A list of the 100 most reliable (most frequently heard) 10m beacons in 1998, as monitored in the UK by members of the Six and Ten Reporting Club. Beacons have been ranked by daily reliability values. Beacons on north-south paths have the highest reliabilities - South African beacons are frequently achieving reliabilities of 100% (i.e heard on every day) in recent months. Greatly improved propagation on east-west paths in the last 3 months of 1998 has brought North American beacons such as 4U1UN, W3VD and VE3TEN into highly ranked places. Other top ranked beacons located in Europe have been heard by summer sporadic E (e.g. OK0EG) and by a combination of sporadic E and F-layer backscatter (e.g. LA4TEN). All other factors being equal, high powered beacons are the more reliable, but many beacons were not active for the full year and hence rank in low positions.
Beacon | Nr | Beacon | Nr | Beacon | Nr | Beacon | Nr | Beacon | Nr |
ZS6DN | 1 | SV3AQR | 21 | VE1CBZ | 41 | VE4ARM | 61 | VA3GRR | 81 |
ZS1LA | 2 | 4U1UN | 22 | AB8Z | 42 | W4STT | 62 | W8MI | 82 |
ZS6PW | 3 | EA3JA | 23 | I1M | 43 | VK6RWA | 63 | W8BEP | 83 |
CS3B | 4 | OA4B | 24 | VE9MS | 44 | W0ERE | 64 | KH6WO | 84 |
LU4AA | 5 | DK0TEN | 25 | N1WRG | 45 | LU2FFV | 65 | PI7ETE | 85 |
ZS1J | 6 | W3VD | 26 | K9KXP | 46 | PT8AA | 66 | LU7DQP | 86 |
LU1FHH | 7 | DF0AAB | 27 | W2IK | 47 | KA9SZX | 67 | N7LT | 87 |
5B4CY | 8 | VE3TEN | 28 | VE9BEA | 48 | SK7TEN | 68 | WJ5O | 88 |
4X6TU | 9 | LA5TEN | 29 | UA4NM | 49 | NQ2RP | 69 | WA1RAJ | 89 |
OH2B | 10 | PY2JAU | 30 | OH9TEN | 50 | VK2RSY | 70 | JA7ZMA | 90 |
Z21ANB | 11 | WB4WOR* | 31 | KB9DJA | 51 | LW5EJU | 71 | PI7BQC | 91 |
PY3ARL | 12 | KD4EC | 32 | N1ME | 52 | N9YDZ | 72 | SK3TEN | 92 |
5Z4B | 13 | KB3BOE | 33 | KC4DPC | 53 | JA2IGY | 73 | W6TOD | 93 |
YV5B | 14 | K5AB | 34 | VK8VF | 54 | K2KL | 74 | KW7Y | 94 |
4S7B | 15 | SK5TEN | 35 | N3BUB | 55 | N2JNT | 75 | K2GEO | 95 |
LA4TEN | 16 | SK2TEN | 36 | YO2X | 56 | N9RET | 76 | K5PF | 96 |
VK6RBP | 17 | WJ9Z | 37 | IY4M | 57 | VE3GOP | 77 | KF4MS | 97 |
S55ZRS | 18 | N2VMF | 38 | PY5CTB | 58 | WA8YWO | 78 | LZ1JW | 98 |
OK0EG | 19 | W3HH | 39 | 9A0TEN | 59 | VE8AT | 79 | WA6APQ | 99 |
VP8ADE | 20 | KA1NSV/4 | 40 | W6WX | 60 | VK5WI | 80 | ZL6B | 100 |