LU8DPM may have a very good station however it is summer in Argentina so QRN is likely much higher than Belize. It is ~4000 miles south of Belize. I have spent a lot of winters in Aruba and it was not unusual to see and hear the lightning storms in South America.
John KK9A (P40A) Jim Brown K9YC wrote: I had no problem hearing you, Bill, never heard V31MA. And LU8DPM is either seriously deaf or doesn't want to work US. 73, Jim K9YC _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector