[Jerry Bransford]

Originally Posted by garthbrown

Even with powerful radios - sometimes very short distances are impossible.

Very good point. When I am on the higher frequency HF ham bands like the 10 meter band on my ham radio that runs 100 watts, I can usually communicate far more easily with Japan, New Zealand, Korea, Eastern Europe, etc. than I can with other hams in SOCAL where I live or even Arizona. I can count the times on one hand in ten years I was barely able to communicate with hams in my San Diego area on the 10m band.

[cbman]

Thanks for all the advice!