06 January 2020

Conditions today were more like we saw during the first few weeks in November.  Signals between Michigan to NC and SC area was good except for some deep fades.  And the Iowa to NC and SC area was weak but useable at times.  The Michigan to Iowa path was very strong.   At under 100 miles signals averaged very good with an occasional fade.

•  KB3KYC running 100 watts was very consistent SSB copy at 347 miles at W4DEX
•  KB3KYC was also very good at WW8II,  286 miles.  

Another active solar region just appeared today.  It will be interesting to see what this does for propagation.  See the third image below.

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17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: NICE 59 QSO COPY KG0VL and WW8II

17:31 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 57

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW COPY W4DEX 51 JUST ABOVE THE NOISE

17:32 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE initially 53 now up to 57

17:32 W4DEX-DEX: W2AZQ 57

17:35 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX AND WW8II QSO 51 53

17:35 KG0VL-JEFF: Cannot hear any stations to my SE. Unusual.

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: QSB ON W4DEX WAS 55 THAT LAST TRANSMISSION

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: All local stations strong with some QSB

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: ONLY STRONG STATION HEARD HERE IS KG0VL

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX CW 539

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW 579

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX very weak, 519

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX STILL 579 AT END

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 599 EAR DRUMS HURTING

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL STILL 579

17:43 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 539, slight fade at middle, up to 549 at end

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AGAIN 599 AT THE END

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI DETECT IN NOISE NO REAL COPY TO START

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 589 no QSB detected

17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI 519 AT THE END

17:46 KP2AE-JOE: good copy on ww8ii 55n

17:47 KP2AE-JOE: then just faded into noise

17:47 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II peaking 579 with QSB

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II nice 579, a slight bit of QSB at middle and back up to 579 at end

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM COPY SSB IN NOISE DO NOT KNOW WHO IT IS

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW 51 SSB

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: ONLY SOLID SSB COPY 59 IS KGOVL

17:55 KG0VL-JEFF: Only SSB station heard today was WW8II.

17:58 WW8II-BRUCE: JUST WORKED KB3KYC 59 SSB

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: COPY KB3KYC GIVING W4DEX A 53

18:02 W4DEX-DEX: KB3KYC 55 QSO

18:02 WW8II-BRUCE: KB3KYC STILL 59 SSB COPY HE IS 286 MILES FROM ME AT LAT 40 DEG

18:08 WW8II-BRUCE: I HAVE COPY BOTH KG0VL AND WB3KYC SOLID FOR THE LAST 10 MINUTES

18:08 W4DEX-DEX: KB3KYC has a great signal here for 100W at 347 miles

18:10 WW8II-BRUCE: QSO WITH WB8PMD HE WAS 55 HERE HE HAD ME 52 SSB COPY

18:16 WW8II-BRUCE: WB8PMD IS 280 MILES FROM ME
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