Anthony, if you tune around on 10m regularly during the weekend days, I'll bet you hear more than you might think. Try down lower in the SSB portion of the band.
It is difficult to exaggerate the shabbiness of my station.
An FT817 QRP rig, an autotuner and ~33 feet of salvaged CAT5 up in the attic rafters. The antenna wire is soldered to a PL259 connector which is installed right into the tuner which is itself attached to a beam with a twist tie. In other words, the antenna feed is literally the back of the tuner.
I have worked all over North America and Europe with this and heard (but haven't worked...yet) deep into Asia.
I have surpassed the 5000 mile mark on QSOs numerous times with this five watt rig.
There's been one or two that were over 6000 miles.
This has been on the 10meter band.
My height and width-limited antenna is, let's say, a bit less disadvantaged on this band.