*Hi All,A local noontime and an early afternoon scan of the band...... seems to be going "downhill".
At 18:00 Z, 19 April 2011 I can hear 11 ten meter beacon signals into EM71. 28.177 HP1RCP PANAMA CITY, PANAMA 2615 km 1625 miles 28.182 VYØSNO IQALUIT, NUNAVUT CANADA 3720 km 2311 miles 28.1935 LU2ERC ENSENADA BA, ARGENTINA 7967 km 4950 miles 28.196 LU4JJ CONCORDIA ER, ARGENTINA 7610 km 4728 miles 28.197 LU5FB ROSARIO, ARGENTINA 7624 km 4737 miles 28.197 VE7MTY PITT MEADOWS, BC 3605 km 2240 miles 28.200 LU4AA BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 7920 km 4921 miles 28.200 ZS6DN PRETORIA, S.AFRICA 14630 km 9091 miles 28.250 K7EK GRAHAM, WASHINGTON 3510 km 2181 miles 28.263 EA4Q CUENCA ,SPAIN 7325 km 4552 miles 28.280 K5AB GEORGETOWN, TEXAS 1120 km 696 miles At 19:16 Z, 19 April 2011 I can hear 7 ten meter beacon signals into EM71. 28.177 HP1RCP PANAMA CITY, PANAMA 2615 km 1625 miles 28.196 LU4JJ CONCORDIA ER, ARGENTINA 7610 km 4728 miles 28.197 LU5FB ROSARIO, ARGENTINA 7624 km 4737 miles 28.200 LU4AA BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 7920 km 4921 miles 28.200 KH6WO AIEA, HAWAII 7123 km 4426 miles 28.210 WA4SZE MANCHESTER, TN "N" 411 km 255 miles 28.2615 VK2RSY SIDNEY, AUSTRALIA 16079 km 9991 miles 73 Bill WJ5O Southern Alabama*