The bands are super active tonight. No responses unfortunately, but it's fun to listen in. I forgot to show it for some reason in the video but my SWR is 1.1 on these channels and as you can see I'm receiving quite well. My best guess is I'm just getting lost in all the traffic, it's just a part of skip.
Probably an hour after I filmed this, I did end up getting a guy in Virginia. We somehow managed to squeeze through a lot of big radios.