17 February 2020
In the NC/SC area all stations withing about 100 miles experienced good propagation with very little QSB. At around 200 miles signals were much weaker. The AB4AM / W4DEX path was barely useable on SSB but of course better on CW. Initially the 165 mile AB4AM / KP2AE path was weak but there was a very good propagation peak around 1800 UT. WY3T was weak into the NC/SC area but Q5 on CW during most of the transmission. The real surprise was how strong and almost QSB free KGØVL on CW was over the 808 mile path to W4DEX. In the other direction, ten minutes earlier W4DEX on CW was very weak on CW.
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17:20 AB4AM-ROB: Noise Floor SSB S8-S6 CW S6- S4
17:25 K7TOP-BARRY: Noise floor here...takes 20dB of attenuation to get to S8 
17:27 W4DCL-CARROLL: W4DEX I heard you call KW4DE 599
17:27 K7TOP-BARRY: The noise is weird. Very rapid QSB with +10 peaks above the nominal.
17:27 W4DCL-CARROLL: W4DEX 589 SSB, KP2AE SSB at 419
17:30 W4DCL-CARROLL: KW4DE SSB 579 to 569 with fading
17:30 W4DCL-CARROLL: K4FI SSB 549
17:31 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing SSB way in the noise
17:31 AB4AM-ROB: No copy
17:31 W4DCL-CARROLL: WA4LDU SSB in noise - no copy
17:32 W4DCL-CARROLL: AB4AM SSB not heard
17:32 WY3T-TIM: Not currently copying anyone
17:32 W4DCL-CARROLL: WA4LDU SSB heard 539
17:33 W4DEX-DEX: All withing 100 miles good signal
17:33 KG0VL-JEFF: Just heard AB4AM very weak on SSB, just above the noise
17:33 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM at 216 miles Q5 but only S3
17:33 W4DCL-CARROLL: K4FI SSB 529
17:33 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI SSB 21
17:34 W4DCL-CARROLL: WY3T SSB not heard
17:34 W4DCL-CARROLL: KW4DE SSB 589
17:34 W4DEX-DEX: KW4DE calling WY3T
17:35 WY3T-TIM: Heard nothing
17:35 AB4AM-ROB: Nothing here
17:36 W4DCL-CARROLL: WY3T SSB not heard
17:36 W4DCL-CARROLL: KG0VL SSB not heard
17:37 W4DCL-CARROLL: AB4AM SSB not heard
17:37 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL No Copy SSB
17:38: *** KC3ITL is now online ***
17:38 W4DCL-CARROLL: KP2AE SSB in noise - no copy
17:38 WY3T-TIM: idle noise here about typical SSB S4-5 and CW S2-3
17:40 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 5 x 7/8 x 9
17:41 W4DCL-CARROLL: W4DEX CW 599 fading to 579
17:41 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW is 334 and QSB into the noise
17:42 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 329 fade to 219
17:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 519, parts of sequence on the verge of no copy
17:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 599
17:42 W4DCL-CARROLL: K4FI CW 599 - MCUH better than SSB today
17:43 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 599
17:43 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 439 steady
17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4FI
17:44 WY3T-TIM: K4FI CW is 334 and QSB into the noise
17:45 W4DCL-CARROLL: AB4AM 579 fading to 419
17:45 K4FI-DOUG: KB4AM 5 x 6 x 9 No QSB
17:46 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM CW is 335 and QSB into the noise and back to 449 at the end
17:46 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 559 very little if any QSB
17:46 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI CW 599++
17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: No signal from AB4AM first minute, came up to about 529 and Q5 last 30 seconds.
17:46 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM CW 559
17:47 W4DCL-CARROLL: WA4LDU CW 589
17:47 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU 559
17:47 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU No QSB 559
17:48 K7TOP-BARRY: Have heard nothing here so far
17:48 WY3T-TIM: WA4LDU CW is 224 and QSB into noise
17:48 K4FI-DOUG: WA4LDU 5x8x9
17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WA4LDU
17:48 W4DCL-CARROLL: WY3T CW not heard
17:48 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU 579 very little QSB
17:49 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T
17:50 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T No Copy
17:50 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 439 about half the time, quick fades into noise
17:50 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW - copied a few letters near EOT
17:50 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T Heard a couple characters just at the beginning, Now very weak in noise.
17:51 W4DCL-CARROLL: K7TOP CW not heard
17:51 K4FI-DOUG: K7TOP No Copy
17:51 AB4AM-ROB: K7TOP No Copy CW
17:52 WY3T-TIM: K7TOP CW is no copy
17:52 WA4LDU-JOE: K7TOP CW no copy
17:52 W4DEX-DEX: K7TOP not heard
17:52 KP2AE-JOE: locals ok on cw...wy3t was 539...ab4am was 549...no copy on kg0vl
17:52 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 579 at start, good copy
17:53 W4DCL-CARROLL: KG0VL CW 529 QSB to 419
17:53 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL May be hearing in noise, not sure
17:25 K7TOP-BARRY: Noise floor here...takes 20dB of attenuation to get to S8 
17:27 W4DCL-CARROLL: W4DEX I heard you call KW4DE 599
17:27 K7TOP-BARRY: The noise is weird. Very rapid QSB with +10 peaks above the nominal.
17:27 W4DCL-CARROLL: W4DEX 589 SSB, KP2AE SSB at 419
17:30 W4DCL-CARROLL: KW4DE SSB 579 to 569 with fading
17:30 W4DCL-CARROLL: K4FI SSB 549
17:31 AB4AM-ROB: Hearing SSB way in the noise
17:31 AB4AM-ROB: No copy
17:31 W4DCL-CARROLL: WA4LDU SSB in noise - no copy
17:32 W4DCL-CARROLL: AB4AM SSB not heard
17:32 WY3T-TIM: Not currently copying anyone
17:32 W4DCL-CARROLL: WA4LDU SSB heard 539
17:33 W4DEX-DEX: All withing 100 miles good signal
17:33 KG0VL-JEFF: Just heard AB4AM very weak on SSB, just above the noise
17:33 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM at 216 miles Q5 but only S3
17:33 W4DCL-CARROLL: K4FI SSB 529
17:33 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI SSB 21
17:34 W4DCL-CARROLL: WY3T SSB not heard
17:34 W4DCL-CARROLL: KW4DE SSB 589
17:34 W4DEX-DEX: KW4DE calling WY3T
17:35 WY3T-TIM: Heard nothing
17:35 AB4AM-ROB: Nothing here
17:36 W4DCL-CARROLL: WY3T SSB not heard
17:36 W4DCL-CARROLL: KG0VL SSB not heard
17:37 W4DCL-CARROLL: AB4AM SSB not heard
17:37 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL No Copy SSB
17:38: *** KC3ITL is now online ***
17:38 W4DCL-CARROLL: KP2AE SSB in noise - no copy
17:38 WY3T-TIM: idle noise here about typical SSB S4-5 and CW S2-3
17:40 K4FI-DOUG: W4DEX 5 x 7/8 x 9
17:41 W4DCL-CARROLL: W4DEX CW 599 fading to 579
17:41 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW is 334 and QSB into the noise
17:42 AB4AM-ROB: W4DEX 329 fade to 219
17:42 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 519, parts of sequence on the verge of no copy
17:42 WA4LDU-JOE: W4DEX CW 599
17:42 W4DCL-CARROLL: K4FI CW 599 - MCUH better than SSB today
17:43 W4DEX-DEX: K4FI 599
17:43 AB4AM-ROB: K4FI 439 steady
17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K4FI
17:44 WY3T-TIM: K4FI CW is 334 and QSB into the noise
17:45 W4DCL-CARROLL: AB4AM 579 fading to 419
17:45 K4FI-DOUG: KB4AM 5 x 6 x 9 No QSB
17:46 WY3T-TIM: AB4AM CW is 335 and QSB into the noise and back to 449 at the end
17:46 W4DEX-DEX: AB4AM 559 very little if any QSB
17:46 WA4LDU-JOE: K4FI CW 599++
17:46 KG0VL-JEFF: No signal from AB4AM first minute, came up to about 529 and Q5 last 30 seconds.
17:46 WA4LDU-JOE: AB4AM CW 559
17:47 W4DCL-CARROLL: WA4LDU CW 589
17:47 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU 559
17:47 AB4AM-ROB: WA4LDU No QSB 559
17:48 K7TOP-BARRY: Have heard nothing here so far
17:48 WY3T-TIM: WA4LDU CW is 224 and QSB into noise
17:48 K4FI-DOUG: WA4LDU 5x8x9
17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WA4LDU
17:48 W4DCL-CARROLL: WY3T CW not heard
17:48 W4DEX-DEX: WA4LDU 579 very little QSB
17:49 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from WY3T
17:50 AB4AM-ROB: WY3T No Copy
17:50 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 439 about half the time, quick fades into noise
17:50 WA4LDU-JOE: WY3T CW - copied a few letters near EOT
17:50 K4FI-DOUG: WY3T Heard a couple characters just at the beginning, Now very weak in noise.
17:51 W4DCL-CARROLL: K7TOP CW not heard
17:51 K4FI-DOUG: K7TOP No Copy
17:51 AB4AM-ROB: K7TOP No Copy CW
17:52 WY3T-TIM: K7TOP CW is no copy
17:52 WA4LDU-JOE: K7TOP CW no copy
17:52 W4DEX-DEX: K7TOP not heard
17:52 KP2AE-JOE: locals ok on cw...wy3t was 539...ab4am was 549...no copy on kg0vl
17:52 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 579 at start, good copy
17:53 W4DCL-CARROLL: KG0VL CW 529 QSB to 419
17:53 K4FI-DOUG: KG0VL May be hearing in noise, not sure
17:54 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL CW is no copy
17:54 WA4LDU-JOE: KG0VL CW visible in scope - but no copy
17:54 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL Copied @ 52:40 419
17:54 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL very little QSB, maybe down to 559 at end
17:54 KG0VL-JEFF: Nothing heard from K7TOP
17:54 K7TOP-BARRY: a few dits and dahs heard, nothing copied
17:54 AB4AM-ROB: KG0VL Stayed 419 thru EOT
17:56 WY3T-TIM: Weak copy from all 3 that I heard...W4DEX, AB4AM and K4FI...not as bad as last Friday but still a bad prop day
17:56 AB4AM-ROB: Not much QSB detected today but, signals are way down from previous days across the board.
17:56 WY3T-TIM: No SSB heard at all
18:00 K7TOP-BARRY: It is hard to find 3+ acres where I want it so I can get some decent antennae erected.
18:01 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 4x3 SSB
18:02 W4DCL-CARROLL: KG0VL SSB in the noise
18:03 AB4AM-ROB: kp2ae just came out of nowhere
18:03 AB4AM-ROB: 55
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