Morgan Hill [CA] Ducting to San Diego County

[Alain]

Hello All,

Just wanted to report that just a little over one hour ago, I overheard [on 151.355MHz, our CalFire CMD-1 channel] the following:

"...A-T 460 5 minute ETA, Morgan Hill A-T..."

Morgan Hill is over 400 miles NorthWest of my QTH.

On 220 MHz, in the past two months, I have had more often than not, 40db over S-9 QSO's with Santa Barbara repeaters, which are over 165 miles NorthWest from me. So much for "line of sight" communications on VHF/UHF.

I know that the absence of sunspots have been playing havoc, to some extent, with HF communications, but on the VHF/UHF frequencies, it hasn't hurt, but has enhanced them.

Just thought you'd like to know...

Alain