Topband: FT5XO and 5Z4DZ last night

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Congrats to all who got FT5XO in the log last night!

Propagation was very different from all other days so far 
during the expedition.  My SS was 2259z.  FT5XO was already 
solid copy at 2240 when I got in the shack.  There was the 
typical well defined peak around my SS time.  I have been 
seeing that all along.  What is unusual is what happened 
after that.  For the first time the signal did not 
completely disappear after the SS peak.  It dropped 
considerably but remained good copy throughout the entire 
common darkness window with another pronounced peak around 
0120 to 0130z.  This is also the first time I have seen a 
significant/usable peak as their SR approached.  I 
calculate their sunrise as 0135.  They worked many NA but 
more northerly stations were doing best -- either due to 
lower QRN, better propagation, or both.

5Z4DZ was partial copy through heavy QRN around 0130z.  He 
was weaker later and seemed to continually go down as his 
SR approached.

73,
Paul