No worries about big guns hogging 144.2 out here in the greater LA area. There were only a couple of serious Sprinters on. I happened to be at N6NB's DM13 QTH and got on with 100W just to see the activity. I made a whopping 24 Qs in 7 grids and finally gave up about 9:30 PM. Pitiful. John, N6MU