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FROM 0400 0600 UTC, THE NUMBER OF BEACONS AT 1,000 MILES DROPPED FROM 18 TO
12, WHILE THREE BEACONS AT 2,000 MILES REMAINED FOR 1 MORE HOUR AND THEN
DISAPPEARED.  AFTER 0600 UTC, NO BEACON DISTANCE EXCEEDED 768 MILES UNTIL
THE BEGINNING OF THE SUNRISE ENHANCEMENT.  WITHIN THE SUNSET ENHANCEMENT,
PEAK STRENGTH OCCURRED FROM 0200 0300 UTC WITH 13 BEACONS HEARD UP TO 2,000
MILES.  SUNRISE EXHIBITED A MUCH STRONGER PERIOD OF ENHANCEMENT.  THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF BEACONS HEARD AT LEAST 1,000 MILES DISTANT ROSE FROM 42 TO 183.
THE NUMBER OF BEACONS HEARD AT 1,000 MILES AND AT 2,000 MILES INCREASED
FROM 34 TO 125 AND FROM 7 TO 40, RESPECTIVELY.  IN ADDITION, 16 BEACONS
WERE HEARD AT 3,000 MILES RATHER THAN ONE, AND TWO BEACONS WERE LOGGED AT
4,000 MILES, VERSUS NONE DURING THE SUNSET ENHANCEMENT.  THE PEAK OF THE
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