I tried to work AO-51 from the parking lot at work tonight. It was a low pass, and just about every noise source in the universe seems to be on the recording. I tried feebly to send at the end, but the nose was horrible, with tons of intermod coming back through the earphones. Yuck! I won’t even bother trying this with my HT again. It’s a pity, because I heard lots of eastern stations, but it was just pointless with all this racket.
I’ll try again from the peace of home sometime soon.