‰ NOW 10 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2017 QST PAGE 32 ‰ MAPS WEBSITE WWW. DXMAPS. COM. HOWEVER, NATURE THREW A CURVEBALL ON JUNE 12, AND THINGS BECAME VERY DIFFERENT. NOW, NOT ONLY WAS NORTH AMERICA SEEING SPORADIC E ON THE 6 METER BAND, NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN HAMS WERE WORKING EACH OTHER VIA TRANSATLANTIC 6 METER COMMUNICATIONS, AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 3. SOMETHING MUST HAVE CHANGED. NOTE THAT AMATEUR RADIO ‰ END OF 10 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ