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SOMETIMES WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO OF MIDNIGHT HST, SOME VERY WEAK SIGNALS
SHOW UP ON 6 METERS.  AFTER A FEW CALLS, SIGNALS IMPROVE, CALL SIGNS ARE
FINALLY WORKED OUT, AND CONTACTS BEGIN INTO SOUTHERN EUROPE.  USUALLY,
SIGNALS ARE VERY WEAK AND POWER AND LARGE YAGI ARRAYS ARE QUITE HELPFUL.
HOWEVER, ON A FEW OCCASIONS SIGNALS ARE EXTREMELY LOUD FOR EXAMPLE, 50 W TO
AN INDOOR DIPOLE IN PORTUGAL WORKING HAWAII OR 100 W TO A DIPOLE IN OAHU
WORKING SLOVENIA AND EVEN LOW POWER CONTACTS MAY BE POSSIBLE.  ON THE
NIGHTTIME END OF THE PATH, THE OPENINGS OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO OF
LOCAL MIDNIGHT.  BECAUSE THE PATHS EXTEND MORE THAN HALFWAY AROUND THE
WORLD, ON THE DAYTIME SIDE, THEY OCCUR WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO OF 1100 LOCAL
TIME.  THESE OPENINGS ARE CALLED TRANSPOLAR, BUT THEY ARE NEAR THE
GEOGRAPHIC POLES SEE FIGURE 1.  JIM GOES ON TO SAY THE REAL POLES OF
INTEREST ARE PROBABLY THE GEOMAGNETIC POLES, WHICH ARE OFFSET BY ABOUT 11
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