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Saturday, December 14, 2019

We had another very interesting midday 160M session.  KGØVL and K4FI made a partial SSB QSO at 840 miles.  KGØVL was copying K4FI running 100 watts.  K5HFG and W4DEX successfully made their first CW QSO at 520 miles.  Overall propagation seemed to be favoring different directions with varying signal strength more than usual.  Best summed up by "KG0VL-JEFF: Very odd conditions today".

Another interesting occurrence was K5HFG hearing one of those near-instantaneous signal peaks from W4DEX on SSB:

18:03 K5HFG: Had a short burst from W4DEX @ 57 and now back to 51

We've had multiple reports of this on CW but this is the first on SSB.  Hearing those peaks on CW left some question as to the actual source of the peaks, i.e. another station on frequency hitting their key.  Hearing the peak on SSB confirms the source.  Thunderstorms were well off the NC,SC,GA coast.


"COSMIC RAY UPDATE: Something ironic is happening in Earth's atmosphere. Solar activity is low--very low. Yet atmospheric radiation is heading in the opposite direction. Cosmic rays percolating through the air around us are at a 5 year high."
https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2019/12/13/the-ironic-behavior-of-cosmic-rays/

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17:31 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX SSB 5/9 +5

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING W4DEX IN MY NOISE I HAVE A N ADDITIONAL NOISE TO THE SOUTH OF 20 DB

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING AB4AM TALKING TO W4DEX

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: HERING KG0VL AVBOVE MY EXCESS NOISE TODAY

17:31 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL weak, about 50% SSB copy

17:32 K5HFG: I copy AB4AM and KG0VL

17:32 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM S5 to S9

17:32 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL Q5 5/7 to 5/5

17:32 K5HFG: cpy W4DEX very light

17:32 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 5/9 +5

17:33 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM and W4DEX up and down on SSB from Q5 to noise and back

17:35 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II is very weak here on SSB

17:35 WW8II-BRUCE: QSB ON EVERYONE

17:36 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 579 TO 599

17:36 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 559

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 579 ON INVERTED V AND 599 ON THE SAL

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: NOTING SLOW QSB ON KG0VL 549

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL nice solid 579, very little QSB detected

17:37 K4FI-DOUG: Hearing KG0VL about Q3

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL BACK TO 599

17:38 K5HFG: copy KG0VL 539/559 for 1 minute, now 529

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM STARTED AT 529 QSB NOW TO 579

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM STILL 579

17:39 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 599

17:39 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 539 on peaks

17:40 K5HFG: copy AB4AM 579/589 for the entire duration

17:41 K4FI-DOUG: Hearing K5HFG Q 2-3 First time

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: POSSIBLE K5HFG DEEP IN THE NOISE

17:41 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG initially 319, then QSB into the noise

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 579 - 599 on inverted V 579 on Flag

17:41 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG back up at end 539

17:42 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL constant

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 559 ON THE INVERTED V

17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: Heard K5HFG at the initial 30 seconds then lost him altogether

17:43 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 599+10 on inverted V

17:44 KG0VL-JEFF: Heard K5HFG better that time around

17:44 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX w/K5HFG

17:44 K5HFG: copy DEX 539/ 579/529

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG marginal but complete CW exchange for the first time

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 459 to the noise

17:46 K4FI-DOUG: Now hearing Bruce S2-3

17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 579 and loud

17:47 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 579 with one fast QSB down to 539

17:47 K5HFG: Just heard WW8II briefly at the end

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM SSB now S9+++

17:49 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM steady SSB signal now

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING KG0VL 59 AND DO NOT HEAR AB4AM

17:50 K4FI-DOUG: Copied KG0VL solid on SSB

17:51 AB4AM-ROB: Q5 copy on K4FI and KG0VL

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING KG0VL 57 K4FI IN THE NOISE

17:52 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL still good copy

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW HEARING W4DEX 51

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: LOTS OF QSB TO THE SOUTH

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: I COPY KG0VL CALLING K5HFG BUT NO COPY ON K5HFG

17:57 KG0VL-JEFF: Very odd conditions today

17:57 W4DEX-DEX: Hearing K5HFG SSB but no copy

17:57 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL WAS 59 LAST HEARD

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: DEEP QSB BUT KG0VL IS ALWAYS Q5 +

18:01 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing W4DEX, K4FI, KG0VL, and WW8II now lol

18:03 K5HFG: Had a short burst from DEX @ 57 and now back to 51
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