[TransAtlantic] Calif.-Hawaii path open for 4 days

[Mark Casey]

    The California to Hawaii path on 144 has been open, to varying degrees, 
for the last 4 days. And, bands up to and including 1296 have been worked at 
various times during the last 4 days.
    If you look at this past week's Hepburn charts for the Eastern Pacific, 
you will notice that the path is not all yellow or orange or red. Parts of 
the path are only medium green on some days and times when contacts have 
been made. The path from Spain/Portugal to the Leeward Carib. Islands, 
Puerto Rico and Hispanola has been nearly complete on a few recent 
occasions. It's a bit longer, but the tropo, if completed, looks like it 
could likely be stronger than the Hawaii to Calif. path ususally is when 
those contacts have occurred.
    If the Trans-Atlantic path does complete, and there are 2 stations in 
place, it would be good for these stations to have some of the higher bands 
also. All bands up to 5760 have been worked on the Hawaii to Calif. path. 
10GHz has not yet been worked, but it would not surprise me if it is--any 
day now.
    For a look at DX reports for the Hawaii to Calif. path:
http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/tropo.php

73
Mark K1MAP FN32sb