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At a distance of only three miles I cannot imagine why the OP has a problem communicating. NVIS is not required at that short distance and direct wave aka space wave propagation mode should be more than sufficient. I can work stations at that distance on any band from 160-2m with pretty much nothing for an antenna. In fact even on 20m using a simply wire locals out to 10 miles hammer in. On 80m AM I used to use a 12 watt carrier (50 watts pep) with a low (25 feet) inverted L and work out to 100-150 miles regularly during local nets. Three miles on 20m or 40m should be a walk in the park.

[QUOTE="Captain Kilowatt, post: 589381, member: 39"] At a distance of only three miles I cannot imagine why the OP has a problem communicating. NVIS is not required at that short distance and direct wave aka space wave propagation mode should be more than sufficient. I can work stations at that distance on any band from 160-2m with pretty much nothing for an antenna. In fact even on 20m using a simply wire locals out to 10 miles hammer in. On 80m AM I used to use a 12 watt carrier (50 watts pep) with a low (25 feet) inverted L and work out to 100-150 miles regularly during local nets. Three miles on 20m or 40m should be a walk in the park. [/QUOTE]

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