Just checking things having found that my iGate had taken an unscheduled holiday I found VK2KNV-9 transmitting from Goolgowi being first picked up by VK3RHO-1, just 354km for a first hop. Gated by VK3MS-1 a more modest 85km distance. I guess it was a good morning for VHF. Liz VK2XSE