I can relate, while working CW on 30 Meters* I happened to get a QSO with fellow in OK. He was saying how there was usually a 'pipe line' between our QTHs. I had the KX3 on the bench and the lowest I could set the TX output was 50 mW. It worked!
73,
Rob
* I meant 30 Meters, not 10 mHz, 10 mHz to Oklahoma from here would be short skip.