I'm always amazed at how late in the morning I can hear some signals during the 160 meter contest, just as is the case for how late in the evening signals are audible on 10 meters long after the experts say it is dead. The last man standing at my Mississippi QTH today was WB9Z. I last heard him at 8:58 AM central time on 1.821, using my 80 meter inverted V as a receiving antenna. He was 559, but fading fast. I'm not sure exactly where within Illinois his QTH, Crescent City, is, but the closest point of Illinois to me is easily 500 miles away, probably closer to 600. He is obviously not running QRP right now. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs