31 January 2020

Propagation between Iowa and Minnesota was very good today:

  17:49 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 48db above the noise. Maybe the best I have heard Jeff

Also, KØAWU copied KEØLOT operating with 100 watts from  Kansas at 577 miles

  18:01 K0AWU-BILL: Reading 52 SSB KE0LOT (Kansas) in QSO with Jeff KG0VL

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17:28 K5HFG: copy AB4AM SSB very light

17:30 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 57-58 with QSB to the noise

17:30 K0AWU-BILL: 35db carrier --- KG0VL I would guess

17:30 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG no copy SSB so far

17:31 KG0VL-JEFF: Good catch Bill, about 60 watts

17:32 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing very light SSB in the noise to the NW

17:33 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM calling K5HFG on SSB

17:33 AB4AM-ROB: AB4AM calling K5HFG SSB

17:34 AB4AM-ROB: Calling KG0VL 21 maybe

17:35 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 56 -57 SSB very nice sig today

17:36 K4FI-DOUG: Only copying AB4AM, KG0VL in the noise

17:36 K5HFG: copy AB4AM I can just make out the call

17:37 K4FI-DOUG: No copy K5HFG or K0AWU

17:37 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 5x6 on SSB, good copy

17:39 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU No Copy SSB

17:39 K5HFG: no SSB copy at this time

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG 519 just above noise, weak copy

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG No Copy so far CW

17:41 K4FI-DOUG: Barely hear K5HFG down in noise

17:41 K5HFG: AB4AM no copy

17:42 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM 5-7/8-9

17:42 KG0VL-JEFF: Don got a little stronger towards the end

17:43 K5HFG: AB4AM now 559

17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 549 slight qsb

17:43 K5HFG: AB4AM 549

17:43 K0AWU-BILL: AB4AM -- no copy 

17:44 K5HFG: AB4AM 559 EOT

17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: K4FI peaking 529, better towards the end

17:46 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 579 Steady No Fade

17:46 K4FI-DOUG: No copy K0AWU

17:47 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 579, also S-6 on TX antenna

17:48 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:48 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU No Copy

17:49 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 48db above the noise. Maybe the best I have heard Jeff

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL No Copy so far CW

17:49 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL in noise, little if any copy, 

17:50 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy. copy 519 EOT

17:50 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL No Copy 

17:50 K5HFG: Jeff, you bounced up out of the noise right at the end

17:50 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL slight QSB last min mostly at 40db -- Carrier at end bad at 48db Excellent Jeff!

17:52 AB4AM-ROB: AB4AM and K4FI making final SSB call with no response

17:53 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI SSB 55 with QSB to 52

17:58 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL -- Deep QSB now on SSB, at times to the noise!

18:00 KG0VL-JEFF: KE0LOT now on SSB from Kansas

18:01 K0AWU-BILL: Reading 52 SSB KE0LOT (Kansas) in QSO with Jeff KG0VL

18:02 K0AWU-BILL: Dan KE0LOT 577 miles

18:03 KG0VL-JEFF: Bill calling KE0LOT

18:06 K0AWU-BILL: How much power is Dan running

18:07 KG0VL-JEFF: KE0LOT running 100 watts  

18:07 K0AWU-BILL: Solid copy on KE0LOT

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30 January 2020

We saw a significant improvement in propagation today over what we had yesterday.   Signals were good most of the time but had some occasional deep fades.  The shortest path,  KP2AE / W4DEX, 51 miles, showed the most QSB.  The KGØVL / KØAWU path was better with KØAWU reporting KGØVL 579 36db above the noise.  K5HFG, KGØVL and WY3T all copied on CW at W4DEX.  WY3T at W4DEX may have been close to the strongest heard so far for that station.  

WY3T received at W4DEX

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17:34 WY3T-TIM: Idle noise today is S4 SSB and S1-2 on CW

17:35 WB4WCJ-PAUL: noise s8 with a new one at s9 noise takes out SSB w4dex weak

17:36 K5HFG: copy KG0VL SSB just above the noise. Do not hear W4DEX

17:36 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX right at the noise level on SSB

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T S3

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: WB4WCJ S3

17:37 W4DCL-CARROLL: KP2AE in noise, no copy SSB

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE S5 with QSB

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: W4DCL S5

17:37 W4DCL-CARROLL: WY3T no copy SSB

17:38 W4DCL-CARROLL: WB4WCJ no copy SSB

17:39 K5HFG: Hear some short bursts of SSB

17:39 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX now in the noise

17:40 W4DCL-CARROLL: W4DEX 599 copy CW

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 549 steady for the duration

17:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW is 589 slight QSB once

17:42 K5HFG: W4DEX copy W4DEX 318 entire Tx

17:42 W4DEX-DEX: QSB on all heard so far

17:43 W4DCL-CARROLL: K5HFG no copy on CW

17:43 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW initially 439...fade into noise after 1 min....coming back up at end of transmission

17:44 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG just above noise, peaked at midpoint 539

17:45 W4DCL-CARROLL: WY3T right at noise floor can hear but no copy on CW

17:46 K5HFG: WY3T no copy no detection

17:46 W4DEX-DEX: WY4T nice 579 at start, slow QSB down to 539 at end

17:47 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 579 36db above the noise steady first min

17:47 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG no copy CW

17:47 WB4WCJ-PAUL: CW w4dex wy3t?

17:48 W4DCL-CARROLL: KG0VL just at noise floor but no copy on CW

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL Initially 559 with a slight slow fade then back up to 559 at end

17:48 K5HFG: KG0VL 519/529 signal very loud entire Tx

17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: Did not copy WY3T

17:48 KP2AE-JOE: wy3t 41n at best no cpy on kg0vl cw but herd his ssb

17:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 25-33db above noise last min 569

17:49 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL can tell he was in there but no decode of characters

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU not heard

17:50 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 559, peaking 270 due West

17:50 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy no detection

17:51 W4DCL-CARROLL: K0AWU no detection

17:52 W4DCL-CARROLL: Thank you Dex! I have room for improvement!

17:54 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX strongest he's been all day now on ssb

17:55 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T very good SSB copy today

17:56 W4DEX-DEX: WB4WCJ SSB 54

17:59 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX on SSB is at 56 and some QSB and WB4WCJ was 57

18:02 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 54-55 SSB best signals since Jan 27th

18:03 KG0VL-JEFF: Good ssb signal from KØAWU 5X5

18:04 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX still in on SSB

18:07 WB4WCJ-PAUL: copy dex some now

18:08 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 5X4 SSB QSO

18:08 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL SSB 54
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29 January 2020

Activity was down and overall signals were not very good except for one path.  K5HFG in Mississippi was briefly the much better CW copy than usual at W4DEX in North Carolina.  As the signal faded about halfway through the usual two-minute transmission there seemed to be some distortion maybe due to multipath ionospheric reflectins.  There hardly enough signal strength to know for sure.  Recording of K5HFG on CW at the link below:

K5HFG CW at W4DEX 29Jan20_1742UT

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17:29 K0AWU-BILL: 18db signal tuning

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI, KP2AE 59

17:33 WB4WCJ-PAUL: cpy k4fi

17:35 K4FI-DOUG: WB4WCJ 5x9

17:36 KG0VL-JEFF: Pretty quiet up here

17:38 K5HFG: Very quiet here S3 SSB noise

17:38 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 5X4 SSB

17:39 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 10-20db above noise measured QSB

17:41 WB4WCJ-PAUL: cw w4dex v v weak

17:41 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 589

17:42 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG 549 initially, slow fade into the noise after 1st min of the 2 min transmission

17:43 K4FI-DOUG: No copy on K5HFG

17:43 K5HFG: W4DEX on scope no copy, hear just barely in the noise. Can make out his call but still no copy

17:44 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy on W4DEX. First time since early last fall that has happened.

          (W4DEX transmitting 400 watts on multiband 120 degree angle semi inverted V instead 700 watts on large inverted L)

17:45 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG 419 at best, peaking near the end of the sequence

17:46 WB4WCJ-PAUL: SSB noise s8 k4fi s9 CW k4fi good

17:46 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: Did not copy K4FI

17:46 K4FI-DOUG: no copy on K0AWU

17:47 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU peaking 549 with qsb

17:48 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 599

17:49 K4FI-DOUG: No copy on KG0VL, not even way down in noise.

17:50 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 539 initially, down to 329 then back up to 539.....both K5HFG and KG0VL CW sounds a bit distorted. Will post recording

17:51 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 10-25db above noise Strong at the beginning then down to 15db or so built again to 25db about 15sec from the end and then faded

17:52 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 529 to 559 clean note T9

18:00 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU still 54 on ssb, deep qsb

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28 January 2020

Propagation out to at least 216 miles was very good with little QSB today.  We found the distant paths to be weak but useable on peaks.  One observation that warrants some thought is propagation on the 365 mile Iowa (KGØVL) to Minnesota (KØAWU) path was much weaker than the 338 mile path between NC (W4DEX) and Florida (WY3T).  The Iowa-MN path had been much better than between NC and FL.

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17:30 WB4WCJ-PAUL: ab4am good copy

17:30 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM weak on ssb

17:30 K5HFG: AB4AB strong 5x5 SSB

17:31 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX is 56 and AB4AM is 57 both good copy

17:31 K5HFG: no copy on W4DEX

17:32 WY3T-TIM: K4FI is 56 also

17:33 WY3T-TIM: WB4WCJ is 57

17:35 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM S9

17:36 K5HFG: AB4AM now just above the noise

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE S8

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI S8

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T S3

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: WB4WCJ 4x3

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: Barely heard KG0VL

17:37 WB4WCJ-PAUL: wy3t good copy

17:38 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL SSB 53

17:38 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 51 to 52 SSB

17:39 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU very weak on SSB, just above noise, hard to copy.

17:40 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 599, KP2AE 589, K4FI 589, WY3T 439, WB4WCJ 459,

17:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 579 no QSB

17:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX weak, 529-539. Looking more like early last fall.

17:42 K5HFG: W4DEX 419 into the noise at 1741 no longer copy. sig is detected on scope

17:42 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 599 5 SEC QSB

17:43 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG No copy

17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: Just when all hope was lost, K5HFG now 529 with qsb

17:43 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW barely detectable near end

17:43 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG no copy

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM 599

17:44 WB4WCJ-PAUL: wb4am CW good copy

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 599, no QSB

17:46 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM 589 no QSB

17:46 K5HFG: AB4AM 5x6/5x7 entire Tx

17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 549 on peaks, mild qsb

17:46 WB4WCJ-PAUL: CW k4fi weak

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 329 QSB to noise

17:47 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 589

17:47 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 599 no QSB

17:48 WY3T-TIM: K4FI 589 slight QSB

17:48 K5HFG: K4FI no copy, detected on scope

17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4FI

17:49 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T 569, No QSB

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 589 QSB 519 for 3 sec @ 47:30

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 559 with one slow fade down to 539, back up to 559 and end

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 589 STEADY

17:50 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from WY3T

17:50 K5HFG: WY3T no copy, detected on scope

17:51 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU No copy

17:51 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 529 at best with qsb

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU not heard

17:52 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU no copy

17:52 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy, detect on scope briefly

17:52 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU No Copy

17:53 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL Barely head in noise. No Copy.

17:53 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL No Copy So far

17:54 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL no copy

17:54 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL Initially 559 up to 579 about middle of transmission then slow fade back to 559 at end

17:54 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy, detect signal on scope

17:54 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 519 to 539 6-20db above noise

17:55 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL slight copy in the noise at the end 219 at best

17:55 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 549 at best .. sorry Jeff peaked the last 20sec or so

17:57 K4FI-DOUG: Copying WB8PMD just above noise R3-4

17:58 AB4AM-ROB: w4dex, kp2ae, k4fi 589 SSB WB8PMD 559 SSB

17:59 KP2AE-JOE: wy3t was 539 at times some copy on kg0vl 519natn times

17:59 AB4AM-ROB: wy3t in the noise SSB

18:00 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T SSB now S5

18:00 AB4AM-ROB: WB4WCJ 579 SSB

18:00 W4DEX-DEX: WB4WCJ SSB 53

18:01 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 5x3 on ssb, Dex weaker

18:01 K5HFG: AB4AM only SSB signal I copy today

18:03 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 53-54 SSB

18:03 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 5X4 SSB QSO

18:05 K5HFG: I copy Rob but he does not copy me. AB4AM is 55 SSB here

18:05 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG I lost you in the noise

18:05 WY3T-TIM: Good SSB copy on W4DEX with some QSB, AB4AM and K4FI good copy and slight QSB

WB8PMD:  AB4AM 599, W4DEX 599, K4FI 579, KG0VL 449 

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27 January 2020

Propagation was good enough today to warrant a green date.  The Distant signals were not as strong as on the 1st and 10th of this month but still very good with some infrequent QSB.   Some of the short paths exhibited very deep fades that was not seen on the distant paths.  We had ten states represented ranging from Minnesota to Florida.   Many over 500 mile Q5 QSO were made.  

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In addition to the Net Logger AIM reports below WB8PMD reported CW reception of WW8II 899, KGØVL 579, W4DEX 599, K4FI 559 and KA9FTM 59 SSB.

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: KA9FTM QSO 55

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSO 55

17:31 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX is 56 on SSB

17:32 WY3T-TIM: K4FI is 57 on SSB

17:33 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX right at noise level on SSB

17:33 WY3T-TIM: WA4LDU is 57 on SSB

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 55

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: KA9FTM 55

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 55

17:33 K5HFG: KA9FTM is 54

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE, K4FI, WA4LDU 58

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 53

17:34 K4FI-DOUG: copying WY3T R5 Copying KA9FTM R3-4

17:34 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 55-54 QSO

17:35 WA4LDU-JOE: I can tell KA9FTM is in there but no copy

17:35 KG0VL-JEFF: KA9FTM 54 on SSB

17:36 KG0VL-JEFF: WB8PMD on SSB now

17:36 WA4LDU-JOE: WB8PMD 5-1

17:36 K4FI-DOUG: Copy WB8PMD R-4, KP2AE weak

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I DID NOT HEAR WB8PMD

17:39 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 5X5 on SSB

17:40 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 55 SSB

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: WB8PMD QSO 55

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX CW 559 SOUNDS LIKE HE IS HAVING TRANSMITTER PROBLEMS

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: Now back to normal

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW 579

17:41 WA4LDU-JOE: ARC Dex? transmitting on several bands at once?

17:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW +20 over S9

17:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 549

17:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 589 on CW no QSB only a tx problem briefly

17:42 W4DEX-DEX: Yea....was operating spark until I reduced power, tuner flashover

17:42 K5HFG: W4DEX in the noise, now only detected on scope. You were 549 earlier around 1705

17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 559 deep qsb

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU CAN DETECT ONLY

17:43 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU no copy

17:44 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:44 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no copy

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU not heard

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: No Copy K0AWU

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL START 559

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL very good start, 579

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL BUILD TO 579

17:44 WB4WCJ-PAUL: 3 s-units over noise today

17:45 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL very weak today, little QSB, Copy sometimes

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL IS 8 dB ABOVE NOISE

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: kg0vl held stead 579 full 2 min transmission

17:45 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW - some copy at first then faded

17:46 K5HFG: KG0VL 539 entire Tx

17:46 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL can tell he is in there but cannot make out characters

17:46 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 589

17:46 K4FI-DOUG: Copying WW8II R-4, S-3-4

17:47 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 579 QSB sig mostly 20-35db --twice briefly down to 10db

17:47 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II is solid no fading

17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 579 steady

17:48 WY3T-TIM: WW8II can almost tell he is there

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 589 with just a little QSB, down to 569 a few times

17:48 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW came up out of noise at 17:46:35 - 519 solid copy to EOT

17:48 K5HFG: WW8II detect on scope no copy

17:48 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 529 3db to 10db above the noise QSB maybe 50% of the time above 8db

17:49 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI CW +20 over

17:49 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II was strongest in the 2nd min

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 589, no QSB

17:49 WY3T-TIM: K4FI is 599 on CW no QSB

17:50 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

17:50 K4FI-DOUG: copying WY3T 4-5-9

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI START 529 BUILD TO 549 AT 1749 UTC

17:50 KG0VL-JEFF: Did not hear K4FI

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 419

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 559, very little QSB noticed

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NOW IN THE NOISE THEN BUILD BACK TO 519

17:52 K5HFG: WY3T no copy

17:52 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG CAN DETECT

17:53 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW 559

17:53 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO REAL COPY

17:53 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG initially 549 fade to 329 after first min. Then into the noise for remainder of transmission

17:54 K4FI-DOUG: No copy K5HFG

17:54 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW was detectable a first then faded

17:54 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG began at 539 then lost to noise. Just above noise now at EOT

17:54 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG can tell he is there in the noise

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: MY NOISE LEVL JUST JUMPED 2 S UNITS

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 51 ON SSB

17:55 W4DCL-CARROLL: W4DEX 569 low power SSB

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 53 SSB

17:56 K5HFG: KG0VL 5x2 SSB

17:57 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW COPY K0AWU JUST ABOVE THE NOISE

17:57 WY3T-TIM: Good CW copy from W4DEX and K4FI

17:57 K5HFG: KG0VL barely readable now

17:58 WW8II-BRUCE: HEAR WB8PMD ANSWER W4DEX 55

17:58 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU signal up and down, from noise to S7

17:58 W4DEX-DEX: WB8PMD 57 with QSB to 53

17:58 WW8II-BRUCE: LISTENING TO WB8PMD TELL W4DEX WHAT HE WAS HEARING

17:59 WY3T-TIM: Could tell KG0VL, WW8II and K5HFG were there but not enough to copy

17:59 WB4WCJ-PAUL: no sigs today 73

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: COPY K5HFG SSB 51

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: KA9FTM 55 SSB

18:01 K5HFG: KA9FTM 55 SSB

18:01 WW8II-BRUCE: NOTING SIGNALS WILL BURST FOR 3 TO 5 SEC

18:02 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM NOW HEARING W4DEX BUT ALSO A DISTORTION

18:03 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II good copy on ssb

18:06 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX AND KG0VL SOLID COPY 55

18:07 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL TALKING TO K0AWU AND K0AWU IS 51 ON PEAKS

18:08 W4DEX-DEX: KB3JYC 55 SSB QSO

18:10 K4FI-DOUG: QSO with KB3KYC 4x3

18:12 WW8II-BRUCE: I DID NOT COPY KB3KYC

18:12 K4FI-DOUG: Good signal WY3T

18:13 W4DEX-DEX: KW4DE-WY3T QSO

18:13 WW8II-BRUCE: I WAS HEARING SSB IN THE NOISE DO NOT KNOW WHO

18:13 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX CALLING KI4YTV 54

18:15 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SOLID 55

18:16 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING SSB JUST ABOVE THE NOISE DO NOT KNOW WHO

18:17 WW8II-BRUCE: I COPY W4DEX ON THE SAL 55 AND 52 AT BEST ON THE INVERTED V ANTENNA

18:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KM4PFF AT THE NOISE W4DEX STILL 55

18:22 WY3T-TIM: 73s....a good day for medium paths

18:23 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL HEARING W4DEX DO NOT COPY THE W4P?? STATION

18:24 WW8II-BRUCE: WOW WAS GOING TO CALL IT A DAY BUT STILL HEARING SIGNALS

18:25 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING SSB IN THE NOISE

18:29 W4DEX-DEX: Still hearing WW8II talking with KG0VL

18:30 W4DEX-DEX: KW4DE talking with KM4PFF

18:30 WW8II-BRUCE: ANOTHER QUICK QSO WITH KG0VL STILL GOOD COPY

18:31 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM HEARING BITS AND PIECES OF THE SSB QSO ON BURSTS JUST ABOVE THE NOISE

18:32 W4DEX-DEX: Multiple QSO going on now

18:33 WW8II-BRUCE: QRM IN THE MID DAY 160 METERS 

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26 January 2020

Another day of sightly improved propagation from the low four days ago.  But signals did seem to decline during the last minutes while approaching 1800 UT.  KØAWU, Minnesota, reported KGØVL, Iowa, was better copy today but his path to WW8II, Michigan, was weaker than normal.  Both KGØVL and WW8II were copied Q5 at W4DEX, NC, and K4FI, SC.  KA9FTM, IN, was the strongest and most consistent copy of any distant station at W4DEX, NC, at 379 miles.  KA9FTM is not far from being in line with the KGØVL-W4DEX path but KGØVL reported no signal heard from KA9FTM while having Q5 copy from W4DEX.  We've seen that happen before.  After several tries, a Q5 K4DBK- W4DEX SSB exchange was made.

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17:31 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 54 SSB

17:31 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 54 SSN

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: KA9FTM QSO 55 BOTH WAYS

17:31 W4DEX-DEX: KA9FTM 55 SSB

17:31 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 5X4 on SSB

17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 51 SSB

17:32 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 54 SSB

17:33 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSO 55 SSB

17:34 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX AND WA9FTM GOOD SSB QSO

17:37 K4DBK-DENNIS: Hear weeak un-ID SSB

17:38 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL is much better copy today, QSB 52 to 54 SSB

17:39 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II copied calling KG0VL 44

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SOLID QSO WITH WW8II 55

17:39 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II just at the noise SSB

17:39 W4DEX-DEX: K4DBK 53

17:39 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II copied 57, copied me 55

17:39 KG0VL-JEFF: Noise level S-0 on RX antenna, and S-3 on TX antenna

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: K4DBK QSO HE WAS 55 I WAS 57

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 579

17:41 K4DBK-DENNIS: Noise floor S9 on Inv=L, below S meter reading on LoG rx ant

17:41 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 5x7-8x9

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 539, weaker than normal

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW 519 THEN BACK QUICK TO 559

17:42 K9TXJ-TOM: Noise level here S9+10 - heard a voice print a moment ago. Otherwise nothing.

17:42 K4FI-DOUG: No copy on K0AWU

17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 549 with moderate fading

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU NO COPY

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU NO COPY

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 589

17:44 K9TXJ-TOM: No CW copy.

17:45 K0AWU-BILL: For "context" my noise is S4 on the dipole (K3S)

17:45 KG0VL-JEFF: K4FI 519, just above noise level

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI NO REAL COPY

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SOLID 549 TO 559

17:47 K4DBK-DENNIS: No CW copy yet

17:47 K4FI-DOUG: Copy KG0VL R3-4x S3-4xQ9 QSB very little

17:47 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL initially 429 built up quick to 559 and held there for the duration

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VLSLIGHT QSB TO 539 AT THE END

17:48 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 569 sig 30-10db above the noise mostly above 27db

17:48 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II 587 CW!

17:49 K4FI-DOUG: Barely hear WW8II in noise, no copy, now copy call

17:49 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 539-579 strong signals with qsb

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 579 no QSB

17:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 3-16db above the noise strongest "middle min"

17:51 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II was barely detectable for first 10sec and solid after that

17:52 K0AWU-BILL: Rare that Bruce is EVER that weak at any point here.

17:54 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX copied faded in at 44

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: KA9FTM LOUD TALKING TO K4DBK

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: KA9FTM NOW QSB THEN BACK TO G 55 COPY

17:56 KG0VL-JEFF: Cannot hear KA9FTM whatsoever on this end

17:56 WW8II-BRUCE: KA0FTM IS 245 MILES FROM ME

17:56 K4DBK-DENNIS: Called KA9FTM and hear weak SSB reply no copy

17:58 K4DBK-DENNIS: Heard WW8II vy weak 22

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: SIGNALS NOW ALL IN THE NOISE

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW 51 SSB

17:59 K4DBK-DENNIS: Just heard WW8II 33 with W4DEX fading in at 45

18:00 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX now 55

18:01 K4DBK-DENNIS: Lots of slow-rolling QSB today

18:02 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX TALKING TO K4FI 52

18:02 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW 55

18:02 W4DEX-DEX: K4DBK 55 SSB QSO

18:03 W4DEX-DEX: AB2UE 55

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25 January 2020

Propagation may have been slightly better today. After a few days absent KGØVL was back. His SSB was consistent, although not strong, Q5 SSB copy at W4DEX. WW8II was able to make a few quick exchanges with KGØVL but that path wasn't as stable as the Iowa-North Carolina path. KGØVL reported very good copy on N4AOW at 649 miles. WW8II into the Carolinas was about the same as the past few days, just useable on peaks.

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17:25 KG0VL-JEFF: N4AOW calling AB4AM on SSB

17:26 K4DBK-DENNIS: Heard N4AOW calling AB4AM 44

17:27 K5HFG: Hearing AB4AM @53

17:27 WA4LDU-JOE: heard KG0VL calling N4AOW?

17:28 KG0VL-JEFF: Good ears Joe

17:28 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM 55 on SSB

17:29 K4DBK-DENNIS: Noise floor is hi @ s8+

17:30 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM now 57 on SSB

17:30 K5HFG: copy KI4YTV 55

17:31 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: BAREFOOT EVEN

17:33 KG0VL-JEFF: N4AOW good copy on SSB

17:34 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: N4AOW HEARD

17:34 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 55 Now

17:34 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM HEARING SSB THINK IT WAS KG0VL 52

17:34 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 5-2 SSB

17:34 WY3T-TIM: N4AOW copied at 44 on SSB

17:34 AB4AM-ROB: N4AOW 59

17:35 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 53 on SSB

17:36 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 54

17:36 K0AWU-BILL: Noise is low, and so is the signals here today -- 28deg overcast

17:36 AB4AM-ROB: KP2AE 55

17:37 K9TXJ-TOM: Not hearing much in ND.

17:37 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 33 on SSB

17:38 K4DBK-DENNIS: Hear unID stations in noise at times

17:38 WY3T-TIM: K4FI 45 on SSB

17:39 K4DBK-DENNIS: noise floor at S9 now on INV-L..

17:39 K9TXJ-TOM: Can hear a tone under the S9+20 noise level

17:40 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 559 steady

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NO COPY AT FIRST

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX AT 2ND MIN NOW 519

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 579- QSB to 539

17:41 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 599 - 20 over S9

17:41 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 57-89

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSB TO NOISE

17:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 569 to 589 slight QSB

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO COPY TO START

17:42 K4FI-DOUG: no copy on K5HFG

17:43 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 219

17:43 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL SSB has been consistent Q5 SSB over several transmissions

17:43 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG GONE

17:43 K5HFG: W4DEX no copy

17:43 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG no copy on CW

17:43 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG Back 229

17:43 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG not heard

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG WAS OUT OF NOISE FOR A FEW SECC 519

17:44 WA4LDU-JOE: no copy K5HFG

17:44 KG0VL-JEFF: Did not hear K5HFG

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU no copy

17:45 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 549 with qsb

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU CAN JUST DETECT NO REAL COPY

17:45 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU no copy on CW

17:45 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU no copy

17:45 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU No copy

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 519 AT BEST

17:46 WA4LDU-JOE: no copy K0AWU

17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 549 with qsb

17:46 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM 5 7-8 9

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM COPY T's AND HIS CALL JUST ABOVE THE NOISE

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM QSB BUILDING TO 559

17:47 K4DBK-DENNIS: AB4AM 454 cw

17:47 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 549 fairly stable

17:47 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 589 with a few very quick fades to 559

17:47 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM 599 no QSB

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM STILL 559

17:48 K5HFG: AB4AM 519 deep fade back 519 deep fade at EOT

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 559

17:48 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM CW 599 - S9 to 20 over with QSB - right at end faded to S3

17:48 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL 3 3 9

17:49 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL NOW QSB 519 AT 2ND MIN

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 549 no QSB

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 569--539--569 Slow QSB

17:49 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL can hear something there but not readable

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL NOW 539 EOT

17:50 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy

17:50 K4DBK-DENNIS: KG0VL 332

17:50 K0AWU-BILL: KG7VL 549 signal 18-20db above the noise very slight QSB

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI 519 START

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI QSB TO NOISE 30 SEC INTO TRANSMISSION

17:51 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 579- 559

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 589 quick fades

17:51 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW some copy in and out of noise

17:51 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI CW 599+

17:51 WY3T-TIM: K4FI 549 to 569 fast QSB two times

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI QSB BACK TO 519 EOT

17:52 W4DEX-DEX: Heard something odd near the end of KG0VL's transmission....recorder running so will review that to find out

17:52 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy on K4FI

17:52 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

17:52 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: NO COPY

17:52 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 449

17:53 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II Can sometimes tell he's there in the noise.

17:53 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 539 fading slowly into noise

17:53 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II 556 CW

17:53 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 539

17:53 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II some copy in and out of noise

17:53 WY3T-TIM: WW8II can tell it is there but not readable

17:53 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 549 slight qsb

17:54 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II out of the noise at EOT 539

17:54 K5HFG: WW8II no copy

17:54 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 519 almost solid copy 1-10db above the noise

17:55 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 569 at start 549

17:55 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 75% of the time above 5db, strongest at the start for close to a mim before the QSB

17:56 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T Quick fades

17:56 K4DBK-DENNIS: WY3T no copy

17:56 K5HFG: WY3T no copy

17:56 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T just detectable as the start. Came up enough for 429 copy then back down to just detectable

17:56 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW 539 at peaks but QSB into the noise

17:56 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: NO COPY

17:56 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 419 AT THE 1 MIN POINT THEN BACK TO THE NOISE

17:56 KG0VL-JEFF: Did not hear WY3T

17:58 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: AB4AM 59 +

17:59 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: W4DEX 23

17:59 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T in and out of noise, copying some calls

17:59 AB4AM-ROB: KP2AE 57 SSB

18:00 K0AWU-BILL: Just hear WW8II with KG0VL SSB

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL QUICK WITH 51

18:00 AB4AM-ROB: KI4YTV 57

18:01 WW8II-BRUCE: THAT WAS A QUICK SSB 51 CONTACT WITH KG0VL

18:01 KG0VL-JEFF: Bruce weak on SSB, 51-52

18:01 K5HFG: copy no SSB sigs

18:02 WY3T-TIM: Copy KI4YTV at 56

18:02 AB4AM-ROB: W4OP 57

18:02 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: W4OP 55

18:03 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM HEARING SSB IN THE NOISE

18:03 AB4AM-ROB: W4OP 59

18:03 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: W4DEX 44 NOW

18:03 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 5x4 on SSB

18:03 K4DBK-DENNIS: No SSB copies

18:03 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 52

18:04 K4FI-DOUG: W4OP S-9

18:04 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL HEARING SSB IN THE NOISE

18:04 W4DEX-DEX: W4OP 58

18:04 K5HFG: 73 guys, I am hearing nothing

18:05 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 51 COPY FOR A FEW SEC

18:05 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: WY3T 33

18:05 K4DBK-DENNIS: Copied CW only today

18:05 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: W4EX 44 QSB

18:08 KG0VL-JEFF: N4AOW still good on SSB from TN

18:08 KI4YTV-SPECIAL ED: N4AOW 55

18:10 K0AWU-BILL: Lowest noise day and lowest signal levels .. BUMMER prop

18:11 KG0VL-JEFF: N4AOW great SSB signal now

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24 January 2020

For most of the test period today, local signals were stronger than usual with very little QSB.   We have seen several times when local conditions are very good distant propagation is poor ant that is what happen today.   Signal levels were at or near S9 between AB4AM, KP2AE, K4FI, WA4LDU and W4DEX.  Although during the last few minutes of the test we started experiencing more QSB.  

The distant paths produced either no or weak reports.  The KØAWU / WW8II path was weak.  There was no WW8II SSB contacts but his CW was readable at W4DEX.  K5HFG's only report was a weak signal from AB4AM.  WY3T was heard in the Carolinas but only on peaks.

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17:25 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU and KP2AE S9+ into Ga. SSB

17:25 KP2AE-JOE: ab4am and wa4ldu both real strong here

17:28 AB4AM-ROB: AB4AM called WW8II and K5HFG no copy SSB

17:29 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX S9

17:30 K5HFG: Called AB4AM no response

17:31 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 57 WY3T 44

17:32 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T very weak

17:32 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM 5 6 some QSB

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM very strong

17:33 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T R 3-4 with QSB into noise

17:34 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE and K4FI S9 no QSB

17:35 WY3T-TIM: K4FI was also 56

17:37 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 4x6 With QSB

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM COPY NOTHING BUT AM MODULATION NOISE FROM LOCAL AM STATION

17:38 WY3T-TIM: Idle noise today is S4 SSB and S2 on CW

17:38 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX QSB in the noise

17:39 AB4AM-ROB: Noise S7 S6 S5 S4 on Flag

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 579 589 slight QSB

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX CAN JUST DETECT A SIGNAL BUT NO REAL COPY

17:41 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 599 CW sight QSB at the end

17:41 WA4LDU-JOE: Dex CW 599 very little QSB - +10 to +20 over S9

17:42 K5HFG: W4DEX no copy

17:42 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG no copy

17:43 K0AWU-BILL: Nothing heard so far here

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO COPY

17:43 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG just came out of the noise 229 then gone

17:43 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG no copy

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG not heard

17:44 WA4LDU-JOE: no copy K5HFG

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU CAN DETECT A SIGNAL BUT NO COPY

17:45 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 229 for about 4-5 sec then gone

17:45 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU no copy

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU no signal detected

17:45 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU no copy

17:46 WA4LDU-JOE: no copy K0AWU

17:46 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU No copy

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 339-469 QSB

17:47 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T 579 and a deep fade and back up

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO COPY

17:48 WA4LDU-JOE: wy3t 559 with QSB to the noise and back

17:48 K5HFG: WY3T no copy

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T Initially 539 built up to 579

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM START 539 WOW MY RADIO NOT BROKE AFTER ALL

17:48 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM 589

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM BUILD TO 559

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 599+

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM SOME QSB TO 519 THEN BACK TO 559 AT THE END

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM a few quick fades to about 579

17:50 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM 599 slight QSB

17:50 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM CW 599 - very little QSB mostly +10 over S9

17:50 K5HFG: AB4AM very light copy to 519 w/QSB. Entire 2 mins.

17:51 K4FI-DOUG: Barely hear WW8II, no copy

17:52 WA4LDU-JOE: no copy WW8II

17:52 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II initially 539, peaked 559 with several fades into noise. 539 at EOT

17:52 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 529 signal 5 to 16db above the noise measured,

17:52 WY3T-TIM: WW8II no copy on cw

17:52 K5HFG: WW8II no copy

17:52 W4DEX-DEX: K5FI 599

17:52 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI CW 599

17:52 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II peaked about 1min 30sec into the sequence and then fell back about 4db

17:53 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II came out of the noise to 539 QSB back to the noise

17:53 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 589 steady

17:53 WY3T-TIM: K4FI 559 on CW no QSB

17:55 AB4AM-ROB: KP2AE 599 SSB

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: IK4FI DETECTED AT THE END OF TRANSMISSION

17:55 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

17:55 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 339 now

17:56 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU 579 with QSB

17:57 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T in the noise

17:58 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II -- Just to be clear, 539 overall and measured 5-16db

17:58 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM now fast QSB

17:59 WY3T-TIM: copy now on AB4AM, K4FI and WA4LDU

18:01 AB4AM-ROB: QSL WW8II 539 for about 15 sec then back to the noise

18:01 K5HFG: no SSB sigs detected since 1752 Z

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23 January 2020

Signals on most paths today had a lot of QSB.  Even the 51 mile distance between KP2AE and W4DEX ranged from S9 to close to the noise at times.  WW8II and W4DEX was able to make a quick S2 SSB QSO on a quick peak.  Otherwise, SSB on that path was unusable.  CW copy was fairly consistent with WW8II running between 579 and 529.  No SSB contact was made between WY3T and W4DEX but CW was fairly consistent copy.  KP2AE also copied WW8II and WY3T on CW.   WW8II brielfy detected a signal during the CW transmission from WY3T.  That is about an 814 mile path.  KØAWU reported WW8II's CW running between 3 and 10 dB above his noise.  K5HFG detected CW from WW8II and KØAWU but had no copy.

You may have noticed the blog date color above changing from bright green on the 1st and 10th of January.  This is an attempt to quickly identify how we found band conditions each day by scrolling through the past dates.  Perhaps a numbering system would be better?  Any suggestions or comments can be posted by clicking on "comment" at the bottom of the blog.  

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17:29 WW8II-BRUCE: hearing SSB at the noise level

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: w4dex 51

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: w4dex calling k5hfg 51

17:31 K5HFG: I detect SSB on scope but no voice copy

17:31 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX in the noise

17:32 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE the only one heard so far.....QSB on him

17:33 WY3T-TIM: Idle noise today is S4 SSB and S2 CW

17:35 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II quick S2 SSB QSO

17:36 WW8II-BRUCE: CONFIRM SOLID QSO WITH W4DEX SSB 52 BOTH WAYS

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: QSB ON W4DEX SSB FROM 52 TO AT THE NOISE ABOUT 30 SEC TIME

17:39 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX almost readable in the noise on SSB

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 559

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSB NOW 579

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX STILL 559 AT THE END

17:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW 529 no QSB

17:42 K5HFG: W4DEX out of noise now 519

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO COPY

17:43 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG CW no copy

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG not heard

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU not heard

17:45 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU CW no copy

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU NO SIGNAL DETECTED

17:46 K5HFG: K0AWU detect on scope,no copy

17:46 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T Initially 549

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T CAN DETECT IN THE NOISE FOR JUST A FEW SEC.

17:48 K5HFG: WY3T detect on scope, no copy

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T QSB in and out of the noise several times during the 2 min transmission

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 579

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II slow QSB down to 539 at EOT

17:50 K5HFG: WW8II Detect on scope, no copy

17:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II only signal heard today 3db to 14db above noise, signal peaked last 20sec

17:50 WY3T-TIM: WW8II CW no Copy

17:50 KP2AE-JOE: wy3t 31n maybe ww8ii 53n then gone

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING SSB DEEP IN THE NOISE UNABLE TO COPY WHO

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSB SIGNAL BUILDING TO 51

17:52 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II first min and a half 3-10db above the noise. Tough conditions again today. Will low band noise always result in poor signals too?

17:53 WY3T-TIM: Only copy W4DEX on CW and almost on SSB sometimes

17:53 WW8II-BRUCE: INTERESTING NOTE BILL ON THE NOISE LOW SIGNALS WEAK

17:53 K5HFG: I see SSB sigs on scope but no copy

17:54 WY3T-TIM: Normal idle noise here but very poor prop today

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: IF I COULD FIND A WAY TO ELIMINATE THE NOISE AND NOT THE INTENDED SIGNAL LIKE WE DO WITH DEEP SPACE PHOTOS I WOULD HEAR EVERYONE

17:56 WW8II-BRUCE: ASTROPHOTORGY WE TAKE A NOISE FRAME THEN SUBTRACT THAT FROM THE SIGNAL WE WANT THAT IS HOW WE GET ALL THOSE GREAT PICTURES YOU REALLY CANNOT SEE IN THE TELESCOPE
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22 January 2020

22 January 2020

Signal reports between participating stations indicate propagation continues to decline.  On the less than 100 mile paths between KP2AE, K4FI, W4DCL, and W4DEX signals were about normal.  But at slightly over 200 miles from the above stations, AB4AM was weaker than normal.  The exception was between KP2AE and AB4AM.  KP2AE being about 50 miles closer to AB4AM had a very good signal copying AB4AM much better than the other stations.  

K0AWU reported WW8II's signal was down considerable from recent days and with considerable QSB.  One real surprise was during WW8II's two minute CW transmission.  Initially his signal was near 599 for a few seconds before starting a deep QSB cycle all the way into the noise.  Approximately a 50 dB fade befor recovering but not again reaching over about 549.  
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17:25 AB4AM-ROB: Noise S8 & S7

17:26 N4ACE-GREG-MO: s7/s8 sound floor in st Louis MO

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: high noise level today

17:28 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing some SSB down in the noise

17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: I heard SSB at the noise level here

17:31 KP2AE-JOE: AB4AM has a good sig here

17:31 AB4AM-ROB: KP2AE just above the noise 31 to 33

17:31 K0AWU-BILL: Band very quite today, now what will the signals be?

17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: I hear SSB in the noise

17:32 AB4AM-ROB: w4dex 21 to the noise

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 55

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE 57

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II barely detectable

17:33 K5HFG: I see sporadic sigs on the scope but no copy

17:33 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II in the noise .... too weak to copy

17:34 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy SSB

17:34 WG3FU-KEN: I copy WW8II on LSB 37

17:35 WW8II-BRUCE: just worked W8PZW Fred in Oh

17:35 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 52 on a peak

17:35 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II a bit stronger but still neg copy :-(

17:35 WW8II-BRUCE: W8PZW was 55 SSB copy

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 58

17:36 NZ5L-NORM: so far, only fragments of voices well under the noise floor. unable to copy anyone

17:36 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI in the noise

17:37 W8PZW: calling ab4am

17:38 AB4AM-ROB: W8PZW No Copy

17:39 K0AWU-BILL: A different voice ... no ID

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 559

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 579 ON THE SAL ANTENNA

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: w4dex 559 569

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSB BUILDING TO 589

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX QSB to the noise

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW FADING 529 AT THE END

17:42 K5HFG: W4DEX no copy

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG ONLY COPY COUPLE CHARACTERS AT THE NOISE

17:43 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG No Copy so far

17:43 W4DCL-CARROLL: W4DEX 599 S9+10

17:43 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG no copy

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG not detected

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU no copy

17:44 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG No Copy

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU DETECT ONLY NO REAL COPY

17:45 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU No Copy

17:46 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 559

17:46 K4FI-DOUG: WAB4AM 579

17:46 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU no signal detected

17:47 K0AWU-BILL: A shame, noise floor 5db lower than last 11days but signals are lower too

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM QSB FROM 559 TO 519

17:47 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 589 peaks with very fast deep fades down to 539

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 529 AT THE END OF TRANSMISSION

17:48 K5HFG: AB4AM 529 fade to light copy back to 529 rest of Tx

17:48 W4DCL-CARROLL: AB4AM 589 to 559

17:49 W4DCL-CARROLL: K4FI 599 to 589 very clean

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: WOW! WW8II initially 599, stronger than AB4AM

17:49 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI ON QSB PEAKS 519 THEN BACK TO THE NOISE

17:49 W4DCL-CARROLL: K4FI S9 to S9+10

17:49 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 569-579 with fast QSB to the noise and back up

17:50 W8PZW: only copied ww8ii. 59. very good audio.

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II now down a bit, maybe 579

17:51 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 559 initial now 529

17:51 K4FI-DOUG: Just Barely can tell WW8II is in there

17:51 W4DCL-CARROLL: WW8II 579 fade to noise

17:51 K0AWU-BILL: Copying Bruce WW8II 5-20db above the noise QSB

17:51 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II in the noise now

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II now a deep fade to 439

17:52 K5HFG: WW8II no copy

17:52 K5HFG: Welcome to Harry

17:52 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II about 50% of the time 20db above noise. One fade down to 5db and slow steady recovery to 20db

17:52 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II faded into the noise.......what a range...from 599 to noise

17:53 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II gone the last 30-40 sec

17:53 W5WJN-DAGATOR: Nothing but noise in LA.

17:53 N3EIO-HARRY: HI DON FROM LANC. CO.

17:54 N3EIO-HARRY: NOTHING HEARD HERE

17:54 AB4AM-ROB: KP2AE up to S8 good sig. then gone

17:55 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX in the noise

17:55 N3EIO-HARRY: NOT EVEN A SPIKE ON PANADAPTER

17:55 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI in the noise

17:56 W4DCL-CARROLL: K4FI SSB 579 fade down to 529 near noise

17:56 W8PZW: I copy ab4am @ noise levei

17:56 WW8II-BRUCE: W8PZW STILL 59 ON SSB

17:57 K5HFG: copy AB4AM SSB just above the noise

17:57 W4DCL-CARROLL: WB8PMD SSB 559 fade down to noise

17:57 WW8II-BRUCE: W5WJN WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR ANTENNA

17:58 W5WJN-DAGATOR: 50 foot high inverted L.

17:58 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM HEARING SSB JUST AT THE NOISE LEVEL

17:58 WW8II-BRUCE: RR ON THE INVERT L

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: W5WJN CAN YOU DO CW HOW MUCH POWER

18:00 W5WJN-DAGATOR: Yes do CW at 300 watts.

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: SO SEND YOUR CALL FOR 2 MIN START AT 1802 OK

18:01 WW8II-BRUCE: NO OFFSET

18:03 W4DCL-CARROLL: WW8II no copy

18:04 AB4AM-ROB: W5WJN No Copy

18:04 WW8II-BRUCE: W5WJN NO COPY TNX FOR TRY

18:04 K5HFG: W5WJN no copy.

18:04 K0AWU-BILL: Only WW8II identified today -- 73 all and CU tomorrow

18:04 W4DEX-DEX: No copy here

18:05 W4DCL-CARROLL: KP2AE SSB 589 then faded to noise
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21 January 2020

Propagation for the test today was fair but was below what we experienced for the first ten days of this month.  KA9FTM, Indiana, again had the most stable signal into the Carolinas of any station over a few hundred miles distance.  K5HFG, Mississippi, was copied briefly into both NC and SC on CW.  

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17:27 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing very faint SSB

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: now hearing w4dex just above my noise 51

17:28 KP2AE-JOE: AB4AM 59 here

17:28 K5HFG: AB4AM 53

17:29 K4EMF-JAY: S9 noise here in N. GA

17:29 K5HFG: W4DEX SSB no copy

17:29 K5HFG: S2 noise on SSB here

17:30 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX very low in the noise on SSB

17:31 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX came up to 5 x 7

17:32 AB4AM-ROB: KA9FTM 58 SSB

17:32 K4FI-DOUG: Hearing KA9FTM weakly

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: KA9FTM as strong as locals

17:33 WA9FDO-MIKE: copying W4DEX about 54

17:34 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SSB AGAIN AT THE NOISE

17:34 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM S5

17:35 W4DEX-DEX: Heard WW8II weak but readable

17:35 K4EMF-JAY: AB4AM 57, KA9FTM nothing heard

17:36 AB4AM-ROB: KA9FTM 58 & 57 exchange with AB4AM

17:36 AB4AM-ROB: WA9FDO 57-58

17:36 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM readable in the noise floor S5 on SSB and S3 on CW

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: WA9FDO S7

17:37 WA9FDO-MIKE: W4DEX is now at my noise level

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I DO NOT COPY WA9FDO

17:37 K5HFG: copied KA9FTM 55 and WA9FDO 55 and AB4AM 55

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: I HAVE UNUSUAL HIGH NOISE TODAY

17:38 WB4WCJ-PAUL: copy w2azq ab4am wy3t good others weak

17:39 K4FI-DOUG: No copy WA9FDO

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL HEARING SSB IN THE NOISE UNABLE TO COPY WHO

17:39 K4EMF-JAY: so far I've only heard AB4AM

17:40 K5HFG: SSB sigs took a nose dive here.

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 589

17:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 599

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE:  W4DEX 559

17:42 K5HFG: W4DEX detected but no copy

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 559

17:42 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM 579

17:43 WA9FDO-MIKE: copy dex at 3-3

17:43 WA9FDO-MIKE: copy AB4AM at 5-4

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: SOME SLOW QSB ON AB4AM STILL 559

17:44 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM 599 no QSB S7 signal

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 590 with deep fades

17:44 K5HFG: AB4AM 569 entire transmission

17:44 W5WJN-DAGATOR: AB4AM 55 here in LA.

17:44 K4EMF-JAY: I did just hear CW after finally getting on the right freq

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU no copy

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU ONLY DETECT IN THE NOISE

17:45 WB4WCJ-PAUL: cw w4dex ab4am

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU not heard

17:46 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU no copy

17:46 WA9FDO-MIKE: K0AWU no copy

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU No Copy

17:46 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG no copy

17:46 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 519 COPY FULL CALL

17:46 W5WJN-DAGATOR: K5HFG is 579 in La.

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 349

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG STILL COPY 519

17:47 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 559

17:47 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG initially 329, now building slightly

17:47 WB4WCJ-PAUL: cw k4fi

17:47 WA9FDO-MIKE: K5HFG - No Copy

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG SOME QSB BUT STILL 519 COPY

17:48 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cam tell he is in there but no copy until the end then 419

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI 519 TO THE NOISE AND BACK

17:49 W5WJN-DAGATOR: No copy K4FI in LA

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 579 to 529

17:49 WA9FDO-MIKE: K4FI - No Copy

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 589, a few very quick QSB dips

17:49 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO COPY

17:50 WB4WCJ-PAUL: CW wy3t VG

17:50 W5WJN-DAGATOR: No copy WY3T in LA.

17:50 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 569

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T MAYBE IN THE NOISE

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T initially 559, slow fade to 539 then back up.

17:51 K4FI-DOUG: Hearing WY3T 459, with some QSB 339

17:51 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T QSB to the noise and back up

17:51 WA9FDO-MIKE: WY3T - No Copy

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO REAL COPY

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: Heard one of those quick peaks on WY3T

17:52 K5HFG: WY3T no copy

17:52 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 569

17:52 WY3T-TIM: K4FI 529 then QSB at the last 30sec.

17:52 K4FI-DOUG: Hearing WW8II 339 copyable, some QSB getting stronger 449

17:53 W5WJN-DAGATOR: No copy on WW8II IN LA

17:53 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II WSB to 439

17:53 K4FI-DOUG: Copied WW8II solid

17:53 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II initially 539, peaking 559 then fade close to noise returning to 559

17:54 WA9FDO-MIKE: WW8II - 459 with quick QSB

17:54 W4DEX-DEX: Now back to SSB

17:54 K5HFG: WW8II 519 Entire Transmission

17:54 K0AWU-BILL: HORRID conditions, the only sig DETECTED was WW8II for about 30sec (first seq) slightly above the noise and never heard, just detected. OUCH!!

17:54 WY3T-TIM: WW8II no copy

17:55 K0AWU-BILL: Poorest conditions here in the last 10days

17:56 K0AWU-BILL: HAd it not been for the "slow waterfall" NO signals would have been detected. Sure hope tomorrow is better!

17:57 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX QSB in the noise

17:57 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI in the noise

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: NOT HAERING ANYTHING BUT STATIC

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SSB AT THE NOISE

17:59 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 4 x 6 some QSB WB4WCJ is 5 x 8

18:00 WA9FDO-MIKE: Have some sort of very bad hash here. Was copying DEX about 56, but now it covers up everything. Will see you Thursday, 73.

18:01 WW8II-BRUCE: I ALSO HAVE THE HARD HASH NOISE HERE

18:02 AB4AM-ROB: I think signals are shifting..I'm hearing some signals better on the flag than the inverted V

18:08 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 589 SSB just now

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20 January 2020

Overall signals were weaker and QSB fades were deep today especially between stations in the southeast.  WY3T for the past few weeks has been good copy on peaks but today was barely detectable into the Carolinas.  KA9FTM, Indiana, at 378 miles, was the most consistent Q5 copy at W4DEX of any station over 100 miles away.  The WW8II / KGØVL 443 miles link seemed to be the most variable with signals ranging between S9 to S1.  The most distant Q5 reception was by KØAWU who reported WW8II's signal 10 dB above the noise at 603 miles.  KGØVL copied K7TOP running 100 watts during a propagation peak, 469 miles. 

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17:29 W4DEX-DEX: KA9FTM 54 SSB QSO

17:29 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE Q5 but weaker than normal

17:30 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 57

17:30 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU S7

17:32 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX barely can copy in the noise

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: K4KPT 54 SSB QSO

17:33 K4FI-DOUG: HEARD K4KPT, NOT TOO GOOD

17:34 WY3T-TIM: WA4LDU did hear your call but very low in the noise

17:35 K4FI-DOUG: no copy on WY3T today

17:35 W4DEX-DEX: KA9FTM still 54 SSB

17:35 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T -Tim I could tell you were there but too much noise here to make you what you were saying

17:37 WY3T-TIM: idle noise slightly higher today S5 on SSB and S2-3 on CW

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 529 weak

17:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 599 to 579 with QSB

17:42 K5HFG: W4DEX no copy

17:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 449 with QSB

17:42 K4FI-DOUG: Not hearing KG0VL today

17:43 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 589 40db above noise measured -- no QSB

17:44 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL initially not heard, could copy a few letters at EOT

17:44 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW detectable in the scope but no copy

17:44 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL no copy

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: No copy on K0AWU

17:45 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:45 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU no copy on CW

17:45 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 579 good copy

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU not heard

17:46 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU no copy

17:46 K4FI-DOUG: No copy on K5HFG

17:47 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG no copy on CW

17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from K5HFG

17:48 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG no copy

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG barely detectable near end.....seems like the "5" was stood out best for some reason.

17:50 WY3T-TIM: WA4LDU 449 with QSB

17:50 K5HFG: WA4LDU no copy

17:50 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from WA4LDU

17:50 W4DEX-DEX:  WA4LDU 589 with slow deep QSB

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 589 with same slow deep fade

17:51 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI CW 599 to 559 with QSB

17:51 WY3T-TIM: K4FI 529 some QSB

17:52 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

17:53 K4FI-DOUG: Copy WY3T R-3-4, S-3-4, QsB faded to nothing now coming up

17:53 WW8II-BRUCE: hearing only noise today

17:53 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW 539 on peaks with QSB into the noise

17:54 K4FI-DOUG: Lost completely

17:54 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T initially not heard, started hearing some signal after 30 sec. never built up enough to confirm the call

17:54 K5HFG: WY3T no copy

17:54 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from K4FI or WY3T

17:54 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 559 qsb

17:55 K4FI-DOUG: Might be hearing KG0VL, but way in noise

17:56 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II Signals 20-30db measured 569

17:56 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II Initially 549, fast building up to 579 then fast fade into noise for a few sec. Now back up to 579....maybe peaked close to 589

17:56 K5HFG: WW8II no copy

17:56 WA4LDU-JOE: 17:55:10 starting copy on WW8II in an out of noise

17:56 K5HFG: I got skunked today . Heard no sigs

17:56 K0AWU-BILL: Signal started 20db and build to 30db after 1min slowly settled to 28db .. very nice

17:56 WY3T-TIM: WW8II no copy

17:57 K4FI-DOUG: KA9FTM can barely tell he is there in noise

17:58 WY3T-TIM: I at least copied 2 CW sets but no good on SSB from anyone

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: I am hearing SSB in the noise

17:59 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 5X8 SSB QSO

17:59 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 58 SSB slight QSB

17:59 WY3T-TIM: The D layer is sucking up all of the power today

18:00 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 53 SSB calling Jeff

18:01 W4DEX-DEX: Lot of fast deep QSB on locals

18:01 K0AWU-BILL: WW9II solid copy Bruce, didn't miss a word -- no QSB at all

18:02 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II now settled to 51 SSB signing with Jef

18:02 WW8II-BRUCE: kg0vl 51 quick qso on peak lots of noise

18:03 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 52 plus qsb

18:04 WY3T-TIM: I did copy DEX but deep in the noise

18:05 WW8II-BRUCE: I now hear KG0VL and K0AWU in QSO 51

18:06 WW8II-BRUCE: now hearing w4dex and KG0VL QSO 52

18:07 WY3T-TIM: I am hearing K4FI now

18:07 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX right at noise floor on SSB

18:07 WW8II-BRUCE: w4dex was 52 SSB

18:08 WW8II-BRUCE: still hearing w4dex

18:10 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 10db above the noise on SSB -- still very nice

18:10 WW8II-BRUCE: COPY KG0VL SSB QSO 55

18:11 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL NOW CALLING K7TOP

18:11 WW8II-BRUCE: I DO NOT COPY K7TOP

18:12 K7TOP-BARRY: Can tell Jeff is there, but no copy. I have not heard my call. High noise here this afternoon.

18:13 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II calling K7TOP on SSB

18:13 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II call K7TOP SSB 5-2

18:14 K7TOP-BARRY: Same, could tell someone was there, not copyable.

18:18 K7TOP-BARRY: Who is talking now? Sounds like Jeff maybe.

18:19 W4DEX-DEX: I hear someone also

18:19 W4DEX-DEX: Very weak but definitely SSB

18:19 K7TOP-BARRY: btw, just exciter power here today

18:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II talking with KG0VL

18:20 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 54, KG0VL 43

18:21 K7TOP-BARRY: Someone said something about lots of ice. Also heard a 5-2 report given.

18:21 K7TOP-BARRY: CW RR and 73 from someone

18:21 KG0VL-JEFF: That was me Barry

18:22 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL WAS 59 THEN QSB TO NOISE

18:22 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 52 on SSB, qsb

18:22 W4DEX-DEX: Quick QSO with KG0VL

18:22 K7TOP-BARRY: Thought I heard someone talking to W4DEX

18:23 WW8II-BRUCE: CW 559

18:23 WW8II-BRUCE: K7TOP

18:23 KG0VL-JEFF: 73 Dex, still good CW signal

18:24 K7TOP-BARRY: it was KG0VL I think

18:24 KG0VL-JEFF: I called Barry

18:25 K7TOP-BARRY: ok, QSB took you out partway through your call, only heard KG0

18:28 WW8II-BRUCE: ONE MORE QUICK 51 QSO WITH KG0VL I AM NOW 73

18:37 K7TOP-BARRY: KG0VL 5-3 calling WW8II

18:38 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL STILL 55 AND K0AWU 51 JUST ABOVE THE NOISE

18:39 K7TOP-BARRY: 5-3 both ways with KG0VL

18:39 KG0VL-JEFF: K7TOP 53 on SSB

18:40 K7TOP-BARRY: 100w here

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19 January 2020

Propagation above the 40th parallel north was fairly good but across and below the 40th parallel conditions were rather poor.  Signals between WW8II, KØAWU and KGØVL were good with all being SSB QSO quality less some occasional fades.  Signals between AB4AM, K4FI and WB4WCJ were much weaker today.   K5HFG was able to copy AB4AM on SSB during a few propagation peaks.

W4DEX was not present but was recording the CW transmissions.  KGØVL was weak but readable during the two-minute transmission averaging only 439.  K5HFG was detectable, K4FI 579 with fades to 549, WW8II 439 with fades into the noise.  The above RST based on how the signal was heard, not S meter readings:

R:
1.  Unreadable
2.  Barely readable, occasional words distinguishable
3.  Readable with considerable difficulty
4.  Readable with practically no difficulty
5.  Perfectly readable

S:
1.  Faint—signals barely perceptible
2.  Very weak signals
3.  Weak signals
4.  Fair signals
5.  Fairly good signals
6.  Good signals
7.  Moderately strong signals
8.  Strong signals
9.  Extremely strong signals

T:

 9. Pure DC tone
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17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: hearing only static noise

17:29 AB4AM-ROB: Calling SSB No response from any station on SSB

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: now hearing SSB in the noise guess my radio is not broke after all

17:31 AB4AM-ROB: WB4WCJ right at the noise S7

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL nice strong 55 QSO copy

17:32 K5HFG: hearing bits and pieces of SSB

17:33 AB4AM-ROB: AB4AM calling KG0VL SSB

17:33 AB4AM-ROB: No copy on KG0VL SSB

17:34 K5HFG: AB4AM, I can not hear you

17:34 WW8II-BRUCE: I HEARD KG0VL CALLING AB4AM 59

17:34 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM IN THE NOISE

17:35 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM right at noise level

17:36 WB4WCJ-PAUL: k4fi ab4am very weak

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AND WW8II DISCUSSING THE SNOW AND SUN NICE QSO SOLID COPY

17:38 AB4AM-ROB: WB4WCJ and K4FI very weak in the noise so far today

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AND WW8II LIKE LOCAL CONTACTS

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING AB4AM IN THE NOISE

17:39 AB4AM-ROB: Switching to CW

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM CW 519

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM NOW 418

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 529-539 qsb

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM NOW NO COPY NO DETECT

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM NOW 519AT THE END OF TRANSMISSION

17:41 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM 5x7-8x9

17:42 K5HFG: AB4AM 539/549 QSB fade to noise

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 579 ON INVERTED V AND 599 ON THE SAL ANTENNA

17:43 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL 3-4 x 4 x 9

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SLIGHT QSB 569 ON THE INVERTED V

17:43 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL No copy at first now 519

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VAL NOW BACK TO SOLID 599

17:44 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL faded out

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL very slow QSB to noise

17:44 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG CAN DETECT IN THE NOISE BUT NO REAL COPY

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: no copy on K5HFG

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: BILL K0AWU TAKE THE 1750 CW SLOT OK

17:45 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 519 for about 2-3 sec. Then nothing

17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: Heard K5HFG 519 weak the last 30 seconds.

17:46 WB4WCJ-PAUL: k4fi CW

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 519-539

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI DETECT IN THE NOISE 335

17:48 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI Q5 entire time deep QSB

17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: Could not hear K4FI

17:48 K4FI-DOUG: Barely hearing WW8II in noise

17:48 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: All signals are down from the past few days

17:49 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 559+ -- 22-29db above noise measured

17:49 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II strong, 579 with qsb

17:50 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy

17:50 K5HFG: WW8II no copy

17:50 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II somewhat readable at times

17:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II sig was 29-30db above the noise the last min ... very nice

17:51 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 569 qsb good signal

17:52 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:52 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU No copy

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: I DID NOT COPY K0AWU

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: I HAVE A S4 NOISE LEVEL IN THE CW MODE TODAY

17:54 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU working WW8II on SSB

17:54 AB4AM-ROB: No copy on WB4WCJ but, can hear K4FI SSB

17:54 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 5-4 SSB very nice

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU 55 SSB QSO SOLID

17:55 K0AWU-BILL: Still 100watts here ... maybe amp in the next couple weeks

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: WHEN I WORKED K0AWU I COULD NOT HEAR KG0VL THEN I HEARD KG0VL 55 A MIN LATER

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL IS NOW FADED TO 52 AND K0AWU IS 54

17:56 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL COPY K0AWU

17:57 WW8II-BRUCE: QSB ON KG0VL AND K0AWU

17:57 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II still 54 SSB

17:57 AB4AM-ROB: CW signals KG0VL 519 to the noise, K5HFG 519 for a few sec. then gone, K4FI 519-539 Q5, WW8II No copy, K0AWU No copy

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: WE NEED TO START COMPARING THE MAGNETIC FIELD I CHECK JUST BEFORE THE NET AND WAS CLOSE TO A 2

18:02 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL COPY KG0VL AND K0AWU SOLID Q5

18:03 WW8II-BRUCE: INTERESTING BOTH KG0VL AND K0AWU SOLID COPY NO REAL FADING NOW

18:05 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AND K0AWU STILL GOOD COPY

18:06 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AND K0AWU NOW STARTING TO FADE QSB K0AWU JUST DETECT STILL HEAR KG0VL

18:06 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL NOW 59 AND K0AWU ALMOST NOT THERE
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18:07 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU NOW OMN THE NOISE AND KG0VL 52
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