{"id":11987,"date":"2024-11-23T14:49:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T09:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=11987"},"modified":"2024-11-23T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T09:20:00","slug":"cq-ww-cw-contest-in-full-swing-on-15-and-10m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/cq-ww-cw-contest-in-full-swing-on-15-and-10m\/","title":{"rendered":"CQ WW CW contest in full swing on 15 and 10m!"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AnShzxH_LQo?si=QRk3mtPyuKkAWu5Q\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just tuned in to HF bands on my FT-710. Nothing heard on lower bands or <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/what-are-warc-bands-in-amateur-radio\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/what-are-warc-bands-in-amateur-radio\/\">WARC <\/a>bands. 21 MHz was the most active band with plenty of CW signals on the waterfall, some very strong as well. But none of them are within my reach, too fast for me to even attempt decoding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quite a few signals are also there on 28 MHz which has been a &#8216;dead band&#8217; for me for the past few months. Both the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/winter-anomaly-of-the-ionosphere-affecting-10m-radio-propagation\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/winter-anomaly-of-the-ionosphere-affecting-10m-radio-propagation\/\">Winter anomaly<\/a>&#8216; and the &#8216;Contest anomaly&#8217; seems to have boosted the 10m band at my end. Enjoying the display on the waterfall, though I have not been able to get any one of them in the log so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just tuned in to HF bands on my FT-710. Nothing heard on lower bands or WARC bands. 21 MHz was the most active band with plenty of CW signals on the waterfall, some very strong as well. But none of them are within my reach, too fast for me to even attempt decoding. Quite a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amateur-radio-ham-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CQ WW CW contest in full swing on 15 and 10m! - Johnson&#039;s Techworld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/cq-ww-cw-contest-in-full-swing-on-15-and-10m\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CQ WW CW contest in full swing on 15 and 10m! - Johnson&#039;s Techworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just tuned in to HF bands on my FT-710. 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