Propagation today was back to more like it has been recently.  Fairly good signals on peaks allowing SSB exchanges over 800 miles
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17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 44 SSB COPY

17:32 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing W4DEX KP2AE Q5 S9 SSB

17:35 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SOLID 599.   10 TO 15 DB OUT OF THE NOISE

17:36 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 559 to 599

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL Initially 439....now building up to 549....and at end of transmission 569

17:36 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SOLID ON ALL ANTENNAS

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 559

17:37 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 599 +++

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SOLID 559 ON THE SAL 419 ON THE INVERTED V ANTENNA

17:39 K5HFG: heard a few CW notes from W4DEX but no copy. I see sig on the scope

17:40 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX about 529 throughout the sequence with no fading

17:40 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 559

17:40 KP2AE-JOE: WW8II 549 on CW

17:40 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II sounds like a local here on CW

17:41 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 579 and building......up to 589 the back down to 579 at end of transmission

17:41 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 599++

17:41 KP2AE-JOE: wow ab4am 599 on CW

17:42 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM about 519 with minor fades, 100% Q5 signal

17:43 K5HFG: AB4AM 519 to noise back up to 519 and back to noise

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM SOLID 599 10DB OR MORE AT TIMES OUT OF THE NOISE

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 419 MOSTLY

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 419 AT THE NOISE

17:44 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG about 519, best I have heard Don to date.

17:45 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 559 to the noise

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 59 PLUS ON SSB

17:47 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 57 SSB

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM SSB IN THR NOISE KG0VL AND I STILL SOLID 59 PLUS

17:49 WW8II-BRUCE: CONFIRM KG0VL AND AB4AM QSO 51 CONTACT

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 4x2 SSB

17:50 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL is at the noise on SSB

17:53 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AND I WW8II HAVE BEEN CHATTINGON SSB COMPARING SAL ANTENNA TO VERTICL SAYS I AM LOUDER ON THE VERTICAL

17:53 WW8II-BRUCE: INTERESTING HE IS LOUDER HERE ON THE SAL THAN THE INVERTED V

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: SO APPEARS THE VERTICAL COMPONENT IS IN PLAY HERE

17:54 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing W4DEX and KP2AE better on the inverted V today

17:56 WW8II-BRUCE: WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE AND AT WHAT ANGLE THE SOLAR WIND IS IMPACTING THE EARTHS MAGNETIC FIELD TODAY

17:58 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL STILL ARMCHAIR COPY DOWN MAYBE 5 DB FROM THE START BUT WE JUST QSO AND SIGNED ON SSB STILL 59 PLUS COPY

17:58 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM NOW HEARING W4DEX 51

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING ON THE SAL NOT THE INVERTED V

18:02 WW8II-BRUCE: SSB SIGNAL NOW COMING OUT OF THE NOISE

18:03 W4DEX-DEX: Hearing KG0VL SSB

18:04 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AND WW8II JUST SIGNED ON SSB.  KLG0VL STILL 59

18:04 WW8II-BRUCE: JUST HEAD BOTH SIDES OF W4DEX AND KG0VL SAY 73

18:05 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 5x3, 73
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