Check this out: http://mountainlake.k12.mn.us/ham/aprs/path.cgi?map=na I think that is the most red I have ever seen on the map in a long time. Based on the Hepburn tropo map here: http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html This may last for a few more days! Of course, I am leaving in a couple of hours to go to Florida on vacation with no radio gear! 73 Jim, W4KXY