Eldon - it wasn't an especially spectacular summer for Es (sporadic-E) propagation but there were some good openings. I don't have any notes of specific dates or times - I don't bother logging stations or locations I've received in the past other than the rarities or unusual signal paths. Last week in July a good FM opening into northern S Dakota & Minnesota. Only Canadian signals heard that opening in Estevan, SK Most northern location logged via Es on FM this summer was Lloydminster, North Battleford & very briefly Prince Albert. One double-hop Es opening into a small part of south Texas, but this tends to be a semi-regular occurence...a few new station loggings but nothing special. Longest Es opening was a 2 1/2 hr skip into Salt Lake City, Provo, Orem, St George & Cedar. With KING-5 & CHEK-6 now gone, I continue to concentrate on the 76-88 mHz Japanese FM band during openings to Japan on 6 meters ham band (50 mHz) or strong 49.750 mHz video from Russian or China. These are some of the few analog TV signals left to DX, but I've gotten rid of all my analog TV DX gear. For possible trans-Pacific FM DX I am using stacked 10-element yagis, a tunable bandpass filter that I've added some "windings" to in order to cover 76-88 mHz. I also use an indoor 10 dB antenna pre-amp which doesn't overload my receivers.
Not much tropo (tropospheric) to report - we're just getting into that season now that there is a bit of fog & cooler marine air here in the mornings. KMHD 89.1 (love the jazz!) & KBPS 89.9 Portland on the SUV radio loud & clear driving into town one morning last week for groceries. From this point on, I'll start tuning across FM every morning once up