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HOWS DX?  THREE DUAL HEMISPHERE DXPEDITIONS AS THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
EASES INTO FALL AND DXERS BELOW THE EQUATOR BEGIN SPRING, WE ENTER ONE OF
THE BEST TIMES OF THE YEAR FOR PROPAGATION ON ALL BANDS.  THE HIGH AND LOW
BANDS ON HF SHOULD GIVE US ALL VERY GOOD CONDITIONS.  IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
OCTOBER YOULL WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR ANTENNAS CAN POINT TOWARD AFRICA,
BECAUSE AT LEAST THREE MAJOR DXPEDITIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE.
AFRICA IS THE SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT AND IS IN BOTH THE NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES.  J5 GUINEA BISSAU THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA BISSAU,
FORMERLY KNOWN AS PORTUGUESE GUINEA, IS LOCATED IN WEST AFRICA.  GUINEA
BISSAU IS POSITIONED SOUTH OF SENEGAL, EAST OF GUINEA, AND EAST OF THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN.  THE COUNTRY RANKS AS ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD FOR
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, AND OVER 2/3 OF THE POPULATION LIVES BELOW THE
POVERTY LINE.  DURING THE 13TH CENTURY, GUINEA BISSAU WAS PART OF THE MALI
EMPIRE, EVENTUALLY BECOMING A PORTUGUESE COLONY IN THE LATE 1800S.
INDEPENDENCE BEGAN IN THE 1960S, AND WAS EVENTUALLY GAINED IN 1973 AND
RECOGNIZED 1 YEAR LATER.  IN 1980, GUINEA BISSAU WAS OVERTHROWN IN A
MILITARY COUP.  A NEW CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED IN 1984, AND THEY HELD MULTI
PARTY ELECTIONS 10 YEARS LATER.  GUINEA BISSAU WAS ON THE FIRST ARRL POST
WORLD WAR II COUNTRY LIST AS PORTUGUESE GUINEA CR5.  SOME OF THE FIRST CR5
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