You could try 20m in late afternoon. That's what I did recently with K3/10 (CW) and random wire antenna from here in SNJ. He gave me RST 539. 73, Drew AF2Z On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:43:12 -0500, k4mwe wrote: >What bands, times, settings, etc. would be best to make a contact with a ham in Alaska using a K3? Thanks, k4mwe