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ONLY A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE THE HORIZON.  ANY ANTENNA YOU HAVE WILL SEND A
SIGNAL OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE IONOSPHERE.  THE FIRST THING I
RECOMMEND IS PATIENCE.  REACHING EUROPE FROM CALIFORNIA AT ANY TIME IS A
STRETCH.  YOULL LIKELY HEAR JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, HAWAII, ALASKA, AND OTHER DX
ENTITIES.  HOWEVER, AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND SOUTHERN ASIA WILL BE
DIFFICULT.  THERE ARE DX CLUBS IN THE VALLEY THAT SPONSOR EXOTIC
DXPEDITIONS AND TEND TO HAVE HUGE ANTENNA STRUCTURES.  IF YOU CAN HEAR 
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