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COMBINED WITH TYPICAL FLAT JANUARY VHF CONDITIONS MADE FOR AN INTERESTING
SET OF OBSTACLES TO COMMUNICATION.  BUT WE HAMS SEEM TO MANAGE TO
COMMUNICATE IN SPITE OF WHATEVER MOTHER NATURE THROWS AT US.  WEAKER THAN
NORMAL SIGNAL LEVELS WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY.  ROVERS HAD TO BATTLE NOT
ONLY THE SNOW AND POOR ROAD CONDITIONS BUT THE POOR PROPAGATION AS WELL.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE THE JANUARY VHF CONTEST SO CHALLENGING, AND
WHEN THOSE ELUSIVE OPENINGS DO OCCUR, SOMETIMES QUITE SHORT IN TIME SPAN,
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WE RISE TO THE CHALLENGE AND LOG THE QSOS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.  I USE
THE W3CCX BEACONS IN PHILADELPHIA ON THE BOTTOM FOUR VHF BANDS AS
INDICATORS OF PROPAGATION QUALITY DOWN THE EAST COAST AT THE START OF THE
VHF COMPETITIONS.  AROUND NOON LOCAL EAST COAST TIME ON SATURDAY, I WAS
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DL7WL/346 DL8NU/364 DL8UP/353 DL8YR/351 DU9RG/342 EA2IA/340 EA3NA/360 EA4DO
/364 EA4DX/341 EA4GT/344 EA4KD/341 EA4MY/352 EA6NB/341 EA8AKN/341 EA8ZS/341
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