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MAKING CONTACTS WITH SOUTH AMERICAN STATIONS.  HE ALSO COPIED EA8 STATIONS
ON F2 SCATTER.  ON APRIL 4, K5JRN EM10 WORKED HK3X FJ24 AND HC1MD/2 EI97 ON
FT8, RUNNING JUST 30 W WITH AN INDOOR DIPOLE.  DX MAPS SHOWED THAT STATIONS
IN ECUADOR MADE CONTACTS FROM TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, AND ARKANSAS TO THE
SOUTHEASTERN STATES.  IT WAS UNCLEAR IF THE PROPAGATION WAS SPORADIC E OR
F2.  TOMMY, KN4JX, AND HIS WIFE, LESLIE, KC4PDN, OPERATED PORTABLE FROM
SEVERAL GRIDS IN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL
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SEE FIGURE 2.  ON APRIL 6, THEY WERE OPERATING FROM DM74 AND WORKED WQ0P ON
MSK144.  APRIL 9, I EM28 DECODED CE2SV, CE0YHF/CE3, AND CE3SOC ON FT8 TEP
AROUND 1941 UTC.  WQ0P EM19 WORKED CE4WJK.  KD2CYU FN20 WORKED CE2SV,
CE4WJK, PP5BK, AND LU5FF.  N5KO LOGGED 3D2AG ON APRIL 10.  K1TO SAID APRIL
11 WAS AMAZING WITH 6,850 FT8 SOUTH AMERICAN STATION DECODES IN 61 GRIDS,
MOSTLY LU AND PY STATIONS.  EA8AQV IL28 WORKED HD8MD EI49 IN THE GALAPAGOS
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