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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

26 February 2020
DST -2
CW mode today seemed to have more than the typical 13 to 16dB advantage over SSB.  WW8II, KGØVL and WY3T on CW received at W4DEX was very strong today but SSB copy was marginal.  SSB and CW between KGØVL and WW8II was very good with WW8II reporting 599 on KGØVL's CW signal.  Signals were good between KØAWU and KGØVL with some QSB.  Between WW8II and KØAWU there were good peaks with more QSB.  Between WY3T and W4DEX SSB copy was weak but Q5 on propagation peaks. K5HFG reported detecting CW from WW8II and W4DEX.

K4FI was in monitor mode and reported:  "I Copied Bruce WW8II today on CW with a tremendous signal."

KØAWU reported visually detecting CW from W4DEX:
"17:44 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX observed on the waterfall for the ENTIRE 2m period!"

That path is 1068 miles.


Click below for today's CW reception at W4DEX:




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17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SOLID 59 SSB QSO

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: I HAVE A SOFT S6 NOISE TODAY AND I CAN HEAR THE SWISHING OF THE WASHING MACHINE

17:31 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL CHATTING WITH K0AWU I DO NOT COPY BILL K0AWU

17:32 W4DEX-DEX:  hearing KG0VL and WW8II SSB Q5

17:32 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL similar sig as yesterday on SSB ... brief sample

17:33 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX SSB 43

17:33 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM NOT COPYING W4DEX

17:33 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T weak Q3 copy

17:34 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II Q5 but not hearing me

17:35 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX very weak now on SSB

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL NOT HEARING ANYONE

17:37 WA4LDU-JOE: listening on 2 WEBDSR's - one in KY and one in PA - hear nothing...

17:38 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM HEARING SSB IN THE NOISE NOT SURE WHO

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: OK SWITCHING TO CW MODE AND STILL HEARING SSB AT THE NOISE FLOOR

17:40 WY3T-TIM: only copying W4DEX on SSB but very weak in the noise

17:41 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II started off with a big 589, very little QSB

17:41 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 18-20db carbon copy of yesterday

17:42 WY3T-TIM: WW8II cw is no copy

17:42 K5HFG: ww8II Detected, occasionally hear but no copy

17:43 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 579 good signal, light qsb

17:44 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX CW is 439 up to 559 at the half point and then 569 at the end

17:44 K5HFG: W4DEX Detect but no copy

17:44 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX observed on the waterfall for ENTIRE 2m period!

17:45 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX 539 fairly stable with light qsb

17:45 K0AWU-BILL: I thought it was a "birdie" .. NOPE :-))

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX 569 TO 579 ON THE SAL ANTENNA AND 549 ON THE INVERTED V ANTENNA

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO COPY

17:46 K5HFG: WY3T no copy

17:46 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 579, very little if any QSB

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG CAN DETECT BUT NO REAL COPY

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG maybe detected? Getting some QRN

17:48 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG CW is no copy

17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: Could not hear K5HFG today.

17:49 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU WOW 579 ON SAL ANTENNA 559 ON INVERTED V

17:49 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii is 529 wy3t is 559

17:49 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 569 with light qsb

17:49 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU QSB NOW 519 ON THE SAL NIL ON THE INVERTED V

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU also maybe detected.? Need just a bit more signal to know for sure

17:50 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw is no copy

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL OUCH 599 ON THE SAL AND 589 ON THE INVERTED V

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL 579

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL SOME QSB ABOUT 1 S UNIT

17:51 K5HFG: K0AWU no copy

17:51 KP2AE-JOE: kg0vl is 319 maybe 419 at times

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL STILL 589 AT THE END OF TRANSMISSION

17:51 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL CW is no copy

17:52 K5HFG: KG0VL no copy

17:52 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL signal ranged from 27-32db slow QSB

17:53 K0AWU-BILL: About 7db weaker than yesterday

17:54 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T S4 SSB with WW8II also S4 talking at the same time

17:55 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL AND I WW8II BEEN HAVING BASICALLY ARMCHAIR COPY QSO BETWEEN US

17:55 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX SSB is now in the noise

17:56 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX now calling WY3T

17:58 KG0VL-JEFF: I am now hearing KØAWU, WW8II, and W4DEX all on SSB at the same time

17:58 K5HFG: Hearing no SSB signals today

17:59 WW8II-BRUCE: K0QWU 44 COPY MOSTLY IN THE NOISE SSB

17:59 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 5-2 to 53 SSB nice copy
 
18:03 WW8II-BRUCE: FOR THE RECORD I AM RUNNING FULL LEGAL LIMIT KPA1500 AMP INTO AN INVERTED V APEX AT 70 FT FEED WITH 7/8 HELIAX

18:04 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM STILL HEARING SSB IN THE NOISE UNABLE TO TELL WHO

18:05 WW8II-BRUCE: I HEAR SSB IN THE NOISE

18:06 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II SSB weak but Q5

18:06 WW8II-BRUCE: RR GOOD DATA POINT

18:06 K0AWU-BILL: I hear Bruce calling DEX SSB

18:06 W4DEX-DEX: The additional 3dB makes a difference when signals are right at the edge

18:07 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL also weak but Q5

18:09 KG0VL-JEFF: Bruce now calling with 500 watts

18:09 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL now right at the noise, WW8II slightly better
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