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THE WORLD ABOVE 50 MHZ JON JONES, N0JK, N0JK ARRL.  ORG  LIGHTNING STRIKES
AGAIN ON 6 METERS  ON MARCH 30, I WAS OPERATING AS N0JK/KH6 IN OAHU AND WAS
CALLING JS6RGQ AROUND 1050Z.  ANOTHER SIGNAL ROSE UP OUT OF THE NOISE AND
CALLED ME.  IT WAS BERT, S57RR.  SIGNALS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AND 559
REPORTS WERE EXCHANGED.  A FEW MINUTES LATER ART, KH6SX, WORKED BERT AND
BRUNO, IS0GQX.  THE OPENING LASTED ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.  BERT, S57RR, SENT
ME THE FOLLOWING E MAIL HELLO JON, IT WAS GREAT YOU WERE THE FIRST SIGNAL
VIA LP, WHICH I HEARD IN THIS SOLAR CYCLE.  MANY CONGRATULATIONS AND I AM
DELIGHTED.  I COULD NOT FIND YOUR QTH LOCATOR, THANKS FOR BL01.  I JUST PUT
IT ON MARCH 20 A NEW ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH 4 x 5 ELEMENT LOOP FED ANTENNA
LFA, WHICH IM STILL TRYING, HOWEVER I HAVE SEEN IT IS GOOD.  TAKE CARE AND
GOOD ACTIVITY YET.  BERT, S57RR  THE NEXT NIGHT, SIGNALS WERE STRONGER.
FRED, KH7Y, REPORTED I WORKED 19 STATIONS IN I, IS, 9A, AND S57.  SIGNALS
WERE STRONG AT TIMES WITH TRANSEQUATORIAL PROPAGATION TEP FLUTTER.  AT THE
SAME TIME AS THE LONG PATH OPENING, WE HAD KH9, V73, FK8 BEACONS BEING
RECEIVED PLUS THE 49R75 MHZ BY TV WAS VERY STRONG.  KH6SX AND N0JK/KH6 ALSO
MADE CONTACTS.  THE OPENING LASTED ABOUT 50 MINUTES, STARTING ABOUT 1032Z,
WHICH IS 1232 HST HERE.  THE BAND OPENED AGAIN ON APRIL 2 STARTING AT
0957Z.  FRED WORKED S57, I5, IK0, I4, 9A, AND IK8.  THE LAST OPENING
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