‰ NOW 5 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2017 QST PAGE 34 ‰ APPLYING MY EARLIER WORK TO CURRENT CONDITIONS WAS TELLING. FIGURE 10 SHOWS THE DX MAP FOR MAY 21, 2017 WITH A NUMBER OF SPORADIC E PATHS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER ATMOSPHERE ACTIVITY. SPORADIC E OVER A CENTRAL US ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ VORTEX IN THE JET STREAM TROUGH, SPORADIC E OVER GEORGIA, FORMED ON JET STREAM TROUGH SHEAR LINES FOR PATHS TO THE CARIBBEAN, AND THREE LOW ‰ END OF 5 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ