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LONGER DISTANCE SKIP.  IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS, THE SEASON APPEARS
TO RUN FROM LATE SEPTEMBER THROUGH THE END OF APRIL, WHEN 20 OR MORE
BEACONS WERE LOGGED EACH MONTH FOR 7 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS, AS SHOWN IN FIGURE
2.  TWENTY OR MORE BEACONS WERE LOGGED JUST ONCE BETWEEN MAY AND AUGUST.
DISTANCES VERSUS TIMES DISTANCES AND TIMES OF RECEPTION WERE ANALYZED TO
DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF SUNRISE AND SUNSET PHENOMENA ON DISTANCE.  AS WITH
TIME ACTIVITY DISCUSSED ABOVE, SUNRISE AND SUNSET PERIODS ENHANCED DISTANCE
FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS EACH.  SUNSET AND SUNRISE PERIODS DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY
IN ENHANCING SIGNALS, AS SHOWN IN TABLE 2, WHICH PLOTS BEACON DISTANCES IN
INCREMENTS OF 1,000 MILES.  IN THE 2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET 0000 0200 UTC, SIX
LONG DISTANCE BEACONS WERE LOGGED.  IN THE NEXT 4 HOURS, SIGNALS GAINED AND
MAINTAINED STRENGTH WITH 42 BEACONS COPIED AT LEAST 1,000 MILES.  FROM 0200
0400 UTC, 18 BEACONS WERE COPIED AT 1,000 MILES, AND THREE AT 2,000 MILES.
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