Dave,
Congratulations on your long-distance contact with EA5TT! Did you also have a recording of your contact later in the afternoon with NH6Y in Hawaii?
You found a sweet spot for these sorts of long-distance contacts. From Arkansas, you're able to work parts of western Europe and Hawaii. That is impressive!
73,
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ - Twitter: @WD9EWK
Yesterday at 1812UTC I made a scheduled contact with Manuel, EA5TT, using AO-7 Mode B, from the old US Forest Service Fire Tower on top of 'Rich Mountain' here in extreme western Arkansas. My 10 digit grid locator was EM24UQ01MU while Manuel is located in IM99SL48CX, in Valencia, Spain. Using the http://no.nonsense.ee/qth/map.html website for reference, this equates to 7947.381km which we believe to be a new record for AO-7 Mode B.