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28MHz very special propagation to New Zealand cycle24 still showing its presence

Rare ZL at15:32 UTC   that can not be over the usual  N-E since that part of the earth is in the dark.
Long path  to  ZL ? there is no short path  but my guess this path is over the south east.

 Even after 16 UTC I saw a decode of ZL2IT  by PD5MVH


Timestamp   Call  MHz    SNR Drift Grid  Pwr  Reporter RGrid km   az
 2013-12-23 10:14  ZL2IT  28.126083  -23  0  RF80km  5  PA0O  JO33hg  18312  337
 2013-12-23 11:24  ZL2IT  28.126085  -16  0  RF80km  5  PA0O  JO33hg  18312  337
 2013-12-23 15:18  ZL2IT  28.126084  -19  0  RF80km  5  PA0O  JO33hg  18312  337
 2013-12-23 15:32  ZL2IT  28.126084  -24  0  RF80km  5  PA0O  JO33hg  18312  337
 2013-12-24 10:32  ZL2IT  28.126088  -22  0  RF80km  5  PA0O  JO33hg  18312  337
 2013-12-24 10:38  ZL2IT  28.126088  -23  0  RF80km  5  PA0O  JO33hg  18312  337
 2013-12-24 11:30  ZL2IT  28.126088  -23  0  RF80km  5  PA0O  JO33hg  18312  337
 2013-12-24 11:46  ZL2IT  28.126087  -24  0  RF80km  5  PA0O  JO33hg  18312  337
 2013-12-24 11:52  ZL2IT  28.126088  -23  0  RF80km  5  PA0O  JO33hg  18312  337
 2013-12-24 12:06  ZL2IT  28.126088  -21  0  RF80km  5  PA0O  JO33hg  18312  337
 2013-12-23 08:10  PA0O  28.126192  -25  0  JO33hg  1  ZL1AML  RF73gb  17973  32
 2013-12-23 08:22  PA0O  28.126193  -15  0  JO33hg  1  ZL1AML  RF73gb  17973  32
 2013-12-19 08:58  PA0O  28.126179  -25  0  JO33hg  1  VK7AB  QE37ne  16905  84
 2013-12-19 09:46  PA0O  28.126176  -21  0  JO33hg  1  VK7AB  QE37ne  16905  84
 2013-12-19 10:32  PA0O  28.126175  -16  0  JO33hg  1  VK7AB  QE37ne  16905  84
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