01/29/2010 | K7XC Very Strong power line noise prevented me from hearing very much. Add to that running QRP power levels and I never expected to work very many people to begin with. Biggest surprise was W6YX answering my CQ on 144 Mhz CW only to rapidly fade into the S9+ noise, never to be heard again. That's a path of 300+ miles over the Sierra Nevada mountains from my home on the valley floor, not bad for QRP! -- K7XC