27 January 2020

Propagation was good enough today to warrant a green date.  The Distant signals were not as strong as on the 1st and 10th of this month but still very good with some infrequent QSB.   Some of the short paths exhibited very deep fades that was not seen on the distant paths.  We had ten states represented ranging from Minnesota to Florida.   Many over 500 mile Q5 QSO were made.  

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In addition to the Net Logger AIM reports below WB8PMD reported CW reception of WW8II 899, KGØVL 579, W4DEX 599, K4FI 559 and KA9FTM 59 SSB.

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: KA9FTM QSO 55

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX QSO 55

17:31 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX is 56 on SSB

17:32 WY3T-TIM: K4FI is 57 on SSB

17:33 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX right at noise level on SSB

17:33 WY3T-TIM: WA4LDU is 57 on SSB

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 55

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: KA9FTM 55

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 55

17:33 K5HFG: KA9FTM is 54

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE, K4FI, WA4LDU 58

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 53

17:34 K4FI-DOUG: copying WY3T R5 Copying KA9FTM R3-4

17:34 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 55-54 QSO

17:35 WA4LDU-JOE: I can tell KA9FTM is in there but no copy

17:35 KG0VL-JEFF: KA9FTM 54 on SSB

17:36 KG0VL-JEFF: WB8PMD on SSB now

17:36 WA4LDU-JOE: WB8PMD 5-1

17:36 K4FI-DOUG: Copy WB8PMD R-4, KP2AE weak

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I DID NOT HEAR WB8PMD

17:39 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 5X5 on SSB

17:40 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 55 SSB

17:40 WW8II-BRUCE: WB8PMD QSO 55

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX CW 559 SOUNDS LIKE HE IS HAVING TRANSMITTER PROBLEMS

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: Now back to normal

17:41 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW 579

17:41 WA4LDU-JOE: ARC Dex? transmitting on several bands at once?

17:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW +20 over S9

17:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 549

17:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 589 on CW no QSB only a tx problem briefly

17:42 W4DEX-DEX: Yea....was operating spark until I reduced power, tuner flashover

17:42 K5HFG: W4DEX in the noise, now only detected on scope. You were 549 earlier around 1705

17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 559 deep qsb

17:43 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU CAN DETECT ONLY

17:43 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU no copy

17:44 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:44 WA4LDU-JOE: K0AWU CW no copy

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU not heard

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: No Copy K0AWU

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL START 559

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL very good start, 579

17:44 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL BUILD TO 579

17:44 WB4WCJ-PAUL: 3 s-units over noise today

17:45 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL very weak today, little QSB, Copy sometimes

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL IS 8 dB ABOVE NOISE

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: kg0vl held stead 579 full 2 min transmission

17:45 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW - some copy at first then faded

17:46 K5HFG: KG0VL 539 entire Tx

17:46 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL can tell he is in there but cannot make out characters

17:46 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 589

17:46 K4FI-DOUG: Copying WW8II R-4, S-3-4

17:47 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 579 QSB sig mostly 20-35db --twice briefly down to 10db

17:47 K4FI-DOUG: WW8II is solid no fading

17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 579 steady

17:48 WY3T-TIM: WW8II can almost tell he is there

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 589 with just a little QSB, down to 569 a few times

17:48 WA4LDU-JOE: WW8II CW came up out of noise at 17:46:35 - 519 solid copy to EOT

17:48 K5HFG: WW8II detect on scope no copy

17:48 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 529 3db to 10db above the noise QSB maybe 50% of the time above 8db

17:49 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI CW +20 over

17:49 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II was strongest in the 2nd min

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 589, no QSB

17:49 WY3T-TIM: K4FI is 599 on CW no QSB

17:50 K5HFG: K4FI no copy

17:50 K4FI-DOUG: copying WY3T 4-5-9

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: K4FI START 529 BUILD TO 549 AT 1749 UTC

17:50 KG0VL-JEFF: Did not hear K4FI

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T 419

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 559, very little QSB noticed

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NOW IN THE NOISE THEN BUILD BACK TO 519

17:52 K5HFG: WY3T no copy

17:52 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG CAN DETECT

17:53 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW 559

17:53 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG NO REAL COPY

17:53 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG initially 549 fade to 329 after first min. Then into the noise for remainder of transmission

17:54 K4FI-DOUG: No copy K5HFG

17:54 WA4LDU-JOE: K5HFG CW was detectable a first then faded

17:54 KG0VL-JEFF: K5HFG began at 539 then lost to noise. Just above noise now at EOT

17:54 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG can tell he is there in the noise

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: MY NOISE LEVL JUST JUMPED 2 S UNITS

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 51 ON SSB

17:55 W4DCL-CARROLL: W4DEX 569 low power SSB

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 53 SSB

17:56 K5HFG: KG0VL 5x2 SSB

17:57 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW COPY K0AWU JUST ABOVE THE NOISE

17:57 WY3T-TIM: Good CW copy from W4DEX and K4FI

17:57 K5HFG: KG0VL barely readable now

17:58 WW8II-BRUCE: HEAR WB8PMD ANSWER W4DEX 55

17:58 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU signal up and down, from noise to S7

17:58 W4DEX-DEX: WB8PMD 57 with QSB to 53

17:58 WW8II-BRUCE: LISTENING TO WB8PMD TELL W4DEX WHAT HE WAS HEARING

17:59 WY3T-TIM: Could tell KG0VL, WW8II and K5HFG were there but not enough to copy

17:59 WB4WCJ-PAUL: no sigs today 73

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: COPY K5HFG SSB 51

18:00 WW8II-BRUCE: KA9FTM 55 SSB

18:01 K5HFG: KA9FTM 55 SSB

18:01 WW8II-BRUCE: NOTING SIGNALS WILL BURST FOR 3 TO 5 SEC

18:02 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM NOW HEARING W4DEX BUT ALSO A DISTORTION

18:03 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II good copy on ssb

18:06 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX AND KG0VL SOLID COPY 55

18:07 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL TALKING TO K0AWU AND K0AWU IS 51 ON PEAKS

18:08 W4DEX-DEX: KB3JYC 55 SSB QSO

18:10 K4FI-DOUG: QSO with KB3KYC 4x3

18:12 WW8II-BRUCE: I DID NOT COPY KB3KYC

18:12 K4FI-DOUG: Good signal WY3T

18:13 W4DEX-DEX: KW4DE-WY3T QSO

18:13 WW8II-BRUCE: I WAS HEARING SSB IN THE NOISE DO NOT KNOW WHO

18:13 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX CALLING KI4YTV 54

18:15 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SOLID 55

18:16 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING SSB JUST ABOVE THE NOISE DO NOT KNOW WHO

18:17 WW8II-BRUCE: I COPY W4DEX ON THE SAL 55 AND 52 AT BEST ON THE INVERTED V ANTENNA

18:20 WW8II-BRUCE: KM4PFF AT THE NOISE W4DEX STILL 55

18:22 WY3T-TIM: 73s....a good day for medium paths

18:23 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL HEARING W4DEX DO NOT COPY THE W4P?? STATION

18:24 WW8II-BRUCE: WOW WAS GOING TO CALL IT A DAY BUT STILL HEARING SIGNALS

18:25 WW8II-BRUCE: HEARING SSB IN THE NOISE

18:29 W4DEX-DEX: Still hearing WW8II talking with KG0VL

18:30 W4DEX-DEX: KW4DE talking with KM4PFF

18:30 WW8II-BRUCE: ANOTHER QUICK QSO WITH KG0VL STILL GOOD COPY

18:31 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM HEARING BITS AND PIECES OF THE SSB QSO ON BURSTS JUST ABOVE THE NOISE

18:32 W4DEX-DEX: Multiple QSO going on now

18:33 WW8II-BRUCE: QRM IN THE MID DAY 160 METERS 

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