[ARC5] Radio Beacon DXing

[Roy Morgan]

I recently tuned the aviation radio beacon band and heard about 10 beacons. All were in British  Columbia as I learned from:
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm

-I'm in western Mass and wonder if that was unusual propagation. 

-The antenna was a makeshift center fed flat top with water pipe ground. I do have a homemade loop I can do more work on, hoping it will pick up less noise.

? Is such propagation common for beacons ?
? What antennas do others of you use ?

Roy


Roy Morgan
K1LKY Western Mass