Had about given up hope of any DX this morning when three JA's popped through, direct path, starting at 1209z -- four minutes past my sunrise. JA1JRK, JA1HQT, JA3YBK all with nice signals and a JH2 was calling but faded into the noise as the band dropped out at 1213z. No sign of HS72B or VK9XG, but would have been easy to miss in contest QRM. 73/Jon AA1K