Skew-symmetric sequences of

terms,

, are described for which the "merit factor" begin{equation} F_h = frac{biggl[sum_{i=0}^{2n} mid a_i mid biggr] ^2}{ 2 sum_{k=1}^{2n} biggl[ sum_{i=0}^{2n-k} text{sign} (a_i) cdot a_{i+k} biggl] ^2} end{equation} is unusually high.