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EVERY TIME ANY BAND WAS OPEN, AND FREQUENTLY CALLED CQ WITH NO TAKERS WHEN
IT WAS NOT.  WE TRIED TO IGNORE THE INTERFERENCE, KEYER PROBLEMS AND
EQUIPMENT FAILURES, GETTING AS MANY OF YOU IN THE LOG AS POSSIBLE.  WHEN
THE TOKELAU WAS READY TO DEPART, KAN LEFT ON IT, RETURNING TO APIA, SAMOA
WHERE HE CAUGHT A FLIGHT TO PAGO PAGO, AND THEN TO HONOLULU AND TOKYO, IN
ORDER TO ATTEND THE IARU REGION 3 CONFERENCE IN BANGALORE, INDIA.  THE
REMAINING OPERATORS KEPT THE CW AND SSB STATIONS ON THE AIR WHENEVER A BAND
WAS OPEN.  WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO DISCOVER THE PREDICTED CONDITIONS, THAT
10, 12 AND 15 METERS WOULD NEVER BE OPEN, WERE WRONG SO WE TETS PRIMARILY
CONSTRUCTED WIRE ANTENNAS FOR 12 AND 15 IN ORDER TO UTILIZE THOSE BAND
OPENINGS.  THE FOLLOWING NIGHT, THE 75 METER ANTENNA WAS REPLACED BY A
DIPOLE FOR 1R825 MHZ, WITH ITS CENTER IN THE TALLEST COCONUT TREE ONLY 50
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1 94 ORG N3NR 92 1 1 92 EPA KC0IEA 20 2 1 90 WI AB9EK 45 2 1 90 WI KO8S 44
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