Well what a silly week. Sweet FA really till Saturday and Sunday. Little bits of DX about. FG4SO (Guadeloupe), V51WH (Namibia), ZD7FT (St Helena), 9J2BS (Zambia) along with a pair of YVs (Venezuela), YV5NEA, and YV5IUA. Both the YV QRZ.com pages are worth a look for wonderful scenery.

I’ve just checked my log and I’ve not worked anything for a whole week. I’ve been playing with data bases. I can get what I want out of Excel but I have to get the information out of a data base into Excel to do it. Not elegant. I should be able to get the information straight from the database. But not yet! Anyway Ten has been fairly dead.

Most popular DX (three or more contacts, any mode)

FG4SO, OA4DVC, CE6TK, FG4SU, FG1GW, WP4RF, PU2KNM, PT7ZT, PR7JRC.
Spotters: CE6TK, PU8RJI, EB1TR, ZL2IFB, PU2MBO, KC4EOG, PU2TTN, SM7IUN, PU5LHF, PU2RND, PU2PKL, PU2LUC, LU9DCE, EA8CXY, CX5CDV .

Tuesday DX: LU1JHD, IK2YXH.
Spotters: PU8RJI

Wednesday DX: W5BN, PP5HA, EA1FIN, CD3FJK.
Spotters: EB1DJ, PU7BCG, PU2NKT, PU1JDX, F4CXO, AC2PB .

Thursday DX: IK2TTJ
Spotters: PU2YYD, DJ1AA, SM7IUN, LU9DCE, IW2EAS, PU2KNM .

Friday DX: V51WH, EA1FIN, D0WFF, IQ1QQ/0, IK2YXH.
Spotters: XE2ML, PU1JDX, HC2EP, EA6576U, UA9CUA, KF4GLE .

Saturday DX: ZD7FT, D41CV, SX4A, CX2DK, LU1DX, EA8DET, CE6DBI, CA5UBR, 9K2HS, 3B8CW, XE2JS, VK8NSB, YV5NEA, PD3MDM, PA3ECZ, EA8CZK, CE4WJK, 4Z4DX, ZS6LKF, PA0O, NG1H, K4H, EA8DHV, 4Z5ML, ZD8HZ, PY2GT, PI4FL, PD1ESL, PA6Y, OD5OJ, N4OMJ, N4A, N3GX, LY3BFH, LW2DHD, LU7DGE, HC2EP, ES2AJ, EI7HBB, EI5JL, EB1DJ, CP5HK, 5B4ALJ, 4X1TI.
Spotters: KK4XO, IZ8NVV, LW8DXR, PU1JDX, PY1LV, LW2DHD, PU2ODR, KC4AAW, EB1DJ, KC4EOG, K4KZY, CT1EUB, PY2GJ, EA1AIW, XE2ML, XE2JS, WI4L, KF4WE, K5RWD, PU2XAA, PU2TTN, PD1JN, OD5OJ, LU9DA, IZ5ILK, PY2GTA, PU2YYD, PU2PAV, PU2NKT, PT9FD, LW2EIY, KN6KGA, KF4GLE, IZ0BYM, IW6DGJ, EA8CXY, EA1DGT, CX5CDV, CT1FMX, W3LPL, RZ6BS, PY2EL, PU2LJH, PD3DX, PD1PDT, PA3HEB, NP2X, N4A, LU5EVK, G1XOW, EB5ISR, DL4VK .

Sunday DX: 9J2BS, YV5NEA, YV5IUA, PU2MXU, CD3OPJ, ZD8HZ, 3B8CW, ZS6DPL, OC200E, LU5VV, EB1DJ, CE1PTT, 3B8BAL, XE1XR, TI3IES, PR7AYE, PD3AL, LU5UFM, LU1DX, CO8NDZ, TI3ATS, PY2VH, PU7RIO, PU2TTN, PA6P, LU2HOD, K9FD, CX5A, ZS6EB, XQ6CF, VK6JJJ/MM, VK2IR, TI2BSH, TA9J, PP5HA, PD0HF, LW8DXR, JA2JKE, IK6JRJ, HP1DAV, CX9AU, CX2DK, CA5UBR, 9K2NO.
Spotters: VK3AXI, PU2TTN, PU2NKT, CX2SA, CX5CDV, YV5NEA, LW8DXR, LU9DCE, DB6LL, PY2ADX, PU2RJO, PU2ODR, EB1DJ, PU2YYD, RN3OP, PU2RND, PS8MT, NA4W, KK4XO, XQ3WD, W4EE, PU1JDX, LW2DHD, PU2WHT, PD0WR, JR4VEV, F4GZJ, CD7CKU, YV5HNJ, W1BQ, VK3YP, TI3ATS, PY2EDU, PY1SAD, PD1DCV, LW3EX, JA1NEZ, HP1COO, HB9NE .

Contests: Information from WA7BMN

The big one of the week, well weekend really, is ARRL DX CW contest. As usual 48 hours over Saturday through Sunday.

Upcoming activity (though not guaranteed to be on 10m). Information from NG3K, DXwatch.com and 425DXnews

Feb 10-15, 2021
DXCC: Maldives
Callsign: 8Q7SZ 
QSL: RU3AN
Source: TDDX (Feb 10, 2021)
Info: By RU3AN fm Makunudu I; HF; long wire; holiday style operation

Feb 11-20, 2021
DXCC: Togo
Callsign: 5VDE
QSL: LoTW
Source: TDDX (Jan 14, 2021)
Info: By HB9EHD fm Kara; 40 20m; FT8 (also QO-100); 100w; QSL via HB9EHD (2USD and SA-Envelope)

Feb 15-28, 2021
DXCC: Wake I
Callsign: KH9
QSL: AL7JX
Source: TDDX (Jan 18, 2021)
Info: By NL7RR as NL7RR/KH9; HF; SSB; exact start date unclear; operation to continue for 90 days

Feb 18-28, 2021
DXCC: Mozambique
Callsign: C91BVA
QSL: LoTW
Source: TDDX (Feb 1, 2021)
Info: By CS7AMN; 80 40 20 15 10m; SSB; QSL via CS7AMN Buro; operation to continue for several months

ARRL International DX Contest, CW (Feb 20-21, 2021) Check here for pericontest activity too.

Feb 20-Mar 5, 2021
DXCC: Cayman Is
Callsign: ZF2BJ
QSL: LoTW
Source: DXW.Net (Jan 26, 2021)
Info: By K0BJ fm Grand Cayman I (IOTA NA-016); focus on WARC bands; mainly CW; QSL via K0BJ

Feb 24-Mar 2, 2021
DXCC: Monaco
Callsign: 3A
QSL: LoTW
Source: OPDX (Jan 11, 2021)
Info: By F4FRL as 3A/F4FRL and F5RBB as 3A/F5RBB; 40-20m; SSB + digital; QSL via eQSL

Sun: No sunspots for 12 days

Stoke lost 4 – 1 at Norwich. Honestly Norwich were not that much better than we were. We were just worse than they were and we gave away another penalty.

We played Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday evening. It was on Sky TV and Stoke won 1 – 0. Hooray a win at last.

The cricket doesn’t look good. Well it was for India they won inside 4 days by 317 runs.