On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:49:45 -0400, "Rick (W-A-one-R-K-T)"
wrote:

He reported the faraway
station as weak but readable, and I was receiving it loud and clear, about
10 over S9.

Hi Rick,

The difference is called propagation, and you have the advantage of
being in line-of-sight. Even a Christmas tree bulb can communicate
that far at those antenna heights.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC