*Good Day All,A mid afternoon bandscan found conditions have improved as the sun got higher in the sky....Still "zilch" via the trans equatorial path today.
19:08 Z, 27 March 2013 I can hear 12 ten meter beacon signals into EM71. 28.177 HP1RCP PANAMA CITY, PANAMA 2620 km 1628 miles 28.2158 K6WKX SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA 3336 km 2073 miles 28.222 K6JCA CARMEL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 3343 km 2077 miles 28.2223 KP3FT PONCE PUERTO RICO 2471 km 1535 miles 28.2305 HP6RCP SANTIAGO,VERAGUAS,PANAMA 2686 km 1669 miles 28.250 K6FRC/2 SUTTERS MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA 3233 km 2009 miles 28.250 K7EK GRAHAM, WASHINGTON 3510 km 2181 miles 28.275 NP2SH ST JOHN, VIRGIN ISLANDS 2597 km 1613 miles 28.2829 W5OM ARCATA, CALIFORNIA 3495 km 2171 miles 28.296 KA7BGR CENTRAL POINT, OREGON 3450 km 2144 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*