I did a radio check with Gordon West in southern CA this afternoon on 8.185 MHz, he said I was sounding good. When I complained that 400 miles was about where I lost contact with most of the fleet in 2008, he said that is about the most one can expect from the 8 MHz band in the daytime, and 4 MHz is much less. FYI...

Does anybody have different experience? --Jeff / Hecla