27 February 2020

DST Ø

This was another one of those days that propagation was fairly good above 40°N but marginal to the south.  KØAWU reported WW8II on CW at 21db-22db above the noise and KGØVL at 43-46db above the noise.  Also the  KGØVL /  WW8II path was good SSB QSO quality.  To the south WY3T was good CW copy at W4DEX but SSB was Q5 copy only during propagation peaks.  WW8II on SSB at W4DEX was weak but readable also on peak while the CW slowly faded from 579 to 549.  KGØVL only copied CW from W4DEX very weak for a fraction of the two minute transmission.  KGØVL was not heard on CW by W4DEX.  K5HFG detected CW from WY3T but had no copy. 
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17:28 WW8II-BRUCE: hearing w4dex deep in the noise

17:28 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II 5x2

17:30 K0AWU-BILL: Thought I heard WW8II in the noise SSB

17:30 WW8II-BRUCE: w4dex now just at the noise

17:31 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX SSB was 55 but has faded out into the noise

17:32 WW8II-BRUCE: interesting soft s7 noise today but signals appear to also be soft

17:34 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL NICE 55 QSO WITH WW8II

17:34 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 5-1 SSB in QSO with KG0VL

17:35 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX SSB 41

17:35 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II RR I was calling (twice I think)

17:35 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NOW 51

17:36 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 5-5 ssb and KØAWU 5-7 ssb

17:36 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 42 SSB

17:36 WW8II-BRUCE: OK LOOKING NW AGAIN

17:37 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX SSB came up to 54 at the peak

17:37 WW8II-BRUCE: I AM COPING W4DEX OFF BACK OF ANTENNA

17:39 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX SSB back down to 44

17:39 WW8II-BRUCE: STILL HEAR W4DEX 51 AT BEST

17:41 KG0VL-JEFF: WW8II 579

17:41 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II 21db-22db entire sequence -- excellent

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

17:43 K5HFG: WW8II no copy

17:44 K0AWU-BILL: W4DEX -- null -- nothing at all on waterfalls today

17:44 K5HFG: W4DEX Detected, no copy

17:44 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX cw is 339 at first and then up to 559 then back down to 549

17:44 W4DEX-DEX: WW8II initially 579 with slow fade during complete transmission, ended at 549

17:45 KG0VL-JEFF: W4DEX heard only last 30 seconds of sequence, very weak 419 at best

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX NIL AT START 30 SEC IN 529

17:45 WW8II-BRUCE: W4DEX END OF TRANSMISSION 539

17:46 WY3T-TIM: K0AWU cw is no copy

17:46 K5HFG: K0AWU Detected, no copy

17:47 KG0VL-JEFF: KØAWU 559 hollow-sounding note

17:47 WW8II-BRUCE: K0AWU START OF TRANS. 519 BUILD TO 529 AFTER 30 SEC THEN AT 1 MIN POINT STARTED TO FADE TO NO COPY

17:47 W4DEX-DEX: K0AWU no copy

17:47 WY3T-TIM: K5HFG cw is no copy

17:48 W4DEX-DEX: K5HFG no copy

17:48 WW8II-BRUCE: K5HFG CAN DETECT ONLY DID COPY HFG AT THE 1 MIN 45 SEC

17:48 KG0VL-JEFF: No copy from K5HFG

17:49 WW8II-BRUCE: WY3T NO COPY

17:50 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 579, slow fades to 559

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL START 529

17:50 K5HFG: WY3T Detected, no copy

17:50 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL BUIKLD TO 559 AT THE 30 SEC PT

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 519 AT THE 45 SEC PT

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: 559 AGAIN AT THE 1 MIN

17:51 KP2AE-JOE: ww8ii is 529 wy3t is 419

17:51 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL 539 AT THE 90 SEC PT

17:52 WY3T-TIM: KG0VL cw is no copy

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: KG0VL BUILD BACK TO 579 AT AT THE END

17:52 K5HFG: KG0VL Detected, no copy

17:52 K0AWU-BILL: KG0VL 33-46db entire second min in the 43-46db range

17:52 W4DEX-DEX: KG0VL not heard 

17:52 WW8II-BRUCE: OK LISTENING SSB NW AND SE BI DIRECTION MODE WITH SAL ANTANNA

17:54 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX SSB now is now 44

17:54 WW8II-BRUCE: NOW HEARING SSB WEAK IN THE NOISE ??

17:55 K0AWU-BILL: Yep me calling ,, 500w just not enough

17:56 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II .. for grins, call me at 500w Bruce

17:56 WW8II-BRUCE: RR CALLING WITH 500 WATTS

17:57 W4DEX-DEX: WY3T 54 SSB QSO

17:57 K0AWU-BILL: WW8II null --- heard 500w yesterday no problem

17:57 WY3T-TIM: W4DEX SSB QSO at 54

17:58 WW8II-BRUCE: I CALLED FOR OVER 30 SEC 500 TO 600 WATTS PEAK

17:58 KG0VL-JEFF: Bruce very weak here with his 500 watts

17:59 K0AWU-BILL: Right at the ragged edge, I thought I heard "something" in the noise but would not have gone out on a limb about it
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