13 January 2020

We had eleven stations in nine states participating in the test today:

AB4AM GA, |WB4WCJ SC,  K5HFG MS,  W4DEX NC,    WW8II MI,  K0AWU MN,  WY3T FL,  KP2AE SC,  KG0VL IA, K4FI SC, and W8LXJ OH.

Signals on both short and long paths were found to be weaker and with more QSB than what we have recently had.  From the southeastern area, propagation was better to Iowa and Missippi than it was to Michigan.  Also unusual is the Iowa to Michigan path was weak.  
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17:29 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX S7 KP2AE in the noise

17:31 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX in the noise but some copy

17:31 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM 5 x 6

17:32 AB4AM-ROB: WB4WCJ just above the noise

17:32 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI S7

17:33 WY3T-TIM: WB4WCJ 5 x 7

17:33 WB4WCJ-PAUL: copy ab4am k4fi wy3t

17:35 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL only 5-2 today

17:35 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T in the noise

17:35 K4FI-DOUG: Hearing KG0VL in noise

17:35 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II no copy

17:35 WW8II-BRUCE: I HEAR SSB DEEP IN THE NOISE I THINK IT IS W4DEX

17:35 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL in the noise

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE, K4FI both weaker than normal

17:36 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX RIGHT AT THE NOISE NOW

17:37 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX Q5 about 52 on SSB

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I CALLED TWICE NO RESPONSE

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: ONLY STATIC TODAY HEAR W4DEX AT NOISE NO REAL COPY

17:39 AB4AM-ROB: No copy on KG0VL now

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 529

17:40 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 559 stable

17:40 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 599

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW 549 ON INVERTED V AND 579 ON THE SAL ANTENNA

17:41 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 559

17:41 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX Rapid QSB to 529 n back up

17:42 K5HFG: copy W4DEX 519 Entire transmission

17:42 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 5-2-9 up to 5-7-9 QSB CW

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 519 ON THE SAL JUST ABOVE THE NOISE ON THE INVERTED V

17:42 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 529 to 559

17:43 K4FI-DOUG: Copying KG0VL R-3 to 4

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: QSB ON KG0VL NOISE TO 529 ON THE SAL ANTENNA

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 539 to 559, Q5 copy except for QRN burst

17:44 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL can hear it in the noise...now coming up some

17:44 K5HFG: no copy on KG0VL. now cow copy KG0VL 529 at 1743

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AT THE END 419

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 549 ON THE INVERTED V AND 579 ON THE SAL ANTENNA

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM QSB NOW 599 ON THE SAL

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 599, no problem copying thru QRN....one fast QSB fade near EOT

17:46 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM 549

17:46 K5HFG: copy AB4AM 529 entire transmission

17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 559 slight QSB

17:46 K4FI-DOUG: Barely hearing HFG, Copy some R 2-3

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG DETECT NO COPY

17:47 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG in the noise but can tell it is in there

17:47 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 559 QSB to the noise fast about 3 sec

17:47 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG 529 with QSB near noise level from Mississippi

17:47 K4FI-DOUG: HFG slow QSB

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG 519 RIGHT AT THE END

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG 549, no QSB detected. Likely the best signal from Don ever heard here

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 519

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 599

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 589

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: QSB ON K4FI TO THE NOISE NOW

17:50 WY3T-TIM: K4FI 529 some QSB

17:50 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI stable 4 2min.

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: Fast deep QSB fade on K4FI

17:50 K5HFG: copy K4FI 519 into noise at end

17:50 KG0VL-JEFF: K4FI weak, but came out of the noise last 30 seconds

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI NO COPY ON THE INVERTED V 519 ON THE SAL

17:51 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 529 to 559

17:51 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T R 3-4 some QSB

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW WY3T DETECT AT THE NOISE

17:51 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T QSB to noise

17:52 K5HFG: No copy on WY3T

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 419 COPY CALL ONCE

17:52 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 549 with slow QSB close to noise then back up to 549 at EOT

17:52 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T just out of the noise and building

17:52 WB4WCJ-PAUL: cw cpy w4dex wb4am 559 k4fi wy3t

17:52 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

17:53 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 5-2-9 QSB

17:53 K4FI-DOUG: Barely can tell WW8II is there

17:53 K5HFG: No copy on WW8II

17:53 KP2AE-JOE: kg0vl 51, ab4am 55, k5hfg 31???, ww8ii 52

17:53 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 529-559

17:53 WY3T-TIM: WW8II no copy

17:54 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II QSB to the noise N back up

17:54 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II initially 569 peaked 589 near EOT

17:54 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 529 with fades to noise, rough copy

17:54 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II slow QSB, loosing in noise and then back up

17:57 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX AT 1754 WAS 52 SSB

17:58 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU now 559 on CW

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: I CAN DETECT K0AWU CW NO REAL COPY

17:59 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU no copy CW

17:59 KG0VL-JEFF: Bill sending very nice carrier during ID, 559

17:59 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy so far

18:00 K5HFG: No copy on K0AWU

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: COPY W4DEX AGAIN SSB 52

18:01 W4DEX-DEX: Nothing heard from K0AWU

18:01 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW AT THE NOISE

18:02 K5HFG: Can detect SSB but no copy

18:02 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX CALLING WB4WCJ 55

18:03 WW8II-BRUCE: REAL QUICK QSB TODAY W4DEX NOW BACK TO NOISE

18:04 WW8II-BRUCE: W43DEX AND WW8I I 55 QSO

18:05 WY3T-TIM: WB4WCJ 5 x 7 copy SSB the entire time no QSB

18:05 WW8II-BRUCE: NO SSB COPY ON AB4AM

18:05 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL in the noise

18:06 WB4WCJ-PAUL: WY3T Q5

18:06 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SSB QSO WITH WW8II 53

18:07 W4DEX-DEX: W8LXJ 58

18:07 WW8II-BRUCE: W8LXJ 55 SSB COPY QSO WITH

18:07 KG0VL-JEFF: W8LXJ good SSB now

18:08 AB4AM-ROB: W8LXJ 5/9 SSB

18:08 KG0VL-JEFF: 73 Rob

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