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<DIV>This is just a reminder to our Technician class operators. Please
remember that you can operate on the 'high frequencies' in one segment of a real
long distance band. As a technician, you are allowed to operate from 28.3
to 28.5 MHz with the full power of our Kenwood TS-450S transceiver on voice, and
our antenna on top of Broun covers that frequency range as well.</DIV>
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<DIV>This range of frequencies distance capability is greatly variable, but
right now if it is 'open' it will most likely be so from about 10 AM to 3 PM
local time. It's availability varies greatly with the ionization of the
upper atmosphere charged by particles from the Sun. At the peak of the
sunspot cycle in a couple of years, it will be available for hours at a time for
extremely long distances. </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>