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AND 73 IN FT8, INSTEAD SENDING, RR73.  ON THE BANDS 50 MHZ.  THERE WERE
AMAZING OPENINGS FROM NORTH AMERICA TO EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST DURING
THE FIRST WEEK, AND 3 DAYS OF RECORD SETTING OPENINGS TO ASIA AT THE SUMMER
SOLSTICE.  THERE WAS ALSO A RARE ES OPENING TO JACK HENRY, OA4TT, IN LIMA,
PERU, ON THE GEOMAGNETIC EQUATOR.  STARTING OFF, JOHN, WA1EAZ FN42, WORKED
ZP4KFX ON JUNE 3.  STEVE SACCO, NN4X EL98, AND JOEL, KQ0J, NOTED LONG
LASTING OPENINGS FROM THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST US TO ALMOST ALL OF EUROPE
ON JUNE 3 6.  KEN, AC4TO, SAID, I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH PROPAGATION.  ON
JUNE 3, NN4XS FIRST CONTACT WAS AT 1245Z WITH EA3AKY, AND THE LAST WAS AT
0130Z ON JUNE 4 WITH 4O6AH JN92.  STEVES CONTACT WITH DJURO, 4O6AH, MAY BE
A 6 METER FIRST BETWEEN MONTENEGRO AND NORTH AMERICA.  JAY, NY2NY FN24,
PICKED UP LZ2LO FOR A NEW ONE.  JAY, N1RWY DM43, LOGGED EA8DBM AT 1521Z ON
JUNE 3.  STATIONS IN EUROPE HAD GOOD CONDITIONS AS WELL.  ON8DM MADE OVER
600 CONTACTS THAT DAY.  RICH, K1HTV FM28, DECODED 28 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ON
JUNE 3.  JUNE 4 SEEMED EVEN BETTER.  STEVE, NN4X, MIKE, K4PI ON CW, AND
PAT, W5OZI, PICKED UP ZA/OG2M, AND STEVE ADDED A45XR FOR NEW ONES.  K1HTV
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