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THE SIGNALS ARE GETTING THIN.  THESE OPENINGS MAY HAPPEN JUST A FEW DAYS
EACH SUMMER AND ARE MOST OFTEN VERY WEAK SIGNALS, OR EME QUALITY.  BUT A
RANGE OF UP TO 9000 KM PUTS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IN PLAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, FOR THOSE FARTHER WEST, THE ES POND FOR DXCC DRIES UP.
THERE ARE NOT MANY COUNTRIES EVEN AT THREE HOPS.  BUT OPENINGS OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO EUROPE AT FOUR AND EVEN
FIVE HOPS SUGGEST THAT EVEN THE WEST COAST MAY HAVE MORE COUNTRIES
AVAILABLE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.  SHORT PATH SUMMER SOLSTICE PROPAGATION
ANOTHER DX MODE IS SHORT PATH SUMMER SOLSTICE PROPAGATION SSSP.  THIS
THEORY WAS DEVELOPED BY HAN, JE1BMJ, TO EXPLAIN THE FAIRLY FREQUENT LONG
HAUL SUMMERTIME OPENINGS FROM THE MIDWEST AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA TO
JAPAN.  OTHERS CONSIDER THE PROPAGATION MODE TO BE MULTIPLE HOP CHORDAL ES.
IN ANY CASE, CONTACTS ARE POSSIBLE ON A NUMBER OF DAYS EACH SUMMER FROM
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