Check out the graphic at: http://www.tmrahamradio.org/onair_aids.htm I just talked to two guys via the VE3OHR repeater located in Ingersoll, .Canada-Ontario. QRZ sez that's ~180 miles from my position. Granted it's a repeater, not simplex, but still a haul. From my J-Pole at 35', ~45W. It's on the same freq as the TMRA repeater, 114.? PL.