The solar site said conditions were only fair today but I did manage a Florida contact today running my Q6 Pro barefoot but cranked all the way up. They raved about the quality of my sound and they sounded good also running the same radio. But the experiment is young and time to re-arrange the radio bench. ( After Deer Season ) LOLThat's entirely too much radio for that amplifier! That radio swings 90 to 100 pep. And even if you turn it down, it's asking for trouble.