*Good Day All,An early afternoon bandscan found the band with reasonably good conditions.....including at least 4 or 5 E layer reflections (less than a thousand miles)......Nice to hear the recently re-activated VE4TEN beacon from Winnipeg again.
19:28 Z, 20 December 2013 I can hear 30 ten meter beacon signals into EM71as.
28.166 XE2O MONTERREY, MEXICO 1545 km 960 miles 28.193 VE4ARM AUSTIN,MB CANADA 2316 km 1439 miles 28.197 VE7MTY PITT MEADOWS, BC, CANADA 3605 km 2240 miles 28.200 OA4B LIMA, PERU 4958 km 3080 miles 28.2035 K6LLL MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA 2959 km 1839 miles 28.2035 PY2WFG IPIRANGA, BRAZIL 5940 km 3691 miles 28.210 VE4TEN WINNIPEG, MB CANADA 1536 km 954 miles 28.2118 AC7GZ CHANDLER, ARIZONA 2426 km 1508 miles 28.2165 N7MA CATALDO, IDAHO 3113 km 1934 miles 28.2223 KP3FT PONCE PUERTO RICO 2471 km 1535 miles 28.2245 K5GJR CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS 1186 km 737 miles 28.225 K6FRC/B4 ANGEL'S CAMP, CALIFORNIA 3300 km 2050 miles 28.227 KC6WGN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 2715 km 1687 miles 28.2288 N3PV CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA 2913 km 1810 miles 28.239 VA7PL CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN, BC CANADA 3407 km 2117 miles 28.2403 WE6Z LINCOLN, CALIFORNIA 3269 km 2031 miles 28.244 WA6APQ LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 2996 km 1862 miles 28.245 PU2KXC JACAREI , SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL 7459 km 4635 miles 28.2478 K6EMI FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA 2988 km 1856 miles 28.250 K6FRC/B2 SUTTERS MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA 3233 km 2009 miles 28.250 K7EK GRAHAM, WASHINGTON 3510 km 2181 miles 28.250 K8NDB YUMA, ARIZONA 2688 km 1670 miles 28.2545 K4JEE LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY 709 km 441 miles 28.265 N7SCQ DIXON, CALIFORNIA 3300 km 2050 miles 28.275 NP2SH ST JOHN, VIRGIN ISLANDS 2597 km 1613 miles 28.280 K5AB GOLDTHWAITE, TEXAS 1120 km 696 miles 28.287 WI6J BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA 3067 km 1905 miles 28.288 WA7LNW HURRICANE MESA UTAH 2551 km 1585 miles 28.290 N6UN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 2924 km 1817 miles 28.300 K6FRC TRACY, CALIFORNIA 3233 km 2009 miles 73 Bill WJ5O Southern Alabama*