Hi All, The heaviest Ionized cloud must be between my location and Texas.... I didn't expect to hear the California beacon but, nice to either have double "hop" or F layer propagation early in the day. 13:03-13:11 Z, 16 August 2011 I can hear 8 ten meter beacon signals into EM71. 28.183 XE1RCS MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 1792 km 1113 miles 28.2245 K5GJR CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS 1186 km 737 miles 28.2275 KC5MO AUSTIN, TEXAS 1146 km 712 miles 28.232 N1FSX SIMLA, COLORADO 1811 km 1125 miles 28.243 KB1QZY SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 1649 km 1025 miles 28.280 K5AB GEORGETOWN, TEXAS 1120 km 696 miles 28.2962 W5JDG WASHINGTON, TEXAS 989 km 614 miles 28.300 K6FRC TRACY, CALIFORNIA 3233 km 2009 miles 73 Bill WJ5O Southern Alabama |