When I lived in Denver, I had a Cobra 148GLT with a 5/8 wave ground plane and used to hang out over 38LSB in the early '90's. There was a group of guys that would reside up there and on Ch 21, and would talk nightly. A great bunch, no cussing, swearing, etc. But of course you would get somebody with a badly modified radio that splattered everywhere or ran more power than KOA, or wanted to start a fight, etc...
On the DX side, I also worked Arizona, California, and the midwest. I even made it clear to the land down under during over 37USB during the height of the solar cycle in the early 90's. Now that was awesome!!