Someone was commenting that conditions have been bad. There was some severe 
aurora activity a week ago. But 20 meters has been good to Russia and the 
Midddle East in the late evenings here.
And today, 15 was open to east Asia and Europe an hour or two ago, and ten 
is open to western Asia, Europe and South America this morning, as well as 
the Pacific Northwest. Pretty late in the season for 10 meters, and the 
solar flux index is only 135, but we're having good propagation right now. 
The iranian radar is coming through, but now fading out, at 28600 plus/minus 
50 KHz (best to listen for it in AM mode, where you hear alternating buzzes 
of about 300 and 900 Hz). I worked RZ9UA in western Siberia on 10 SSB at 
about 1330Z.
Great stuff which we may not work again until the next sunspot cycle peak.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com