\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{tab:ASM bg}HBLs and X-ray faint sources considered in this work.} %\centerline { \begin{tabular}{l|cccc} \hline\hline Source name & X-ray at 1 keV ($\mu$Jy) & Mean (ASM c/s) & Sigma (ASM c/s) & $z$\\ \hline Mkn~421 & 10.1 & & & 0.031\\ Mkn~501 & 9.5 & & & 0.034\\ 1ES~1959+650 & 9.4 & & & 0.048\\ 1ES~2155-304 & 15.2 & & &0.117\\ \hline PKS~0118-272 & 0.22 & 0.03 & 0.25 & 0.557\\ 1ES~0235+164 & 0.28 & 0.09 & 0.24 & 0.94\\ S5~0454+844 & 0.03 & 0.07 & 0.21 & 0.112\\ PKS~0735+178 & 0.20 & 0.11 & 0.31 & 0.424\\ PKS~0829+046 & 0.08 & 0.07 & 0.25 & 0.174\\ S4~0954+65 & 0.56 & 0.09 & 0.21 & 0.368\\ B2~1147+245 & 0.04 & 0.10 & 0.24 & $\sim$0.2\\ \hline \end{tabular}} \par \medskip The first column contains the X-ray monochromatic emission, the second and the third contain the mean and standard deviation of the Gaussian that fit at the best the flux distribution. Last column contains the red-shift. The mean value of the RXTE/ASM count rate is reported for the faint sources only since the HBLs are too variable for a definition of a mean flux value. For comparison, the resulting $R_{\rm char}$ and $\sigma_{\rm char}$ are reported in Table~\ref{tab:ASM flares}. \end{table}