= NOW 13 WPM = TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2020 QST PAGE 81 = 14 STATES ON FT8. THE BEST DX CONTACT FOR RICH WAS WITH WA0I EM39 AND ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING CONTACTS WAS WITH K2DRH AT 1730Z 130 PM EDT ON 2 METER FT8. ALEX, KR1ST FN21, MADE 57 CONTACTS ON 2 METER FT8 WITH 800 W AND A NINE ELEMENT YAGI. WZ1V FN31 SAID HIS BEST DX WAS WITH WA0I. WZ1V FOUND WB4OMG EL98 ON TROPO IN THE 2 METER SPRINT ON SEPTEMBER 22 ON FT8. ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, K5SW EM25 AND KF0M EM17 WORKED ARLISS, W7XU EN13, ON SSB TROPO. ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, N0JK EM28 AND KF0M EM17 FOUND 2 < QST DE W1AW = METERS WIDE OPEN FROM KANSAS TO GEORGIA, OHIO, MICHIGAN, AND SOUTH TO TEXAS ON TROPO AT 1300Z. WITH 50 W AND A SEVEN ELEMENT YAGI ON FT8, N0JK WORKED SOUTHEAST TO W4IMD EM84, EAST TO WB8ART EM79, AND SOUTH TO K5VW EM00. KF0M WORKED STATIONS IN GEORGIA, MISSISSIPPI, TEXAS, ILLINOIS, AND OHIO. THAT EVENING, THE TROPO MOVED SOUTH OF KANSAS. FROM GRID EM12, JIM, K5ND, WORKED K3SX FM19 ON FT8 WITH ONLY 100 W AND A SIX ELEMENT YAGI. HE ADDED = END OF 13 WPM TEXT = QST DE W1AW <