*Good Evening All,Well, I had a little chuckle just after sitting down to type this message.... I had stopped to check my data to see what I usually hear on this date near this time...... Coincidence...Maybe..... as 2011 December 27 I logged 9 beacon signals..... 2012 December 27 I logged 9 beacon signals.......What did I log this evening?..... 9 beacons...... Now the chuckle part...I zipped back eleven years to take a look......I had logged 15 ten meter beacons and my comment near the top of the page was..."Looks like poor ten meter conditions".....
22:47 Z, 27 December 2013 I can hear 9 ten meter beacon signals into EM71as. 28.197 VE7MTY PITT MEADOWS, BC, CANADA 3605 km 2240 miles 28.2073 KW7HR PROSSER, WASHINGTON 3250 km 2019 miles 28.2165 N7MA CATALDO, IDAHO 3113 km 1934 miles 28.2318 W7PFR MINERAL, WASHINGTON 3497 km 2173 miles 28.239 VA7PL CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN, BC CANADA 3407 km 2117 miles 28.250 K6FRC/B2 SUTTERS MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA 3233 km 2009 miles 28.250 K7EK GRAHAM, WASHINGTON 3510 km 2181 miles 28.2985 K7FL BATTLE GROUND , WASHINGTON 3487 km 2167 miles 28.300 K6FRC TRACY, CALIFORNIA 3233 km 2009 miles 73 Bill WJ5O Southern Alabama*