>I didn't notice that the K index jumped to 5 until after I posted this. > That doesn't help. > > But the 3 or 4 stations that I hear calling CQ are quite strong (S9+) in > SW > Missouri. > > W3LPL is S9+, but he had a lot of trouble hearing my 1500 watts. Odd. He would hear you better if you were DX, and he needed to work you.