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When the weather permits, you can get band openings on UHF I live in North Clearwater, FL In February & March, I have hit a repeater 57 miles away from me in Bartow/Polk County with my h-t when the band was open One of the ops I spoke with was in Orlando, 10 miles north of the airport, which placed him 75 miles away from Bartow On that night for only a minute before the conditions changed I spoke with an op from Perry, FL, in North Taylor County, that repeater is on the same frequency & tone as Bartow North Clearwater to Perry is 153 miles as the crow flies It can happen I check the NOAA frequencies, when I start hearing out-of-town NOAA broadcasts, that's a good sign that the bands are opening up Edit/addition: WRMC383, I looked your location up just to see where you are Just a few nights ago, a gent in Grand Island which is in your neck of the woods made it into the Tampa .575 repeater, that's about 78 miles from him I spoke with him just before midnight & conversed for about 20 minutes before he said goodnight, I forgot which day it was, but it was earlier this week If Mother Nature is in a good mood, it can be a good thing for us radio ops