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UNDERSTAND THAT PROPAGATION DOES NOT ALWAYS FAVOR VK/ZLS WORKING SOME OF
THE NEARBY AREAS.  AS AN EXAMPLE, IT TOOK THE AUTHOR ALMOST 30 YEARS TO
WORK T31 EAST KIRIBATI ON 10 METERS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE, ALMOST, PACIFIC
NEIGHBORS.  WHEN THERE WERE TIMES I COULD HAVE WORKED THEM, I WASNT IN THE
SHACK AND VICE VERSA.  8.  UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, LEGAL POWER LIMITS IN BOTH
COUNTRIES ALSO DISADVANTAGED THE VK/ZL OPERATOR.  THE LIMIT IN ZL BEING 500
W AND IN VK 400 W.  FORTUNATELY, GREAT WORK BY THE ZL AMATEUR COMMUNITY
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ENDED WITH THEM BEING ALLOWED A KW EMBARRASSING THE VK GOVERNMENT
COMMUNICATIONS MACHINE INTO SUDDEN AND SOMEWHAT UNEXPECTED ACTION TO FOLLOW
SUIT AND ALLOW, ON A TRIAL BASIS, A SIMILAR POWER LEVEL.  DX DIFFERENCES
WORKING DX BROADLY COVERS THREE METHODS RAGCHEWING, CHASING DX CASUALLY AND
SERIOUS DXING, THE LATTER SPECIFICALLY WORKING THE RESIDENT RARE ONE, THE
CASUAL RARE ONE OR SERIOUS DXPEDITIONS.  RAGCHEWING IS THE EASIEST.  IT IS
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