I'm hearing (and seeing) signals all across the band from FM to CW that are as strong as locals. One of those locals runs a KW and stacked beams. 01:00 ... currently 01:15. I've seen bigger openings, longer openings, but none as strong. Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member) N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2) www.rogerhalstead.com