A CE525 CAPT ATTRIBUTED CONFUSING ATC INSTRUCTIONS TO HIGH SANTA ANA WINDS; CAUSING REVERSE LNDG APCHS. THE RPTR ALSO ADMITS BEING DISTR BY A LONG AND BROKEN SNA ATIS XMISSION.

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THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME DIFFICULTY IN ASSIGNING VECTORS AND FIXES BTWN ZLA AND COAST APCH DURING THE HDOF AND PLT COMS IN THE PALM SPRINGS AREA. CTLR #1 GAVE ME A VECTOR BUT CTLR #2 SEEMED SURPRISED THAT I WASN'T GOING DIRECT; BUT LATER REVECTORED ME DIRECT TO THE FIX (PSP). THEN COAST CTLR #3 GAVE ME ANOTHER VECTOR FROM THE NEXT FIX (BANDS); BUT LATER RE-CANTED THAT. I WAS DIRECTED TO GO DIRECT HOMELAND; WITH A 240 DEG VECTOR THEREAFTER. THE WHOLE EVENT SEEMED DISORGANIZED. USUALLY; IT'S A PRETTY ROUTINE EVENT WITH A PUBLISHED ARR INTO SNA. THIS DAY; HOWEVER; HVY SANTA ANA WINDS REVERSED THE NORMAL LNDG APCHS AND MAY HAVE THROWN OFF COORD PROCS. NOT TO NECESSARILY PLACE THIS PROB IN THE CTLR'S LAPS; PERHAPS I COULD HAVE MISCOMMUNICATED WITH CTR. THE SNA ATIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO RECEIVE IN THIS AREA DUE TO MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. I WAS RECEIVING BROKEN ATIS XMISSIONS REGARDING REVERSED LNDG RWYS AND WINDSHEAR FROM A COMMERCIAL JET (15 KT SPD CHANGE AT 150 FT). I COULD HAVE MISSED OR MESSED UP A CTR XMISSION DURING THIS TIME. ONE SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO RE-LOCATE THE ATIS XMISSION TWR; OR INCREASE SIGNAL STRENGTH IN THE HIGH AND LOW DSCNT AREAS N AND E OF SNA. IT'S A PROB IN ARRIVING FROM THE E. TRYING TO MONITOR ATIS WHILE INSIDE THE LOS ANGELES BASIN IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. ALSO; THE SNA ATIS IS EXTRAORDINARILY LONG. IT GIVES OUT LOTS OF INFO NOT NECESSARILY TO ARR FLTS. HOW ABOUT 2 FREQS -- 1 FOR DEP; 1 FOR ARR? ALSO; MUCH OF THE INFO IS ALREADY PUBLISHED AND AVAILABLE.