Lewis, This isn't strange propagation. It's normal winter stuff. Daytime copy of NC (672 mi) has been common here during the last two winters. I am running screen captures today, and NC is definitely there, but I haven't seen a complete call sign yet. See: http://webpages.charter.net/w1tag/NC-1.jpg Some of the crud is due to strong signals from WA and VD. John A.