10M and 12M are coming alive!

This weekend the higher frequency bands have really come to life. I have had a blast working stations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. I hope this is just a glimpse of things to come!

My 12m contacts on October 9th
12m and 10m contacts on October 10th
12m and 10m contacts on October 11th
Map of stations that were receiving N4MI FT8 signals on 12m on October 11th
Map of stations that were receiving N4MI FT8 signals on 10m on October 11th
Logbook of the World confirmations as of October 11th

In three days, I logged 40 QSOs on 12m, in 29 different countries. I also logged 19 QSOs on 10m, in 17 different countries. I could have worked many more stations, but I was hunting specifically for new countries. I managed to work enough new countries for a DXCC Award for 12m. I still have some work to do on 10m, but I picked up a few more.

I am sure that many hams in the U.S. with better stations worked more countries, but I am happy with these results using less than 100 watts into an end-fed wire antenna.