*Good Evening All,It was all long distance Western North American beacons in the log this evening...No trans equatorial path, no backscatter, no Alaska and no "down under" signals.
22:40 Z, 4 December 2013 I can hear 17 ten meter beacon signals into EM71as. 28.197 VE7MTY PITT MEADOWS, BC, CANADA 3605 km 2240 miles 28.2035 K6LLL MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA 2959 km 1839 miles 28.2073 KW7HR PROSSER, WASHINGTON 3250 km 2019 miles 28.2158 K6WKX SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA 3336 km 2073 miles 28.2165 N7MA CATALDO, IDAHO 3113 km 1934 miles 28.2248 NT6T GOLETA, CALIFORNIA 3159 km 1962 miles 28.225 K6FRC/B4 ANGEL'S CAMP, CALIFORNIA 3300 km 2050 miles 28.2318 W7PFR MINERAL, WASHINGTON 3497 km 2173 miles 28.239 VA7PL CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN, BC CANADA 3407 km 2117 miles 28.244 WA6APQ LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA 2996 km 1862 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 28.287 WI6J BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA 3067 km 1905 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*