‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 2018 QST PAGE 94 ‰ FAR AS SU9JG KM50. FRED, K6IJ, LOGGED VP9NM ON JUNE 15 AT 2140Z. VP9NM RUNS 100 W TO A 40 METER LOOP UP 10 FEET. JIM, WB9AYW EN51, WORKED EA8DBM ON JUNE 16 USING JUST AN FT 817 TO AN INVERTED L ANTENNA IN A TREE. JUNE 17 WAS A GREAT FATHERS DAY FOR GREG, WQ0P EM19, WHO WORKED KH7XS BK29 AND NH6Y AT 1951Z. A RARE OPENING TO PERU OCCURRED ON JUNE 18. JACK, OA4TT FH16, APPEARED FIRST ON FT8, WORKING STATIONS IN THE MIDWEST, INCLUDING N0JK EM28 AT 2020Z. JACK THEN SWITCHED TO CW, AND I N0JK PUT HIM IN THE LOG AT 2115Z AT 559. BOB, K2DRH EN41, WORKED JACK FOR AN FT8, CW, AND SSB TRIFECTA. JACK SWITCHED MODES AS CONDITIONS IMPROVED, INCREASING HIS CONTACT RATE. N0LL EM09 WORKED HIM ON SSB AT 2220Z. FRED, K6IJ, WORKED PV8DX. THE NEXT DAY, W6TOD DM15 AND K7ULS DN41 WORKED PZ5RA GJ25. K7ULS ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ