Today signals out to about 200 miles were strong and stable.  Beyond that propagation seems to have deteriorated compared to the past few weeks.  Both the WW8II and KGØVL 500+ miles paths were much weaker with fades into the noise received in GA, NC and SC.  
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17:28 KP2AE-JOE: had good QSO with AB4AM at 17:13:59

17:29 AB4AM-ROB: KP2AE / W4DEX 5/9 with QSB to 5/7

17:29 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 5/9 SSB

17:30 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM, KP2AE, K4FI all very good copy

17:31 K4FI-DOUG: Paul is S9 with some QSB

17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB CONTACT 52 TO 53

17:33 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM HEARING W4DEX DEEP IN THE NOISE

17:34 W4DEX-DEX: WB4WCJ Q5 copy but way down from a few days ago

17:36 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL WEAK 519 TO START THEN QSB TO 559 THEN BACK TO 539QSB TO NOISE

17:36 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL BUILDING TO 559

17:36 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL was in the noise up to 519

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL Initially 559, down to 539 at end

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL QUICK QSB UP AND DOWN

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 559

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 599

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM QSB TO 529

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM IN THE NOISE

17:38 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM about 529, not very strong

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM NOW 519 AGAIN

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM AT THE END BUILD TO 529

17:39 WB4WCJ-PAUL: AB4AM 559 QSB

17:39 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 599 + 10

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: NO COPY ON W4DEX CW AT FIRST THEN 419 BUT CLOSE TO THE NOISE

17:40 WB4WCJ-PAUL: W4DEX 539

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX STILL IN THE NOISE NO COPY

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX no QSB

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 1740:56 338

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 519-529 weak, but like AB4AM, heard for the entire 2 minutes.

17:42 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II came out of the noise to 519- 529

17:43 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II Initially very weak, 15 sec into transmission up to 579.

17:43 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II faded back in the noise

17:43 K4FI-DOUG: Nothing from WW8II

17:43 KP2AE-JOE: WW8II very weak here

17:44 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II from 579 to gone in a quick period of time. Almost sounds like he is changing power levels from 0 to 1 KW in mere seconds.

17:45 AB4AM-ROB: KP2AE 5/8 5/9 SSB arm chair

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SSB 1744 WAS 31 THEN AT 1744:45 WAS 51 FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: ANOTHER SSB QSO WITH KG0VL 51 TO 52 COPY

17:47 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 5/8

17:47 AB4AM-ROB: WB4WCJ 5/8

17:49 KG0VL-JEFF: Absent are the SE stations on SSB now, not the usual routine. My 100 mile-distant TIS signal now S-5.

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM NOW HEARING AB4AM 52 SSB

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM STILL 51 SSB

18:00 W4DEX-DEX  WB8PMD Good copy most of the time with fades into the noise

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