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

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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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