28 January 2020

Propagation out to at least 216 miles was very good with little QSB today.  We found the distant paths to be weak but useable on peaks.  One observation that warrants some thought is propagation on the 365 mile Iowa (KGØVL) to Minnesota (KØAWU) path was much weaker than the 338 mile path between NC (W4DEX) and Florida (WY3T).  The Iowa-MN path had been much better than between NC and FL.

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17:30 WB4WCJ-PAUL: ab4am good copy

17:30 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM weak on ssb

17:30 K5HFG: AB4AB strong 5x5 SSB

17:31 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX is 56 and AB4AM is 57 both good copy

17:31 K5HFG: no copy on W4DEX

17:32 WY3T-TIM: K4FI is 56 also

17:33 WY3T-TIM: WB4WCJ is 57

17:35 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM S9

17:36 K5HFG: AB4AM now just above the noise

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: KP2AE S8

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI S8

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T S3

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: WB4WCJ 4x3

17:37 W4DEX-DEX: Barely heard KG0VL

17:37 WB4WCJ-PAUL: wy3t good copy

17:38 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL SSB 53

17:38 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 51 to 52 SSB

17:39 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU very weak on SSB, just above noise, hard to copy.

17:40 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 599, KP2AE 589, K4FI 589, WY3T 439, WB4WCJ 459,

17:42 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX 579 no QSB

17:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX weak, 529-539. Looking more like early last fall.

17:42 K5HFG: W4DEX 419 into the noise at 1741 no longer copy. sig is detected on scope

17:42 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 599 5 SEC QSB

17:43 K4FI-DOUG: K5HFG No copy

17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: Just when all hope was lost, K5HFG now 529 with qsb

17:43 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG CW barely detectable near end

17:43 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG no copy

17:44 K4FI-DOUG: AB4AM 599

17:44 WB4WCJ-PAUL: wb4am CW good copy

17:45 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 599, no QSB

17:46 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM 589 no QSB

17:46 K5HFG: AB4AM 5x6/5x7 entire Tx

17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 549 on peaks, mild qsb

17:46 WB4WCJ-PAUL: CW k4fi weak

17:46 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG 329 QSB to noise

17:47 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 589

17:47 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 599 no QSB

17:48 WY3T-TIM: K4FI 589 slight QSB

17:48 K5HFG: K4FI no copy, detected on scope

17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4FI

17:49 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T 569, No QSB

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 589 QSB 519 for 3 sec @ 47:30

17:49 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 559 with one slow fade down to 539, back up to 559 and end

17:49 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T 589 STEADY

17:50 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from WY3T

17:50 K5HFG: WY3T no copy, detected on scope

17:51 K4FI-DOUG: K0AWU No copy

17:51 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 529 at best with qsb

17:51 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU not heard

17:52 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU no copy

17:52 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy, detect on scope briefly

17:52 AB4AM-ROB: K0AWU No Copy

17:53 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL Barely head in noise. No Copy.

17:53 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL No Copy So far

17:54 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL no copy

17:54 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL Initially 559 up to 579 about middle of transmission then slow fade back to 559 at end

17:54 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy, detect signal on scope

17:54 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 519 to 539 6-20db above noise

17:55 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL slight copy in the noise at the end 219 at best

17:55 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 549 at best .. sorry Jeff peaked the last 20sec or so

17:57 K4FI-DOUG: Copying WB8PMD just above noise R3-4

17:58 AB4AM-ROB: w4dex, kp2ae, k4fi 589 SSB WB8PMD 559 SSB

17:59 KP2AE-JOE: wy3t was 539 at times some copy on kg0vl 519natn times

17:59 AB4AM-ROB: wy3t in the noise SSB

18:00 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T SSB now S5

18:00 AB4AM-ROB: WB4WCJ 579 SSB

18:00 W4DEX-DEX: WB4WCJ SSB 53

18:01 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 5x3 on ssb, Dex weaker

18:01 K5HFG: AB4AM only SSB signal I copy today

18:03 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL 53-54 SSB

18:03 KG0VL-JEFF: AB4AM 5X4 SSB QSO

18:05 K5HFG: I copy Rob but he does not copy me. AB4AM is 55 SSB here

18:05 AB4AM-ROB: K5HFG I lost you in the noise

18:05 WY3T-TIM: Good SSB copy on W4DEX with some QSB, AB4AM and K4FI good copy and slight QSB

WB8PMD:  AB4AM 599, W4DEX 599, K4FI 579, KG0VL 449 

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