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LEAD ACFT I WAS FLYING TOOK OFF FROM OAK TO HNL. APPROX 5 HRS OUT LOST NAV SAT/NAV. WHILE PENETRATING A LINE OF WX; 2 WING ACFT BECAME SEPARATED. THIS WAS A FLT OF 3 ACFT. WING ACFT NAVIGATED BY DR; AS DID LEAD ACFT. SEVERAL HRS BEFORE ARRIVING HNL HF XMITTER BECAME UNREADABLE TO CTL. USED VHF COM RELAYING THROUGH OTHER ACFT TO CTL. HAD VHF COM WITH ALL ACFT IN FLT. RECEIVED ADF APPROX 800 MI FROM HI. USED COMBINATION OF DEAD RECKONING SAT/NAV AND ADF FOR POSITIONING. I BELIEVE I MAY BE ACCUSED OF VIOLATING FAR PART 91.191. I DO NOT BELIEVE I WAS IN VIOLATION BECAUSE I FULFILLED ALL REQUIREMENTS AS OUTLINED FOR FORMATION FLT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: ALL ACFT WERE IN COM VIA VHF AT ALL TIMES. POS RPTS RELAYED BY ACRS ALONG ROUTE. ONE PLT ELECTED TO FLY TO HILO WHEN HE RECEIVED ADF; ORIENT HIMSELF AND THEN CONTINUE TO OAHU. ALL 3 PLTS FEEL THEY COMPLIED WITH FAR'S. ATC HNL SEEMED MORE CONCERNED THAN PLTS. OFFERED ALL KINDS OF ASSISTANCE WHICH WAS NOT NEEDED. RPTR HAS FLOWN THIS AREA MANY TIMES; WAS ON TARGET WITH NAV EVEN THOUGH CIRCUMNAVING WX. RPTS SENT BECAUSE FAA PERSONNEL WITH WHOM THEY SPOKE IN HNL SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYTHING WAS WRONG; BUT WOULD RESEARCH IT TO FIND OUT. IF THERE WAS A PROB HE WOULD HAVE TO VIOLATE THE PLTS.