*Hi All,I'm guessing that some type of ionic activity has disrupted propagation on the higher bands. ...Five ten meter beacon scans this calendar day and the only signals heard were "sandwiched" between two nothing heard scans..... Finally, I figured I'd start down the spectrum to determine where the lack of signals stopped...... I heard two beacon signals on 30 meters WA4SZE & WØERE......... Nothing but noise on 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10.
At 12:46 Z, 2 June 2011 NO ten meter beacon signals heard into EM71. At 13:23 Z, 2 June 2011 NO ten meter beacon signals heard into EM71. At 14:28 Z, 2 June 2011 I can hear 6 ten meter beacon signals into EM71. 28.2025 KA3BWP STAFFORD, VIRGINA 1074 km 667 miles 28.2052 N3NIA RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA 1233 km 766 miles 28.2255 W2DLL BUFFALO, NEW YORK 1384 km 860 miles 28.232 N1FSX SIMLA, COLORADO 1811 km 1125 miles 28.2499 KA3JOE BENSALEM, PENNSYLVINA 1352 km 840 miles 28.296 W3APL LAUREL, MARYLAND 1172 km 733 miles At 16:22 Z, 2 June 2011 NO ten meter beacon signals heard into EM71. At 17:43 Z, 2 June 2011 NO ten meter beacon signals heard into EM71. 73 Bill WJ5O Southern Alabama*