18 January 2020
Propagation seemed to be slightly better today than yesterday. Several distant QSO were made and CW reception reported. WW8II and K4DBK had several Q5 SSB exchanges at 391 miles. The WW8II / KGØVL 443 mile path also supported good Q5 copy most of the time. WW8II also copied AB4AM and had some copy on KØAWU at 603 miles. KGØVL and KØAWU had a good 324 mile link. AB4AM copied CW from KGØVL at 599 at 719 miles. W4DEX was not present for the test but was recording in CW mode. Below is a cut and pasted audio clip of CW from AB4AM, KGØVL, WW8II and K4FI. CW from K5HFG was heard but was not copyable. No signal was heard from KØAWU.
AB4AM-KG0VL-WW8II-K4FI_CW_at_W4DEX
AB4AM-KG0VL-WW8II-K4FI_CW_at_W4DEX
17:24 K4DBK-DENNIS: ww8ii 59 no qsb
17:24 WW8II-BRUCE: nice 57 to 59 SSB QSO with k4dbk
17:27 WW8II-BRUCE: hearing ssb just at the noise
17:27 K0AWU-BILL: SSB signal heard at noise level
17:27 K4DBK-DENNIS: Did I hear ww8ii calling? Vy weak
17:28 K4DBK-DENNIS: Who was just tuning up? carrier was 55
17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: path distance between WW8II and K4DBK 391 miles
17:29 WW8II-BRUCE: WW8II JUST CALLED SSB
17:29 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II copied at 44
17:29 AB4AM-ROB: No SSB heard here
17:30 K0AWU-BILL: 22 dB carrier
17:31 AB4AM-ROB: AB4AM CALLING SSB
17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: NO COPY ON AB4AM
17:32 K5HFG: AB4AM SSB very light here
17:32 KG0VL-JEFF: N4AOW?
17:32 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II is 55
17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU WAS 55
17:33 K4DBK-DENNIS: ww8ii 57 calling k0awu
17:33 AB4AM-ROB: AB4AM & N4AOW S9== SSB QSO
17:34 K4DBK-DENNIS: ww8ii 57 calling kg0vl
17:34 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL in the noise SSB
17:35 K0AWU-BILL: Bruce it was not me, I did hear someone calling me
17:35 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 5-6 SSB
17:35 K4DBK-DENNIS: Called ka9ftm w no copy
17:35 WW8II-BRUCE: IT WAS ME CALLING YOU BILL I THOUGHT WAS YOU HAD HEADSET OFF AND HEARD THE W
17:37 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II 44 CALLING ??
17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU IS 603 MILE PATH FROM ME
17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 519
17:40 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 549
17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM QSB NOW 539
17:41 K4DBK-DENNIS: AB4AM CW 334
17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM SLOW QSB BUILDING TO 559
17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: AB4AM 539 AT END
17:42 K5HFG: AB4AM 519 w/ deep qsb fades. now 529 at EOT
17:42 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM heard Q5 for duration
17:42 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU NO COPY FIRST 45 SEC
17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 569 little qsb
17:43 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU no copy
17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU NOW 419 AT THE END
17:44 K5HFG: K0AWU hear a sporadic note but no copy
17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO COPY
17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG AT THE END COULD DETECT ONLY ??
17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL START 529
17:46 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG no copy at first at the noise last 30 sec
17:46 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL BUILDING TO 579
17:46 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 559
17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: START 2 MIN KG0VL FADING TO 519
17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AT THE END OF TRANSMISSION 559
17:47 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 589 peaks slow QSB -- 25-40db above the noise measured
17:48 K4FI-DOUG: just barely tell KG0VL is there
17:48 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy
17:48 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 559 steady 2 min
17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: Did not hear K5HFG
17:49 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II 519--539
17:49 K4FI-DOUG: hearing WW8II very weak, no copy
17:49 K4FI-DOUG: just now copying II getting stronger
17:49 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 539 with qsb
17:50 K5HFG: WW8II 529 entire transmission. No QSB
17:50 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II 576
17:50 AB4AM-ROB: WW8II hovering just above the noise
17:50 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 549 slow QSB the last min 10 to20 dB above noise measured
17:52 K0AWU-BILL: Lower noise floor today, 2db lower than last several days
17:54 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 599 with rapid QSB to 519
17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI NO COPY
17:54 KG0VL-JEFF: Did not hear K4FI
17:55 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM weak on SSB now
17:55 K5HFG: K4FI no copy
17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: I HAVE A BIT OF SWR TODAY ICE SNOW ON THE ANTENNA
17:56 K5HFG: Can hear some SSB but no copy
17:57 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI & AB4AM SSB QSO S9 to the noise.
17:58 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 52
17:58 K4DBK-DENNIS: WW8II CALLING KG0VL 55
17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: GOOD Q5 SSB CONTACT AND QSO WITH KG0VL
18:01 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 55 on SSB QSO
18:01 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II also 52 on SSB
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