was out & about at 5am this morning, 20 over 9 e skip from the carolinas, TN, IL, IN, OH & nova scotia into the northeast....on 11m-made close to 100 mobile contacts, YES 100 between 5am-730am!! most contacts were on ch 6 & 13 am & lsb 38, with about 50 watts from my 706mk2g. called & called & called cq on 10m, not a peep. was back again on 10m at 9am-dead silence. 11m-30 over 9 of nothing but noise.