I don't think that WWVH is on 20 MHz any longer.  I certainly hear them long 
path on the east coast on 15 MHz sometimes.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Colin McDonald
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 3:00 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Propagation

I check 20MHZ as well.
WWVH on 20MHZ will often give you an idea if there is propigation to the
pacific and further west on 15 meters..  If you got a beam for 40M, which I
know you don't anymore phil, you can also check long path using WWVH on
10MHZ for propigation on 40M.
If 20MHZ is coming in strong for me, usually 12 and 10 meters are active as
well.
Up here I hear bolder on 2.5 at night, bolder all the time and occasionally
hawaii on 5 almost anytime of day, bolder and hawaii on 10 most of the time,
bolder and hawaii both on 15 24 hours a day, and bolder during the day, and
hawaii less often on 20MHZ when propigation is good.
20MHZ isn't always very strong, but a few days ago it was 10 over S9 which
is about as strong as WWV or WWVH ever gets here.
I can pickup WWV bolder 15MHZ on the th f6a using the rubber duck antenna in
my house lol.
I can hear it in the basement on the rubber duck on good days.
0 land is always a pipe line for us.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:29 PM
Subject: Propagation


>I due a lot of band checks at all times of the day and night.  Well, =
> when I am awake, that is.  The other night, I checked 15 MHz to see what =
> WWVH was doing compared to Boulder.  I can copy WWV in Boulder on 15 MHz =
> but it isn't very loud.  The big signals for me, being so close, are 2.5 =
> and 5 MHz.  Anyhow, WWVH was 30 over S9 using my G5RV wire on 15 megs at =
> 9 PM at night mountain time.  I haven't heard it that strong at 9:15 PM =
> mountain time on a wire for a super long time.  5 MHz was 30 over and =
> 2.5 was running a solid 20 over s9 so conditions were great.  I have =
> been listening to the Europeans on 20 meters every night at 10 PM coming =
> in with good signals and VK ZL stations, too later in the evening on 20. =
> So there is lots to work on 20 during late evenings and maybe all =
> night.  I go to bed about midnight and sleep late so I don't know what =
> 20 is like after midnight.  When I had my 2 element yagi at 70 feet, I =
> heard WWVH in Hawaii on 5 MHz sometimes 40 and 50 over night in the 5 to =
> 7 A M window.  I heard W1AW many times on all bands.  I program their =
> frequencies for each band into my QSY ER and then run the list.  I've =
> copied W1AW on 1.8 MHZ many times, not very loud, of course, and maybe =
> once nearly a Q5 copy but W1AW, when transmitting late into the evening, =
> is often over S9 on 17 meters.  So, when you think the band is closed, =
> call CQ anyway.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX