‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2019 QST PAGE 41 ‰ AT SEA LEVEL. THE AVERAGE ELEVATION OF BEACONS WAS NEARLY 1,200 FEET, AND THE MEDIAN WAS ABOUT 800 FEET. A TOTAL OF 333 BEACONS 76 WERE RECORDED UP TO 1,500 FOOT ELEVATION. ABOVE THAT, THE NUMBER OF BEACONS AT EACH ELEVATION DROPPED TO SINGLE DIGIT PERCENTAGES. NINETY FIVE BEACONS 22 WERE LOCATED BETWEEN 1,501 FEET AND A MILE, AND ONLY EIGHT BEACONS LESS THAN 2 WERE SITUATED HIGHER THAN A MILE. AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 4, IT APPEARS THAT LOWER ELEVATIONS SLIGHTLY FAVOR LONGER DISTANCE COMMUNICATIONS MORE ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚