2 Meter SSB Part 2

On the last two Wednesday nights I tuned to the frequency of a long distance 2 meter SSB net.  It was surprising that I could hear the net control station in South Central Ohio, 367 miles from my QTH.  He was not very loud, but my little old 7 element beam is still on a pole on our back deck not very high above ground.  It is obvious that 2 meter activity is different that I recall from yesteryear and could prove to be very interesting.  I will remain on the outside looking in as it is highly unlikely that I will put together an antenna system capable of working such distances on 2 meters.