15 January 2020

Propagation again today favored the Iowa - NC/SC path skipping over WA9FDO in Indiana. KGØVL was consistent Q5 SSB copy at W4DEX although a bit weaker than yesterday. KGØVL was also copied by KW4DE, K4FI , KP2AE and W2AZQ. WA9FDO, close to inline with the Iowa - NC/SC path, was not heard at each end although he did copy some weak CW from W4DEX. Also propagation was poor from WW8II to all locations except toward KØAWU, MN, who reported hearing WW8II 15db above the noise. For many months the KGØVL - WW8II 443 mile path was the most consistent between any two stations over 250 miles apart.


Present for the test today:

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17:26 WW8II-BRUCE: JUST STATIC SO FAR

17:32 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 52 on SSB

17:33 WW8II-BRUCE: MY NOISE FLOOR TODAY APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 5 DB MORE THAN USUAL

17:33 K1FE-ROBERT: I turned on the CW decode on my rig - listening on 1.899

17:33 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 15db above the noise

17:34 K4FI-DOUG: can barely hear Jeff with QSB

17:34 K4FI-DOUG: KW4DE is 15 over

17:35 KG0VL-JEFF: No SSB copy from WW8II, KØAWU S2 on SSB

17:36 WA9FDO-MIKE: so far no copy from anyone.

17:36 K1FE-ROBERT: All quiet on the Eastern Front (aside from the static.....) no signals being received

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 53 SSB QSO

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: All locals near S9

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I GAVE A SSB CALL NO RESPONSE

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I HEAR NO ONE

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: MAYBE MY ANTENNAS ARE BROKE ??? LOL

17:38 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL calling WA9FDO

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: WA9FDO MAKE A QUICK TRANSMISSION

17:39 K1FE-ROBERT: Try SSB again - I'll flip over to LSB

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW HEARING KG0VL IN THE NOISE

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX CW 519 COPY V V V V AND CALL

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 559 little to no QSB

17:41 WA9FDO-MIKE: Copy W4DEX 3/4 copied all the way thru.

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX STILL 519 MAYBE 529 AT BEST

17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL JUST DETECTABLE AT THE NOISE

17:42 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL 339 steady

17:42 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 25-30 dB above noise CW

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL NOW 339

17:43 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL Initially 569, just a slight fade near EOT

17:44 WA9FDO-MIKE: No Copy on KG0VL

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI CAN DETECT AT THE NOISE

17:45 KG0VL-JEFF: K4FI 529 steady

17:46 WA9FDO-MIKE: K4FI - No copy

17:46 W4DEX-DEX: Very odd no signal from WA9FDO.....for several days FDO was S9 here

17:47 K4FI-DOUG: no copy on K0AWU

17:47 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 569 good signal

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU DETECT ONLY VERY WEAK IN NOISE

17:48 WA9FDO-MIKE: K0AWU - No Copy

17:49 K4FI-DOUG: no copy on WW8II

17:49 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 15db above noise solid copy -- no QSB

17:49 WA9FDO-MIKE: WW8II - 459 some QSB

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II initially very weak but up to 539 after 60 sec....559 at EOT

17:50 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 529 at best, peaking 120 degrees, loss of signal at direct heading

17:51 K0AWU-BILL: Excellent Bruce -- no hint of QSB at all 539

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: W2AZQ 57

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: W2AZQ detected KG0VL

17:53 WA9FDO-MIKE: Sorry, not much help today. Must be the very heavy fog and light rain.

17:53 WW8II-BRUCE: WA9FDO PLEASE GIVE A CALL I NEED TO SEE IF I CAN HEAR YOU

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: I COPY WA9FDO 51 SSB

17:55 WA9FDO-MIKE: I can hear someone in the noise, think it is WW8II, just above the noise.

17:55 W4DEX-DEX: KW4DE copied KG0VL 559, WW8II 449

17:57 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU good signal on SSB with lite qsb

17:57 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL still very Q5 SSB

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM GETTING A SWISHING OF THE SIGNALS FOR LACK OF BETTER DESCRIPTION

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: OK VERY INTERESTING DATA TODAY

18:01 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX calling WA9FDO
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