Hi Bill, Thanks for the report! You are right - Pretty darn strange conditions. We are 176 miles apart... I would think backscatter would be the only way you could hear me. Good DX! 73 - Jay - VE3SWS Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 17:53:16 -0500 From: va3xcd@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [HFbeacons] Fwd: [10Mprop] Weekend logs Hi everyone, Interesting propagation on 10M this weekend...at least for me. Even have a few QSO's today, and heard Jim, N2NXZ across the lake. Tried to work him on SSB but he could not hear me. I sent some CW which I think he did hear though, but not sure, as when he was talking back to me someone from the midwest talked over top of him to me. I also heard a beacon which I did not think I would hear, not only once but twice, and also heard another close to me beacon, both of which surprised me, and lead me to think they were backscatter. Here are the lists. Callsigns are in no particular order: Saturday Nov 5 2011 13:30Z OE3XAC DL0IGI K5GJR LA5TEN F5ZUU F5ZUM EA4Q K5AB (I have a pipeline to this one) OK0EG XE2ES (Horiffic keying.....just brutal) WA7LNW SK0CT 21:30 Z VE3SWS (never thought I would hear you Jay but alas....I was shocked) XE20 VA5LF VE3TEN (the other surprising one) LU4JJ LU5FB LU1FHH PU2SUT K3FX N7MA K5GJR PY2AMI N1FSX W0KIZ KX5TX K5AB KD0GZJ Sunday Nov 6 2011 14:45Z VY0SNO OE3XAC K5GJR W0KIZ N1FSX KX5TX N5YEY KG4GXS K5AB XE2ES KD0GZJ OK0EG WA4ROX SK5AE 2200Z VE3SWS (Two days in a row Jay) XE20 VA5LF VE3TEN ( This and VE3SWS MUST be backscatter?) LU4JJ LU5FB LU1FHH W6WX (All 4 levels) W6CF K5GJR PY2RFF K6FRC/B4 N6FSX W0KIZ K6FRC/B2 KX6TX N7SCQ KG4GXS PY4MAB K5AB KD0GZJ WA7LNW N8PUM W6NIF K6FRC That about sums it up......but both good lists for me. All were heard on the Softrock Ensemble and the 270' horizontal loop at 25' 73 Bill VA3XCD