dx
Are you a USA Novice or Technician class licensee and wondering what it would be like to work some DX? Bearing in mind that working “DX” can also include working stations across the country as well as around the world? Are you tired of trying to talk on your local 2-meter repeater? Well, with the recent increase in sunspot activity, there is a band available to you that has been opening almost every day now around the country as well as around the world: 10 meters. There are other bands available, but none as easy to do and as much fun as 10 meters can be. Your “phone” band on 10 meters is 28.300-28.500 MHz. Most SSB activity on 10 meters can be found in this portion of the band. The full phone band for all other U.S. licensees runs from 28.300 MHz all the way up to 29.700 MHz (see Figure 1). But most activity higher than 28.500 MHz is generally found only during contests or during periods of wide-open band conditions. Another mode available for you on 10 meters is digital. This is allowed for you from 28.000-28.300 MHz. Although other digital modes are out there (such as RTTY, PSK, etc.), the most prevalent digital mode today (by far) is FT8.
