkus

Download the DX’ers Handbook by Bryce Anderson K7UA/SK, at: www.K7UA.com.

Propagation:      I expect the solar flux to range from 99-139 during the Winter, with a small rise of flux.    The 2022 Winter Solstice is Wednesday December 21st, and winter starts for us in the northern hemisphere.    The Earth is tilted as far away from the sun as possible, giving us the shortest days of the year.    Cycle 25 started on November 17, 2019.    NOAA predicted a flux of 130 for 2024 but this year we have seen a high flux of 180.    Sunspots are counted by looking at the Sun but solar flux is by radio at 2.8 GHz.

The 2022 monthly maximum solar flux:    Jan was 130, Feb 130, March 151, April 166, May 180, June 149, July 176, Aug 128, Sept 154, Oct 163 and Nov 142.    Average 152.

The 2022 monthly minimum solar flux:    Jan was 84, Feb 93, March 94, April 96, May 98, June 96, July 91, Aug 95, Sept 116, Oct 105, and Nov 108.    Average 98.   

On December 1st, the solar flux was 111, the A index was 24 and K index was 4.     There have been many sunspots on the Sun and the past nine months with increased solar flux up 10-15+ points.    The USAF solar flux forecast for December 1st to January 14th is from a high of 130 to a low of 95 with average flux at about 113.

My Prediction:    Over the next three months, the best conditions on Ten could be: Dec 06-11th; Jan 1-6th ; Feb 1-6th; and March 1-6th.    For the USA, expect a 65% chance of DX to Europe/Asia and 75% to S. America or Pacific.    Use the beacons 28.175-28.300 MHZ to find if the band is open and especially FT8 on 28074.

Three new DX member joined in Sept to Nov 2022.    Sept: Andreas DL3ABD #78020; Oct: Yves F5JJA #78030; and Nov: Ray G0LRH #78041.    The highest 10-10 issued in November was to Mike N6ZGK #78043.

Thanks to the Daily DX by Bernie W3UR    #25731 and the ARRL DX Bulletins.    This DX News edition is my number 128th of DXing reports for the past 32 years.    DX news to:    Mike Davidson, 26274 Whispering Pines Ave, Denham Springs LA 70726    USA and Email: N5MT@aol.com .

DX IS!     73    Mike Davidson N5MT    #24949

Copyright © 2022 by N5MT

 

Jeff Steinkamp

DX News September 2022

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TenX DX News September 1, 2022

Mike Davidson N5MT #24949

 

Welcome to the Fall DX season of the 10-10 DX News.

Well we had a good Summer QSO Party event the first weekend in August with about 125 logs submitted for scoring. An old friend in Houston, Al N5XZ #4530 had a good score with almost 600 Q’s in his log using a four element yagi up 70 feet. At my station I use a vertical antenna and worked a total of 93 Q’s, with 12 DX and 12 new members. I decided that it is now time to begin sending in Bar award applications. My old Win1010 logging program could stop working if Windows sends out a software update that might stop it from working. I sent in my 600-900 Bar applications and got them back this week. I only have 160 more to send in for checking so its going to be a long process with the logging program.

I am sorry to announce another DX member has died in June, Sergey Karpov UA0SE #25998. Sergey was a 40 year DX member in Russia and collecting US counties. RIP.

All members are having fun with the rise in the Solar Flux numbers due to more sunspots! We reached a new high for cycle 25 during May with a record flux of 180 due to 50 sunspots popping up on the Sun.

I have had bad luck with the FT8 software that was related to some PC driver problem on my desktop. I was able to get my laptop working with FT8 for Field Day and made a bunch of contacts. I helped one station get his last state on digital. I have used FT8 the past three years just for Field Day Q’s.

I found a commemorative event in August for the Navajo Code Talkers of World War 2. The son of a Marine Code Talkers, Herb Godlike N7HG #72015, was on the air on several bands from Arizona. His father was Marine Private John V Godlike, was one of 29 Navajo Code Talkers who survived the war and died on April 1, 2000.

All paid up 10-10 members can apply for any award by using the website to get the needed forms and QSL cards are NOT required for our awards. But you do have to swap your membership number info to qualify for any 1010 award!

As the Countries award manager, my 10-10 job follows most all of the ARRL DXCC rules. If you are collecting contacts/numbers for a 10-10 award or if you want your score to count in a QSO party, you are required to exchange your Callsign, Name, State and 10-10 number over the air, on Ten. So record your QSO info in a logging program to save your data or use a paper log book. Then when you are ready to fill out the award application, move your 10-10 info from your PC to your award form. The honor system does apply for all contacts on 10-10 awards. I keep many DX records for award validation as the Countries award manager. As of September 2022, there remain 22 countries that have not been worked for 10-10 country credit. There are 645 members that have the basic Countries Award so you might want to look through your 10-10 log and fill out a form for the 10-10 Countries award if you have worked 25 countries.

 

Countries Award: There were no Countries Award applications submitted this past quarter.

General 10-10 DX reported in the past quarter:

4U United Nations. There was lots of activity from the ham radio club station 4U1UN #55555, in the New York UN building, this past quarter. The remote HF station was used and the Ten meter beacon has been heard on CW.

4U UN Switzerland. 4U1ITU #11111. There was lots of ham radio from the club station this summer.

5X Uganda. Elvira IV3FSG #54292 arrived in Uganda on June 23rd using call 5X3R with in IC7300 radio running 100 watts to a dipole on SSB CW and digital. She was planning to leave on July 13th and return to Italy. LoTW.

EA6 Balearic Islands. Andreas DK5ON #54260 was in Mallorca from June 8-17th using call EA6/DK5ON.

EA8 Canary Islands. Michael DL3FCG #70802 is now operating as EA8/DL3FCG until September 4th.

EY Tajikistan. Nodir EY8MM #52767 has been active on 6 Meters and FT8 but not on Ten. Good luck.

FO French Polynesia. Ros 4Z5LA #42000, was in Tahiti for an few days in June and is now back in Israel. He used call FO/4Z5LA but no Ten activity. LoTW.

FP St. Pierre & Miquelon Islands. Eric KV1J #31247 was on from June 28th to July 12th. Mostly HF plus the IARU HF contest. No special call was given.

HR Honduras. Alex K6VHF #77458 was on Roatan Island from June 27-31st. All bands CW, SSB and FT8.

KL7 Alaska. Hal W8HC #12502 and Tim NL8F #32796 took a boat trip to the end of the state to Kiska Island in July. Kiska was a World War 2 site where Japan held the island for a time until we took it back in 1943. So the island is littered with rusting war relics. LoTW.

J6 St. Lucia. Bill K9HZ/J68HZ #2618 was back at his summer place with a friend from June 8-24th. Bill made a Zoom presentation about building his station in St. Lucia to the Texas DX Society.

K USA. Matt K0BBC #76064 operated from Brush Lake State Park in Montana for a few days in June.
    Gene KB7Q #28147 operated mobile in Wyoming from several grids starting on June 16th.
    Len K1NU #54523 was on Shelter Key, Florida in June using his club callsign K1JV/P only on CW & FT8.

TA Turkey. Berkin TA3J #74303 has been on weekly on Saturday/Sunday’s now until October 31st from Yassica Island. All bands and modes and FT8. LoTW.

V4 St.Kitts & Nevis. Gary G0FWX #49106, was invited to the V47JA station to use his call V47FWX from August 20-31st. The radio he used was an FTDX3000 with 400 watts to a vertical on SSB only. LoTW and Club log.

VP8 Falkland Isl. Bob VP8LP #8854 was actively operating from July to August on 10 to 20 Mtr. No LoTW.

ZF Cayman Islands. Jim WB2REM #48365 is on the big island using his ZF2OO callsign until January 2023. He has been on SSB and FT8 in August. LoTW.

Upcoming DX & New 10-10 Activity:

3B8 Mauritius. I have info that Mart 3B8MM/DL6UAA #54230 will operate with a friend in late November in the CQWW CW DX contest. This is rare 10-10 so good luck.

3Y Bouvet Island. A big DXpedition to Bouvet is planned for November to activate the #2 most wanted country. A shipping container is leaving Norway this week. The only member going is Bill KO7SS #8631. In 1990, this island was a first time country for 10-10. This DXpedition will be an expensive trip, so when the dates get published, take note and be ready. This is quite rare for 10-10, so good luck.

CY0 Sable Island. The big DXpedition to Sable Island has been rescheduled to March 20-29, 2023. Website: www.CY0S.com. There will be two members on this trip: Bob K4UEE #75256 and Dan W4DKS #5395. Sable island is now a remote weather station for Canada and does not keep anyone on the island for WX station keeping. The ham operators are going to be able to rent Sable facilities where they can stay and operate but the cost is high! The only permanent residents on Sable are the 500 horses and seals that have to be protected from visitors. Travel to Sable is only by permission, and by an airplane landing on the beach or helicopter. Four air trips will be used to fly ham stuff to the island and four to go back home.

FJ St. Barthelemy. Phil K2LIO #7746 is going back to St.Bart in mid October to use his new call FJ4WEB. His new radio is an IC-7300 with a better antenna. This is a rare 10-10 location as Phil maybe the first member on St. Bart to stay on the island for long periods. The last St. Bart in my log is dated in February 2015 by Ray FJ/W2RE #49307.

FO Fr.Polynesia. Vincent K6VVK #77926, will be in Fr. Polynesia from September 27 to October 5th.

FP St. Pierre & Miquelon Isl. Eric KV1J #31247 is planning on a June-July 2023 trip to operate as FP/KV1J.

HC8 Galapagos Island. James WB2REM #48365 and friends are planning a March 1-11, 2023 trip to the island. All bands and modes and digital FT8. LoTW.

J6 St. Lucia Island. Dan W0CN #27026, is planning to be on St. Lucia in late October using call J68CN and J68HZ in the CQ WW DX contest.

JW Svalbard. Hal W8HC #12502 and friends will be operating JW0A (club station) from Svalbard from September 19-26th using three stations CW, SSB and FT8.

PJ7 Sint Maarten. Ed N2HX #25435 will be back on the island from October 22 to December 9th. SSB, CW & FT8.

VP2M Montserrat. Thaire W2APF #50022 will be using call VP2MDX from January 2nd to March 31st 2023.

VP5 Turks & Caicos Isl. Ron N4KE #5645 and a friend will operate call VP5DX from October 20th to November 2nd. They will run 100 watts to verticals on SSB, CW and FT8.

TF Iceland. Steve K4EU #11123 and two friends, will be in Iceland from September 6-20th mostly CW.

TX Austral Islands. Haru JA1XGI #55571 will be on the island on November 2-9th, all bands modes and digital.

Z6 Kosovo. Rene DL2JRM #69623 will be back in Kosovo again on September 9-12th using call Z68XX. His 100 watts to a vertical may be tough to hear so good luck.

Miscellaneous Items & Notes:

Propagation forecast: http://www.solen.info/solar/ , www.SolarHam.net and http://ARRL.org/Propagation .

More propagation: http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ .

DX Calendar: http://www.dxwatch.com/ .

DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4dJcK-WVRw.

DXCC Most Wanted at: https://Secure.Clublog.org/mostwanted.php .

ARRL DXCC : http://ebarc.org/pdf/dx-entity-history.pdf .

Ham Lookup various ways: https://Haminfo.tetranz.com/map .

Ham LoTW users: http://www.hb9bza.net/lotw-users-list .

NEW: WM7D Solar Values: https://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/

Download the DX’ers Handbook by Bryce Anderson K7UA/SK, at: www.K7UA.com.

Propagation: I expect the solar flux to range from 92-135 during the Fall, with a slow rise of flux. The 2022 Fall Equinox is Thursday September 22nd, fall starts for us in the northern hemisphere and the Sun is back at the equator, giving us equal day times and nights and in the southern hemisphere, Spring starts. Cycle 25 started on November 17, 2019 and the Sun is giving us a rising solar flux. NOAA predicted a flux of 130 for the winter of 2024 but we have seen a flux of 180. Sunspots are counted by looking at the Sun but solar flux is by radio at 2.8 GHz.

The 2022 monthly maximum solar flux: January was 130, February 130, March 151, April 166, May 180, June 149, July 176 and August 128. Average 151.

The 2022 monthly minimum solar flux: January was 84, February 93, March 94, April 96, May 98, June 96, July 91 and August 95 . Average 93.

On September 1st, the solar flux was 126, the A index was 12 and K index was 3. There have been many sunspots on the Sun the past 6 months with increased solar flux up 15-25+ points. The USAF solar flux forecast for September 1st to October 15th is from a high of 130 to a low of 98 with average flux at 114.

My Prediction: Over the next three months, the best conditions on Ten could be: Sept 10-13th; Oct 6-12th ; Nov 4-10th; and Dec 1-7th. For the USA, expect a 40% chance of DX to Europe/Asia and 75% to S. America or Pacific. Use the beacons 28.175-28.300 MHZ to find if the band is open.

Three new DX member joined in June to August 2022. June: none; July: DL0XN #77991, DK0HMA #77992; and August: VA3WEB #78005. The highest 10-10 issued was to Matt KB5UTS #78018.

Thanks to the Daily DX by Bernie W3UR #25731 and the ARRL DX Bulletins. This DX News edition is my number 128th of DXing reports for the past 32 years. DX Info to: Mike Davidson, 26274 Whispering Pines Ave, Denham Springs LA 70726 USA and Email: N5MT@aol.com

DX IS! 73 Mike Davidson N5MT #24949

Copyright © 2022 by N5MT

Jeff Steinkamp

Member Lookup Utility

Posted on by Jeff Steinkamp

In June 2022, at the direction of the Board of Directors, the Online member lookup has been removed due to security and privacy concerns.   As a result, Ten-Ten International has created a new stand-alone Member Lookup Utility that can be installed on your personal computer.

This utility is available for Windows Machines using Windows 8 or better. It will not function correctly on Windows 7 or prior.  It should run under the WINE emulator for Linux and Mac devices.

At the present time, due to the same security and privacy concerns with the online lookup, there are no plans to create Applications that will run on IOS or Android for phones and tablets.

This utility is for paid up members only.  If your dues are not current, the utility will cease to function with the exception of the Data Update and the Win1010 Export..

Click here to download the current Windows version (2.5.5.5).  If you are upgrading from a previous version,  Make sure you update the database.

Beginning with version 2.1.4, there is an option in the file menu to create a new 1010.txt file for your Win1010 software.

After you install this program and run it the first time, you will be asked to input your 10-10 number.  If you bypass this step, or enter an incorrect number, the utility may error out.  After you enter the 10-10 number, it will then download the initial data file.  If there is an error downloading the file, this is probably an indication that you need to add an exception into your AV and/or firewall to allow the program to access the internet.  Once you have done that, rerun the program and click past the error message and then click on the data update from the file menu.

Linux and Mac Users:

This utility has been checkout and  runs just fine using the WINE emulator for both Linux and Mac.  Before installing the program, make sure that you have WINE configure correctly and the WINPFX is setup to default to a Windows OS of 8 or better.  Then use the WINE installer to install the program.

 

Updated February 18, 2026 

 

Jeff Steinkamp

Data Privacy Update

Posted on by Jeff Steinkamp

Data Privacy Update

 

During the 2022 annual Board of Directors meeting, the decision of the board was to remove the online lookup utility from the website due to ongoing security issues.  Allow me to explain in further detail what precipitated this action.

To start this discussion, we have to go back to April 2016 when the European Union (EU) published the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).  Full implementation of this regulation was slated for spring of 2018. So, the first question is, “…why do we in the United States care about the activities of a bunch of unelected Bureaucrats in Brussels?”  THE GDPR is written such that if you or your organization maintains personal data on any citizen of the European Union, despite where they may reside, then you and/or your organization is subject to the full complement of the GDPR.  This has been upheld through the World Court and back to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).  It was this action by our DOJ that caught every business in the United States off guard in early 2018 and created internal frenzies among company legal departments to bring their organizations into compliance prior to the implementation deadline.

The GDPR is written such that failure to comply, or any data breach that falls under the guidelines of the regulation is grounds for extremely severe fines. Since its implementation, the EU has levied millions of dollars in fines on a number of US companies, Microsoft and Google being the top recipients of monetary action by the EU.  As a result, companies in the US have had to add a slew of attorneys to interact with their organizations to create additional procedures the companies must follow to operating in an electronic environment and to keep the EU happy.  And a note from our attorney—we are not certain if the corporation would be required to submit to a foreign jurisdiction—meaning the courts of a country in the EU_-since our organization “does business” all over the word.  In other words, our CA corporation could perhaps lawfully be hauled into court in Europe and fined.

In 2018 the state of California implemented the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) which pretty much mirrors the GDPR, and it was fully implement in 2020.  Other States are beginning to implement their own variations of the GDPR.  As our corporation is domiciled in CA, any violation of the GDPR—or the CA equivalent—would certainly subject  us to a suit in CA.  In other words, if we violate the GDPR, we likely also violate CA law, and we are subject to fines whether in a CA court or a court of an EU country.

Ten-Ten International is a small, non-profit organization, licensed to do business in the state of California.  We are not equipped with personnel or funding to fully comply with the requirements of the GDPR and now the CCPA.  Our master membership database, which contains privacy information is maintained in a secure database that does exceed the requirements of the GDPR and CCPA.  However, it is the online interfaces that provide access to that database, such as the online lookup, that is the problem.  In early 2020 we modified that interface to remove personal information.  But we live in a society where bad actors spend every waking minute of their sorry, underworld existence looking for ways to breach an organization’s website and servers in order to steal personal data.  No matter how much in the way of security measures we apply to our servers and website, these actors are always two to three steps ahead.

Therefore, based on all of this, I made the recommendation to the BOD that we remove the online lookup all together.  Ten-Ten International is in the process of producing a secure, stand-alone utility for current members to perform the same lookup task that was provided on line.  This utility should be available for members before the middle of July 2022.

Since this decision by the BOD, there have been outlandish and unjustified attacks directed at the BOD by justifiably upset members who were, until now, simply ignorant of the compelling reasons for this action. The BOD was acting on my recommendation which is based on my professional working knowledge of the GDPR and CCPA.  I have seen firsthand the amount of time, effort and money that my company alone has spent to bring it line with the requirements of these regulations.  Ten-Ten just does not have the resources to do all of this.  If you still feel the need to throw shade and firebombs at someone, then direct them to me, but in a professional capacity!!

Jeff K. Steinkamp, N7YG, #65084

IT Manager, Ten-Ten International.