‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ WOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHING THE ENVELOPE OF DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY. THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY CONTACTS WERE WITH MY ASIAN NEIGHBORS. JAPAN DOMINATED WITH 68 QSOS AND ASIATIC RUSSIA PRODUCED 21. I HAVE YET TO WORK CHINA FROM MY DIPOLE IN OHIO, BUT IN CHINA I QSOED 14 CHINESE STATIONS. IT WAS SIMPLE TO LOG SOUTH KOREA 9 TIMES AND INDONESIA 6 TIMES. WHAT FUN TO EASILY WORK MANY PREFIXES THAT I HAVE FOUND DIFFICULT FROM OHIO VR2, EX8, DU7, T88, HS0 AND OF COURSE YB, HL AND BA. THE BANDS OPENED TO EUROPE ON SEVERAL ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ OCCASIONS ALLOWING ME TO QSO 23 EUROPEANS. I WAS PLEASED TO WORK 31 UNITED STATES HAMS BUT NEVER DID HEAR CONTINENTAL AFRICA. I DID MANAGE TO LOG 3B8FG, BUT WORKING INTO AFRICA IS THE BIG DX CHALLENGE FOR MOST CHINESE DXERS. CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ARE ONLY SLIGHTLY LESS DIFFICULT. ‰ FROM PAGE 97 ‰ A N8KM 760,596 964 263 B KI8IZ 279,684 457 204 B AF8C 201,894 418 161 B NC8V 172,272 388 148 B AK8B 126,270 305 138 B N8SSE 115,668 306 126 B KC8HWV ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ