Yesterday afternoon, I took my Shakespeare 176-1 Big Stick and my Cherokee AH-100, hopped on my open fisherman, dropped anchor off a little island down here called Sawyer Key and started talking.
There was plenty of skip activity from Puerto Rico to Canada on LSB 38. I managed to chat with 421 in Puerto Rico; 149 in Charlotte, NC; 174 in South Carolina and a few others. Quite a few others came through the mix but got covered up with all of the traffic. I was surprised to hear Gainesville, FL (Scott, but I didn't catch the numbers), as in-state skip is rare, but understandable at about 500 miles. 45 in Atlanta, GA came through, too. Chicago, Iowa, Kentucky, Northern Alabama, Tennesee...it was all rolling in on LSB 38 between about 3:30 and 5:00 eastern (7:30-9:00 zulu).
As for LSB 16, I tried quite a few times. There was AM traffic, but absolutely nothing on LSB. I'll try again today.