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MY QUESTIONS, THOUGH.  IF NORTH AMERICA IS NOT A SPORADIC E HOTSPOT, THEN
WHY DO HAMS OCCASIONALLY ENCOUNTER GOOD SPORADIC E PROPAGATION IN THE US?
I THEN DISCOVERED THAT AMATEURS OVER THE YEARS HAVE NOTICED THAT SPORADIC E
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OPENINGS SEEM TO HAPPEN NEAR UPPER LEVEL TROPOSPHERIC NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE
DISTURBANCES, AS WELL AS THE REGULAR SPORADIC E OPENINGS.  REMEMBERING THE
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