It is apparent he is dealing with plenty of QRN. It is also apparent that he tunes around and it helps him to have calling stations a little bit spread out. Wanted to, but no chance QRP ;-) Worked 1323z on 1.822 (Wednesday). He was 579. Worked at 1353z on 3.502 (Thursday). He was 589. Report from New Mexico, my dawn about 1340z. 73, Fred KT5X