12 January 2020

We had a good turnout today with many paths tested.  Propagation was good but short of what we saw on the 1st and 10th of this month.  QSB was fast on most of the less than 250-mile paths.  The longer paths seemed to be more stable.  The WW8II / KGØVL, east-west,  pipeline was present.   Iowa, KGØVL, into GA, SC, NC and VA was more stable than from Michigan, WW8II, into those states although on peaks WW8II was stronger. 

• Best DX reception today was 1,115 miles, AB4AM (Georgia) on CW copied by KØAWU (Minnesota).  AB4AM was able to detect SSB form KØAWU.

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17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: CAN JUST BEARLY HEAR SSB IN THE NOISE DO NOT KNOW WHO IT IS

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: K4DBK STILL 57 SSB

17:25 WW8II-BRUCE: K3YU JUST ABOVE THE NOISE

17:25 K4DBK-DENNIS: WO4L 545

17:26 WW8II-BRUCE: K3YU WAS UP TO 55

17:26 WO4L/DOGBERRY: 57 k4dbk

17:26 WO4L/DOGBERRY: hearing others

17:26 K4DBK-DENNIS: K3YU & WW8II both 57

17:27 WO4L/DOGBERRY: k3yu 59 hear

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: I HEAR K3YUI 55 I CALL HE DOES NOT ANSWER

17:27 WO4L/DOGBERRY: ab4am 59 here

17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 59 CALLING K3YU

17:28 W4DEX-DEX: K4DBK good copy, amp still warming up

17:28 W4DEX-DEX: WA1AC S9

17:28 K4DBK-DENNIS: K3YU and unid sta 57

17:29 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU WAS AT OR IN THE NOISE FOR A FEW SECONDS

17:29 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 55 SSB from Northern Minnesota

17:29 K4DBK-DENNIS: AB4AM weak but readable 44

17:30 WA1AC-CLINT: AB4AM 57

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX CALLING AB4AM IS 55

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX CALLING WA1AC

17:30 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 55 SSB

17:31 WA1AC-CLINT: K4DBK 57

17:31 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX 44

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL COPY K4DBK AND K3YU 53

17:31 K4DBK-DENNIS: K3YU 57

17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM AT THE NOISE

17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX WAS 52

17:32 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX 59 calling AB4AM...AB4AM is 55

17:32 WA1AC-CLINT: W4DEX 10 OVER

17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSO 53 2WAY

17:33 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II 57

17:33 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX calling KG0Vl 59

17:33 K4DBK-DENNIS: KG0VL was at noise

17:33 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX & WW8II both 59

17:34 K4DBK-DENNIS: KG0VL 44 near noise

17:34 WA1AC-CLINT: WW8II AT NOISE LEVEL

17:35 AB4AM-ROB: wa1ac s8

17:36 AB4AM-ROB: K4DBK S8

17:36 WW8II-BRUCE: K4DBK PEAKED AT 59

17:37 K4FI-DOUG: Barely hearing KG0VL, WA1AC Strong here.

17:37 WA1AC-CLINT: K4FI 10 over

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL IS NOW 59

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX IS AGAIN 55 SSB

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

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: K4DBK GIVING W4DEX A BIG SIGNAL REPORT

17:39 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX 57 - 59 w QSB... I'm on ts590 now was on old Omni-D

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: THERE IS QSB ON EVERYONE FROM DEEP TO NOISE TO 59 SIGNALS ABOUT A 45 TO 60 SECOND CYCLE

17:40 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 599

17:40 K4DBK-DENNIS: same here Bruce...W4DEX was strong 59 last tx

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 559 ON THE INVERTED V ANTENNA AND 588 ON THE SAL ANTENNA

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 559 QSB

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX QSB to 559

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: SOME SLIGHT QSB ON W4DEX DOWN TO 579

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSB NOW 529

17:41 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX 599

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 519 AT THE END

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL START 599

17:42 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 559-579

17:42 K4FI-DOUG: Jeff is R 3-4 s 4-5 steady

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 599 PLUS ON BOTH ANTENNAS

17:43 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL STEADY

17:43 WA1AC-CLINT: Hearing KG0VL S3

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SOLID 599 FULL 2 MIN

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 579 with very little QSB for the whole two minutes

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: Jeff had very slight long QSB

17:44 K4DBK-DENNIS: KG0VL copied 557

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 579 IN INVERTED V ANTENNA 599 ON THE SAL ANTENNA

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM SLIGHT QSB DOWN TO A 559 IN THE INVERTED V

17:45 WA1AC-CLINT: Hearing AB4AM steady S9

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 599 with a few fast fades down to 549.

17:46 K4DBK-DENNIS: AB4AM was 559 some QSB

17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 559 and steady for two minutes, good signal

17:47 WA1AC-CLINT: K4FI 20 over

17:47 KG0VL-JEFF: K4FI 529 with QSB

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI DETECT ONLY OIN THE NOISE

17:47 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 599 slight QSB fast

17:47 K4DBK-DENNIS: K3YU was 59 and faded to 55

17:47 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 599 with a few fast fades to 559

17:48 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM solid 589

17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II blasting in on CW, 599

17:48 K4DBK-DENNIS: K4FI was in noise, barely copied

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 569 QSB to the noise for about @_# sec. back up

17:49 K4FI-DOUG: Bruce is just in and out of noise. Long deep QSB

17:49 WA1AC-CLINT: WW8II S6 good signal

17:49 K4DBK-DENNIS: Signals are weaker all the way around at this time

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II Initially 539, fast fades close to noise floor then peaked 579

17:52 K4DBK-DENNIS: Local noise floor jumped up to S9 all of a sudden

17:53 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 53 SSB

17:53 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX 59, KGoVL 55

17:53 WW8II-BRUCE: I HEAR K0AWU IN THE NOISE

17:54 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL S5 SSB

17:54 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU WAY IN THE NOISE

17:55 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX is 59

17:56 K4DBK-DENNIS: Ab4AM 55 calling K0AWU

17:56 K4DBK-DENNIS: K0AWU no copy

17:57 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU IS 603 MILES FROM ME

17:57 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing K4DBK S7 KG0VL talking with someone lol

17:58 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU reports hearing AB4AM on cw 5X5 at 1,014 miles!

17:58 K4DBK-DENNIS: W4DEX 57

17:59 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II 57

17:59 AB4AM-ROB: ww8ii at the noise

17:59 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II came up to 59

17:59 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II working KØAWU on SSB

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: JUST DID A SSB QSO WITH K0AWU 53 COPY 603 MILES

18:00 K4DBK-DENNIS: AB4AM 57 & WW8II 59

18:00 WA1AC-CLINT: 73 guys, sorry K4DBK could not copy me, 57 here in Camen SC

18:01 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing K0AWU still in the noise with WW8II n KG0VL

18:01 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II 59

18:01 WW8II-BRUCE: K4DBK 55 SSB QSO 2 WAY

18:02 WW8II-BRUCE: QSB ON K4DBK ABOUT 30 SEC CYCLE NOW

18:02 K4DBK-DENNIS: AB4AM 44

18:02 K4DBK-DENNIS: AB4AM was 55

18:03 WW8II-BRUCE: K4DBK BACK TO 59 NO COPY ON AB4AM

18:04 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AND K4DBK 57 QSO SSB

18:04 K4DBK-DENNIS: KG0VL 57 on Inv=L and LoG

18:04 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL S8 to the noise

18:05 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU IS AT THE NOISE

18:05 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 52-55 on ssb

18:06 K4DBK-DENNIS: KG0VL fading fast

18:06 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II 57

18:07 KG0VL-JEFF: K4DBK 55 on SSB

18:07 WW8II-BRUCE: I BELIEVE K0AWU IS RUNNING 100 WATTS

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