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2003, REPRESENTING A 27 DECREASE IN LOGS OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD.  AS
EXPECTED, ROVER ENTRIES WERE DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY, ABOUT 42 FROM LAST YEAR
WITH 52 COMPETING VEHICLES COMPARED TO 89 IN 2004.  LIMITED MULTI OPERATOR
ENTRIES WERE DOWN FROM 39 IN 2004, REPRESENTING A 21 DECREASE.  MULTI
OPERATOR ENTRIES WERE DOWN ONLY BY ONE FROM LAST YEAR TO 25.  PROPAGATION
AS IS GENERALLY EXPECTED FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, VHF/UHF OPENINGS ARE
GENERALLY SPORADIC, RARE EVENTS.  PARTICIPANTS IN THIS YEARS JANUARY VHF
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SWEEPSTAKES WERENT SURPRISED WITH THE TYPICALLY UNENHANCED CONDITIONS WITH
FEW EXCEPTIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE US AND CANADA.  SOME MIDWEST STATIONS
NOTED PARTIAL 6 METER OPENINGS TO THE SOUTH, NOTABLY FLORIDA.  K9UHY
EXPERIENCED AN HOUR OPENING TO FLORIDA ON SUNDAY EVENING.  THE SAME WAS
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F6EWK/346 F6EXV/346 F6HIZ/341 F9CZ/344 F9GL/374 F9RM/377 G0DQS/341 G3GIQ/
368 G3HCT/379 G3HTA/363 G3JAG/363 G3KHZ/359 G3KMA/370 G3LQP/360 G3MXJ/360
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